Tag: Queensland

Supermarkets and Groceries Have Option to Exclude Unvaccinated in Australian State: Official

Supermarkets in the Australian state of Queensland will have the option to exclude unvaccinated people from entering under new vaccine rules. Starting on Dec. 17, anyone who enters a café, restaurant, bar, theater, museum, library, stadium, or similar venues will have to show proof they are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. The rules, however, are not…


Supermarkets, Groceries Can Exclude Unvaccinated in Australian State: Official

Supermarkets in the Australian state of Queensland will have the option to exclude unvaccinated people from entering under new vaccine rules. Starting on Dec. 17, anyone who enters a café, restaurant, bar, theater, museum, library, stadium, or similar venues will have to show proof they are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. The rules, however, are not…


Australian Woman Dies in Flooded Creek After Car Swept From Fast Food Drive Thru

A 44-year-old Australian woman has been found dead in a submerged car after it was swept into a creek by floodwaters while exiting a fast-food drive-through on Thursday night. Queensland Police Service said officers received reports at around 8 p.m. that night of a sedan that had been dragged by floodwaters into Little Cabbage Tree…


Griffith University in Australia Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for Students, Staff

Griffith University is the first major Australian university in the state of Queensland to announce a mandatory vaccination or testing policy for all staff and students. “Our priority is to keep everyone at our university safe and we know that vaccination is the best way to do that,” the spokesperson said in a statement to…


Australian State Expects New COVID-19 Wave After Borders Reopen Next Week

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has said the Queensland government will issue guidelines to help businesses cope with a new wave of COVID-19 cases once the Australian state reopens its domestic borders for fully vaccinated travellers. “Queensland’s border will reopen from next Monday, 13 December, so families and loved ones can re-unite,” D’Ath said in a…


Queensland Police Warn Aussies Against Fake Vaccination Certificates

Police have warned Australians in the popular holiday destination of the Gold Coast that any attempts to use fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates will not be tolerated. Queensland Police Service (QPS) told the Gold Coast Bulletin that once the health order comes into force on Dec. 17, any person who attempts to use fraudulent vaccine certificates…


Hackers Minutes Away From Crippling Australian Electrical Grid

Up to three million Australian homes were minutes away from losing power after a major energy network was hit by a ransomware attack from hackers in November. Queensland’s CS Energy was subjected to a sustained ransomware attack on Nov. 27, in what the chief executive officer has described as a worryingly accelerating trend. The attack…


‘Omicron Like’: New COVID-19 Variant Discovered in Australia

A new lineage of the Omicron variant called “Omicron Like” has been discovered in Australia, local health officials in the state of Queensland announced on Dec. 8. Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said Omicron Like was discovered in a recent arrival from South Africa who is in hospital in the state’s capital, Brisbane. Australian forensic scientists…


Queensland Border to Open 4 Days Early to Vaccinated Travellers: Premier

The Queensland government has brought forward the reopening of its border to domestic travellers to Dec. 13, four days earlier than the original date of Dec. 17, as vaccination rates near 80 percent of the state population. “This is going to be a very, very special time of the year,” Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told reporters…


Australian Health Department Denies Unvaccinated Patients Organ Transplant Surgery

Major transplants of hearts, kidneys, or lungs will be restricted to fully vaccinated individuals in the state of Queensland, Australia. Queensland Health said the measures were in accordance with national and international protocols, according to a statement to The Epoch Times. “A recipient is highly immunosuppressed post-transplant, which is why it’s incredibly important for the…