Australian coal exports comprise two varieties: Thermal coal, which is burnt for electricity, and Metallurgical coal, which is used for making steel and iron ore.
Thermal Coal Exports were worth $22.7 billion in 2019, with almost $4 billion going to China.
Metallurgical Coal Exports were worth $41.2 billion in 2019, … Read the rest
Anyone entering Queensland who has been in New South Wales will be required to complete a border declaration pass from 1am, Sunday, 20 December 2020.
In response to an unfolding COVID-19 cluster in Sydney, anyone who has been anywhere in New South Wales since December … Read the rest
Many Australians are enjoying cheaper WA Rock Lobster this year, following the Chinese ban on imports.
Western Australian Rock Lobster had become very popular to the Chinese, but now many local people are buying them for the first time, at a very affordable price.
The decision to sell tonnes of … Read the rest
A passenger on Virgin flight VA925 from Sydney to Brisbane on December 16 has been confirmed as positive for COVID.
She travelled to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, from Sydney’s Northern Beaches while infectious.
On arrival in Queensland she hired a car and then had lunch at the Glen Hotel … Read the rest
New South Wales have confirmed that there are now 28 new cases linked to the Northern Beaches of Sydney COVID-19 outbreak. (11am NSW time 18 Dec 2020)
Tests have revealed that these cases are from an overseas arrival, from the United States, that arrived in early December.
The … Read the rest
These are some of the known subclass 309 Partner Visas (Provisional) GRANTED in 2020.
This is to show people who are still waiting, that some are being granted, and give an idea of how long it can take. But remember, all applications are … Read the rest
A $100 rise per fortnight, to the JobSeeker allowance, would cost the Australian taxpayer an extra $3.2 billion per year.
That is according to figures from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre.
Numbers are often looked at as just numbers with no … Read the rest
Update and Reminder.
The rate of JobSeeker payments was not increased or reduced, it is still (in December 2020) at the same rate as it was in March 2020.
The extra money that some people have been receiving is the … Read the rest
The overall drop in overseas arrivals into Australia for the month of November was a 98.28% drop in all arrivals.
In November 2019 there were 1,724,400 arrivals, but only 29,740 in November 2020.
Those coming with African Citizenship had the smallest reduction in percentage terms at 95.33%. Those arriving with … Read the rest
65 cases of COVID-19 in the last week.
3 Dec 2020
Sydney hotel quarantine worker tested positive for COVID-19.
15 Dec 2020
Sydney man who drives international flight crews to and from the airport tested positive for COVID-19.
63 Airline passengers tested positive for COVID-19 while in quarantine during the … Read the rest
