Friday 18 December: Federal and State Government round-up of press releases and announcements
Federal: Preparing Australians for the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out: View Here
VIC: Free travel for Victorians this Christmas: View Here
Statement On Victorian Ombudsman Housing Report: View Here
SA: SA has the lowest unemployment in Australia: View Here
WA: COVID-19 relief grants expanded to help pay tenants’ rent debt: View Here
TAS: Tasmanian Government Discounts and Concessions Guide launched: View Here
Australian researchers testing out new device that allows single ventilators to be shared between patients
Good news for those tackling COVID-19 on the frontlines. A group of Australian researchers have…
How many cases of coronavirus are there currently in Australia?
As of 6am 13 April 2020, there were 6,322 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia…
Federal Government announces ‘contingency measures’ to ensure operators don’t suddenly close their doors during COVID-19
An indication that the memory of Earle Haven is still strong in the Government’s mind?…
SA bans aged care residents from returning to aged care homes after leaving – and new residents from inspecting facilities. What will this mean for operator’s RADs?
Aged care residents in South Australia who leave their facility are now banned from re-entering…
Department of Health begins publishing COVID-19 recovery tally again – aged care staff swabbed to ensure they have recovered
The Department had stopped publishing the national coronavirus recovery tally for over a month, but…
Regis’ Linda Mellors: “speed is far more important than perfection”
Linda Mellors is responsible for Regis Aged Care’s 8,000 residents (and their 8,000 families), plus…
VIC: homeless get access to aged care facilities to recover from COVID-19
The first sign that Governments may force operators to take in patients with coronavirus? The…
Medibank and ahm launches new COVID-19 health program to support its 3.7 million customers – hospital in the home, remote health monitoring and medicine and meal deliveries
The COVID-19 Health Assist program will provide customised health and wellbeing support to all of…
NSW Government introduces record $5,000 on-the-spot fine for spitting on frontline workers – including aged care staff
People who cough or spit on health workers, police, pharmacists, paramedics or other public officials…
Study of China’s lockdown finds restrictions can’t end until COVID-19 vaccine is found
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have warned the danger of a second wave…
NZ: European private equity firm axes $1.46 billion takeover of NZ village operator Metlifecare blaming COVID-19
As we covered here in January, Metlifecare – which has 25 villages – had signed…
Health officials and NSW government ministers considering plan to let COVID-19 infect Australia slowly
With the rate of infections falling across the country, social distancing measures to prevent the…