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- ‘Thanks, celebrities!’ Australian comedian MOCKS the rich & famous for Covid-19 pep talks that ‘REALLY’ get people through (VIDEO)
While regular people are on their doorsteps and balconies clapping for medical workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic, comedian Greta Lee Jackson has taken the time to remind us all who the real heroes of this crisis are: Celebrities. - Most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse WALKS FREE from jail after appeal granted in unanimous decisionAustralia’s highest court has tossed the conviction of Cardinal George Pell, who was found guilty of historic child sex crime and sentenced to six years in prison. The ex-Vatican treasurer was once a close aide to Pope Francis.
- Australia, New Zealand ban non-residents from entering starting March 20 over coronavirus fearsAustralia has become one of the latest countries to close its borders to non-residents in an attempt to stem the coronavirus outbreak. A similar move was also announced by their neighbors in New Zealand.
- Australia’s home affairs minister tests positive for coronavirusAustralia’s minister for home affairs, Peter Dutton, has announced that he has contracted coronavirus. The senior Australian official said that he has been hospitalized.
- Plane advice: Pilot takes drastic measures to warn fellow Aussies of coronavirus threat (VIDEOS)While Australian politicians are calling for ever more "draconian" social-distancing measures to tackle Covid-19, including school closures and axing public gatherings, a message in the sky provides a somewhat calmer suggestion.
- Actor Tom Hanks announces he & wife test positive for coronavirus in AustraliaOscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has become the latest high-profile victim of Covid-19, announcing on social media that he and his wife were feeling under the weather before they tested positive for the virus in Australia.
- Australian newswire to close after 85 years, blames Google, Facebook & free digital mediaDespite being a pillar of the media Down Under, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) is soon to be closed, saying it is “no longer viable to continue” and blaming the journalistic market being flooded by free digital media.
- Prime mates: 3 baboons escape medical research facility in downtown Sydney (VIDEO)A troupe of three baboons escaped a medical research facility in a Sydney hospital late Tuesday afternoon, after the lock on the door of the the animals’ transport vehicle reportedly failed.
- At least 2 dead as Aussie passenger train derails outside Melbourne, people feared trapped in wreckageTwo people were killed and several others injured when a Sydney-Melbourne passenger train with 160 people on board derailed near the town of Wallan.
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