NSW health: COVID close contacts won’t need to isolate but guidelines remain Health Official restrictions for COVID-positive patients remain in place, but will be eased for people in New South Wales classified as close contacts, with health bureaucrats
‘Code brown’ for major Victorian public hospitals, NSW health minister target of fraudulent RAT results January 18, 2022 By Jackson Graham Health All public metropolitan and major regional hospitals will be declared a “code brown” in Victoria, allowing them to cancel healthcare workers’ leave to fill staff
Perrottet reshuffle brings nine MPs to ministry for first time December 20, 2021 By Jackson Graham New South Wales NSW premier Dominic Perrottet has delivered a promised reshuffle of the state’s ministry, promoting nine MPs to the frontbench for the first time. The shakeup
Premium Insights and analysis Changes and otherwise in the country’s oldest state government October 15, 2021 By Hugh McClure Editors' Picks When newly-minted NSW premier Dominic Perrottet led the NSW Liberals and Nationals into Question Time for the first time since he assumed office, he led
All NSW Health staff must prove they have the jab August 27, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Health New South Wales health department employees must prove that they have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by September 30 or they will
Private hospitals petition for mandatory vaccination of all healthcare workers August 27, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal A nationwide mandate to vaccinate all hospital workers against COVID-19 is needed, according to the Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA), which has called for the
Vaccination to be mandatory for NSW health workers August 20, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social NSW health minister Brad Hazzard has reached an agreement with the state’s peak medical groups to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all health workers. A public
NSW to introduce customer cards for COVID check-ins August 11, 2021 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Service NSW has announced that cards will be available for customers visiting essential retail shops, and a suite of other ‘improvements’ to its COVID-19 check-in
Lockdown lifts for some as Sydney marks another record day for COVID July 28, 2021 By Melissa Coade Health On Wednesday morning Victorians awoke to an easing of public health orders that mean a lifting of the five reasons to leave your home rule
Union accuses NSW government of confusing ‘essential work’ definition July 16, 2021 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry It is not good enough for the state government to leave it up to retail workers to decide what is or is not essential trade
NSW to subject workers in Fairfield to COVID-19 tests every three days July 13, 2021 By Melissa Coade Health The NSW state government has announced further testing requirements for essential workers moving about areas of concern in Greater Sydney, as one man in his
PSsst! Stepford snipe July 8, 2021 By The Mandarin Federal Another gig for Halton, and maybe another Jane Halton might have been loaded up with yet another gig, but that hasn’t stopped rumours something else
Sydney ramps up COVID-19 vaccine, repurposing retail stores into hubs July 1, 2021 By Melissa Coade Health A large COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be established in the heart of the city of Sydney, as well as two extra mass vaccination centres in
Sydney swings into action as COVID cluster grows June 25, 2021 By Melissa Coade Health NSW residents who live or work in the four local government areas of Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick and the City of Sydney are in lockdown and
