Category: Australia COVID-19

Unvaccinated Could Not See Freedoms Until 2022: Australian State Leader Warns

Australian state Premier Daniel Andrews is warning unvaccinated residents of Victoria their “freedoms” may not be made available until “well and truly into 2022.” The announcement comes as neighbouring state New South Wales (NSW), the most populous in Australia, is set to remove most government-mandated restrictions for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals on Dec. 1….


Unvaccinated May Not See Freedoms Until 2022: Australian State Leader Warns

Australian state leader Daniel Andrews is warning unvaccinated residents of Victoria that their “freedoms” may not be made available until “well and truly into 2022.” The announcement comes as neighbouring state New South Wales (NSW), the most populous in Australia, is set to remove most government-mandated restrictions for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals on Dec….


66,000 Australians on Surgery Waiting List In Victoria, As Hospital Capacity Stretched During Pandemic

Urgent surgeries are being postponed because of major hospital bed shortages in the Australian state of Victoria, according to medical experts, who say patients will have to make way for COVID-19 cases. Last week, Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley announced that non-urgent surgeries would be postponed due to the COVID-19 caseload, meaning only Category 1…


Australian Pub Forced to Close for Welcoming Unvaccinated Customers

Police in New South Wales (NSW) forcibly closed an Australian pub for allegedly repeatedly breaching  COVID-19 public health orders. The Caledonian Hotel, a bar in the town of Singleton NSW, was ordered by officers from the Hunter Valley Police District to close on Oct. 16 until midnight on Oct. 19. “The closure order follows a…


Australia ‘Does Not Have a Bill of Rights’: Judge Rules Vaccine Mandates Legal

Public health orders requiring teachers, health professionals, and construction workers to be vaccinated or face restrictions on their freedom of movement are valid, according to a court ruling in Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), on Oct. 15. Al-Munir Kassam, a Sydney-based construction worker; Natasha Henry, a Byron Bay-based aged care worker; and…


Australian State Forges Ahead with Reopening Despite Spike in COVID-19 Cases

CCP virus numbers in Victoria remain at near-record highs with the state posting an average of 2,000 new daily infections in recent days. Dr. Mukesh Haikerwal, former president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Medical Association (AMA), told Nine News, “We’re expecting the peak [in COVID-19 cases] to be in a week or so, and…


Queensland Health Encouraging 7,000 Health Staff Who Missed October Deadline to Get Vaccinated

The Queensland government’s health department is working to encourage the about 7,000 staff who missed the state mandated Oct. 1 deadline to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. A Queensland Health spokesperson told The Courier Mail that they are working through about 1,900 applications for exemptions from Queensland Health and Hospital Services staff…


Is It Really ‘Freedom’ Day?

Commentary The message from the elites—the political class and the mainstream media—could have come from the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s 1984. This is the celebrated novel about the future when the world is governed by three evil dictatorships based on the communist and fascist models which emerged in the 20th century. The message…


Facial Recognition Apps for Home Quarantine a ‘Privacy Disaster’: Report

A new report from the left-leaning Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology has warned state-level governments to avoid crossing into “new frontiers” of citizen surveillance following the increasing adoption of home quarantine apps in the country. Currently, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria are trialling such apps, which use geolocation and facial recognition technology…


Australia Prepared to Vaccinate Children Under 12

The Australian government says it will be ready to provide Pfizer vaccinations to children younger than 12 once they receive approval from the TGA. Pfizer has sought emergency approval with the FDA in the U.S. to administer a lower dose to children aged between 5 and 11 following successful trials. The Australian government, since September,…