The government’s refusal to bail out Virgin Australia has attracted plenty of criticism on the back of the airline going into administration. And while it’s devastating for its workers, we cannot forget the airline was a struggling well before domestic and international travel was shut down, writes Tom Minear.
Scott Morrison has revealed changes to the nation’s fight against coronavirus after the government had processed 517,000 JobSeeker claims so far.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has backed plans to make tech giants Facebook and Google pay media publishers for news, saying Australia will succeed where other countries failed.
Australians will have to wait longer for their mail as delivery services are relaxed for Australia Post to help it handle “unprecedented” demand during the coronavirus crisis. While Coles has reopened its delivery and click and collect options to all customers.
Josh Frydenberg has vowed to take up the fight forcing Facebook and Google to pay Australian media companies millions to use their news — ending the tech giants’ ability to exploit original content for profit.
We can’t go to dawn services or parades but Australians are being urged to honour our veterans from home with a simple gesture this Anzac Day.
Senior cabinet ministers were sent pirated copies of Malcolm Turnbull’s explosive new memoir, amid calls for the former Prime Minister to be expelled from the Liberal Party.
In a landmark intervention, the federal government will soon force Facebook and Google to pay news outlets a fair price for their stories — ending their ability to exploit original content for profit.
Daniel Andrews has revealed restrictions on some social gatherings could be scaled back on May 11. It comes as the devastating potential of coronavirus in Victoria was laid bare, with thousands of deaths predicted without the introduction of social distancing.
Australia’s Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Alison McMillan says there is a likely change about to happen in hospitals nationwide as the nation achieves “a sustained and genuine flattening of the curve”.
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