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As Melbourne goes into coronavirus lockdown, it’s a sign it could happen anywhere in Australia

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Sector.Africa Administratorandrews, Asia, Australia, care, Closure, College, Coronavirus, coronavirus lockdown, COVID-19, Distancing, Fence, Hand washing, Health, Infection, Life, Lockdown, masks, news, Pandemic, president, Prevention, Public health, Quarantine, Safe, Sea, Student, students, Test, UN, Vaccine, Victoria, WASH, who0 comment

Metropolitan Melbourne and the shire of Mitchell will returned to Stage 3 stay-at-home restrictions as of midnight Wednesday, Premier Daniel Andrews has announced, after 191 new cases were recorded in the state overnight. its highest ever daily case total. The lock down means for the next six weeks, people in metropolitan Melbourne and the shire of Mitchell will only be able to leave home for one of four reasons: Andrews said people cannot leave metropolitan Melbourne to get daily exercise (so, no bush walks or fishing outside the city) and…

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Australia’s Victoria state introduces suburban lockdowns to curb new coronavirus outbreaks

July 9, 2020 Sector.Africa Administratorandrews, Annastacia Palaszczuk, Australia, Coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, Death, Economy, Government, healthcare, Infection, Lockdown, Mayor, New South Wales, news, Orders, Pandemic, Queensland, Restaurants, Test, Travel, Victoria, Virus0 comment

Authorities on Tuesday ordered the lockdown of 36 suburbs in Australia’s second biggest city Melbourne in an attempt to stop a spike in coronavius cases, a dramatic departure from the relaxation of restrictions elsewhere in the country. The first suburb-specific stay-home order will be imposed on some 320,000 people, the Victorian state Premier Daniel Andrews told a news conference on Tuesday. Residents in the suburbs must stay home unless travelling for work, school, healthcare, exercise or food for a period of four weeks Cafes and restaurants would need to revert…

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How has the world of work changed since COVID-19?

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorAustralia, Business, COVID-19, Health, Over, remote work, Social distancing, World0 comment

“As we step into the new era of work, now is the time to establish better norms that will enable a holistically healthy, productive and inclusive workforce into the future.” Moreover, the research revealed that the working world is ready for a new “hybrid” model, with three quarters (74%) of workers surveyed saying a mix of office-based and remote working is the best way forward. The universal ideal of spending half (51%) of their time in the office and half working remotely (49%) transcends geographies, generations and parental status. Company…

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Australia is defeating coronavirus but remains at risk of losing through an ‘economic own goal’

July 3, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorAustralia, Bank, care, consumer, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Credit, Deliv, ear, Economy, Edu, Employment, ER, Government, Infrastructure, Interest, Interest rate, major, Mining, Money, Over, package, Pandemic, Pandemics, Poverty, project, security, Sport, Virus, Wealth, who, World0 comment

If handling pandemics was a sport, Australia has made it into the knockout stages of the coronavirus world cup. Despite the current localised outbreaks in Melbourne, half of Australia’s states and both territories are effectively coronavirus free, while there’s only a smattering of cases elsewhere. Economically too, Australia is among the world leaders, thanks to continued demand for our major commodity exports plus large and rapid economic stimulus that has buttressed consumer spending and kept at least 3 million workers attached to their employers, even if those businesses were shut…

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Victoria considers hotspot lockdowns as Queensland’s border announcement looms

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Sector.Africa AdministratorAustralia, Coronavirus, ear, ER, Health, IG, Lockdown, MIT, Over, Queensland, Safe, Safety, Transit, Travel, UN, Victoria, Virus, who0 comment

Premier Steven Marshall says South Australia will not reopen it’s border with Victoria on the planned date of July 20. “We are very hopeful that Victoria will be able to bring their outbreaks under control but at this stage we cannot possibly lift that border on 20 July as we were hoping to do,” the Premier said. The Premier said he knew it would be a difficult decision for people who were planning travel around the 20th and that was why he was giving people as early notice as possible. “We…