New South Wales

SYDNEY, Mar 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s national carrier, Qantas, halted all international flights, and temporarily stood down two-thirds of its workforce, in an effort to endure mass travel disruptions caused by COVID-19.

The airline made the announcement today, after already issuing a 90 percent reduction in international services earlier in the week, along with a 60-percent drop in domestic services, which remained in place.

SYDNEY, Mar 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s national carrier, Qantas, announced on Tuesday (today) that, it will cut international flights by 90 percent and domestic services by 60 percent, to cope with COVID-19.

The changes will also affect the company’s budget carrier, Jetstar, and will remain in place until at least the end of May.

In a statement, the airline cited “significant falls in travel demand” due to the virus outbreak, which in Australia has reached over 350 confirmed cases.

Sydney; 17 March 2020 (UMM): A video footage captured on the helmet camera of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan, obtained by Four Corners of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC News), shows a Special Air Service (SAS) soldier shooting an unarmed Afghan.

Sydney, Mar 13 (PTI) Australian fast bowler Kane Richardson has been tested for the novel coronavirus after he reported illness and will miss the first ODI against New Zealand on Friday.

The right-arm pacer, who returned with the Australian team from South Africa earlier this week, informed the medical staff of a sore throat on Thursday and was tested for the virus, though the results of the test are awaited.

Sydney; 08 March 2020 (UMMN):  There have been numerous support protests around the world since Shaheen Bagh sit-in protest started, and there appear to be several in the pipe line. One such protest is being organised by the Citizens Forum for Democratic Rights on 22 March 2020. This is one of the many protests that have been planned across capital cities of Australia.

SYDNEY, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – With homes and businesses battered by the extreme weather on Australia’s east coast, energy provider Ausgrid asked for help from the military, to clear debris and repair electricity.

Speaking with Sky News Wednesday (this) morning, New South Wales (NSW) Minister for Energy and Environment, Matt Kean, confirmed that a request had been made to the Australian military.

“Their CEO (Richard Gross) raised it with me yesterday and I fully support it,” he said, adding, the state government would expedite the call out of the army.

Sydney, Jan 13 (AFP/PTI) Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia's largest "megablaze" under control on Monday, as wet weather promised to deliver much-needed respite for countryside ravaged by bushfires.

New South Wales firefighters said they finally had the upper hand in the fight against the vast Gospers Mountain fire on Sydney's northwestern outskirts, which has been burning out of control for almost three months.

SYDNEY, Jan 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Australia is once again bracing for extreme fire conditions on Friday, with widespread evacuations amid warnings that conditions could significantly deteriorate over the weekend.

Strong winds and temperatures above 40 degrees celsius were forecast for the States of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, where at least nine people lost their lives earlier in the week.

SYDNEY, Dec 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – A 28-year-old Australian volunteer firefighter died, battling a blaze on the border of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria State, when a freak weather event upended the truck he and two others were travelling in.

Responding to the Green Valley fire in Jingellic, the crew were trying to save livestock that had been trapped in the blaze.

SYDNEY, Dec 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two more people were confirmed dead and several more remain missing in Australia on Tuesday, as the result of severe bush-fires in the country’s southeast.

“It’s been confirmed today that there are two deceased persons in Cobargo, and a third person remains missing with grave concerns for their safety,” New South Wales (NSW) Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said.

Those who lost their lives are believed to be a father and son, who were attempting to defend their home from an oncoming fire-front, in the town of Cobargo, in the southeast of NSW.