With Victoria recording its worst numbers in COVID-19 infections in the last three weeks, the Andrews government yesterday placed the whole of Melbourne Metro with and the Shire of Mitchell under second lockdown with stage 3 restrictions applicable effective midnight tonight. the government believes it is necessary to help keepRead More →
Victoria is on the brink of a second state-wide lockdown. The state has recorded 191 new infections in its escalating COVID wave, the highest since the pandemic began. It has followed Monday’s 127 cases reported by the government and the state seems to be descending into a crisis with direRead More →
There is good news for those Indians who are stuck in Australia. Gaura Travels, a Melbourne based travel agency is organizing two charter flights with Singapore Airlines – one from Melbourne and one from Sydney taking Indians home. A lot of Indians stuck in Australia want to go back toRead More →
No word is more synonymous with China’s global conduct in the recent past than expansionism. Gorging countries with treacherous investment schemes through Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI)) is just a small offshoot of Beijing’s macro political agenda. Beijing knows India is no destination for its BRI schemes’ machiavellian results. ItRead More →
Victoria is in the reverse gear in its fight to arrest the spread of the virus. From 11.59pm on Wednesday 1 July, there will be changes in restrictions putting Melbourne’s COVID-19 hotspots back in lockdown, to respond to the increase in case numbers and to help reduce the risk ofRead More →
In an extensive survey conducted by the Lowy Institute, some surprising and some very unsurprising facts have come to light. The survey finds that in 2020, Australians are less trusting of most countries around the world than in the past. China is the clearest example: in the past two years,Read More →
As second wave of COVID-19 hits parts of Australia, as of Monday morning (Australian time), the global number of coronavirus cases has exceeded 10 million, recorded at 10,072,616. The figure is provided by Johns Hopkins University in the US world leader in tracking COVID-19, it comes within six months ofRead More →
A fleet of mobile testing vans is now deployed in a massive suburban blitz to contain a rising infection rate that, according to Premier Daniel Andrews, has placed Victoria on a “knife’s edge”. Victoria will ramp up COVID-19 testing to 25,000 a day, with the aim of reaching around halfRead More →
Victorian Opposition says Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) job losses data released 25 June shows Labor’s lockdowns are harming workers in Melbourne’s west, north-west and south-east the greatest. All these regions are experiencing rises in unemployment well above the Australian and Victorian averages and spikes in COVID-19 infections. Most ofRead More →
State of EMERGENCY EXTENDED to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus in Victoria With Victoria experiencing fifth day in a row of new coronavirus cases in the double digits – 19 new cases recorded overnight, Victoria extended the State of Emergency for another four weeks. The measures are designed to slowRead More →