The New South Wales (NSW) government thinks its first local coronavirus case in three days is linked to a bottle shop cluster as Victoria downgrades some border restrictions. One new local case of coronavirus has been recorded in Sydney as Victoria looks to drastically reduce its “red zone” designations on the NSW and Queensland capitals….
Emirates Stops Flights to Australian East Coast
Emirates airlines has indefinitely suspended flights to and from the east coast of Australia citing “operational reasons.” The international airline announced the decision on its website on Jan. 15. Its last journeys to and from Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane will operate between Jan. 16 and Jan. 20. “Customers holding tickets with final destinations Sydney, Melbourne…
Homeschooling Numbers Continue to Rise in Australia
Homeschooling is now on the rise after COVID-19 gave many parents and students a taste in 2020 of what it was like to learn from home. Some parents struggled to help their kids learn at home during last year’s coronavirus lockdowns but others found it so beneficial they decided to continue. The number of students…
Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese Lucky to Be Alive After Accident
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has said he is lucky to be alive after a head-on car accident left him in hospital on Jan. 8 with internal and external injuries. The accident, which occurred as Albanese was headed home from his electoral office, destroyed the opposition leaders’ car and left him trapped in the wreckage until…
Man Fatally Shot in Sydney’s West
A man has been shot and killed in a violent attack on a suburban street in Sydney’s west. The man was found with gunshot wounds after reports of a shooting on William Street at Fairfield about 2.40am on January 10. The 34-year-old died at the scene despite efforts from emergency services to revive him, NSW…
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese to be Discharged from Hospital After Car Crash
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese said he will be released from the hospital on Saturday afternoon after a serious car crash yesterday in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville. “Will be discharged from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital this afternoon and continue treatment as an outpatient- thank you for all the good wishes and a huge thanks to…
Mutated Strain Risk Permanent: Berejiklian
The risk to NSW and Australia of mutated and especially contagious COVID-19 strains will not go away, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says Australians should assume mutated COVID-19 variants emanating from the United Kingdom and South Africa will become the world’s dominant strains due to their contagiousness. She also believes mask…
Sydney Braces for Potential Spread of Virus From Queensland
New South Wales (NSW) is on high alert for the spread of the contagious UK strain of COVID-19 from Brisbane, where a hotel cleaner caught the mutated virus. NSW is racing to trace the source of a mystery coronavirus case in Sydney’s northern beaches as Australia faces an anxious wait to see if a highly…
No Local Victorian COVID Cases, Day Three
A strict three-day lockdown in Greater Brisbane has plunged Victorians’ travel plans into disarray, while the state has recorded zero new local COVID-19 cases. Victoria has recorded a third consecutive day without a locally-acquired COVID-19 case as interstate travel headaches for the state’s residents continue. Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said Victorians in the Brisbane, Moreton…
Sydney Health Alert for Avalon Cluster
A new COVID-19 alert was announced on Friday for the Woolworths and Chemist Warehouse in the northern beaches of Sydney’s Avalon suburb. Officials advise that anyone who has visited the Avalon Woolworths between the specified times from Jan. 2 to Jan. 6 should get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received. Anyone who…
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