Andrew Leeson
Australia and South Pacific Correspondent at Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Shooting video/chasing stories from around Australia and the South Pacific for Agence France-Presse [email protected]
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1 month ago |
barrons.com | Andrew Leeson
Early voting is open in Australia's national election ahead of the official polling day on 3 May. Both the ruling Labor and opposition Liberal parties have vowed to tame the cost of living, which tops voters' concerns in the polls, but are divided on how to tackle climate change. Prime Minister and Labor leader Anthony Albanese's government has embraced decarbonisation, while Liberal leader Peter Dutton's signature policy is a $200 billion scheme to build seven nuclear reactors.
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1 month ago |
barrons.com | Ron Lopez |Franco Fafasuli |Luckenson JEAN |Andrew Leeson
Catholic faithful across the globe participate in memorials and prayer services for Pope Francis, who died of a stroke on Monday 21 April aged 88. Tributes have poured in for the Argentine pontiff, whose funeral is expected to draw huge crowds and be attended by a raft of world leaders, with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump among those saying they will be there.
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2 months ago |
barrons.com | Andrew Leeson |Leonardo Niño
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2 months ago |
thecouriertimes.com | Andrew Leeson
Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia's east coast on Monday, as workers battled to restore power to more than 190,000 homes and businesses. The weather system, which made landfall on Saturday, has battered a 400-kilometre (250-mile) stretch of coast for five days, claiming one life when a driver was swept off a bridge Friday. kAmtG6? 2D E96 H:?5 2?5 C2:?
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2 months ago |
fox28spokane.com | Andrew Leeson
Floods hit eastern Australia, 190,000 properties blacked out by Andrew LEESON | @ | March 9, 2025 9:54 pm Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia’s east coast on Monday, as workers battled to restore power to more than 190,000 homes and businesses. The weather system, which made landfall on Saturday, has battered a 400-kilometre (250-mile) stretch of coast for five days, claiming one life when a driver was swept off a bridge Friday.
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