🚜 Regional News The Queensland government closed the border with NSW last week and re-established a border zone. Glen Innes Severn, Gwydir, Inverell and Moree Plains LGAs are included in the border zone and allows residents to still enter Queensland to conduct essential activities. If you live outside of these LGAs and you must enter Queensland…
🚜 Regional News ACM Rural Events have announced the postponement of the AgQuip field days from 17-19 August in Gunnedah NSW due to increasing COVID-19 concerns. In the North West, NSW Police have selected school-based Aboriginal trainees to help improve relationships in the community and to provide job experience and TAFE qualifications to students. Dam…
–IMPORTANT– From TODAY 12 July, all workplaces and retail businesses must use the NSW Government’s QR code to check in all visitors, including customers, staff, contractors and delivery people. Non-complying businesses can be fined or even temporarily closed. For more details, visit: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/covid-safe/customer-record-keeping/setting-up-electronic-check-and-qr-codes Note that while farms are exempt from requiring QR code checks, it’s…
😷  Health News Sydney’s increased restrictions will be extended to the end of this week, while health authorities continue to try to identify the missing link between a quarantine case and the recent small outbreak. From today, people aged 40-49 can register for a COVID vaccine. The vaccinations can then be booked once doses become…
😷  Health News The NSW vaccine program is underway, with the Astra Zeneca vaccine continuing to be used for over 50s. To find out when your turn will come and which GP practices have vaccines available, use the Vaccines Eligibility Checker: https://covid-vaccine.healthdirect.gov.au/eligibility Does your business have a COVID vaccine policy in place? NSW Dine &…
😷  Health News Greater Brisbane will go into a 3 day lockdown from 5pm today following 7 cases of community transmission over the last week of the UK COVID variant, with at least one of the infections people visiting Byron Bay in NSW. Other states have been advised to declare Greater Brisbane a hotspot. If…
😷  Health News The NSW vaccine program is underway, with group 1b commencing vaccinations today. To find out when your turn will come, use the Vaccines Eligibility Checker: https://covid-vaccine.healthdirect.gov.au/eligibility The Federal Health Department Secretary believes that international travel may be possible again in 2022, depending on worldwide vaccine rollout! In the meantime, let’s support our…
It’s International Women’s Day! Let’s #choosetochallenge to help forge a gender equal world. https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ 😷  Health News Restrictions in NSW schools have been loosened from today, with parents welcome back on site and no limits on group singing/chanting/recitation, amongst other changes. See https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/advice-for-families for all the details. The NSW vaccine program is underway, with 5…
😷  Health News NSW continues its run of no new community transmission! Restrictions have been eased further, commencing last Friday – see the details here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/restrictions-will-be-eased-from-26-february The NSW vaccine program is underway, with 5 regional hubs and 99 regional satellite sites to start opening from 15 March. The initial focus will be on frontline health…
😷  Health News NSW continues its run of no new community transmission! Victoria has returned to “COVIDSafe Summer” restrictions after the snap lockdown last weekend. The Australian vaccination program has commenced – the ABC has an excellent resource to answer questions about the vaccinations here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-02-22/covid-19-vaccines-pfizer-astrazeneca-australia-coronavirus/13158870?nw=0 ℹ COVID in the Workplace Update JobKeeper is still…