An Australian childcare centre has been fined $20,000 after an investigation found that four children under the age of four were found on the verge of a highway after getting out through a fence. The incident happened on Aug. 31 last year, when four young children, one boy and three girls, left the Sparrow Early…
Aussie Man Rappels Using Bedsheets to Escape Perth Hotel Quarantine
An Australian man has allegedly fled a hotel quarantine in Perth by escaping through a window and rappeling down the external wall using bedsheets tied together like a rope. The ABC has reported that police allege Travis Hay Myles escaped from quarantine at a Rivervale hotel at around 12.45 a.m. on Tuesday. Myles had travelled…
Western Australia Exits Lockdown Amid Warning They’ll Happen Again Until Vaccinations Increase
Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan has warned that until more of his state’s residents are vaccinated against coronavirus, lockdowns will remain a “necessary tool” to curb outbreaks. His warning comes despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying on Friday that all state territory leaders had agreed to only use lockdowns as a last resort. More than…
Qantas Adds Seven New Routes as Demand Surges
Qantas predicts that its capacity will exceed 100 percent of pre-COVID levels in the coming months after adding seven new routes between major capital cities as domestic demand increases following the pandemic slump. Qantas Domestic and International CEO Andrew David said the new routes would help support the growing demand for domestic tourism. “As most…
WA Hospital Staff to Rally After Girl’s Death as Unions, Govt Battle
Doctors and nurses are banding together to rally in front of Perth Children’s Hospital in Western Australia (WA) following the tragic death of a 7-year-old girl on Easter Saturday. Aishwarya Aswath died at the hospital after waiting close to two hours to receive treatment, sparking outrage over the hospital’s failure to timely administer treatment for…
Lockdowns in Western Australia Are About Control
Commentary As Anzac Day Dawn Services were held across the nation, another lockdown in Perth and the Peel region after two cases of locally acquired COVID-19 forced their cancellation in Western Australia (WA), with the people instead asked to commemorate the day at home. These lockdown measures compromise at least two of our most cherished…
Perth Plunged Into Three-Day Lockdown After COVID-19 Outbreak
Metropolitan Perth and the Peel region will go into a three-day lockdown from midnight on Friday after a hotel quarantine outbreak led to community transmission. Western Australia (WA) Premier Mark McGowan says the lockdown is a necessary measure after two people, including a man who stayed in the hotel and completed quarantine before flying to…
Rain Due After Tough Night for West Australian Fire Fighters
PERTH, Australia — Firefighters are hoping for weekend rain in Western Australia (WA), with the number of homes destroyed by a devastating bushfire in the Perth Hills rising to 86. Hopes are high that forecast weekend rain will help firefighters get on top of the week-long blaze as a tropical low tracks towards the southwest….
Uncontrolled Bushfires Destroy 71 Perth Homes Prompting Total Fire Ban
Bushfires have ravaged Perth’s northeastern suburbs destroying 71 homes, leading the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) to announce a Total Fire Ban (TFB) on Wednesday for areas throughout the state. The bushfire which prompted the fire ban was started in the suburb of Wooroloo and was first reported on Monday, but the cause…
Authorities Warn Perth’s Hard Lockdown to Combat the CCP Virus May Be Extended
Western Australian authorities remain unsure whether the state’s five-day lockdown will end as scheduled as they continue to investigate how the hotel quarantine security guard who triggered the lockdown contracted the CCP virus. The guard at the Sheraton Four Points in Perth CBD, who has been confirmed to have the highly transmissible UK strain, attended 16…
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