17 January 2021
People in Australia have had to wait months for a dog due to a surge in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Tonga's main island of Tongatapu has the opposite problem.
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17 Jan: India starts what authorities claim is the world's fastest and largest inoculation drive, with an estimated 191,000 healthcare workers receiving a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday.... more
17 Jan: At least one home has been destroyed in a fire burning in Perth's south, with an emergency warning issued and the out-of-control and unpredictable blaze moving quickly in a westerly direction.... more
16 Jan: A Canberra academic who lost work during the pandemic is embracing the world of stand-up comedy, tackling issues like feminism, cults and politics for laughs.... more
16 Jan: Tong Gong usually goes back to her hometown during China's Lunar New Year holiday — but with China fighting new coronavirus outbreaks, she's staying put this year.... more
16 Jan: A bushfire that was threatening lives and homes near the Wheatbelt town of York has been downgraded along with an earlier fire in Perth's east — but that blaze is being treated as suspicious.... more
15 Jan: WA's hard border with Victoria will fall on Monday when a controlled border will come into effect — meaning travellers from the eastern states will be allowed in, but they will still need to quarantine for two weeks.... more
15 Jan: WA Premier Mark McGowan says no community spread of coronavirus in Victoria will help the State Government move toward changing its border arrangements more quickly.... more
15 Jan: The Pacific nation reverses a plan to improve "national unity" by temporarily banning Facebook, saying it did not want to be seen as dictating people's lives.... more
15 Jan: President-elect Joe Biden unveils his economic plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic gripping the United States, promising to "move heaven and earth" to deliver 100 million shots of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of his first 100 days in office.... more
