Tag: Australia

Update (0048 EST, 02JAN23): Thirteen victims are being assessed by medical staff and now four people have been confirmed dead with another six hospitalized. Eyewitnesses state that one helicopter was taking off while the other was landing near the sand bar. https://twitter.com/nat40709850/status/1609784834351837185?s=46&t=kMssXcCrIrPo6PEiJhpSKw At approximately 2315 EST, reports of a helicopter crash...

On Monday, December 12, four Queensland police officers were ambushed after arriving at a remote property in the locality of Wieambilla, where they were searching for a missing man from New South Wales (NSW) by the name of Nathaniel Train, who was a popular primary school principal with a...

Two Australian police officers were killed during an ambush shooting on Monday while carrying out a missing person investigation on a remote property in Queensland. Authorities say that four police officers arrived at a property in the locality of Wieambilla, where they were looking for a missing man named Nathaniel...

In protest of payment, thousands of nurses and midwives in Western Australia have walked off their jobs and gone on strike. The majority of those on strike held a rally outside of Western Australia's parliament building. A major demand is a five percent pay raise. https://twitter.com/_brianashepherd/status/1595974047254208514?s=20&t=cxbfsvI5ngKQC2IdKZBnFg   Reportedly, thousands of surgeries have...

The United States Department of State has approved the possible sale of twenty-four (24) C-130J-30 aircraft to Australia in order to replace their aging fleet of C-27J Spartans for a total of 6.35B USD. Here is the official message which includes all components of the sale: ”The Government of Australia...

On September 15th, 2021, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia announced the birth of a new tri-lateral security alliance to focus on the Indo-Pacific region. While trilateral relationships between these three countries had been positive for decades, this announcement and the subsequent submarine deal were engulfed in...