COVID-19 TESTING BUS WILL BE IN YOUR AREA THIS WEEK The COVID-19 testing bus will be in Smithton and available for bookings through the Public Health Hotline – 1800 671 738 – there will be NO WALK-UP TESTING. In Smithton, the bus will be located at Smithton Wellbeing Indoor Recreation & Leisure Centre (SWIRL), 110 […]
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Premeir Peter Gutwein acknowledges the support and hard work of Ruth Forrest MLC in the wake of the Covid outbreak in the North-West […]
An update on the Government’s response to Covid-19 in the portfolio area of Mental Health and Wellbeing has been provided by the Minister which you may find useful. You can access the update here […]
A number of updates (as up to date as possible) on the Government’s response to Covid-19 in the portfolio areas of Education and Training have been provided by the Minister which you may find useful. This one is on Training/Skills […]
A number of updates (as up to date as possible) on the Government’s response to Covid-19 in the portfolio areas of Education and Training have been provided by the Minister which you may find useful. This one is in relation to School Staff […]
The Minister for Education and Training has provided a number of updates on the Government’s response to COVID-19 which you may find useful. This one is in relation to support for Tasmanian year 12 students […]
The Minister for Education and Training has provided a number of updates on the Government’s response to Covid-19 which you may find useful. This one is in regard to Child Care […]
A number of updates (as up to date as possible) on the Government’s response to Covid-19 in the portfolio areas of Education and Training have been provided by the Minister which you may find useful. This one is in regard to Learning at Home […]
Just one positive case of covid-19 has been recorded in a testing blitz at three aged care homes in the North-West and Premier Peter Gutwein has used the virus outbreak to again disrupt Tasmania’s usual partisan political rhetoric. In Sunday morning’s briefing, Mr Gutwein confirmed a 79-year-old woman had contracted Covid-19 at the Melaleuca aged […]
Today’s editions of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age highlight the impact of the closure of the North-West Regional Hospital amid the Tasmanian coronavirus outbreak – believed to have started with COVID-19 patients from the Ruby Princess cruise ship — and how it is affecting the community. Read the article, including my comments here […]
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has come under fire after he alleged a North-West health worker who tested positive to COVID-19 was not truthful to health authorities. Mr Morrison told a Hobart radio station on Friday morning a health care worker in Tasmania was not truthful when providing information on their movements to contact tracers. Coronavirus: […]
One in five Australian households have reported buying more alcohol than usual during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to new data released today. National polling by YouGov Galaxy, commissioned by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) found that a majority of these households also reported drinking more than usual and had concerns about their […]
