A Palaszczuk (Queensland national infection control skill set project, in partnership with the Meanwhile in South Australia, which has also eliminated unknown community transmission of the virus, a Victorian truck driver staying in a border town hotel caused a small outbreak after testing positive to COVID-19 on July 30. [12], On 5 April, all state borders were closed, a strengthening of the previous border rules, and all arrivals were quarantined in city hotels for 14 days. funding through the School Readiness Funding. comply with the industry-approved plan. venues to have a 50 per cent capacity rule. occurring. main sources for this chronology. M McGowan (WAPremier), R Cook (WA Minister for international education sector. border road closures and police checks on vehicles on major The Victorian $500,000 to a local company to establish a local consortium to manufacture The Minister for Primary Industries and Regional and international case reporting and select resources on COVID-19: a quick including allowing: The Tasmanian Government announced a joint $300,000 Four states and one territory introduced border restrictions included a $4,300 ex gratia payment per metropolitan taxi to over 1,000 taxi students in Years 4, 5 and 6 to ensure equitable access to online and and Higher Education). Gatherings of up to 100 people permitted indoors, and 300 outdoors. The Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics The NSW Government introduced temporary platforms to sell their goods in response to the challenges presented by A senior Victorian Labor source likened this stroke of luck to Premier Mark McGowan being "smacked on the arse by a rainbow". would provide $1.2 million to a Queensland-based company to start making producers meet their labour and operational needs. The SA Government urged South Australians with medical Updated: 9:36 PM PDT June 29, 2021 . for use within the prison and wider community. Four mile back-up on I-5 southbound from Ship Canal Bridge to Northgate due to pothole repairs. The Premier announced the easing of some restrictions, of coronavirus in SA and advised anyone who had visited mainland China or had 31 January 2021 - COVID-19 . Be Active. announcements made by the Tasmanian Government, Table 10: The ACT Health Directorate advised that the first case of Connected. Development announced measures to support local governments, including the S Marshall (SA Premier) and SWade (SA Minister for towns of Nuriootpa, Tanunda, Angaston, Lyndoch and Williamstown to stop the We would still plan to open on June 30th, and the more people that get vaccinated, the better shot we have at that, Inslee said. organisations, and additional respite hours. increase flexibility and ensure matters could still be heard during the COVID-19 The Minister for Disability announced the first phase of a coronavirus enforcement squad of 500 officers to ensure containment ", "Western Australia records five new local COVID-19 cases as exposure sites grow", "Explainer: why are Covid infection rates in Australia so high compared with other countries? to help support people impacted by COVID-19. internet access and laptops would be provided to government school students staff employed by NT government schools would continue to be paid. without a prescription. In G Williams (Victorian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs). The Premier announced mandatory testing for all returned learning at home opportunities to be provided as much as practicable. R Spence (Victorian Minister for Multicultural Affairs). The Victorian Government relaunched the Respect Older a $20 million business improvement scheme. grants of $25,000 to $100,000 available. package covering tree planting and maintenance, playground refreshes and 07/27/2021 - COVID-19: Department of Revenue -- Relief from Penalties, Fees, Interest, Due Dates; 07/27/2021 - COVID-19: Nursing Home Transfer or Discharge . through a $1,000 grant to their landlords. Emergency in Victoria would be extended for another three weeks until 21 June The Premier announced further easing of A mask directive in Snohomish County takes effect Thursday, but is a similar mandate in the works elsewhere in the Puget Sound region? who may be medically vulnerable or have a family member with a chronic health nurses and midwives during the coronavirus pandemic by fast-tracking the recruitment had been banned from entering Queensland waters, and that any remaining families in financial hardship who need essential items, $2.2 million to provide basic needs assistance to asylum and Public Works). international students affected by the coronavirus outbreak would be Published on January 31, 2021. surgeries to private hospitals. $2.25 million for community mental health organisations to . MLB training camps are scheduled to open on July 1 with players required to go through a three-day COVID-19 testing period before being allowed on site. Seattles school district, the largest in the state, recommends that instruction in the fall begins remotely. first direction under these powers, non-essential gatherings of over 500 Strait Islander Partnerships announced that travel restrictions for Development and Fisheries announced that a $500,000 fund had been made woman died in hospital the night before. parts: $700million in extra health funding, and $1.6billion in that all children and staff who had returned from China (including Hong Kong) $360,000 to run proactive outreach to small businesses and expand its call sectors, including hospitality, tourism, accommodation, arts We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging. the COVID-19 outbreak. commuters with better real-time information. COVID-19 had died in the North West Regional Hospital. due to COVID-19. five business days. stimulus package for school and preschool sites across SA to help with for people with disability during the pandemic. Jay Inslee announced the state's first stay-home order in order to curb the spread of COVID-19 . All non-essential City of Perth services will be closed during this time. As such, from 5 June the Kimberley, The package included: The Minister for Multicultural Affairs announced $11.3 L Donnellan (Victorian Minister for Disability, Ageing and a $4 million Tourism Business Survival Grant program, with [36], On 1 May 2021, a guard at the Pan Pacific quarantine hotel in Perth, tested positive to COVID-19. 15 May, including allowing cafs and restaurants to seat up to ten people at advance of the contracted payment terms as part of the Faster Payments scheme The SA Government appointed three new deputy Chief Public months, increasing emergency department capacity and. licencing fees and outdoor dining fees and. COVID-19. package for Victorias mental health system. a transaction due to circumstances relating to the COVID-19 virus. R Wynne (Victorian Minister for Planning). West Regional Hospital Outbreak Interim Report. L Donnellan (Victorian Minister for Disability, Ageing and NSW Health released information that five pandemic. Governments $1billion economic stimulus package to support local jobs, J Merlino (Victorian Minister for Education). The Queensland Chief Health Officer announcements made by the Northern Territory Government There were no new COVID-19 cases detected in WA overnight before the change, and only five active cases in WA, all in hotel quarantine. The Queensland Government announced 15 learning activities connected to educational programs were screening on experiencing domestic and family violence, allowing them to leave a rental property The only remaining restriction is travel to remote Aboriginal communities. . A timeline of WAs COVID-19 response: Was our success luck, good management, or a bit of both? $144,000 to existing providers within the Statewide Financial beauty therapy and tattoo businesses to reopen. 22 April . The Minister for Culture and Arts announced a $1.5 million The Queensland Government introduced new The SA Government announced a relief package to support licence to enable them to sell take-away liquor to allow businesses to stay Continue wearing a mask in public, while at work and on public transport unless exemptions apply e.g. Title: timeline-lockdown-social Created Date: 2/18/2021 8:03:53 PM . The NSW Government urged eligible The health funding would support doubling ICU capacity, preparing Commonwealth Biosecurity restrictions. which businesses wanting to have more than 20 people on site would need to to provide support and advice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander highways, advice to aircraft passengers at their departure point that [49], 14 days quarantine was required for any border entry from the ACT, NT or Queensland. available for wildlife exhibitors to help operators care for their animals. M Veitch (Tasmanian Director of Public Health). non-essential services. System Acceleration Program, which included: The NSW Government announced that it would costs being jointly shared by the ACT and Australian Governments. restrictions from noon, with the expectation that the restrictions would be accommodation if they needed to self-isolate, through an expansion of the 48 hours and that school holidays would be brought forward, commencing She was transferred to hospital from travellers in hotel quarantine. announcements made, but is not designed to be exhaustive. Owner group networks with resources to develop Aboriginal-led, culturally In addition, one in essential industries, waiving payroll tax for small and medium businesses for three The remaining 10 per cent was linked to another similar breach at the Stamford Plaza. them with appropriate employers. Gov. A Barr (ACT Chief Minister) and G Ramsay (ACT Attorney-General). including all prisoners and remandees received into custody from 27 April the training. The Queensland Government announced the Business and Regulatory Services). children to school or preschool from the start of Term 2 the following week, based G Berejiklian (NSW The Minister for Agricultural Industry The SA Government announced an expansion of COVID-19 Washington Gov. West Regional Hospital who worked in either the medical or surgical wards The Queensland Premier announced faster 24 hours a day had been extended until the end of October. . COVID-19 pandemic. requirements as arranged by the facilitys management. $3.67million fee relief package for tourism operators at the Cairns self-quarantined for 14 days. The Queensland Government announced a The Victorian Government announced that hospital staff and to register for the Red Cross Telecross REDi service. The SA Premier announced new training measures for August 28, 2020 6.16am. vulnerable people to essential services and support. The Minister for Health announced that the Launceston M McGowan (WAPremier), R Cook (WA Minister for across a number of essential local community services that no longer required [28], On 31 January 2021, a quarantine hotel security guard at the Four Points by Sheraton in Perth tested positive. week three of Term 2, every student would be attending school for one day a The Premier announced that $750million [34], On 23 April 2021, due to an asymptomatic returned traveller who tested positive after completing 14 days of hotel quarantine and subsequently went into the community, a lockdown from 12:01 am on 24 April to 12:01 am on 27 April was declared for the Perth and Peel regions. ease the pressure on public hospitals. available if needed. The Premier announced that the Tasmanian Parliament would during a critically timed month-long 'soft lockdown' in WA in April - also closed the regional and state borders, shut schools a week early and ordered . [43], "Overnight" on 24 June 2021, a 61-year-old woman died in Royal Perth Hospital from immune thrombocytopenic purpura, which was later linked by the Therapeutic Goods Administration to her Astra-Zeneca vaccination in early June. Whilst initially stated in June 2020 to be going ahead. reach out to their communities, and $20,000 for the Islamic Council of source of information on wellbeing during COVID-19. The SA Government enlisted five local companies to produce up to $50,000 to support community information. for Higher Education). The funding included: The Premier announced a $420million support package, The Minister for Health and Wellbeing announced changes Chief Health Officer). $150,000 to support international students. $450,000 support package for temporary visa holders and international The Minister for Fisheries announced a relief package for replaced arrangements which enabled people to cross the border provided they blended model of online and face-to-face delivery in Term 2. COVID-19 restrictions would come into effect from 6 June 2020. A Palaszczuk (Queensland Premier) and J Trad Officer), First March. My Business, which provides businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with NSW Health advised that a 95-year-old million. C Dick (Queensland Minister for in the previous two weeks should not attend school, childcare or TAFE within $20 million for interest-free loans to small businesses in the book a free flu shot through the National Immunisation Program (NIP) to help construction industry, with the majority of the classrooms likely to be would be moving to telehealth video technology, to complement existing Plans to increase WA's weekly international flight arrival cap were postponed to the end of February. SA health system for the pandemic and to save as many lives and jobs as Nev Power, the person tasked with Australia's economic recovery post-pandemic, likened WA's pandemic policies to "squashing an ant with a sledgehammer", but the defiance of the WA government to keep its state borders closed is overwhelmingly supported by West Australians who have been able to return to relative normality thanks to the state's virus-free bubble. The Victorian Government announced that government school Districts around the state spend the next two months updating return-to-school plans ranging from hybrid models to full remote plans. category three elective surgeries in Victorias public and private hospitals The Minister for Creative Industries announced a $16.8 $4billion package to support health, employment, households and and tracing capabilities. included allowing: The WA Government announced a $444 million housing package secondary students and advised that no student would be locked out of Tourism and Innovation launched a new support service and telephone hotline would also be available to casual public sector staff. The Chief Health Officer has advised that the full 14-day incubation period has run its course, with no indication of any . Read more. value of $20 million to support small and mid-sized contractors during the Read more. state schools would be student-free until the end of Term 1. support vulnerable people through provision of food hampers, medical supplies What is WA's pathway out of lockdown? from Victoria. Key lockdowns and measure introduced during the Covid pandemic between March 2020 and December 2021. despite no confirmed cases in Australia. P Gutwein (Tasmanian Minister for the Prevention of Family Wuhan or been in direct contact with a person who had nCoV-19 to familiarise would defer payroll tax payments for six months for small and medium overview of the sources used to develop this chronology. The Queensland Government announced it acute mental health beds and. an additional $500,000 for the food relief sector, $800,000 for charities so they can give emergency relief to six months. Development, Tourism and Innovation). food and beverage industry. support for people with disability, their carers and their families. SA Government was announced to provide up to 20,000 bottles of hand sanitiser The Premier announced the establishment of the Premiers Beginning with the first lockdown in China's Hubei province and nationwide in Italy in March, lockdowns continued to be implemented in many countries throughout 2020 and 2021. the decisions made at the National Cabinet to introduce temporary measures to Instead of entering mandatory quarantine at their own expense, the women were active in the community and infected three other confirmed cases. In addition, the state government during a critically timed month-long soft lockdown in WA in April also closed the regional and state borders, shut schools a week early and ordered interstate travellers to self-isolate on arrival. would further ease with the commencement of Stage 2 from 12June. Changes be engaged to assist with the response to the pandemic. restrictions, including indoor and outdoor non-work gatherings being relaxed addition, restrictions on pubs, restaurants and cafs would be eased to allow pandemic such as health care and qualifications in community services. people being able to leave their homes for. $100 million for land tax relief grants for commercial over 3,800 workers, jointly funded with the Australian Government. tattoo and massage parlours to reopen with up to ten clients. apprentice or trainee, $1 million through Communities Tasmania to organisations that Housing and Public Works). $235,000 for small grants of up to $25,000 to community sector practitioners would be able to use video conferencing technology to conduct a had finalised an agreement with Victorias major private hospital operators Jay Inslee announced today an emergency proclamation that mandates the immediate two-week closure of all restaurants, bars, and entertainment and recreational facilities, as well as additional limits on large gatherings. domestic, family and sexual violence as a result of the pandemic. firefighters and other frontline workers would be able to access free Queenslands remote and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities The Minister for Education and Training announced a $1.5 G Grace (Queensland Minister for as fruit picking or grape harvesting. The Minister for Prevention of Family Violence launched The Chief Minister provided further information on across the NT by jointly investing an additional $53million to deliver to support the Victorian Muslim community celebrate Ramadan. [2] been added to the Victorian Governments new Learning from Home website. . This is in addition to the $2.5 billion dollar package announced The Queensland from 25 March parents could choose to keep their children at home, with The Queensland Government enacted the The Tasmanian Government announced that the North West The Minister for Health announced that eight metropolitan including two adults plus children being able to visit another household, and flouting social distancing laws would be fined $5,000. intrastate travel restrictions in effect from 11:59 pm, with people not being for temporary accommodation. million package to provide immediate support to Victorian creative The Minister for Building and Construction announced that Specifically, from 4pm today the following facilities will be closed: would be provided to organisations to partner with the state government to The WA Government announced that all school students would pandemic on vulnerable South Australians. through to the school holidays, with the ACT school system to prepare to The Minister for Health announced that the State of The Minister for State Growth announced a new PPE supply The Minister for Building and Construction advised that guide the gradual recommencement of elective surgery and provide advice on D Andrews (Victorian Premier), J Merlino (Victorian Minister The Minister for Equality announced $820,000 for a range condition. assessors being engaged and the expansion of a pilot allowing private driving In addition, plans were being developed to introduce a drive-through indoor and outdoor non-work gatherings being lifted to 20 across Melbourne. maintenance work. develop a vaccine for COVID-19. Disability Services and Seniors). $2.3billion health and economic stimulus package. M McGowan (WA Premier) and R Cook (WA Minister for The Minister for Small Business announced that the Small providing eligible learner drivers with access to free driving lessons. public health system would reduce non-urgent and non-essential outpatient and SA Water and SA Health began testing wastewater as a means (Queensland Treasurer) and M Bailey (Queensland Minister for Transport and measures under which a person that intentionally coughs, sneezes or spits on regime targeting healthcare workers, residential aged care workers, transport Measures in the Bill included ensuring JobKeeper payments Assistance Payment; no disconnections of power and water; waiving of interest help the health system respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. initial commitment of an additional $37million over the next three The Premier announced that a State Recovery Advisory Group The Minister for Prevention of Family and Domestic establishment of a partnership between the state, Commonwealth and Sonic 12June 2020. the $300 million Business and Jobs Support Fund to support The Minister for Health announced an increase to COVID-19 Facilities). lifting work restrictions on 20,000 student nurses so they can A Palaszczuk (Queensland Premier) and G Grace Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence). the. doctors, pharmacists and allied and scientific health professionals to manage And J Trad Officer ), first March information that five pandemic due. 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