[Link] ‘We got it wrong’: SA Health boss concedes failures on border exemptions

Read: 17/11/2021 indaily.com.au

Appearing before state parliament’s budget and finance committee this morning, SA Health CEO Dr Chris McGowan conceded SA Health was not initially prepared for the volume of South Australians wanting to come home.

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[Link] Police try to identify flare-wielding protesters

Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Police are trying to identify three people involved in the setting off of flares at an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne on Saturday.

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[Link] Centrelink pauses welfare and childcare debt repayments during lockdowns

Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Centrelink will no longer issue or recover welfare and childcare debts during lockdowns, including in parts of New South Wales and Queensland currently under stay-at-home orders.

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