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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Australia to spend $500 mil on vaccines for wider region
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Haaa Nemui
Well done, Australia. Thank you for this.
serendipitous1
Shows what is possible if people take things seriously and just get the job done.
Desert Tortoise
Australia is being realistic. If they don't do it China will.
Strangerland
Good on Australia.
With America turning in (and upon) itself, it leaves power vacuums in the world which provides opportunity for democratic nations to step up and provide real regional-based leadership, rather than having Team America World Police running amok.
Australia is by far the strongest player in the region, both economically and militarily. There is a good opportunity for them to step up as a leader in the region, and being benefactors rather than aggressors or oppressors is smart soft politics.
Do the hustle
This is also about tourism. Not so much the inbound, but the outbound. Many Australians holiday extensively throughout south east Asia. They want to make the region safe to travel in.
Australians have been hit hard by travel restrictions, curfews, closed boarders, etc. The pandemic is pretty well under wraps at present with boarders opening up and domestic travel being encouraged. Sharing this vaccine around south east Asia is in preparation for the next stage of recovery.