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So Morrison and those around him are confident they have a majority of voters behind them on banning travellers. They are probably right. Voters have rewarded state premiers for slamming their borders shut. Morrison used to complain about Labor premiers like Mark McGowan and Annastacia Palaszczuk for doing this. Now he just copies them.
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But the Indian ban is not as popular as it first looked. Labor MPs like Ed Husic warned last week against severe restrictions on Australians coming from India. Then the Indian community responded with fury to the decision last weekend. Then some of the governmentâs own backbenchers caught up and pushed back. Why? Because they could feel the anger in their communities.
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A World War II veteran saluted his 100th birthday with family, friends and two fellow centenarians in Noble Park.
Ken Rogasch celebrated with daughters Lynne and Dianne, nephew Rob and great-grandson Harrison at his home at Belvedere Aged Care on 18 April.
A carpenter by trade, Mr Rogasch had been married to his late wife Gladys for 62 years.
On his birthday, residents paid tribute to Ken by singing his favourite song You Are My Sunshine – one that he used to sing to his wife.
“Ken sang with them, tapping his fingers to the rhythm with a big smile on his face,” a Belvedere spokesperson said.
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So Morrison and those around him are confident they have a majority of voters behind them on banning travellers. They are probably right. Voters have rewarded state premiers for slamming their borders shut. Morrison used to complain about Labor premiers like Mark McGowan and Annastacia Palaszczuk for doing this. Now he just copies them.
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But the Indian ban is not as popular as it first looked. Labor MPs like Ed Husic warned last week against severe restrictions on Australians coming from India. Then the Indian community responded with fury to the decision last weekend. Then some of the governmentâs own backbenchers caught up and pushed back. Why? Because they could feel the anger in their communities.
Hundreds were packed tightly into pubs across Australia on Sunday afternoon for Anzac Day
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Patrons and servicemen and women in their military uniforms enjoyed a game of Two-up in beer gardens
A large crowd spilled out into a laneway in Sydney, where games of Two-up were played in front of onlookers
The Australian Heritage Hotel in The Rocks was also a hotspot, where revellers filled the bar and outside area
Services and marches were back with limited crowds in most parts of the country on Sunday morning
Sunday marks the 106th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli costing more than 8700 Australians their lives
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As many as 130,000 people across four states and the ACT will receive a National Emergency Medal for their service during the extreme 2019-20 bushfire season, with nominations to remain open for additional recipients.
The award honours “sustained service” in a nationally-significant emergency, and will mark the fifth such event since the medal was first awarded after Victoria’s 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. The other three occasions were related to floods and cyclones.
Rural Fire Service volunteers at the Hillville fire in November 2019. Many volunteers will get a National Emergency Medal for service during the huge fire season in 2019-20.
Credit:Nick Moir