Australia on alert as Queensland sees first case of South African mutant COVID in hotel quarantine

A highly infectious variant of COVID-19 has reached Australia and is spreading rapidly around the world.

The first Australian case of the South African variant is a woman who arrived in Queensland on December 22 and went straight into hotel quarantine.

https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/nsw-premier-frustrated-at-covid-breaches-c-1858004

A highly infectious variant of COVID-19 has reached Australia and is spreading rapidly around the world. Pictured, file image of magnified COVID virus.

The nosediving ties between China & Australia

For well over two years, the world has been hearing of the US-China trade war that began in July 2018, after several months of warnings from America that tariffs would be imposed as certain trade practices between the two were considered unfair by the Trump administration along with the overwhelming issue of intellectual property rights not being adhered to. Even as the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic led to a sharp deterioration in the US-China ties, a tangential impact on China’s relations with long-standing US ally, Australia, has been critical.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/dec/30/the-nosediving-ties-between-china-australia-2242988.html

Qualification to Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia confirmed

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today announced the qualification pathway for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia which is set to take place in October and November 2022.

The 15 spots in Australia will be decided through a four-step qualifying process which starts in April 2021. 11 regional qualification tournaments across five regions have been rescheduled to 2021, due to COVID-19 and will now feed into the 2022 Australia event.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1938307

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Australia has lots of ancient volcanoes. But how did they form?

If you are heading on a road trip this summer, you might drive past several ancient sentinels of Australia’s volcanic past.

Many of them, like the Glass House Mountains, are hard to miss.

These ancient volcanic plugs are all that is left of eruptions that occurred around 25 million years ago.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-12-29/australias-ancient-volcanoes-form-geology-cradle-mountain/12987192

The Glass House Mountains located in the hinterland of SE Qld's Sunshine Coast

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Australia on alert as Queensland sees first case of South African mutant COVID in hotel quarantine

A highly infectious variant of COVID-19 has reached Australia and is spreading rapidly around the world.

The first Australian case of the South African variant is a woman who arrived in Queensland on December 22 and went straight into hotel quarantine.

“Genome sequencing has come back to show that she has this new variant that has been picked up in South Africa that is thought to be more contagious,” the state’s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said.

https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/nsw-premier-frustrated-at-covid-breaches-c-1858004

A highly infectious variant of COVID-19 has reached Australia and is spreading rapidly around the world. Pictured, file image of magnified COVID virus.

Australia has lots of ancient volcanoes. But how did they form?

If you are heading on a road trip this summer, you might drive past several ancient sentinels of Australia’s volcanic past.

Many of them, like the Glass House Mountains, are hard to miss.

These ancient volcanic plugs are all that is left of eruptions that occurred around 25 million years ago.

They are among hundreds of ancient volcano remnants that extend 3,500 kilometres from Tasmania to northern Queensland.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-12-29/australias-ancient-volcanoes-form-geology-cradle-mountain/12987192

The back of a girl, sitting on the summit, looking out over the Glass House Mountains.

The nosediving ties between China & Australia

For well over two years, the world has been hearing of the US-China trade war that began in July 2018, after several months of warnings from America that tariffs would be imposed as certain trade practices between the two were considered unfair by the Trump administration along with the overwhelming issue of intellectual property rights not being adhered to. Even as the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic led to a sharp deterioration in the US-China ties, a tangential impact on China’s relations with long-standing US ally, Australia, has been critical.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2020/dec/30/the-nosediving-ties-between-china-australia-2242988.html

Qualification to Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia confirmed

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia is set to take place in October and November in 2022.
86 teams competing for 15 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 spots
225 Men’s T20 Internationals to be played in qualifying across 13 months
Hungary, Romania and Serbia competing in their first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup qualifying pathway
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to take place in October and November 2022 in Australia
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today announced the qualification pathway for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia which is set to take place in October and November 2022.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1938307

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