The Prime Minister has announced that Australia has entered single-digit levels of COVID-19 infection growth and that the country can now move into a "new phase" of virus suppression."Had the virus kept growing at the same rate it was 12 days ago, we would now have more than 10,500 cases in this country," he said.As of last Friday afternoon, Australia recorded 5315 … [Read more...]
Domestic Violence Incidents Expected To Spike Along With COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to force shutdowns across the country, many essential services are continuing to operate – albeit with strict social distancing practices, or with employees working from home.CLEON Legal and Mediation Services, a Townsville-based law firm specializing in domestic violence and family law, is determined to continue servicing its clients through the … [Read more...]
COVID-19: What Are Your Employee Rights?
In wake of the World Health Organisation declaring COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) a pandemic, many workplaces have responded to help stop the spread of the virus by changing their working arrangements, with many industries making the move to work from home.However, not all workplaces have been able to work online. Service industries such as retail and hospitality have been … [Read more...]
Are Sweeping Human Biosecurity Emergency Powers Justified?
When the threat COVID-19 posed could no longer be kept under wraps in Wuhan, the Chinese Government did not hesitate to impose a largely experimental lockdown on an unprecedented scale. While this initially sparked bewilderment throughout the Western world, its effectiveness cannot be denied, with Hubei province reporting no domestic transmissions of the disease for the first … [Read more...]
COVID-19: Information For Small Businesses
In the March issue of BucketOrange Magazine, we chat with Nicola Martin and Chiara Rawlins from McCabe Curwood Lawyers in Sydney to answer some of the internet's most frequently asked questions for small business owners and employers in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.What general obligations do business owners have to staff during the crisis? "At all times, … [Read more...]
6 Things To Do Before You *Potentially* Die Of Coronavirus
Right. Well. Here we are.World events over the last few months have left most of us feeling like a pancake that's unceremoniously been flung across the room.Since the coronavirus outbreak in November last year, our collective situation has not been well-situated (and by that, I mean that things have deteriorated fast). It's been a cataclysmic chain reaction that has … [Read more...]
What Is The Penalty For Refusing Self-Quarantine?
Update: The Governor-General has today declared a human biosecurity emergency. The Health Minister may now exercise special emergency powers under the Biosecurity Act 2015 to prevent and control the emergence, establishment or spread of coronavirus. The declaration must only be used for 3 months, with a possibility of extension for 3 months. Under the special powers, the Health … [Read more...]
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