Friday 13 November 2020

Here's how border restrictions across Australia are changing

All state and territory leaders aside from WA's have agreed to get rid of their coronavirus-caused border closures before the end of the year. With December still a few weeks away, here's what's due to change.



NT Government fast tracks decisions on Palmerston liquor licence applications

Two liquor licence applications in Palmerston that are now being expedited by NT Government — following its controversial move to sidestep the independent Liquor Commission — have previously been opposed by NT Police.



NSW goes a week without locally acquired COVID cases

Despite the milestone, multiple suburbs in north-west Sydney are on alert after coronavirus traces were found in a sewage system that covers 120,000 people.



Another newborn dies at crisis-hit Sydney hospital

The latest death follows a NSW Government review into the death of four newborns and a threat by 20 obstetricians to resign over concerns about the hospital.



For people with this little-understood mental condition, a diagnosis is all too rare

Morgan Bayer has spent most of her life gripped by a volatile mental disorder so misunderstood that she didn't know she was a sufferer, despite years of mental health support.



Sydney's historic QVB is like a ghost town but there are signs of a 'slow recovery'

The QVB shopping centre, like much of Sydney's CBD, is a shadow of its former self in terms of bustling crowds, but as the festive season approaches, there is optimism about what's ahead.



Armin supports 10 people on his wage — and the pandemic has pushed him to the edge

This casual chemist stocktake assistant is among almost 1 million people across Australia who work fewer than their usual hours because of underemployment due to the coronavirus.