The National Cabinet met today to discuss Australia’s COVID-19 response, recent outbreaks of COVID-19 and the Australian COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy. National Cabinet continues to work together to address issues and find solutions for the health and economic consequences of COVID-19. National Cabinet discussed the outbreak in Greater Sydney and the additional measures introduced by the […]
A ‘warm’ COVID-19 vaccine suitable for remote and resource-limited locations lacking access to cold storage supply chains is one step closer following an international collaboration between scientists from India and Australia. CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, played an important role in evaluating heat-tolerant COVID-19 vaccine formulations developed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and […]
15 July 2021 NSW recorded 65 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. Of these locally acquired cases, 40 are linked to a known case or cluster – 27 are household contacts and 13 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 25 cases remains under […]
The Morrison Government will provide additional support for New South Wales by allowing childcare services to waive gap-fees for parents keeping their children at home due to current COVID-19 restrictions. Under current NSW restrictions child care services can remain open to provide care for those who need it, but we know that many parents choose […]
Eligible workers across the first seven local government areas in New South Wales to go into lockdown will be able to apply for the Federal Government’s increased COVID-19 Disaster Payments from tomorrow, Thursday July 15, enabling payments to be made from Friday, July 16. Residents in Bayside, City of Sydney, Canada Bay, Inner West, Randwick, […]
A press release from Alex Hawke, MP, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs “Prime Minister Scott Morrison and I met with senior leaders from Sydney’s multicultural communities to listen to their concerns about Sydney’s COVID-19 outbreak, and discuss the support being made available by the Australian Government. We know that South West […]
The Morrison Government is upgrading its national response to COVID-19 outbreaks with increased weekly payments for households, and boosting business cash flow to get them through extended lockdowns. The new national arrangements have been developed following close cooperation between the Commonwealth and NSW governments to ensure additional support is targeted and rolls out as quickly […]
ZEE5 is all set to bring the intriguing Lee-Hesh untold “Bromance to Break-up” story to your screens, helmed by the award-winning filmmaker duo Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Nitesh Tiwari India, July 8, 2021: ZEE5, the world’s largest streaming service for South Asian content, is all set to present the untold story of the titans of […]
By Neena Badhwar Sagarika Venkat’s devotion to dance spilled on stage during her solo recital based on the theme the likewise title – Bhakti’. For one so young, the sense of devotion she displayed to dance comes from the deep place of caring and compassion. Young Sagarika says this is paramount to her in her […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Indian women cricketers must be reading The Indian Down Under. Their performances in the first two One Day Internationals (ODIs) against England was disappointing. They had lost both the ODIs convincingly. But last night they looked a different team beating England by four wickets at Worcester. Did the write up in yesterday’s […]