Anthony Albanese, der neue Labour-Premierminister der Mitte-Links-Partei, gab die neue Rolle am Dienstag nur zwei Tage vor Beginn der Feierlichkeiten zum Platinjubiläum der Königin bekannt.
Den Posten übernimmt der Abgeordnete von Sydney, Matt Thistlethwaite.
Der Schritt wurde vom außenpolitischen Analysten Nile Gardiner als „traurig und rücksichtslos“ bezeichnet.
Die ehemalige Beraterin von Margaret Thatcher twitterte: „Ein trauriger und rücksichtsloser Schritt von Australiens neuer linker Regierung. Sendet eine völlig falsche Botschaft.“
Die neue Position wurde jedoch von der Australian Republic Movement gefeiert.
Britain’s current drug shortages are partly being fuelled by EU red tape that blocks pharmacies from sharing in-stock medicines.
Industry bodies want No10 to ditch the rule so they can trade medications and help end the ‘postcode lottery’ for HRT, blood pressure drugs, antibiotics, and dozens of other medications plagued by supply issues, MailOnline can reveal.
Pharmacies were once allowed to sell up to 5 per cent of their stock to other stores without needing a special licence that costs
Scientists today called on the Government to stop publicising its daily Covid figures because they are becoming ‘misleading’ and fuelling an ‘unhealthy addiction’ to the stats.
Until recently the UK had to be ‘extremely vigilant’ about rising cases, which signalled a coming surge in hospital admissions and the possibility of more restrictions. But experts say now the link between infections and severe illness has been severed it has ‘changed the nature of the beast’.
Yesterday, the official coronavirus statistics dashboard
