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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 …

The Tamil asylum-seeker family who had been living in Biloela will be temporarily resettled in Perth while their youngest daughter is receiving medical help, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has confirmed. However, they will be under community detention, meaning they will not be able to work while their matters are still being examined by the courts. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Emergency operators can now pinpoint a mobile phone caller’s location following the introduction of new tracking technology to Australia. Key points: New technology is now available in Australia to track mobile phone calls to triple zero The Advanced Mobile Location technology went live on May 12, using GPS, wi-fi, and mobile network information It is activated …

By Chanel Zagon17 May 2021 23:03 A leading infectious diseases expert has described the Prime Minister’s proposed incentive of quarantine-free travel for vaccinated Australians as “not a bad concept”. Australia’s international borders are expected to remain closed until mid-2022, according to predictions in Federal Budget papers. However, Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday flagged the “next …

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 …

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 …

Rodents are running rampant in parts of Australia, and residents are routinely sharing horror stories of the encounters.  As communities face the growing plague of mice, a viral video posted on Tuesday night appears to show some of the rodents “raining” from the sky.  Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalist Lucy Thackray shared the video, which captured dead and live …