From the time that Covid was detected in Avalon, Health Minister Hazzard whose seat is in the area, tried to take a positive approach. He, the premier and the chief medical officer emphasised the great work being done not only by health workers but also by local residents. Testing took pl...
NSW government added the Service NSW app would be getting an upgrade, touting that it would be used to provide customers with real-time updates on COVID-19 along with more personalised health and non-health advice. It follows in the footsteps of the federal government launching a new app an...
Recent NSW Health data suggests it must be getting close to maximum NSW public hospital bed capacity, or are other non-COVID patients getting discharged from public hospitals (or perhaps transferred to NSW private hospitals) to make way for more COVID patients? How many NSW doctors, nurses ...
Police will continue to stop vehicles within the ACT and at the border to ensure people are complying with the current health directions, including recent bans on people entering the Territory from Tamworth, Byron Bay Shire, Ballina Shire, Lismore and Richmond Valley local government areas. Police ...
In its extensive time as an education provider, TAFE NSW has continually improved its delivery methods but when COVID-19 hit the education sector it presented a new challenge to the way courses are delivered; a challenge that required a long-term outlook. ...
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said higher vaccination rates were needed in conjunction with the lockdown to help curb the spread of the delta variant. “We need a very, very tight lockdown to get those numbers down and we need to do more. We also need vaccination,” Dr Chant...
Residential stamp duty rates have been falling since then, replaced instead with increases to rates – although theseincreases were capped for five years following the COVID-19-induced economic shutdown. An analysis conducted in 2020showed the reform had been roughly revenue-neutral over its first ...
There is also little to no data available on the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people tested for COVID, as well as issues with theaccuracy of Indigenous status in the reporting of the case numbers. Despite the daily high case numbers, this week the New South Wales governmen...