Scott Morrison – Spress https://en.spress.net Spress is a general newspaper in English which is updated 24 hours a day. Sun, 18 Apr 2021 08:29:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 191965906 Australia builds the world’s largest radio telescope https://en.spress.net/australia-builds-the-worlds-largest-radio-telescope/ Sun, 18 Apr 2021 08:29:07 +0000 https://en.spress.net/australia-builds-the-worlds-largest-radio-telescope/ On April 15, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a $ 387 million ($ 310 million) investment to implement the world’s largest Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope project in the Murchison region of the state. Western Australia.
According to the VNA correspondent in Sydney, the SKA radio telescope project has the cooperation of 16 countries including Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, and Portugal. Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Great Britain. In it, Australia will build and store a low radio frequency (SKA – Low) telescope consisting of 131,072 individual SKA antennas shaped like a Christmas tree. The medium radio frequency (SKA-Mid) telescope will be done by South Africa. The rest of the project complex will be handled by other countries. The project’s global construction is expected to commence in the second half of this year.

In a statement to the local press, Mr. Morrison said the project to build a new telescope will help astronomers discover more about the universe, and create more than 350 jobs during the 10-year construction period. and 230 permanent jobs within 50 years of project operation in Australia. In addition, the construction and operation of the SKA radio telescope in “Kangaroo Country” will contribute to improving the production capacity of domestic enterprises in the field of highly skilled technology and allowing the creation of major scientific breakthroughs. A budget commitment of $ 387 million including AUD 64.4 million builds a dedicated supercomputer center to process the unprecedented amount of data collected from the SKA telescope.

]]> 4231 Australia will withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 2021 https://en.spress.net/australia-will-withdraw-all-troops-from-afghanistan-by-september-2021/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:22:07 +0000 https://en.spress.net/australia-will-withdraw-all-troops-from-afghanistan-by-september-2021/ Today (April 15), after the US called for the end of the war in Afghanistan in September 2021, Australia once again reiterated its decision to withdraw its troops from the country.
In a statement issued on April 15, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that, along with the United States and other allies, Australia will withdraw all 80 remaining soldiers in Afghanistan by September 2021, on the right occasion. 20 years of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in America.

Australian troops and local forces in Afghanistan. Source: Australian Department of Defense

Since the US launched the war in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban, along with the US and its allies, Australia has sent more than 39,000 troops to the country to join the war, of which 41 soldiers were killed.

Starting two years ago, when Australia had 1,500 troops, the country began the process of withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan to the current 80 soldiers.

Although from September 2021 there will be no Australian military presence in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia continues to support the peace process in this country.

“Australia continues to support peace negotiations between the Australian government and the Taliban. We encourage both sides to join the peace process in which many Australians have died for it. While reducing the military’s contribution to this process, we continue to support Afghanistan’s stability and development through our bilateral partnership programs as well as through coordination with other countries ” said Mr. Morrison.

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