Hong Kong-born, Australia-based artist Pamela Leung decided after 30 years of ‘work, work, work’ she was going to follow her dreams. She talks about her immigrant story and going to art school in her 50s.
of covid cases were recorded in new south wales the home of the country s biggest city, sydney. here s the state health minister. we are in a very serious situation here in new south wales with this particular variant of the virus. and if you can get either one of the two vaccines that have been made available, just go and get it. just go and get it. if you fit within the categories, go and get the vaccine. earlier the bbc s phil mercer gave me this update from syndey. there was chaos and violence right in the heart of australia s second biggest city, melbourne, for a couple of hours. thousands of demonstrators were confronting the police. the authorities say some people had turned up to demonstrate peacefully, but the vast majority were looking for trouble. they certainly founded. riot police had to support mounted units and there were times during the afternoon when it seemed
in melbourne and sydney. it comes as a record number of covid cases were recorded in new south wales. here s the state health minister speaking earlier. we are in a very serious situation here in new south wales with this particular variant of the virus. and if you can get either one of the two vaccines that have been made available, just go and get it. just go and get it. if you fit within the categories, go and get the vaccine. the bbc s phil mercer has the latest from syndey. thousands of demonstrators were confronting the police. authorities say that some people had turned out to demonstrate peacefully, but the vast majority were looking for trouble. and they certainly found it. riot police had to support mounted units and there were times during the afternoon when it seemed that the police may well lose control of the city centre. in the end, more than 200 people were arrested. there were other smaller less dramatic rallies, protesting against australia s strict regime of lockdown