Did you know that every year the moon moves away from the Earth by 4 centimeters?

Yes... that was the case until recently.... Few people know that the Americans messed things up :) where they planted their flag, and now the moon is moving away at 3.99999....9999(9) cm per year! Or maybe it's not being compensated, and now the Earth is catching up with the moon, ah!!! What if we catch up with it faster than it's moving away because of American... stuff! The international community already has a plan: they need to organize an operation codenamed "crap" to evacuate it from the surface of the Moon. The Americans won't do it - they won't take back what was given to them - the EU will complain about the budget. The Chinese and Africans will try... the former will fall because of Made in China, and the latter won't receive a blessing from the god of buffalo dung. And the Russians will be drunk at this time... we're all doomed!!

or that Australia moves closer to Africa and the Middle East by 1 to 1.5 centimeters per year?

It seems to me that Australia is moving a little faster. Is the speed at which Africa is moving away taken into account here?

1000/1.5 ~ 666.666(6) cm, i.e. 6.66 meters in 1000 years.
I.e. 1 km in 150150 years.... hmm.... I won't live to see the collision :)

I tried to write something smart ;).