Well, what I say, Lisa, is this – in all careers, even if a person goes to jail, there’s a time when they come out and we believe they get a second chance. We don’t condemn them forever. We don’t just kick someone to the curb and never pick them up again. It’s not the … Read more
We worked with Australia to create a partnership and an alliance, for 50 years. At the same time in the making, there was a complete other project that we discovered, thanks to the press, one hour before and imagine our anger, we felt … We were not speaking about potatoes and tomatoes, we’re speaking about … Read more
It’s a dangerous decision that will make Australia less safe by putting floating Chernobyls in the heart of our major city, increasing the risk of nuclear war in our region, and putting Australia right in the firing line. It’s a terrible decision. It’s one of the worst security decisions in decades. The Greens will fight … Read more
11.03pm BST23:03 Lifting lockdown restrictions in two stages in New South Wales could overwhelm intensive care units for up to five weeks over the Christmas period, according to modelling from a new expert advisory group. Easing restrictions when 70% of NSW adults are fully vaccinated and further relaxing rules at 80% would lead to a … Read more
Good morning everyone and welcome to Thursday! It’s Matilda Boseley here and if you are from NSW, I have some good news for you! Looks like you will be learning your state’s path out of Covid-19 lockdowns today, with the state government preparing to release its much-anticipated roadmap of freedoms. This comes after widespread reports … Read more
Gladys Berejiklian under pressure over modelling showing state’s health system to be ‘overwhelmed’ by Covid cases; rapid antigen tests approved for use at home. Follow the latest updates live Patient stuck in NSW faces bureaucratic nightmare to cross Queensland border NSW records 1,281 new Covid infections and five deaths How will hospitals cope when NSW … Read more
If we’d had our vaccination rates up, with the number of cases now, you wouldn’t be seeing so many people end up in hospital. But because we started off a couple of months ago when the outbreak started, with a very low rate of vaccination, it meant that subsequently people who got the disease and … Read more
Australian authorities on Wednesday extended the Covid-19 lockdown in Melbourne for another three weeks, as they shift their focus to rapid vaccination drives and move away from a suppression strategy to bring cases down to zero. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews flagged a staggered easing of the tough restrictions once 70% of the state’s adult residents … Read more
A few weeks ago we sought a meeting with the 12 mayors of the hotspot areas in greater Sydney. Yesterday afternoon we received a response from the premier’s office that she is refusing to meet with the 12 mayors of the hotspot areas. The areas with the most Covid cases at the moment. This is … Read more
We’ve got to implement the national plan, that’s why it’s so important. And I know, across Queensland where cases, you know, particularly up north, they’ve been very few and far between. And I know there will be people who will be concerned, they’ll go ‘well, hang on, we haven’t had it up here. So, you … Read more