Australia
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Small businesses suffer as snap lockdown begins
The new snap lockdown that was imposed as of midnight on Friday morning and hopefully set to last until Tuesday, has again dampened hopes of recovery just weeks after the …
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Bill Papas tests positive to COVID-19 in Greece as Westpac seeks freezing of overseas assets, including Xanthi FC
Forum Finance boss Bill Papas (Basile Papadimitriou) has blamed a positive COVID-19 test for delaying his return to Australia to face serious allegations of $400 million fraud brought against his …
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Victoria’s lockdown 5.0, “identical” to Lockdown 4.0, with measures for business to be announced Friday
Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews announced another lockdown for Victoria on Thursday as a result of the most recent infections noted in the state. The premier said the lockdown would be …
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Melbourne’s Lockdown 5.0 from midnight tonight
Victoria’s mainstream media outlets have reported that Melbourne will go into a snap lockdown from midnight tonight to curb the growing COVID outbreak. Authorities are still discussing the final details, …
Sydneysiders rush to get vaccinated, but it’s not easy for some
Melbourne will not be plunged into a fifth lockdown today, however restrictions have been tightened after the city recorded 11 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Among the infected people …
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Federal, NSW grants beef up multicultural media’s role in fighting COVID-19
Both Federal government and the government of New South Wales this week announced allocation of funds to multicultural communities and media to “design and lead grass roots communication activities tailored …
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Victoria records no new cases but takes risk precautions, while NSW faces continued lockdown
Five million NSW residents are facing at least another fortnight of lockdown following high numbers. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said that the number of new transmissions needs to be close …
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Melbourne’s experience of multicultural media’s vital role adopted in NSW’s COVID response
New South Wales Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said one of the lessons that the state’s health authorities have learned from Melbourne experience with its COVID lockdowns was the …
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Vanilla Lounge at Oakleigh is listed as a Tier 1 exposure site
A popular Oakleigh cafe has been listed as a Tier 1 exposure site, after a person who tested positive to COVID-19 visited the venue last week. Vanilla Lounge at the …
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Japanese bank is the latest to take Bill Papas to court for fraud
The alleged scheme by Forum Finance to defraud Westpac by presenting false invoices and documents for financing has had a domino affect as more allegations by other banks. Basile Papadimitriou, …