The Fairwork Ombudsman (FWO) has updated its guidelines to say that employers can direct their workers to get vaccinated for the CCP virus under “lawful and reasonable” circumstances, giving businesses that operate in high-risk areas a green-light to require vaccinations for all staff. “Whether a direction is lawful and reasonable will be fact dependent and…
Fairwork Ombudsman Updates Advice for Workplace Mandatory Vaccinations
‘I Want Everybody Around That Table at Christmas Time’: PM on Fight With CCP Virus
August 11, 2021
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants to see families together again by Christmas but has explained that getting to zero community cases with the Delta variant of the CCP virus would be incredibly difficult. New South Wales reported 344 new daily cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, while Victoria recorded 20 new cases forcing an extension…
Australian PM Defends Climate Policy, Says China’s Carbon Emissions ‘More Than’ 38 Countries ‘Combined’
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended his government’s climate policies against a barrage of environment demands, stating that the only way to truly solve climate change is to tackle the world’s biggest polluters through a technological revolution. In addressing a recent report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Morrison outlined…
CCP Virus Vaccines Remain Mostly Voluntary: Australian Treasurer
August 10, 2021
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While the Australian government has announced that it won’t mandate CCP virus vaccinations as a blanket policy, business owners in some industries might have options available. “We have a broad principle with our vaccination program—that the vaccines are both free but they’re also voluntary,” Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Seven’s Sunrise program on Aug. 10. “Now…
Australia Approves Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine as Lockdowns Expand
A third brand of COVID-19 vaccines will soon become available for adults in Australia, with one million doses expecting to arrive for distribution next month, the government announced on Monday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a press release that the country’s vaccine regulator, Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), has approved the Moderna shot and that 25…
No Jab, No Work: Australia’s SPC Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine for All Staff and Visitors
August 5, 2021
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Food and vegetable manufacturer SPC is the first Australian company to announce that all staff must be fully vaccinated for the CCP virus by the end of November or be banned from entering any company workplace. The mandate covers everyone who enters an SPC company space, including all staff—casual and permanent workers and contractors—as well as…
Australian Parliament Resumes With Strictest Safety Measures in Place
August 3, 2021
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Federal ministers have returned to Canberra after the winter break to sit in Parliament for four of the next five weeks, and the Senate leader is assuring Australians of the strict COVID-19 safety measures in place. Simon Birmingham said “very extensive” safeguards proportionate to the risk of the Delta variant have been implemented for parliament….
PM Apology for Slow Vaccine Rollout a Childish ‘Gotcha’ Game: Expert
A senior economist has said the media should not have needled Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison into saying sorry for the slow vaccination rollout. Robert Carling, an expert in Australian government affairs and senior fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, said the media were playing a childish “gotcha” game with the prime minister. “Needling…
Scott Morrison Says No to the Return of JobKeeper
In the face of mounting pressure from state governments, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said JobKeeper would not return. Morrison said JobKeeper was a program that was targeted at solving “last year’s problem” and that the current challenges were different. “You’ll recall that when we put JobKeeper in place, it took four to six…
Childcare Assistance for Parents and Centres Across Greater Sydney
Parents in New South Wales who choose to keep their children at home during the lockdowns will not be required to pay childcare gap fees to keep their kids enrolled. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Education Minister Alan Tudge said the measures were designed to help take the financial pressure off both families and childcare…
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