The Victorian Premier declared couples who do not live together could no longer visit each other's homes due
to social distancing restrictions. But just hours later, the state's Chief Medical Officer reversed that advice.
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Virgin Australia seeks $1.4bn govt bailout | Sky News AustraliaVirgin Australia has released a statement to the ASX confirming reports it’s seeking $1.4 billion bailout from the government to help it get through the coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe statement said the financial assistance will be part of a broader package to the aviation industry.\n\nVirgin also said it is a preliminary proposal and would need approval by the board and the Australian government.\n\nIn response to the coronavirus crisis already, Virgin has suspended all international flights and cut domestic capacity by 90 per cent.\n\nIt also stood down 80 per cent of its 10,000 employees. We need this to happen , We cannot afford another Ansett What are the large cap/sovereign VA shareholders doing... laughing at ScottMorrisonMP and JoshFrydenberg... bcoz they certainly aren’t stumping up any of their own abundant cash. Aussie Scott, we’ll save ya! TAA
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'Beware of complacency' amid COVID-19 news | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Peta Credlin says although there are early signs of Australia's daily infection rate plateauing, 'beware of any sense in the media … that we've done anywhere near enough to bring this crisis under control'.\n\nFederal Health Minister Greg Hunt and his state counterparts struck a deal on Tuesday to integrate private and public hospitals to increase Australia's health care capacity amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.\n\nThe minister also announced an increased capacity of ventilators, and intensive care beds.\n\nMs Credlin said it has always been 'absolutely essential' Australia avoided an 'Italian-style meltdown of our health system'.\n\nShe also mentioned how after a 'couple of weeks of ever-tightening social distancing rules' there are early signs in Australia 'that new infections, are starting to plateau'.\n\n'Beware of complacency,' Ms Credlin said because the experts in this field - epidemiologists - will want to 'see days and days of plateauing, and then falls' before there are any moves 'to ease social distancing rules'.\n Failed Abbott Chief of Staff Peta Credlin... Fixed. I feel dirty, I agree with Peta Credlin. Trust Credlin to rain on any good news!
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Australia is 'leading the charge' in finding a cure for coronavirus | Sky News AustraliaAustralia was the first nation to be able to 'grow the coronavirus outside of China,' which will greatly improve the prospects of developing a vaccine for the deadly virus says Science Minister Karen Andrews.\n\nMs Andrews told Sky News host Peta Credlin, Australia's scientists are 'leading the charge to look at a potential vaccine and of course a cure' for the virus.\n\nShe also said Australia has 'some outstanding scientists,' with the coronavirus highlighting the work of these professionals which is usually 'taken for granted'.\n\nImage: AP karenandrewsmp 'developing a vaccine' Here it comes idiots. ANewNineEleven Covid1984 Event201 PLANdemic GlobalEconomicCrash ID2020 MandatoryVaccination Blanket5GRadiation CentralizedGlobalDigitalCurrency SocialCreditScore UBI ForcedAusterity 24HourSurvelliance Agenda2030 Goatboy641 karenandrewsmp The fake new virus. karenandrewsmp Since when do you listen to a scientist?
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Couples 'must abide' by strict social distancing measures | Sky News AustraliaDeputy Labor leader Richard Marles says he supports rules restricting couples from visiting each other if they do not live together in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. \n\nUnder Victoria’s stage three COVID-19 shutdown legislation, a person may not permit another to enter their place of residence unless they are a fellow resident. \n\nMr Marles toldSky News on Wednesday it was important to 'abide by the guidelines'. \n\n“The rules are in place and they are based on households maintaining social isolation and people being within the households they are in,' he said. \n\n'This is an unprecedented moment and it is really important that we have appropriate social distancing in place.'\n\nImage: AP Come off it! How stupid! But you can get a haircut or go to the physio So how did a NSW policeman 'come across' a masseuse operating within 2m of a single client .... Assuming there weren't 3 in the room from beginning?
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Govt should 'take an equity stake' in Virgin Australia | Sky News AustraliaCentre Alliance Senator Rex Patrick says the government should “take an equity stake” in Virgin Australia rather than just granting a loan to the company, which was struggling to keep afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic. \n\nMr Patrick told Sky News “there are similar downsides for a loan and an equity stake but significant upsides for an equity stake”.\n\nHe said “the taxpayer would likely make a profit” once the pandemic passed and the market “restores back to normal”. \n\n“It is not the same thing as owning a company outright,” he said. \n\n“The Australian government should not simply be handing out money to companies left, right and centre.\n\n“We do need to have a multifaceted approach.”\n\nImage: Getty Senator_Patrick So they get lumbered with a stake in an under performing airline and then have the political problems when you have to continually have to contribute funds when needed or go to offload its stake. Senator_Patrick Nationalise it all. Senator_Patrick I hope the Government does not entertain this option, with or without healthy competition. If they go under, someone else will come and start up a new airline in Australia !
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Tens of thousands of Britons ‘desperate to get home’ from Australia | Sky News AustraliaAn estimated 35,000 Britons on tourist visas, working holidays and others on short-term stays in Australia are “desperate to get home” right now, British High Commissioner to Australia Vicki Treadell says.\n\n“We also know that in the last three, four weeks, about 30,000 have managed to get back on the commercial flights that are available and continue to be available,” she said.\n\n “Just in the last week, about 7,000 managed to get on those flights.”\n\nMs Treadell told Sky News Britain’s first priority is to keep commercial airlines flying but would consider chartered options if a lack of airlines required such a mission.\n\n“We have been working with the airlines to try to persuade them to keep flying,” she said.\n\n“Where the government will lay on what are called repatriation flights is really only where the commercial options have ceased to exist and there is no other way home.\n\n“Only in that context will we look to facilitate a chartered airline to compensate for the lack of commercial options.\n\n“That is not currently the situation here in Australia.”\n\nFor British people capable of remaining in Australia through the COVID-19 pandemic, Ms Treadell said “maybe it is best to try to stay here and see this out”.\n\n“The people we really want to focus our attention on are those who need to go home – particularly our most vulnerable.” Send em back Let Britain arrange for and pay to bring them home. Send them home the way they sent us here..... for shits n giggles....
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