Premium Content Against the advice of health experts and the government, Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has called for Australia to suspend the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The backbencher has claimed it is time to follow some European countries, who have temporarily paused use of the AstraZeneca jab pending an investigation into a small number of blood clot cases among people vaccinated. Germany, Italy and France have all announced they would be pausing their rollout of the vaccine pending an assessment from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). We should heed these concerns that European countries have a longer experience with the rollout of this (vaccine), he said.
China Daily | Updated: 2021-03-16 09:30 Share CLOSE Protesters attend a rally against sexual violence and gender inequality in Sydney, Australia, on Monday. STEVEN SAPHORE/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
CANBERRA－Australians rallied in the capital and other cities on Monday demanding justice for women and calling out misogyny and dangerous workplace cultures as the government reels from two rape allegations.
Outside Parliament House in Canberra, the crowd of hundreds was mostly female and most wore black. They carried placards including Justice for Women and Men, Own Your Guilt .
Australian Prime Minster Scott Morrison refused organizers demand that he address the crowd, and organizers said they would not meet him in his office.
Former foreign minister Julie Bishop has warned Australia will probably remain in the Chinese freezer for years after trade minister Dan Tehan escalated a complaint about barley tariffs.
He s told the Chinese government we are not going to leave Australia alone on the field .
Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell made the comments after speaking to President Biden about his administration s plans for working with China.
Pictured: US President Joe Biden at a virtual meeting with members of the Quad alliance of Australia, India, Japan and the US on March 12
Pictured: Chinese President Xi Jinping during the closing session of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference on March 10 We have made clear that the US is not prepared to improve relations in a bilateral and separate context at the same time that a close and dear ally is being subjected to a form of economic coercion, he told Nine newspapers.
Chinese hackers are suspected of breaking their way into Western Australia s parliamentary email network as part of a global cyber-attack.
The online attack, which involved Microsoft software, was detected in the middle of the state election campaign on March 4.
Premier Mark McGowan claimed a landslide victory in the Western Australian election over the weekend, with Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup formally conceding defeat about two hours after polls closed.
A warning text from the Department of Parliamentary Services was sent to WA politicians in the wake of the email hacking, ABC reported. Please be advised that the Parliament mail server has been hit with a cyber-attack, the text read.