Tag: Australia
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Tokyo Olympics: Australia tame Nigeria’s D’Tigers in first group game
Nigeria’s D’Tigers suffered a 67-84 defeat to the Boomers of Australia in their first Group B preliminary game of the Tokyo Olympics at the Saitama Arena on Sunday. According to reports that D’Tigers came into the game in high spirits after earning historic victories over Team U.S and Argentina recently in exhibition games. Nigeria had…
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Tokyo Olympics: Japan beat Australia in opening softball game
The Tokyo Olympics started in earnest on Wednesday, even if unofficially or unceremoniously, after a one-year postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Games started with Japan’s 8-1 win over Australia in the opening round of the women’s softball tournament. The match kicked off at 9 a.m (0000 GMT) in Fukushima, the city hit hard…
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Australia tame rampaging D’Tigers in exhibition game
Nigeria’s D’Tigers were brought down to earth in Las Vegas on Tuesday night as they fell 69-108 to Australia, their group B rivals at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics Men’s Basketball Event. In this exhibition game, the Nigerian senior male basketball side which on Saturday beat world leaders U.S. 90-87 failed to make it three wins…
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Australian PM announces disaster payments for workers affected by COVID-19 lockdown
The Australian government on Thursday announced a new disaster payment for people affected by Coronavirus lockdown. Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Emergency Management Minister David Littleproud said at a news conference. They said that people aged 17 and over who lost their jobs as a result of lockdown will receive the temporary…
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Australia in talks with airlines on vaccination passports
The Australian Government has opened talks with international airlines on digital vaccine passports for people who had been inoculated against COVID-19. The Australian Border Force (ABF) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that represented about 290 airlines have been in discussions about vaccinated Australians using the IATA Travel Pass, the Guardian Australia reported on…
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Australian central bank keeps monetary policy unchanged
Australia’s central bank maintained its interest rate as well as bond purchase programme on Tuesday, as widely expected, as these measures continued to help the economy by keeping financing costs very low. The policy board of the Reserve Bank of Australia headed by Governor Philip Lowe decided to leave its cash rate unchanged at a…
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More flooding danger for eastern Australia as weather starts to ease
Meteorologists warned residents of Australia’s eastern coast as weather conditions started to ease in parts of New South Wales (NSW), while the threat of flooding persists in many areas after days of torrential rain. Australia’s Bueau of Meteorology (BoM) said “blue skies and sunshine’’ were expected across Sydney and the Mid North Coast on Tuesday…
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Facebook, Google to start paying for news content
Australia is on course to become the first country to require social media giant Facebook and search giant Google to pay for news content. Member of the Australian Parliament, Josh Frydenberg, who is the federal treasurer and deputy leader of the Liberal Party, made this known in an emailed statement on Friday. He said Australia…
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Australia slips into first recession in 29 years
Australia has officially fallen into its first recession in 29 years with the biggest fall in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on record. According to national accounts data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday GDP contracted by 7 per cent in the June quarter – more than three times more than the…
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NAFDAC warns Nigerians against apple, blackcurrant from Australia
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned Nigerians to stop the consumption of an organic apple and black currant originating from Australia. Prof. Moji Adeyeye, NAFDAC Director-General, who disclosed, said the products had been certified harmful for human consumption. “The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of Hong Kong’s Food…