Enhanced police powers and tighter new rules will spearhead the enforcement response launched against the few people who refuse to do the right thing during a global pandemic. A new high-visibility policing operation has been launched to assist the state’s health strategy to tackle the further spread of the COVID-19 Delta strain. Thousands of police […]
The joint NSW Government and Commonwealth JobSaver program will besignificantly boosted to give greater support to businesses and individuals impactedby the extended lockdown. JobSaver payments will now be available to businesses with an annual turnover ofbetween $75,000 and $250 million, up from $50 million, which have experienced arevenue decline of 30 per cent or more. […]
From tomorrow, eligible NSW businesses, sole traders and not-for-profit organisations will be able to apply for up to $15,000 from the first of the NSW Government’s economic support packages: The 2021 COVID-19 Business Support Grant. Applications for the second tranche of assistance, which includes the Micro Business Support Grants and the JobSaver program, will open […]
Support is available from Services Australia in Greater Sydney and surrounding NSW, with claims for COVID-19 disaster payments opening tomorrow (Sunday 18 July).These payments will support everyone impacted by today’s further restrictions, particularly the retail and construction industries. Eligible people will be able to get $600 per week if they have lost 20 or more […]
The following changes come into effect across Greater Sydney including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour until 11.59pm on Friday, 30 July: From 11.59pm on Saturday, 17 July: Retail premises will be required to close (‘click and collect’, takeaway and home delivery can still operate), except the following can remain open: Supermarkets and […]
Sydney, Australia’s most populous city, entered the 20th day of the ongoing strict lockdown on Thursday imposed amid the country’s largest Covid-19 outbreak of this year. On Thursday, New South Wales (NSW) state, of which Sydney is the capital, reported 65 new local Covid-19 cases, of which 28 were transmitted within the community, Xinhua news […]
The NSW Government will enhance its contribution to the Federal Government’s vaccine rollout to ensure maximum uptake both now, and as more supplies arrive. Teachers and aged care workers in the Fairfield, Canterbury Bankstown and Liverpool local government areas where there is greater concern of COVID-19 transmission, vaccine with be given on priority. A vaccine […]
From today the use of the NSW Government’s COVID-Safe Check-In will be mandatory at most workplaces and retail businesses in the State. Check-in information from these additional venues is critical to support the work of NSW Health contact tracing teams in the fight against the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19. The expanded check-in rules […]
The COVID-19 Disaster Payment is available for people that live or work in parts of Sydney, Wollongong, Blue Mountains and Central Coast that have been in lockdown for more than 7 days. The payment is available for people that have lost work and income due to the restrictions that are in place. A second payment […]
By Raj Natarajan To have a little part of your country in an absolutely foreign soil is a matter of immense honor and pride. It is this moment of triumph, the Indian citizens in Australia felt when on 15 June, 2021, the Parramatta Council declared the iconic business streets of Wigram Street, Marion Street and […]