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Melbourne restrictions to ease, with 25km travel limit removed, gyms reopen; Victoria records five new local COVID-19 cases; UK trade deal ‘big win for Australia’; Thousands of Melbourne residents told not to drink tap water
Mr Weimar said locking down the Kings Park complex earlier would not have necessarily prevented more csases. “It highlights how important the circuit breaker has been in terms of minimising movement,” he said. “The recently identified people at Southbank and those in the last 10 days have had far fewer movements in the community, and …
Health experts furious federal guidelines still let Melbourne aged care staff work multiple sites | Aged care (Australia)
The federal government failed to stop staff at aged care facilities from working across multiple sites despite a mobile workforce being a driver of Victoria’s second wave of Covid-19 last year, prompting a furious response from the main staff union and health experts. It was revealed on Monday that staff from two of the aged …
Two likely COVID-19 cases in Melbourne’s northern suburbs; Richard Branson warns on Australia vaccine rollout; Veteran Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon in poll ultimatum; Phil Mickelson wins historic PGA title
By Olivana Lathouris01:28 The NSW Government is now offering people over the age of 50 the opportunity to get vaccinated at the state’s mass vaccination hub in Sydney. Premier Gladys Berejiklian encouraged everyone in that age bracket to first speak to their GPs before registering for the jab at the hub. “Our strategy has always …
Australian COVID-19 death in India; Israel launches strikes against Lebanon targets; Sydney records coldest stretch of May days; Novavax vaccine on track for Australia, CEO says
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows between March and April the nation’s unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percentage points. It’s the sixth consecutive fall in the unemployment rate after it peaked in July 2020 at 7.4 per cent. Australia’s unemployment rate is now just 0.2 per cent – or 33,000 people …
Kerry Group to set up food technology centre in Australia
Food ingredients giant Kerry Group is to develop a new food technology and innovation centre in Queensland, Australia. The Dublin-listed company said the plant would act as the new headquarters in Australia and New Zealand, while its existing facility in Sydney will retain a specialist research and development applications hub. It said its new Australia …
Passengers told to brace as Qantas plane lands at Brisbane; No new local COVID-19 cases in Victoria; Moderna to supply Australia with 25 million vaccine doses; Big clean-up after storms lash south east Queensland; Warning of ‘full scale war’ in Palestine
By Richard Wood12 May 2021 23:37 Professor Murphy said local manufacturing of mRNA vaccines – such as Moderna and Pfizer – won’t start until at least next year but it is technology “Australia has to have”. Australian manufacturing capacity was part of the deal signed with pharmaceutical giant Moderna. “It is very unlikely to be …
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