Government Announces COVID-19 Roadmap

  QLD DOWNLOAD HERE Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he hopes Australia will be mostly reopened July, and has unveiled the three-step plan agreed to by National Cabinet to get there. Step one of easing restrictions, which state and territory leaders will […]

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One of US President Trump’s personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus raising concerns about the president’s exposure to the virus, reports CNN. The member of the US Navy, the valet is one of a number of members of an elite military […]

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THURSDAY, May 7 Queensland will ease COVID-19 contact restrictions from Mother’s Day to allow up to five family members from a household to meet with a relative this Sunday. “We don’t think that will increase risk. It’s about one household going to […]

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  WEDNESDAY, May 6 The Queen has phoned Prime Minister Scott Morrison to congratulate Australia on its success in handling the coronavirus pandemic. Mr Morrison said he received a phone call from Her Majesty on Tuesday evening, who was checking in to […]

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TUESDAY. MAY 5 The World Health Organisation has seen no information from the US or other sources to indicate the novel coronavirus came from a Chinese laboratory. Senior WHO official Mike Ryan has been quoted as saying: “From our perspective this remains […]

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THURSDAY, APRIL 30 Long-serving Federal Labor MP Mike Kelly, 60, has ended months of speculation by making the “gut-wrenching” decision to quit Parliament. The resignation will trigger a by-election in the New South Wales seat of Eden-Monaro. Dr Kelly has undergone numerous […]

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  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 The Federal Government is offering $3.2b in incentives to non-government schools to open campuses immediately and return to at least 50 per cent of classroom teaching before the end of May, The Australian reports. Health Minister Dan Tehan […]

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TUESDAY, APRIL 28 Big Macs, nuggets and fries were foremost on the minds of many New Zealanders as they celebrated the end of the country’s tough five week lockdown. On Tuesday, the New Zealand government lifted the most extreme measures of its […]

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FRIDAY, April 24 The Porsche driver who allegedly fled the scene of a freeway crash which killed four police officers was filmed heaping abuse on one of the victims and complaining about the damage to his car, a court has heard. Leading […]

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THURSDAY , APRIL 23 Queensland’s Parliament last night passed laws to deliver $4.5 billion in funding to support households, businesses and the health sector hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The move came as the state recorded another two cases overnight. There are […]

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  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 Queensland has recorded no new cases of coronavirus for the second time this week. A smiling Annastacia Palaszczuk told a press conference: “We are really on the track to be smashing that curve.”  “But, of course, we still […]

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  TUESDAY, April 21 In what could be a blueprint for other states, NSW is planning for school students to return to classrooms full-time from term three, under a staged rollout that will see students spending some time in class from the […]

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MONDAY, APRIL 19 For the first time in more than 80 days Queensland has recorded no new cases of coronavirus overnight, the state’s Premier saying she was “overjoyed”.  “This is tremendous news but we want to see this over a period of […]

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  It will be at least another four weeks before strict measures to slow the spread of coronavirus are eased in Australia. The Prime Minister says that before any measures are scaled back, federal and state leaders want crucial benchmarks met to […]

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THURSDAY, APRIL 16 Schools could reopen within four to six weeks to start unlocking the economy and getting people back to work, according to a report in The Australian. The paper said it understood state and territory governments will priorities getting high […]

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WEDNESDAY, April 15 US President Donald Trump says he is instructing his administration to halt funding of the World Health Organisation pending a review of its warnings about the coronavirus and China. Mr Trump says we have deep concerns whether US generosity […]

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Government can’t think about lifting coronavirus restrictions yet. Mr Morrison said Australia would move into a new phase of recovering from the outbreak “at some point”, but warned that “we’re still many weeks away”. The warning […]

#SheDiscovers What’s New This Week

#SheSociety rounds up this week’s newest finds Parasite movie premiering on Stan, this Easter Sunday Stan today announced the four-time Oscar® winning black-comedy thriller Parasite will be available to stream in 4K on Stan from Easter Saturday, 11 April, months ahead of its intended streaming release. Winner of […]

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THURSDAY, APRIL 9 Police will be out in force across the country this Easter weekend as authorities repeat warnings that relaxing social distancing and travelling over the weekend could lead to dire consequences. Anyone caught on a “holiday jaunt” and other travel […]

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  WEDNESDAY, April 8 Whether tough coronavirus social-distancing rules are relaxed or tightened in the near future could depend on which state you live in. After Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday that lockdowns won’t be lifted any “time soon, Victorian Premier […]

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