Penny Wong confirms Australia received clearance for two flights after international airport was shut down
to New Caledonia on Tuesday to evacuate nationals from the French territory, which has experienced a week of deadly riots,France has sent 1,000 security forces to its overseas territory, which has been rocked by seven nights of violence that have left six dead, including two gendarmes, and hundreds injured.Wong confirmed Australia had received clearance for two flights after the international airport was shut down, and the government would “continue to work on further flights”.
The US government has evacuated 17 of its nationals from the cohort but healthcare workers from other countries – reportedly the UK, Australia, Egypt, Jordan and Oman –. The lawyer and governance expert, who is also a former board member at AFL club Carlton, was appointed chair of the Australian Sports Commission on Monday., with a spokesperson saying that they will be “filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend film-makers”.
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