Australia
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Gladys asked and the people delivered: they made August the month of vaccination in NSW
What started as a very slow turnout to vaccination centres ended up in drones asking for the jab, just as the NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, had requested from the people …
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NSW hits 1,485 new cases and three deaths while VIC records 183 COVID-19 infections
New South Wales has recorded 1,485 new locally acquired cases while three people have suffered COVID-19 related deaths in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday. The deceased had reportedly not …
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Victoria reaches 60 per cent vaccination target earlier than predicted
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that the state has hit the 60 per cent first dose target as of this weekend with 29,915 doses administered in state-run hubs on …
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Extended support for Victorian Business
A jointly-funded support package from the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments will provide a critical four-week boost to small and medium-sized Victorian businesses most impacted by the current public health lockdown. …
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Unvaccinated Victorians will be ‘locked out’ of venues as state records 190 new cases of COVID-19
Unvaccinated Victorians will be prevented from going to “many venues” once the state reopens and the COVID-19 vaccine threshold has been met. Premier Daniel Andrews warned Victorians that once the state reached its 80 …
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Lockouts – not lockdowns, when we hit 80 per cent double vaccination
Victorian Premier will not lock down the whole state “to protect those who do not want to protect themselves.” Over 420,000 jabs in one week and 2.6million AstraZeneca jabs in …
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Three days of mourning for Mikis as Greece loses “part of its soul”
“Today we lost a part of the soul of Greece,” Greece’s Culture Minister Lina Mendoni wrote following the passing of legendary composer Mikis Theodorakis on Thursday, 2 September, aged 96. …
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New COVID records for 1,431 cases in NSW and 208 in Victoria
NSW has reported 1431 new local coronavirus cases on Friday and 12 deaths, which is the highest number of cases and deaths recorded in NSW so far. On Friday, Victoria’s …
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The jig is up on the so-called gig economy with digital platforms set to report transactions to the ATO
A key Australian parliamentary committee received a bill on Thursday, 25 August, that would require digital platforms to report transactions to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Under the current taxation …
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COVID vaccination blitz kicks off in Victoria as Mona introduces ‘no jab, no job’ policy
Medical staff in general from podiatrists and dentists to university students are being given the power to administer COVID-19 jabs so as to push through Victoria’s rollout with training set …