Leading Indigenous health experts are pleading with states and territories to re-think plans to relax restrictions until Indigenous vaccination rates improve. Key points: Aboriginal families in Victoria have been infected with COVID-19 while many in NSW continue battling Delta Only 35 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 12+ are fully vaccinated across Australia Epidemiologist James Ward …
Victorian builders say the state's latest five-day lockdown rules are excessive, especially for regional Victoria where work has ground to a halt just when it was getting back to normal. Key points: Regional builders are facing harsher restrictions than ever before during Victoria's snap lockdown During the height of the pandemic, builders were still able to go to work with …
Regional Victorians are dusting off their camp chairs and hitching up their caravans in preparation for the easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions to take effect on Thursday. Key points: Regional Victorians can go on holidays from Wednesday, 11:59pm Regional Victorians can go on holidays from Wednesday, 11:59pm Camping and caravanning is allowed, but camping is limited to households Camping and …