Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he understands people’s frustration with coronavirus border closures as long queues form at the New South Wales-Queensland border but respects the decisions of state and territory leaders. A flurry of new border restrictions in recent days has brought long queues of travellers heading from NSW to Victoria following outbreaks…
Victoria Can Handle New Clusters: Premier
Victoria’s hard border with New South Wales (NSW) will start from 11.59 p.m. on Friday after eight locally acquired cases were recorded in less than 24 hours. Premier Daniel Andrews said Victoria is equipped to handle new coronavirus clusters. These cases, which first emerged on Wednesday night, ended a 60-day streak without infections for Victoria. All…
Victoria Closes Border to NSW as COVID-19 Cases Rise to 8
Victoria has confirmed another two locally-acquired COVID-19 cases, taking its total to eight. The increase has prompted a hard border with New South Wales from 11.59 p.m. on Jan. 1, acting premier Jacinta Allan said on Thursday afternoon. Anyone who arrives back in Victoria from anywhere in NSW after that time will have to go…
Victoria Closes Border to NSW as Local COVID-19 Cases Rise to 8
Victoria has confirmed another two locally-acquired COVID-19 cases, taking its total to eight. The increase has prompted a hard border with New South Wales from 11.59 p.m. on Jan. 1, acting premier Jacinta Allan said on Thursday afternoon. Anyone who arrives back in Victoria from anywhere in NSW after that time will have to go…
Victoria Records Three More COVID-19 Cases: Restrictions Reimposed
Another three locally acquired coronavirus cases have been identified in Victoria, on top of three women whose positive tests ended a two-month streak without infections. The new cases are all close contacts of two women in their 40s and a woman in her 70s from Mitcham, Hallam and Mentone who were revealed on Wednesday night…
Victoria ‘Long Way’ From Opening NSW Border
Victoria is still a “long way” from opening its border with New South Wales after the state’s northern neighbour recorded 18 cases of community transmission. Half of the new cases belong to the Sydney northern beaches cluster, while a second cluster has emerged in the city’s west, along with cases in Wollongong, south of Sydney….
Victoria Nears 2 Month Virus Milestone For No Community Transmission
The Australian state of Victoria on Dec. 27 recorded one new case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus. Meanwhile, on Dec. 28, AAP reported two additional cases; the infection of a woman in her 20s and a child aged 10. The new cases were reportedly amongst returning travellers and was detected in…
Andrews Refuses to Resign Over ‘Lack of Due-diligence’ in Hotel Quarantine System
In response to the Hotel Quarantine report, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said he would not resign after asserting a “lack of due-diligence” was behind the failures in the government’s quarantining system. “Our commitment and my commitment as the leader of the government is to learn those lessons. And make sure that an error like this,…
Ex-Health Minister Accuses Victorian Premier of ‘Political Deflection’ Amid Calls for His Resignation
Victoria’s former health minister Jenny Mikakos has accused her old boss Labor Premier Daniel Andrews of “political deflection” and said the hotel quarantine inquiry failed to answer key questions. “I believe Victorians deserve to know the truth about an event that has so profoundly impacted them,” Mikakos said in a statement on Monday night. “They do…
Giant Sheep Dogs To Protect Endangered Bandicoots
In a historic moment in Australian conservation history, two giant, guardian dogs are protecting a recently released population of 20 gravely threatened bandicoots, by ignoring them. With a little help from the dogs and some sheep in the grasslands of Skipton in Victoria’s southwest, the embattled native species of Eastern Barred Bandicoots have a chance…
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