Guardian graphic | Sources: covidlive.com.au, Our World in Data. * See notes here* Active cases includes both cases in hotel quarantine and locally-acquired cases. % fully vaccinated is using the total Australian population, % 16+ fully vaccinated is using the population aged 16 and over. OECD ranking is for % fully vaccinated. Source link
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
That’s the biggest constraint we’re seeing on agriculture as we move forward. We found 27,000 men and women from 10 Pacific nations. We brought in 10,000 of those. We announced the ag visa. It’s ready to commence on 30 September. Bilaterals have already started with a number of countries to try and open up those. … Read more
This will be done in stages, we can’t open all these pop-ups in one day, but there will be significant additional vaccination activity in those 100 postcodes. The first of those are five community based pop-ups, they will be in areas that need it the most, so where cases are and where they are potentially … Read more
Queensland to reinstate border bubble with NSW; NSW confirms record high 1,542 cases; Gladys Berejiklian and Brad Hazzard to stop daily press conferences; Victoria has linked 149 of its new cases to known outbreaks – follow live updates NSW businesses may face bumps on the ‘roadmap to freedom’ out of lockdown One in five parents … 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