Feel proud to see in Hindi ‘Swayamsewak’ (सà¥à¤µà¤¯à¤‚सेवक ) on the medal the volunteers of Olympic Games were honoured with at the Closing Ceremony of Tokyo Olympics 2020. Hindi language is being recognised worldwide (3rd most spoken language at 615 million in the world after English and Chinese Mandarin), whereas here in Australia tomorrow we […]
The National Cabinet met today to discuss Australia’s COVID-19 response, recent outbreaks of COVID-19 and the Australian COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy. National Cabinet continues to work together to address issues and find solutions for the health and economic consequences of COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic there have been 33,909 confirmed cases in Australia and, […]
Increased financial support for hundreds of thousands of workers in New South Wales will be available from next week as part of the Commonwealth Government’s expanded national COVID-19 Disaster Payment. Payments will continue to support workers in every state and territory who lose hours due to a state government lockdown or public health order. Eligible […]
A new jointly funded package from the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments will give Victorian small and medium businesses the extra support and confidence they need to recover from the recent lockdown. The new Victorian Business Support Package will deliver an additional $400 million in support to thousands of businesses, with funding to be split 50/50 […]
The Morrison and Berejiklian Governments continue to work together to support businesses in New South Wales during the current COVID-19 lockdown. With Greater Sydney set to remain in lockdown until at least 28 August 2021, both governments have agreed to expand the COVID-19 Business Support Payment. Under the expanded payment, eligible entities, which includes not-for-profits, […]
“Around 11 million doses of the COVID 19 vaccine have now been administered. We are now tracking at around 1 million doses a week. Sure, we’ve had our problems. Not all the calls we have made have turned out like we had hoped. In a pandemic no country gets everything right. But having saved more […]
The National Cabinet met today to discuss Australia’s COVID-19 response, recent outbreaks of COVID-19 and the Australian COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy. National Cabinet continues to work together to address issues and find solutions for the health and economic consequences of COVID-19. National Cabinet again discussed the increasing outbreak in Greater Sydney and the additional measures introduced […]
* NSW recorded 97 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. At least 29 cases were infectious in the community. This is too high. *The greatest number of transmissions are in homes and workplaces. *If one of your friends or family has been recently found to have COVID-19, […]
The National Cabinet met today to discuss Australia’s COVID-19 response, recent outbreaks of COVID-19 and the Australian COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy. National Cabinet continues to work together to address issues and find solutions for the health and economic consequences of COVID-19. National Cabinet discussed the outbreak in Greater Sydney and the additional measures introduced by the […]
A ”˜warm’ COVID-19 vaccine suitable for remote and resource-limited locations lacking access to cold storage supply chains is one step closer following an international collaboration between scientists from India and Australia. CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, played an important role in evaluating heat-tolerant COVID-19 vaccine formulations developed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and […]