Caledonia articles
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More flights to evacuate Aussies from New Caledonia
Australians stranded in New Caledonia following deadly riots will have another chance to leave after the government announced more repatriation flights. Two Australia-assisted flights from New Caledonia had been scheduled to repatriate Australian citizens on Saturday, Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced. “We continue to help Australians outside of Noumea to travel to the capital, and […]
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More Australians to be flown home from New Caledonia
Australia will operate further repatriation flights out of New Caledonia as it seeks to bring home the last of its stranded citizens following deadly riots there. Two Australian government-assisted flights are set to take off from the French territory in the Pacific on Friday following more than a week of riots that have resulted in […]
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More delays for stranded Australians in New Caledonia
Australians looking to come home from riot-hit New Caledonia may be forced to wait for further evacuation flights from the Pacific territory. The federal government had been working with French authorities to plan for more flights that were able to leave Noumea on Thursday and Friday. However, French officials have advised Australia that operational demands […]