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Breaking: Australian ski resorts have given dates for thier reopening. Thredbo in New South Wales has confirmed Monday June 22 as the start of the 2020 season. Ski resort Perisher in New South Wales, Falls Creek and Mt Hotham in Victoria will open up on Wednesday June 24. Australia’s ski resorts have worked togther on…
Breaking News: An Israel Australia travel bubble will be established by the end of the year, as a way to connect travellers with more low-risk nations in Europe. The Guardian is tonight reporting on proposed Israel Australia travel bubble that could be in place by the end of the year.. The plan would be a…
Breaking: Australian department store giant David Jones is set to close dozens of stores across Australia. The iconic department store brand will close as many as 48 outlets across Australia in the coming months and next few years, as retail suffers heavy losses. The parent company of David Jones is looking to reduce its dept…
Breaking: Australians will be allowed to travel to New Zealand and other Pacific nations soon. The Trans Tasman travel bubble is a special arrangement being made between the national governments of Australia and New Zealand, with other smaller Pacific nations to join. According to reports the New Zealand/Australia/Pacific travel bubble will begin from July 1….
The Chief Health Officer for New South Wales, Dr Kerry Chant, believes the Coronavirus is nearly defeated in Sydney and New South Wales. According to The Australian, Dr Chant has briefed local MPs in Sydney overnight, where she suggested the pandemic was nearly defeated in the state. Chants also said a second wave was unlikely…
A mining company has admitted to blowing up part of an ancient Aboriginal rock cave sites tens for thousands of years old. Aboriginal heritage sites of major significance were destroyed in WA’s Pilbara over the weekend, media there reported. Global mining giant Rio Tinto said they had obtained legal permission to blast the sites before,…
Breaking: Theres an outbreak of covid cases in Sydney’s eastern suburbs today, with two private schools evacuating after children tested positive. Both schools are just 2km from each other in the eastern suburbs. Parents were today told to pick up their children from Moriah College, in Queens Park, and Waverley College after at least two…
Breaking: Waverley Boys College in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has recorded a positive case of coronavirus. Parents have been asked to collect their children from the school. It comes just one day after students across the state returned to school full-time for the first time in months. Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs has been a known hotspot…
The much anticipated Australia New Zealand travel bubble could be about to get extra enticing. Plans are underway to ensure Australians and New Zealanders can purchase more tax free wine at the border. Currently there are limits in place to duty free alcohol volumes that are set to be eased. As it stands, New Zealand…
Breaking: More restrictions lifted in NSW NSW authorities announced beauty and tanning salons and nail bars will be allowed to reopen from June 1. Gyms will remain closed for now. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said it was a “good day” with just one case of covid recorded, a person who was screened at Sydney…