As was anticipated all along, the lockdown in Victoria has been extended by seven days. Victoria’s total number of active cases grew to 67 when the state recorded new 6 cases in the past 24 hours. Not surprisingly, Acting Premier James Merlino made the announcement that Victoria’s circuit-breaker lockdown willRead More →
Victoria’s business and worker emergency intensified today with news that Lockdown Four will be extended for at least another week in Metropolitan Victoria, Paul Guerra of Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said. The State Government announced that Lockdown Four will continue until 11.59pm on Thursday, 10 June in Metropolitan Victoria withRead More →
International research led by Monash University and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity has achieved a proof of concept for a new, fast, portable saliva screening test that uses an infrared light technology to confirm infection with COVID SARS-CoV-2. The research is published today in Angewandte Chemie. Professor BaydenRead More →
Anjali Sharma 16 of Melbourne’s School Strike 4 Climate and 7 other teenagers had taken Environment Minister Sussan Ley to court, claiming her approval of Vickery coal mine in regional New South Wales would violate her duty of care to them and future generations. In addition to Anjali Sharma, thereRead More →
As anticipated in the last 24 hours, a snap 7-day lockdown has been announced in Victoria from midnight tonight. Acting Premier James Merlino announced the snap lockdown after a morning of speculation as the coronavirus cluster that started in Melbourne’s north rose to 34 cases. It has also spread toRead More →
Next 48 hours crucial in Victoria The state seems to be inching towards a snap lockdown similar to the one on Valentine’s Day. Although all 13 cases in Victoria have been traced back to the South Australian Hotel Quarantine infection, there is the “missing mystery link” which is still eludingRead More →
In light of the latest outbreak of COVID cases, the state government has put some restrictions back on and finetuned the state’s COVIDSafe Settings. The current COVIDSafe Settings in Victoria include the following restrictions for metropolitan Melbourne. From 6:00pm Tuesday 25 May 2021 the below listed settings apply to all partsRead More →
Labor’s stamp duty tax hike on the family home will be scrapped under an O’Brien Liberal Nationals Government. The state Opposition says Labor wants to jack up its stamp duty tax to make up for the record budget black hole including billions of dollars of waste on botched infrastructure projects.Read More →
As India grapples with its COVID crisis, the Indian diaspora all over the world is chipping in with help – sending COVID essentials to India. In Australia FIAV has shown leadership and led the way by sending a big lot of 8 containers of essential COVID AID including – FaceRead More →
Cricket fans will be treated to an epic summer as Cricket Australia today announces the men’s and women’s Ashes series to headline the 2021-22 international season. In addition to the Ashes series, the Australian men’s team will host Afghanistan for a Test for the first time ever before finishing withRead More →