Category: General News
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Australia backs PH arbitral victory, reminds countries to follow UNCLOS amid South China Sea fishing ban
The Australian government is a “strong supporter” of the Philippines’ 2016 arbitral victory over the West Philippine Sea, its envoy reiterated Thursday. Read more
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Australia eyes stronger tourism ties with PH, plans direct flights to Cebu
Cebu City, Philippines – If it meant giving a head start in the recovery of the two countries’ tourism industry, the Australian government expressed willingness to introduce another direct route to the Philippines. Read more
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Bill shock: customer charged $14,766,481,895,641,556.00
A Frenchwoman who received a telephone bill for an amount equivalent to nearly 6000 times the country’s annual economic output has had the real amount she owed waived – after finally convincing the company they must have made a mistake. read more
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$6bn scheme for the disabled
Victoria has been chosen to test a $6 billion national disability insurance scheme that its backers claim will be the biggest social reform since Medicare. read more
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New Hosting
Today, I’ve finally cut my site over to the new hosting server based in Australia. Hopefully things are loading a lot faster now for all Australian-based viewers!!