December 24, 2020 7:21 am
The Australian Government will provide $4.5m in humanitarian relief to assist Fijians who suffered the devastation of Tropical Cyclone Yasa.
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne says His Majesty’s Australian Ship (HMAS) Adelaide will be deployed to provide immediate assistance to the thousands of affected Fijians.
Payne who is set to arrive in Fiji next week says the Pacific region has endured a lot with intensifying cyclones and the shared challenge of COVID-19.
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The Australian Foreign Minister assures that the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief effort will be taken in accordance with the COVID-19 measures.
time, i need something that s less than 1,000 square miles. reporter: right now, we are dealing with 100,000 square miles. yes. reporter: very low probability of detection if that is our search area. reporter: that s a sobering thought for the families of those missing. as we board ocean shield those working to deploy her are mindful every minute counts. the pinger signal will last little more than a week and any wreckage has been dragged by wind and currents for weeks now. you know, carol, we can tell you that the ocean shield is now deployed. it will take two or three days to get to the search zone. everyone aboard that ship including three key australian investigators are hoping that at least one piece or a few pieces of wreckage are spotted before they get there. carol? paula, thanks so much.
it will take three days to get there. on this ship is very hi-tech equipment that could be the key to solving the mystery of flight 370. they have an underwater microphone a giant microphone that can hear the ping. here s the problem. it only has a one mile radius and right now we have a search area the size paradise cove land. it s very important the aerial effort and sea effort continue to find debris to search in on that area. will riply reporting live for us on the indian ocean. four weeks after flight 370 vanished search crews have been unable to locate a single piece of debris. yesterday the australian prime minister tony abbott told us the search for that missing jet is ranching up. everyone wants to get to the bottom of this mystery. everyone is united in their common grief, in their common
unraveled when the flight data recorders are recovered. until that happens all we are left with are theories and speculation. yes, the search at times has been confused. certainly it s about end disappoi been disappointing. but no one is ready to give up. in the next hour of newsroom the ocean shield is racing out to the search area in the indian ocean aboard a black box pinger detecter. the question is, will the ship get there in time? [ male announcer ] this man has an accomplished research and analytical group at his disposal. but even more impressive is how he puts it to work for his clients. morning. morning. thanks for meeting so early. oh, it s not a big deal at all. come on in. [ male announcer ] it s how edward jones
anxiety to resolve this. i don t think we ve got a whole lot of competing national pride at stake here. i think we got at stake here a whole lot of people who just want to solve the problem. malaysian officials say a new australian joint coordination center will take charge of synchronizeding search efforts in the coming days. joining me now to discuss are two gentlemen. welcome, gentlemen. good morning. david that australian ship equipped with those pinger locaters is heading to an area the size paradise cove land or new mexico. it just seems like a shot in the dark. is it? you have to understand what they are doing is positioning it so when they do find debris and able to locate or narrow in a little bit on the impact point they have it there and ready. it may take two days but at 15,