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Victoria's migrant communities continue to face translation errors, outdated news and poor accessibility when navigating the state's COVID-19 website.
Topics: government-and-politics, infectious-diseases-other, covid-19, community-and-society, multiculturalism, vic, australia
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| UpdatedMark McGowan insists he will not be rushed into bringing down WA's hard border as Victoria prepares to emerge from lockdown at midnight, saying "no-one would thank us" if the state reopened and COVID-19 returned.
Topics: covid-19, infectious-diseases-other, respiratory-diseases, diseases-and-disorders, health, perth-6000, wa
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A senior Labor minister says businessman and United Australia Party leader Clive Palmer is using his millions to launch a "bulls**t" scare campaign during the Queensland election.
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| UpdatedAll Victorians will be allowed to visit friends and family at home, but there are still strict restrictions around how many visitors you can have and how often. Here are the new rules and how to keep safe.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, covid-19, epidemics-and-pandemics, government-and-politics, social-distancing, lockdown, community-and-society, melbourne-3000
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It could take at least 28 days without coronavirus community transmission in Victoria for South Australia to consider relaxing its hard border with the eastern state, SA's Police Commissioner says.
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| UpdatedTasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein says that from Friday November 6, New South Wales will be considered a low-risk area, allowing travellers to enter the state without quarantining.
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The ATO says it has clawed back about $120 million out of $69 billion in JobKeeker payments from businesses it deemed ineligible, but has not found widespread fraud of Government stimulus measures.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, tax, tax-evasion, covid-19, regulation, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedFundraising for the RSL sub-branches has been severely affected by the cancellation of public events traditionally held to commemorate ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day.
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| UpdatedCountering a push by some government MPs to use the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment has been a "challenge", according to Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly.
Topics: government-and-politics, infectious-diseases-other, federal-government, health, respiratory-diseases, covid-19, liberal-national-party, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedFrom November 2, people living in almost all of regional Victoria will be able to travel freely to the NT. And Melbournians may be able to visit this Christmas, without the need to quarantine.
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| UpdatedThe Wellington Phoenix praises its players and staff for their "continued sacrifice" after it confirmed it would relocate to Australia ahead of the A-League season resumption.
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| UpdatedNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she wants to open the Victorian-NSW border "as soon as we can", but Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews urges people in his state not to holiday in NSW once restrictions are eased.
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| UpdatedPremier Annastacia Palaszczuk, the Chief Health Officer and Health Minister are reported to the Queensland Human Rights Commission for allegedly shaming and vilifying a Rockhampton aged care nurse who worked while infectious with coronavirus.
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| UpdatedAll Victorians can go trick or treating on Halloween, provided they stick to groups of fewer than 10 and follow the relevant coronavirus restrictions to minimise contact, the Government says.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, covid-19, epidemics-and-pandemics, government-and-politics, social-distancing, lockdown, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedThe Czech Republic has imposed a curfew and will limit retail sales on Sundays as part of tighter measures to curb the spread of novel coronavirus infections.
Topics: covid-19, diseases-and-disorders, health, infectious-diseases-other, respiratory-diseases, epidemics-and-pandemics, lockdown, business-economics-and-finance, small-business, czech-republic, belgium
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| UpdatedIt's the second consecutive day of zero new cases in Victoria, and comes after Premier Daniel Andrews announced a lifting of some lockdown restrictions in Melbourne.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, covid-19, epidemics-and-pandemics, government-and-politics, social-distancing, lockdown, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedChinese authorities aim to test 4.7 million people after more than 130 asymptomatic cases were detected in the north-western city of Kashgar.
Topics: covid-19, diseases-and-disorders, health, infectious-diseases-other, respiratory-diseases, epidemics-and-pandemics, china, asia
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| UpdatedPremier Daniel Andrews says Victorians will have to keep wearing masks, stressing it's a "very low price to pay for a very significant benefit". Follow live.
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| UpdatedThere are cheers and tears in Melbourne as the city's months-long lockdown lifts, retail and hospitality prepare to resume, and people are given permission to visit friends and family again.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, covid-19, epidemics-and-pandemics, government-and-politics, social-distancing, lockdown, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedStuck in Delhi because of COVID-19, four-year-old Akrish Mishra has not seen his parents in Sydney for more than a year. Today he will be on an Australian-backed repatriation flight scheduled to land in Darwin.
Topics: covid-19, travel-health-and-safety, family-and-children, federal-government, india, australia
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| UpdatedTax commissioner Chris Jordan will front Senate Estimates on Tuesday morning with figures showing debt owed by Australians to the tax office has hit another record amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| UpdatedVictorians have every right to be proud of their efforts. No other place in the world has tamed a second wave as large as the outbreak Victorians faced down — few have even come close — write Stephen Duckett and Tom Crowley.
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One of the nation's top economists says the longer Western Australia leaves its borders locked up, the more economic damage it will inflict on its neighbours.
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