Victorians will enter a sixth coronavirus lockdown – lockdown 6.0 – from tonight after the state recorded an additional two coronavirus cases on top of the six previously announced. Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a week long snap lockdown 6.0 just as restrictions had began to ease from the lockdownRead More →
The Victorian Ombudsman dealt with more than 3000 complaints about human rights issues in the past year, prompting, in many cases, reversals of decisions, improved policies and other actions upholding the public’s rights. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted more complaints to the Victorian Ombudsman, the State’s human rights investigator. VictorianRead More →
Homelessness Week (1-7 August 2021) is an opportunity to highlight the importance of Census data to inform services for homeless people in Australia. The 2021 Census will be held on Tuesday 10 August. The Census provides the only national estimate of the prevalence of homelessness, making it a vital resourceRead More →
Paul A Gosar, a Congressman in the United States has foreign students (studying in the US) in his sights. Currently many of the international students studying in the US are eligible to stay on in the US after completing their studies under a program administered by the US Immigration andRead More →
A new jointly funded business support package from the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments will give Victorian small and medium businesses the extra support and confidence they need to recover from the recent lockdown. The new Victorian Business Support Package will deliver an additional $400 million in support to thousands of businesses,Read More →
With only 10 cases of infection recorded and all those having been isolating while infected, a very happy Premier Daniel Andrews has announced Victoria’s lockdown 5.0 will end at 11.59pm tonight. But the threat of Delta strain of the virus remains a concern. Thus based on health advice, some restrictionsRead More →
Kandasamy and Kumuthini Kannan – the Kannans – of Melbourne found guilty of secretly keeping a woman as slave in their home for more than eight years have been jailed for their inhuman acts labelled as “crime against humanity” by the sentencing judge, Justice John Champion. Husband Kandasamy Kannan, 57,Read More →
While the opposition parties continue to attack Modi government, the vaccination drive in India is continuing. The country has administered reported that 420 million Covid vaccine doses had been administered by July 22. According to the data from ministry of health India, by 7pm on Thursday, 422,826,035 vaccine doses wereRead More →
With the cases continuously reported in the last five days, it was inevitable. Premier Daniel Andrews made the announcement this morning. Victoria’s lockdown 5.0 has been extended by a week, after 13 more local coronavirus cases this morning. A gift from infected removalists from NSW – the outbreak has alreadyRead More →
Ransomware is one of the biggest security problems on the internet and one of the biggest forms of cybercrime that organisations in Australia and all over the world face today. A new Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) report released today joins many cyber security experts calling for the Australian GovernmentRead More →