They seized the police station, and a dayslong battle raged before the Israeli military bulldozed the building with militants still inside. More than 30 civilians and police officers were killed in the area around the station.
“This was beyond even our most optimistic expectations,” Chalmers told Australian Broadcasting Corp. of the election result.“We know that this second term has been given to us by the Australian people because they want stability in uncertain times,” he added.
In an election result reminiscent of Canada’s recent contest, conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton lost his parliamentary seat. His alliance of parties was reduced to 37 seats.Canada’s opposition leader,lost his seat after Trump declared economic war on the U.S. neighbor. Poilievre had previously been regarded as a shoo-in to become Canada’s next prime minister and shepherd his Conservative Party back into power for the first time in a decade.
Senior Australian lawmakers say they feared late last year they would become the first government to be tossed out after a single three-year term since the turmoil of the Great Depression in 1931.Like the center-left Canadian government, the Australian government had linked their political opponents to Trump’s administration and its Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency.
Australia was hit during the five-week election campaign with 10% tariffs on exports to the United States despite trading with its bilateral free trade partner at a deficit for decades.
The opposition leader was branded “DOGE-y Dutton,” and Labor warned that a Dutton government would slash public sector services to pay for seven government-funded nuclear power plants.Passengers relax inside the skyline car as the sun sets Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, between Churchill and Gilliam, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
While it’s promoted for tourism, the train is actually a lifeline for. The community has roads inside town and for a few miles to the outskirts, but no roads go to other cities. So it’s expensive flying or an overnight train ride at a more reasonable price tag.
The semi-weekly trains bring tourists, residents, mail, food, fuel and other necessities.From May 2017 to October 2018, part of the rail line washed out because of storms and poor maintenance, stranding an entire community.