The incident resulted in 19 fatalities and was examined by the Royal Commission into the aged care crisis.
Executives of Anglicare admitted the coronavirus outbreak at Newmarch house was initially treated like an outbreak of the flu and conceded there were failures communicating with families about the condition of their elderly relatives. The conflicting advice provided by federal and state agencies particularly concerning the hospitalisation of infected patients was raised by Anglicare as an area of government dysfunction.
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Chegg CEO says COVID-19 is helping to drive students towards online learning | Sky News AustraliaThe CEO of e-learning resource Chegg says a large part of his company’s recent success is due to students around the world turning to alternative methods of learning as COVID-19 shuts down traditional campuses.\n\nChegg is projecting revenue between $605 million to $615 million in 2020 as more students turn to online learning to supplement traditional methods.\n\nUniversities across the world have been forced to shut down or offer online courses only due to safety procedures implemented to slow the spread of COVID-19.\n\nChegg CEO Dan Rosensweig told Sky News the company is now looking to accelerate into new markets, including Australia.\n\n“When you look at the largest English speaking countries, which is Canada, Australia and the UK, Canada is our second largest market outside the US and Australia is just after that,' he said.\n\n“Our plans in Australia are to localise the content… we are looking for an increasing amount of content that is relevant to the Australian market in particular, because it is such a good market.”\n Chegg Well isn’t he intelligent 🤦🏼♂️ a kindergarten child could tell you this but that wouldn’t be news worthy. Chegg Chegg We are concerned about the reports of multiple planes landing with Chinese Citizenship, and the Draconian Lockdown of Residents. Everyone knows masks don't work and limiting people's access to the outdoors is abuse.
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US surpasses 160,000 COVID-19 deaths, five million cases | Sky News AustraliaThe US has reported a record-breaking death toll of more than 160,000 as the nation hits five million cases in the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nInfections doubled in just six weeks after one million cases were recorded in the past fortnight alone.\n\nHealth officials believe it is possible infections are 10 times higher than the official figures due to testing limitations.\n\nMeanwhile, in South America, the Brazilian death toll has surpassed 100,000 after fatalities rose by 538 in the past 24 hours.\n\nImage: Getty Oh no! Not 0.03% of the population! Whatever will we do! 160,000 and the majority of those were NOT covid 19.. they were regular deaths.. old age, cancer, heat attack, car accidents... FactsMatter Trump Failed America TrumpVirus
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Bars and clubs to open as ACT eases COVID-19 restrictions | Sky News AustraliaACT residents will enjoy relaxed restrictions from Monday as the territory continues to record no new cases of the coronavirus.\n\nGroup bookings will no longer be restricted at bars, clubs and pubs although alcohol will only be served to seated patrons.\n\nFood courts, casino’s and gyms will also open to the public.\n\nImage: Getty And yet another Australian capital & it's residents return to more normality while Vic is being crushed by death, mental anguish & economic catastrophe thx 2 DanielAndrewsMP Govt. Vic is the stand out for ineptitude. When will Dan resign? theage theheraldsun AFLcomau
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Economic impact of COVID-19 to 'hit earnings and dividends' | Sky News AustraliaThe ASX200 is up by about 0.7 per cent in early trade with the Australian Bureau of Statistics set to report Labor force figures on Thursday.\n\nEconomic forecasts predict the unemployment rate to increase from 7.4 per cent to 7.9 per cent over the course of July.\n\nThe GPT Group reported a loss of close to half a billion dollars in the first half of its financial year after its large retail portfolio was significantly affected by a reduction in foot traffic caused by COVID-19 lockdowns. \n\nFreight company Horizon meanwhile reported the coronavirus had no impact on its business which moves coal and other bulk minerals from inland Australia to the coast for export – recording a full-year profit up almost 30 per cent.\n\nAMP Capital’s Shane Oliver said the economic impact of COVID-19 would result in “a big hit to earnings” as a result of the coronavirus shutdowns which will “take earnings growth down to its biggest slump since the GFC”.\n\n“The other big theme will be a big cut to dividends,” he said. \n\nImage: Getty Ahem. I think you’ll find that’s ‘labour force’ Labor force is something quite different
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Coalition refusing to 'front up' for its COVID-19 mistakes | Sky News AustraliaThe Coalition is refusing to take any responsibility for its COVID-19 failures and instead is trying to shift all the blame onto state governments, according to Labor backbencher Ed Husic. \n\nSenior Victorian politicians, including Premier Daniel Andrews and Health Minister Jenny Mikakos, have acknowledged mistakes have been made in the state’s handling of the novel coronavirus. \n\nThe NSW government is holding an inquiry into why officials allowed 2,700 passengers on the Ruby Princess to disembark when it docked in Sydney on March 19. \n\nThe cruise ship is linked to hundreds of COVID-19 cases and at least 22 deaths. \n\nMr Husic told Sky News the federal government was “refusing to acknowledge” it made any mistakes. \n\n“The federal government made several mistakes through this and they never fronted,” he said. \n\n“We got slow rollout of the public information campaign, slow rollout of pop-up testing, slow rollout of the wage subsidies, had to be dragged to their feet and still won’t involve themselves in the commission inquiry into Ruby Princess. \n\n“You’ve never heard anything from these federal MPs about these missteps, everything gets blamed to the states.” \n\nHe said the most consequential error the federal government has made involves the early-access super scheme, which allows eligible Australians to access up to $20,000 of their superannuation. \n\n“This government has not had a perfect response to this [COVID-19], this superannuation policy is a mistake that will be borne by future governments in dealing with the fact more people will have to go on the pension.” Ed Husic is a dickhed and what's worse, Covid-19 free!!😂 And he is correct
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PM dismisses 'hideous' suggestion to lift COVID-19 restrictions early | Sky News AustraliaPrime Minister Scott Morrison says it is “hideous” to argue COVID-19 restrictions should be imminently lifted because the disease disproportionally kills the elderly. \n\nOver 300 people have died from the novel coronavirus in Australia, the bulk of which have been over the age of 70. \n\nSky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell said the prime minister will not risk the public’s health by advocating for lifting restrictions early, especially when it comes to Victoria. \n\n“Federal sources tell me that they will only be assured by this decline in numbers when we have a week of sustained reduction of days below 200 new cases a day,” Mr Clennell said. \n\nVictoria recorded 322 additional cases in the past 24 hours along with 19 deaths. \n\nMr Clennell said the federal government is taking a closer look at each state’s hotel quarantine procedures in order to ensure another widespread outbreak does not occur. \n\n“Former senior bureaucrat Jane Halton has been deployed to have a look at the hotel quarantine system for overseas arrivals and how it is operating in the wake of the Victorian quarantine disaster which has caused the outbreak out there,” he said. \n\n“Halton has gone out to look at hotel quarantine arrangements in NSW and Queensland and found deficiencies in the integrity of the process in terms of the security around people coming off the plane, onto buses and into hotel quarantine. \n\n“People are allowed limited exercise in a courtyard with a security guard so that is not a problem, but there have been things tightened in terms of the airport and transport arrangements as I understand it. \n\n ScottMorrisonMP 🤡👆 ScottMorrisonMP Sky news: ScottMorrisonMP Poor cover up to what's really happening in Melbourne
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