Cedar meats Covid-19 cluster grows dramatically. A Coronavirus cluster linked to a Melbourne meat packing plant has grown again today. Some sections of the media have labeled the outbreak to the Ruby Princess cruise ship debacle in Sydney. 11 more people tested positive to the virus in Victoria today, including six cases of unknown origin….
Significant lockdown Restrictions in Australia will be lifted on Friday. 7News Sydney reports the Australian PM will lift rules in time for Mother’s Day, that restrict gatherings of people. The PM wants the states to lift the rules that only allow two or three people to together outside the family or household unit. Friday’s National…
Melbourne weather: Very powerful winds to impact Melbourne tonight. Melbourne will be bracing for 100km/hr winds tonight as wild weather arrives in Victoria. A cold front will move across waters south of the great Australia. Bight this evening, then will slide southeastwards across Victoria Thursday morning and early afternoon. DAMAGING WINDS, averaging 60 to 70…
BREAKING NEWS: The National Cabinet will decide to relax lockdown restrictions in Australia next week. The details will be decided on May 8th 2020, with considerations on what rules could be relaxed based on Scientific advice. The Prime Minister spoke to the nation Friday afternoon to announce the changes ahead. This is a week earlier…
Breaking News: Victoria Police tonight announced 4 officers died in the line of duty. The four police officers were killed in a horrific crash in Kew. The crash happened on the Eastern Freeway. It appears a truck smashed into police at high speed on the side of the freeway. Video: From the scene Multiple police…
Virgin Australia could be about to go the way of Ansett Australia in 2001 and disappear overnight. The company is set to go into voluntary administration, as mounting debts and no end in sight to the Covid lockdown mean the airline bleeds millions daily. There are about 10,000 Virgin Australia employees, most are currently stood…
There is no known community transmission in Victoria in the last day, despite a jump in Victorian cases today, the Health Minister said. The number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Victoria went up by 17 overnight as testing increased drastically. Most of those who are confirmed today are quarantined travellers and those returning from overseas….
Kmart retail stores have closed down across Australia. Kmart stores across Sydney and New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland have closed. The move to online purchases and strict Covid-19 rules are behind the shutdown. A Kmart spokesperson said times were changing. “We want to continue to support our customers with shopping in a way that’s…
Breaking News: Virgin Australia is suspending all flights, except for a lone Melbourne-Sydney route. “Since our last capacity reduction announcement we have seen demand all but dry up, and our load factors are very low”, Stuart Aggs, Virgin Australia’s Chief Operations Officer, has written to staff in an internal email sighted by Executive Traveller. The Virgin…
Australians might be cooped up inside until summer, new COVID-19 modelling shows. A report from news website news.com.au today says Australian COVID-19 hospitalisation cases will peak in October, meaning we may face a lockdown that lasts many months. “The country would need to remain locked down, to some degree, well past Christmas,” the report said….
