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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has been hit with two fines for breaching COVID-19 restrictions.Mr Andrews was filmed walking through the state parliament’s car park without a mask on Thursday 7 October.He also did not wear a mask as he approached the media on Wednesday 6 October.On both days, Mr Andrews wore a mask as he was driven to parliament but took it off before ...

  By: Elizabeth Daoud The New South Wales government has announced more financial support measures to help businesses reopen with confidence after lockdown. Premier Dominic Perrottet announced a Summer Holiday Stock Guarantee on Tuesday that would allow eligible businesses with an annual turnover between $75,000 and $50 million to apply for a grant of up to $20,000 to compensate for ...

By: Jorge Branco Premier Dominic Perrottet has avoided a fine after he was photographed enjoying a schooner while standing up to celebrate the end of lockdown. On Monday Mr Perrottet appeared alongside Deputy Premier Paul Toole and NSW Treasurer Matt Kean at Watson’s in Moore Park to speak about the reopening of the hospitality industry and relaxed restrictions. Footage showed ...

  More than one million NSW workers will, within weeks, lose the federal disaster payments that have been sustaining them through the three months of lockdown and for many, it will be a trying time.Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has revealed this week that the disaster payments of up to $750 a week for individuals will wind down once vaccination rates pass 70 percent of the ...

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he could make “small changes” to the state’s roadmap out of lockdown during a crisis cabinet meeting being held tonight. Restrictions will ease on Monday, including the reopening of retail, restaurants and bars, after the Premier confirmed on social media that the state had reached the target of 70 per cent of over 16s being ...

By: Kim Chappell There will be no cabinet reshuffle until NSW has worked its way through its re-opening says Premier Dominic Perrottet. “I know how big the challenge ahead is for our state, but I love New South Wales, and that is the passion that will fuel me and fuel my team,” he said. “A stable, united government is vital ...

The City of Canterbury Bankstown has improved the safety of thousands of children travelling to and from school. Council recently completed upgrades of eight pedestrian crossing at local schools. Mayor Khal Asfour said safety is one of my priorities and these projects will ensure children are not put at greater risk. “More than 58,000 children go to school across our ...

The City of Canterbury Bankstown’s annual Children and Youth Awards are accepting nominations to recognise the valuable contributions that young people make to our City. The awards are open to school children in Years 3-6 and all young people aged 12-18 years old who live, work or study in Canterbury-Bankstown. Children and young people can be nominated or nominate themselves ...

New South Wales Deputy Premier John Barilaro says his tenure as Nationals leader has been a “tough run” after he announced this morning he would stand down on Wednesday, just days after the resignation of Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Mr Barilaro said in a statement he would call for a party meeting on Wednesday where he would officially resign. It comes ...

By: Daniel Hurst Australia’s foreign minister, Marise Payne, raised the case of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange with the US secretary of state during her visit to Washington DC this month, the government has revealed. But Australian parliamentarians who support Assange say the government should demand his immediate release, after a US news report this week claimed CIA officials during ...