South Australia is opening its State borders, but only to WA, NT and Tasmania, from 17th June 2020.
Restrictions on travel will still apply to NSW, ACT and Victoria.
Restrictions on Queensland appear to be under discussion at the moment.
The main effect of the change is that people entering … Read the rest
For three months so far, Australia’s borders have been closed to international travellers.
Only citizens, permanent residents and those considered ‘exempt’ have been allowed to re-enter the country.
It seems that the Australian International borders may be closed for longer than some people are expecting, especially … Read the rest
Woolworths paper bags ‘Made in China’ controversy.
Woolworths are now providing paper bags as an option to plastic, however, this has caused controversy, with the ‘Made in China’ mark, on SOME of these bags.
Woolworths have stated that some are made in China and some in Vietnam, as … Read the rest
An interesting story on thousands of people in Australia being exempted from Social distancing at: skynews, under the title: “Australians ‘entitled to ask’ why different rules apply to activists”
South Australia’s Police Commissioner has approved an exemption from the state’s coronavirus restrictions for protesters…
Anyone not demonstrating … Read the rest
At the 31st May 2020 there had been 7,195 reported cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Australia.
At the 30th April 2020 there had been 6,754 reported cases.
That shows there were 441 new cases reported in May 2020, an average of 15 … Read the rest
Coronavirus restrictions to be eased for Queensland from 1st June 2020.
People in Queensland will be able to travel almost anywhere in Queensland, from midday Monday 1st June 2020.
The Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has said. “From tomorrow, Queenslanders will be able to travel anywhere within Queensland”.
There are still … Read the rest
The $130 billion Jobkeeper program will now only cost $70 billion, following errors in estimating the total cost.
Out of about 910,000 businesses who enrolled in the JobKeeper program, about 1,000 of them have made errors in completing the forms.
Over 500 small businesses with only ONE eligible employee reported … Read the rest
The Ekka public holiday, in Brisbane City, Queensland, will be on Friday, 14th August 2020.
This was announced by the Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, in state parliament on Thursday, 21st May 2020.
The date would normally have been on Wednesday, 12 August 2020.
Ekka Wednesday is the 6th day of … Read the rest
On the 16th March 2020, the Morrison government said that up to 150,000 Australians could die from the coronavirus under a worst case scenario.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said that the number of infections would range between 20 per cent to 60 per cent of the population.
They … Read the rest
What did Donald Trump actually say about the F-35 being made outside the United States, to create this news headline:
Donald Trumps words were:
“We make parts for this jet (the … Read the rest
