COVID-19 Updates
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Senior ministers to retire before Victoria’s election – as it happened
Housing market posts first monthly decline since September 2020; at least 52 Covid deaths recorded. This blog is now closed Recruiter told to halt search for New York trade role…
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Covid rapid antigen test supplier rejects allegations by TGA of ‘serial non-compliance’
Hough Pharma says it ‘continually provided efficacy, safety and variant data’ to TGA and prides itself on customer service Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get…
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Australia launches $11m ad campaign to encourage uptake of Covid boosters and flu vaccines
Health minister says winter brings threat of significant Covid and flu spread and warns country is ‘still very much in this pandemic’ Follow our Australia news live blog for the…
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Federal government won’t increase its share of hospital funding despite state push for 50-50 split
Mark Butler says negotiations on a new national partnership agreement for hospitals would begin in 2023 Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news…
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Glastonbury festival welcomes back crowds amid rail strikes
Organiser Emily Eavis ‘very emotional’ as gates open for first edition of festival in three years Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis has said she was overcome with emotion as the first…
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Covid rapid antigen test supplier fined more than $100,000 by TGA for ‘non-compliance’
Hough Pharma, which supplies home tests to Coles and Woolworths, allegedly failed to provide reports or appropriate customer support Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get…
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Public service shake-up continues with four new secretaries for government departments – as it happened
Dominic Perrottet called on to halt Barilaro appointment pending inquiry; at least 63 Covid deaths recorded nationwide. This blog is now closed ‘Final decision-maker’ who picked John Barilaro for trade…
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Chinese consumers exhibit more caution and price sensitivity as zero-Covid strategy fans jobs and income uncertainty: survey
Survey by Bain & Co and Kantar Worldpanel finds that Chinese consumers are now more prone to bargain-hunting amid wage and job uncertainties. Read the original article at South China…
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Singapore’s CapitaLand offers ‘buy now, pay later’ plan for Vietnamese residential project to entice Hong Kong investors
CapitaLand, controlled by Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, is offering the ‘buy now, pay later’ scheme for flats in the Zenity residential project in Ho Chi Minh City. Read the original article…
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From Indonesia to Pacific, women less likely to have 2 Covid-19 vaccine shots than men
Women have borne the brunt of hardship two years after the pandemic, a new UN report shows. Read the original article at South China Morning Post