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Breaking News: As part of sweeping changes to Australia’s next stage lockdown, the Federal Government will prevent people form travelling overeas. Australians who try to travel overseas will be forced to stay on Australian soil. “By following common sense rules and doing the right thing is how we slow the spread of this virus,” the…
Breaking News: Australia is moving to stage 2 lockdown from midnight Tuesday night. Going outside and “participating in the community”, unless shopping for basics or you work in a critical role where you cannot work from home, will be prevented. Only “small numbers of guests” can come into other peoples homes. ‘ “That means bbqs,…
Breaking: 2 million people will lose their jobs in Australia as the COVID-19 crisis escalates. Australia is facing an unemployment rate of over 15%, up from about 5% today. The SMH said analysis showed millions will be out of work in the coming weeks and months, the worst since the Great Depression. Today thousands of…
Breaking News: Phase 1 of Australia lockdown implementations are now in place. The government says these will be in place for at least 6-months. Australia’s pubs, bars, clubs, casinos, cinemas, theatres, places of worship and gyms are now close. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country must prepare for long-term shutdown of non essential activities….
Breaking News: Australian gyms will close nation-wide from 12pm tomorrow, as well as pubs, clubs, bars, cafes and restaurants will also be forced to close – with only take away or delivery options. Australians will not be getting much exercise in the coming months and socialising in-person will be off the table for most people…
People may have early on confused Corona beer with the Coronavirus, but it looks like the pandemic may win this round. Australia’s biggest brewer, Carlton and United, said that Australia will rapidly run out of beer if production was stopped due to Covid-19. Tonight the beer industry is asking the Federal Government if it will…
Are bottle shops an essential service? People across New South Wales and Victoria are now panic buying alcohol. Thousands of Australians are swarming local bottle shops after the government announced a shutdown to come in over the next 48 hours. There’s no clear indication on what types of retail outlets will be included in the…
Breaking News: NSW and Sydney Shutdown. Almost everything will begin to shut down this week, with non essential services closing. The measures could last for up to 6 months. As the COVID-19 crisis escalates, the Premier of New South Wales is moving to shut down Sydney and New South Wales. All non essential places of…
Breaking News: Parts of Australia will go into a “draconian” lockdown soon to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The PM said “more stronger measures will be coming and they will be coming in more localised areas to deal with outbreaks.” Scott Morrison said he would talk about the measures with each state Premier in a…
One of the worlds biggest airlines is grounding its fleet. Emirates is the world’s largest international airline and the largest operator of the double-decker Airbus A380. As the Covid-19 pandemic escalates, Emirates is suffering a huge drop in passenger air travel. As passenger numbers plummet and an increasing number of countries lock down their borders, the…