Infrastructure Australia has warned projects in Victoria could become a lower priority because stage four restrictions and capacity constraints will limit the ability to deliver them. Nurses in the state are still asking for urgent PPE supplies , and more than health workers now have Covid Coronavirus victories remain fragile around the world, six months after the pandemic began.
We are past the initial shocks but still without a clear end in sight. Officials in France and Germany have issued fresh warnings about the risk of losing control. Greece has reported its highest single-day increase in infections in weeks. Scott Morrison will use a speech in the US to counsel both China and America to uphold common rules designed to enhance both regional and global stability.
He will appear at global national security conference the Aspen Security Forum by video-link this morning. Copland has been lobbying the Australian government for support in establishing a UN Human Rights Council fact-finding mission. The first local judge tasked with investigating the port explosion, Fadi Sawan, was dismissed after he called Lebanese politicians - who knew of the storage of tonnes of potentially dangerous ammonium nitrate in the port - for questioning.
Copland has spoken to a number of Australian politicians and met with officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs, and has not received a firm commitment of support for an international investigation led by the UN.
In the face of such catastrophic ruin, the only option local residents had was to help. For Melbourne-born Alia Melki, that urge to help hit her as immediately as the blast itself. Within these neighbourhoods lies the ravaged home of award-winning Lebanese-Australian journalist Rania Abouzeid.
The latest death toll stands at over but is expected to climb. Among them is one Australian, with as many as , made homeless. With Covid restrictions preventing Lebanese Australians from holding in-person activities, such as fundraising events and protests, local activists like Maakasa are relying on Instagram and Facebook to generate support. She settled in Australia but returned to visit Beirut in when Israel hit the city with a bomb. I don't know when Lebanon's people can relax or live peacefully.
But Ms Radi, who is also a member of UALM, said helping in the relief effort was getting her through the difficult time. Mr Bekhazi expressed anger at successive governments for letting chemicals stored at the port sit dormant for more than six years, but hoped positive change would come after the experience.
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