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Defence minister Peter Dutton spoke more about the issues facing getting an evacuation plane into Kabul on the Today show.
It seems that it’s the swarms of desperate people flooding on to the tarmac and the general chaos at the airport, rather than threats from the Taliban, that is the main obstacle.
These are terrible scenes. There needs to be order restored to the airport so that there can be safe passage of planes in and out and so that we have the ability to move people whether they’re Australian citizens or American citizens, Canadians, New Zealanders, in and out of that airport.
So, it’s in a state of flux at the moment. We’d need to see order restored. Hopefully, that takes place sooner than later ...
The “vast majority” of Covid cases in western New South Wales are among Aboriginal people, and 40% are in largely unvaccinated Aboriginal children aged between 10 and 19 years old, according to the western NSW local health district.
There have been 35 new cases confirmed in Dubbo, and one new case in Bourke, bringing the total number of cases in the region to 98.
Related: Aboriginal children make up 40% of western NSW Covid cases
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/aug/17/australia-covid-sydney-melbourne-victoria-canberra-darwin-katherine-berejiklian-gladys-andrews-corona-virus-police-adf
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