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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) …

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Confusion is king as the Commonwealth and Teachers’ union go head-to-head on schools opening

The newfound bonhomie between the Commonwealth government and the Australian Council of Trade Unions, (ACTU), in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic is being challenged by rising tension between the government …

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Tradies keep going despite COVID-19 economic slowdown

It would seem that the construction industry has gone quiet over the last two months and there have been work casualties as a result of the turndown. But there is …

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WEAREOPEN: A photograph, a wish and a post in support small businesses during COVID-19 restrictions

While the number of COVID-19 cases in Australia growing at the time, the impact of the Federal Government’s announcement of Stage 2 restrictions was sudden and quick as people’s everyday …

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Scott Morrison looks at how work will restart, ahead of national cabinet’s Friday meeting to ease restrictions

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said thousands of Australian lives have been saved as a result of the country’s coronavirus restrictions but a million Australians were forced out of work, …

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