Consular help should not be expected by Australians who travel overseas and get into trouble Editors' Picks Asking Australians to tick a box saying they have no legal right to consular assistance if they travel overseas is worrying, legal experts say.
NSW to subject workers in Fairfield to COVID-19 tests every three days Tuesday 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.
What’s the right COVID-19 risk to live with? Monday July 12, 2021 By Tony Blakely, Tim Wilson and Vijaya Sundararajan Australian Capital Territory Modelling for 240 different scenarios, 100 times each over a two-year period has been developed to assess COVID-19 risk for all Australian states and territories.
NSW premier must do more to control COVID-19 outbreak, AMA says Saturday June 26, 2021 By Melissa Coade Health The AMA president says all Sydneysiders should be subject to clear rules to stay at home ‘so that we can get ahead of this virus…
Calling in the army for the vaccine rollout and every other emergency shows how ill-prepared we are Tuesday June 8, 2021 By John Blaxland Defence News the army’s Lieutenant General John “JJ” Frewen has been picked to lead a new COVID-19 vaccination task force has prompted fresh discussion of the…
Tasmania’s COVID-19 vaccine program partners with Oracle Tuesday June 1, 2021 By Melissa Coade Communications & Technology Tasmania will be the first Australian jurisdiction to utilise the Oracle health management system for its vaccine rollout; 23% of eligible Tasmanians are vaccinated. …
States step up for COVID-19 vaccine rollout Monday May 24, 2021 By Melissa Coade Health Major announcements coming from NSW, SA and WA on Monday flag a turning point for the states as wide-spread vaccination against COVID-19 gets underway.
Remember the seasonal flu? It, too, is a matter of national security Wednesday May 12, 2021 By Clive Williams Editors' Picks The reality is that the seasonal flu and other viruses will continue to kill Australians long after COVID-19 has been contained globally.
COVID-19 cost more in 2020 than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years Tuesday April 20, 2021 By Ilan Noy and Nguyen Doan By adding the dollar value of asset damage to the “priced” value of life lost (or injured), the overall cost of an adverse event (such…
Science investment key to battling virus outbreaks, Fauci says Monday April 19, 2021 By Melissa Coade News Investment in applied science has placed the world in a good position to respond to the COVID-19 epidemic, America’s top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony…
eBook: Elevating the art of citizen conversations Tuesday March 30, 2021 By Smart Communications Resource library Governments around the world recognise the importance of improving citizen conversations and are investing in ways to make them smarter. In Australia, for example, the…
COVID-19 medical innovations that will outlast the pandemic Monday March 15, 2021 By Deborah Fuller, Albert H. Titus and Nevan Krogan Editors' Picks A number of technologies and tools got a chance to prove themselves for the first time in the context of COVID-19. They are now poised…
I was the Australian doctor on the WHO’s COVID-19 mission to China. Here’s what we found about the origins of the coronavirus Tuesday February 23, 2021 By Dominic Dwyer Editors' Picks We talked to our Chinese counterparts — scientists, epidemiologists, doctors — over the four weeks the WHO mission was in China. We were in meetings…
Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: February 8 Monday February 8, 2021 By Chris Woods Health Today: Lessons from the EU-AstraZeneca 'contract failure'; Victoria and NSW issue late-night alerts; 'Vaccination certificates' to be available through MyGov, Medicare apps.
Solidarity no more. Vaccine nationalism separates the world’s haves from have-nots Friday February 5, 2021 By Amber Schultz Editors' Picks Rich countries have way more COVID-19 vaccine doses than they need as poor countries scramble to secure enough.
