As if the federal government wasn’t struggling to convince Australians to get vaccinated, one of its own MPs has done a lot to make its plight a lot worse. George Christensen a member of parliament from Queensland, who is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits inRead More →
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has today provided provisional approval of the Moderna vaccine for use in Australian adults. The provisional approval of Moderna’s vaccine means it has met all the TGA’s strict standards of safety, quality and efficacy for use in people aged 18 years and over to preventRead More →
Following his arrest on 19 July 2021, Raj Kundra had moved the Magistrates Court in Mumbai for a bail. His application was rejected and his custody extended. Raj Kundra went to the Bombay High Court in appeal and also challenging his arrest alleging his arrest was bad in law asRead More →
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 →