Tag: Adelaide

South Australian Premier Reveals Elaborate Plan for Adelaide Entertainment Centre Site

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall has promised to transform the Adelaide Entertainment Centre into a state of the art film production site as part of a new $662 million (US$471.3 million) city arena and basketball stadium, should he win the election in March. In a pre-election address to business leaders on Friday, Marshall said that…


SA: Two COVID-19 Infected Workers Visited Aged Care Centres Prior Diagnosis

Two healthcare workers in South Australia have tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting and delivering care to residents at several aged care centres around the state capital. Extra infection control measures and testing of residents and staff have commenced at a few Adelaide nursing homes following this announcement. SA Health stated that: “Affected sites are…


South Australian Authorities Close Vaccine Mandate Loophole for Medical Trial Participants

South Australian (SA) authorities will remove vaccine mandate exemptions for individuals participating in vaccine trials from Dec. 8. The new direction from SA Police will override an existing direction from early November that allowed those “taking part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial” to be exempt from taking an approved vaccine because it could “impact the…


South Australian Leader Says No Data Compromised in Contact Tracing Hack

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall has reassured residents that no data was compromised after the state’s contact tracing app was hacked. “There has been no hacking or compromise of data on the mySA GOV app, and there has been no compromise of data that we use for our COVID check-in,” he told reporters. “What we…


Australian Football Star Ousted From Competition for Refusing Vaccine

Deni Varnhagen, a registered nurse and Australian rules football player has been placed on her team’s inactive list for the upcoming season after refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. Varnhagen has publicly opposed the Australian Football League’s (AFL) vaccine mandate, which required all players and staff to receive their first dose by Nov. 19, and…


Australian Business Owner Sets up Sign Banning Vaccinated Customers

An Australian signage and display store director has declared his shop a COVID-19 vaccine free zone after becoming upset with Australia’s current COVID-19 health restrictions. Peter King, the director of Gigantic Signs in Adelaide, South Australia, told The Epoch Times in an email he hoped his sign, which reads “Do not enter if you have…


Wage Theft Concerns Emerge Following Adelaide, Chinatown Brawl

A violent brawl in Adelaide’s Chinatown has sparked wider concerns over wage theft in migrant communities. Disturbing footage emerged in early February showing the brawl at the Fun Tea Shop in Chinatown. A 20-year-old woman was filmed in an argument with the owner, allegedly over a wage dispute. Soon after, 39-year-old Gavin Guo walked up…


Chinese Winemakers Copy Award Winning Australian Wine as Trade Ban Continues

A Beijing-based journalist has spotted imitations of Australia’s most famous wines on store shelves in China, as the Chinese Communist Party’s trade ban’s on Aussie products remain in force. Journalist Patrick Fok spotted the wines on Feb.14 in Hainan. Both knock-off wines utilise the same distinctive red and white label as South Australia’s internationally award-winning…


South Australia Opens Dedicated CCP Virus Quarantine Hotel

The South Australian (SA) government has taken over a new hotel in the heart of Adelaide as a special CCP virus facility for people who test positive to the novel coronavirus. The government will continue quarantining returning Australians in hotels, but anyone confirmed to have the virus will be shuttled to Tom’s Court Hotel in…


Man Charged Over Adelaide Hills Bushfire

A man has been charged with starting a bushfire in the Adelaide Hills after speeding away from police patrolling the area. His arrest comes as firefighters battle a number of bushfires burning in the hills southeast of Adelaide. A patrol car spotted a vehicle speeding away from the fire on Piggott Range Road at Clarendon…