Australia
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Home Affairs launches COVID-19 fact sheets site in 63 languages
The federal government has issued COVID-19 fact sheets in 63 languages through the Home Affairs Covid-19 language website. The site includes information on the Three Step Roadmap that was released …
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Australia’s students return to classrooms as COVID-19 restrictions ease, and Victoria follows suit
Students in New South Wales and Queensland returned to classrooms on Monday as the states inched towards an easing of COVID-19 restrictions. In NSW, students will have one day of …
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Protest against COVID-19 measures leads to arrest of Fanos Panayides and others
A meeting of over 100 people gathered to protest against COVID-19 regulations on the steps the Victoria State Parliament yesterday led to confrontations with police that resulted in the arrest …
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Map shows how different postcodes are affected by COVID-19: Do you live in a ‘red zone’?
University researchers have created a map to show the regions most vulnerable to coronavirus outbreaks, and the areas of Kempsey in NSW and Capel Sound in Victoria were found to …
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Victoria eases COVID-19 restrictions from midnight Tuesday: friends, schools, footy, work, weddings and funerals
Victoria’s Premier Dan Andrews announced that there were seven new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in the last 24 hours, before continuing to slightly ease coronavirus restrictions for the state of …
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Crack Investigative teams for coronavirus outbreaks in Victoria
New rapid response teams will be established to prevent, respond to and limit outbreaks as part of a major coronavirus surveillance boost announced today by the Victorian Government to coincide …
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Australia and Greece on the same “team” fighting the COVID-19 pandemic
Australia is reportedly the latest addition to an eclectic group of countries that had a prompt and successful – so far – response in controlling the spread of the virus. …
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Guard of Honour to farewell Greek Australian Detective Chief Superintendent Joanne Shanahan
Greek-Australian road victim and senior police officer, Detective Chief Superintendent Joanne Shanahan, 55, was farewelled by family, friends and colleagues on Friday at a funeral which began with a guard …
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Three-stage roadmap announced to ease COVID-19 restrictions, but Victoria may lag behind
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chief Health Officer Brendan Murphy outlined a three-step roadmap for opening the country’s economy by July; however it will be up to the premiers …
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Pell knew and should have acted over child abuse, says royal commission
Cardinal George Pell knew of the activities of paedophile clerics in the Catholic archdiocese of Melbourne and the Ballarat diocese and should have taken stronger action according to unredacted (unedited) …