People Avoiding COVID Testing Because Of Long Wait Times 04/01/21
There are growing fears that six-hour wait times and kilometre-long queues are deterring people from getting COVID tests.It’s been revealed one in five Brisbane eateries have been rated as having either “poor” or “non-compliant” food safety in the past financial year, according to council compliance checks.Despite more rain and better conditions, there has been a surge of Queensland farmers applying for special drought payments in the past year to help them make ends meet and put food on the table.And the nation’s Advertising Standards Bureau has been urged to “get a life”, after launching an investigation into a commercial that highlights the virtues of being confined to Australia because “someone ate a bat”.For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atcouriermail.com.au
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