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Archive for June 1st, 2021
Ship’s crew member positive in Perth port
A man in his 20s from a ship docked at Western Australia’s Fremantle Port has tested positive for COVID-19 and been placed into hotel quarantine. June 1, 2021 A crew member from a ship docked at Western Australia’s Fremantle Port has been placed in hotel quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus. Premier Mark McGowan wants […]
Tough NT COVID rules for returned Aussies
People in the Northern Territory who’ve returned from overseas will now have to be re-tested for COVID-19 after they complete and leave quarantine. May 31, 2021 Repatriated Australians in the Northern Territory who’ve been in interstate hotel quarantine will now have to be re-tested for COVID-19 after they leave the facility. It comes amid fears the […]
NT sisters flee quarantine for their mum
Two sisters could be fined over $10,000 after they allegedly fled an Alice Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility and went home to their mother. May 31, 2021 Two sisters have allegedly escaped an Alice Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility by climbing the perimeter fence and jumping into a waiting vehicle. The women, aged 19 and 22, were then driven […]
Garma cancelled over COVID concerns
Fears COVID-19 could reach remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory have forced organisers to cancel Australia’s largest Indigenous gathering. May 31, 2021 Australia’s largest Indigenous gathering, Garma Festival, has been cancelled over coronavirus fears for remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. The annual festival held in Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land was due […]