It seems like Monday was years ago, but we have made it to the last sitting day of the first week of spring sittings. Barely. After today, the MPs will go back to their respective corners and prepare their lines for the coming week, as politics becomes the driving force in every response. The election … Read more
Happy Wednesday! Fun fact: there are only about 22 or so left this year. Allegedly. Given that it seems 2020 never really ended, who knows. There are reports that an apartment block in Campbelltown has been placed into hard lockdown after several residents were diagnosed with Covid. A hard lockdown in that sense means police … Read more
The government should adopt this. We put forward wage subsidies last year and the government said it was dangerous idea at the time until the queues formed outside the front of Centrelink offices. Then they came on board. This is just a practical suggestion, it’s constructive. The chief medical officer, Dr [Paul] Kelly, said earlier … Read more
The 300 ADF troops will reinforce the efforts of police, patrolling and door-knocking to ensure people are complying with coronavirus restrictions. Follow latest updates NSW reports 239 new cases and seven ICU patients in their 20s NSW restrictions; NSW hotspots; Qld Covid hotspots; Qld restrictions Vaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our … Read more
4.11am BST04:11 Anti-lockdown protestor tests positive for Covid-19 in Sydney A man who was fined after attending last Saturday’s anti-lockdown protests in Sydney has tested positive for Covid-19, according to police. Police also allege he was not at home this morning. Michael McGowan (@mmcgowan) NSW Police say a man who was fined after last Saturday’s … Read more
Overnight we recorded 20 cases*. Thankfully, 19 of these are overseas-acquired, and not in hotel quarantine yet. What they are is a crew of 21 on [a] bulk carrier vessel. We were advised that a number of the crew onboard were unwell and health workers went on board yesterday and tested them, and 19 of … Read more
Hello and welcome to Tuesday! (Oh my, it’s only Tuesday.) Unfortunately, there is some tragic news to start the day. The death toll from this latest Delta wave of coronavirus has reached double digits, with NSW Health reporting two more deaths from Covid-related illness. They confirmed a woman in her 80s had died at her … Read more
People are losing their jobs. We need to give more support to individuals as well as to small businessess. I don’t care what they call it. They can call it something else but we need more support because, if you don’t get it, if you lose those businesses, it ends up costing you more because, … Read more
Well part of me thinks that we shouldn’t be in this mess at all – Sydney,Melbourne, or anywhere, if we had a proper vaccine rollout … Having said all that, the failure of ego politics in Sydney, the failure of the vaccine rollout, I think – actually, I’m just sick of Australia – that we … Read more
10.57pm BST22:57 Commonwealth treasurer Josh Frydenberg has been asked on ABC News Breakfast how long Australia can go with more than half of its population in lockdown before the country may be plunged into a second recession. Well, we don’t know what we don’t know – is the obvious response to that. And this pandemic … Read more