Tag COVID 19
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Jodi McKay: ‘Premier must lock down NSW’
The NSW Labor Opposition has called for Premier Gladys Berejiklian to press for a full lockdown at the National Cabinet crisis meeting.
6 hours ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Byron Writers Festival 2020 cancelled
Like so many other festivals and events on the Far North Coast, the Byron Writer’s Festival has announced they will not be going ahead in 2020.
7 hours ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
LIVE: COVID-19 latest updates: March 29
With a constant stream of information and misinformation about COVID-19 (coronavirus) circulating, Echonetdaily will endeavour to update this page as news come to hand.
7 hours ago | Echonetdaily | 15 -
Police Commissioner urges quarantine compliance
There have been several cases of people not complying with the new quarantine rules and police have been conducting COVID-19 related compliance checks in all capital cities and many other areas across the country.
7 hours ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Federal Government update on COVID-19
After yet more National Cabinet meetings responding to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Australian governments are imposing further restriction to slow the spread of coronavirus.
8 hours ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Have education budget cuts led to putting kids and teachers at risk?
While schools are closing across the planet owing to COVID-19, NSW schools remain open, for now. Yet are they fully equipped to deal with the deadly virus? The United Workers Union, who represent cleaners contracted to NSW schools, said on... Read More →
3 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
First COVID-19 infringements issued in NSW
A Sydney massage parlour owner, three staff members and a returned traveller from the Lake Macquarie area are the first individuals and business in NSW to receive infringements following amendments to the Public Health Act.
3 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
We need a stimulus package for the soul
It’s as if someone has come along and pulled the plug on the normative order.
4 days ago | Echonetdaily | 2 -
Queensland border closed
As of midnight last night border restrictions came into force on the NSW and Queensland border.
4 days ago | Aslan Shand | 7 -
Editorial – Bring in a UBI for the crisis
Around the country we have people lining up down the streets outside Centrelink offices, attempting social distancing, to ensure they don’t starve and lose their homes as they lose their jobs. One key government response should be to bring in the universal basic income.
4 days ago | Aslan Shand | 8 -
Dementia help sheets to navigate COVID-19
Many aged care facilities have stopped residents leaving the premises. Many have reduced visits to one person per day, for one hour a day, and many have closed their doors entirely to outside visitors, including family, and this is causing distress for many aged folk.
6 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
School support staff call on NSW government to close schools now
One of the most controversial issues in the response to the COVID-19 crisis, is what to do about schools. Many believe there should be a total shut down and isolation measures implemented in all areas including schools.
6 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Storylines: Surviving a pandemic in the colony
The toilet paper, and a measure of our societal maturity, were the first Australian casualties in today’s COVID-19 pandemic. The madness in the shopping centres were an early indicator that the leaders of the nation would need to step up. But as with the bushfire crisis, they did not.
One week ago | Echonetdaily | 6 -
Thus Spake Mungo: COVID-19 getting personal
Suddenly it’s personal. I have been placed in home isolation.
One week ago | Mungo MacCallum | 28 -
Prisons close doors to personal visitors
Regardless of the crime, many of those in the country’s jails are allowed visits from loved ones – a situation which promotes mental health on both sides of the bars.
One week ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Lifesavers remind beachgoers to social distance
With the entire country being asked to isolate, many people are looking to find places they can still get out and exercise while adhering to the constraints of social distancing.
One week ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
LIVE: COVID-19 latest updates
Government departments across the nation are battening down the hatches in preparation for large numbers of COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients to present themselves at health facilities.
10 days ago | Echonetdaily | 9 -
Telehealth consultations available for vulnerable patients
The impact of COVID-19 is being felt around the world and in response most medical centres across the Northern Rivers are offering Telehealth consultations for eligible or at-risk patients.
11 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
SCU moves to online over COVID-19
Southern Cross University will be delivering all its study programs online from Monday.
11 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Events and venues closed because of Covid-19 – Coronavirus
A growing list of festivals, events, meetings and venues are closing in the hopes of stopping the spread of Covid-19. Echonetdaily will update this list as cancellations and closures come to hand.
11 days ago | Echonetdaily | 3 -
Helping our elders stay in touch during isolation
There are things we can all do to help our elders during times of isolation – neighbours, family and friends can offer vital digital support to older people during coronavirus pandemic.
13 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Norco Primex 2020 rescheduled for August
Norco Primex 2020 which was scheduled for May 21 to 23 has been rescheduled to August.
13 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Tweed cultural facilities to close from tomorrow
In an effort to reduce the potential spread of Coronavirus to vulnerable community members, Tweed Council has announced today that they will close all cultural facilities effective from tomorrow in response to the Coronavirus emergency.
14 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Working from home foiling COVID-19
With daily decrees from the government about the reduction in numbers of people who can be in the same place at the same time, it’s possible that schools, workplaces, churches and other meeting places may be told close in the not too distant future.
14 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Thus Spake Mungo: the coalition’s relief
To the manifest relief of the coalition and its supporters, Scott Morrison’s approach to the coronavirus crisis has been cautiously endorsed by the voters.
14 days ago | Mungo MacCallum | 15
