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[Link] Protests break out at Covid-hit iPhone factory in China

Read: 23/11/2022 www.theguardian.com

Large-scale protests broke out at Foxconn’s vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, images circulating on Weibo and Twitter appeared to show.

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[Link] Childless QAnon Influencer Ron Watkins Is Berating ‘Communist’ School Boards

Read: 27/1/2022 www.vice.com

Of course schools are not teaching their kids to be racist or spreading “transexual propaganda,” whatever that means. Perhaps Watkins would know that if he had a child enrolled in an Arizona public school, which he doesn’t. Because he doesn’t have a child at all.

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[Link] ‘It’s really scary’: welfare recipients forced to attend in-person appointments despite Omicron surge

Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

A woman with chronic illnesses and an immunocompromised partner and the single mother of a toddler are among those being told they’ll have their benefits cut if they don’t attend face-to-face job agency appointments, despite an unprecedented surge of Covid cases.

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[Link] Calls for French minister to resign after announcing Covid protocol from Ibiza

Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

France’s education minister is facing calls to resign after it emerged he had announced a strict Covid-testing protocol for schools shortly before the start of the January school term while he was on holiday in Ibiza.

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[Link] US Secret Service says $US100 billion stolen from COVID-19 relief funds

Read: 23/12/2021 www.abc.net.au

The US Secret Service says around $US100 billion ($139 billion) at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic.

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[Link] Two shot dead in Moscow by man reportedly told by security guard to put on a face mask

Read: 8/12/2021 www.abc.net.au

Four other people were wounded in the incident on Tuesday. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a suspect had been detained.

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[Link] Normal Island: UK Loses It Over ‘Illegal’ Christmas Party at Boris Johnson’s House

Read: 8/12/2021 www.vice.com

Work Christmas parties are usually just a bit of fun – a chance to drink on the company buck and catch your married colleague kissing the office manager.

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[Link] Homeless Man Sentenced to 7 Weeks in Jail for Not Staying at Home

Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com

Singaporean national Rozman Abdul Rahman was arrested in March last year for breaking a rule requiring him to stay at home after he returned to Singapore from Batam, Indonesia.

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[Link] Adult Male With Omicron Variant Attended New York Anime Convention

Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com

During a White House press briefing, press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that a vaccinated adult male infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 attended an anime convention in New York City’s Javits Center.

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[Link] Have you asked for an Airbnb refund during COVID? Ross was refused one – and then told to break lockdown

Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

So when they booked a night at a Victorian country home for a getaway with friends, the Melbourne-based couple didn't pay too much attention to their Airbnb host's cancellation policy.

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[Link] WA Police officers who refuse vaccine will be stood down on full pay, union says

Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The WA Police Union says about 20 officers are likely to be stood down for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before Wednesday's deadline, but they could continue to receive full pay for months.

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[Link] The Sicilian town where the Covid vaccination rate hit 104%

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

While European governments weigh up new mandates and measures to boost the uptake of Covid jabs there is on the slopes of Sicily’s Monte delle Rose a village with a vaccination rate that defies mathematics: 104%.

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[Link] Dozens arrested in Netherlands in second night of Covid protests

Read: 21/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Five police officers have been injured and at least 40 people arrested in a second night of violence in the Netherlands, as tougher Covid-19 restrictions to curb the resurgent pandemic led to angry protests in several European countries.

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[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] Bizarre Images of New Zealand Protesters Wearing Trump Masks Evoke Capitol Riot

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

Thousands of anti-vaccine mandate protestors gathered in New Zealand’s capital of Wellington on Tuesday, Nov. 9, blocking roads and rallying outside of the country’s Parliament to denounce state-enforced COVID-19 vaccination requirements and government lockdowns.

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[Link] Doctors say Flight Centre should ‘pull its head in’ after legal threat to WA borders

Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Medical professionals have lashed out at Flight Centre’s threat to launch legal action against the Western Australian government’s ongoing border restrictions, calling on the company to “pull its head in”.

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[Link] More than 60% of people visiting Melbourne vaccination hub did not have Medicare card

Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

More than 60% of people who visited a Melbourne vaccination centre targeting those facing disadvantage did not have a Medicare card, while about 5% were probably homeless, figures show.

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[Link] North Dakota Republican forced to skip anti-vaccination rally after getting Covid

Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

A North Dakota Republican who organized a rally to oppose Covid-19 vaccine mandates said he would not attend the event – because he was infected with Covid-19.

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[Link] SA Police investigate how COVID-positive woman who sparked NT lockdown entered state

Read: 8/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

SA Police is investigating if a woman who tested positive for COVID-19 and sparked the Northern Territory's lockdown had the relevant travel permits into South Australia from Victoria.

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[Link] China's COVID death rate is curiously low. An anonymous Beijing doctor told us how they’re doing it

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

If accurate, the official figures highlight the benefits of the world's strictest zero-tolerance policy, which involved keeping borders closed and moving quickly to suppress small outbreaks.

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[Link] California town declares itself a ‘constitutional republic’ to buck Covid rules

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

A northern California town has declared itself a “constitutional republic” in response to Covid-19 health restrictions imposed by the governor, in the latest sign of ongoing strife between the state’s government and its rural and conservative regions.

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[Link] Marjorie Taylor Greene Is 1 Twitter Violation Away From a Permanent Ban

Read: 4/11/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account has been suspended for a week for posting COVID-19 misinformation, and the Georgia congresswoman is just one more violation away from a permanent ban.

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[Link] New Zealand gang leaders unite to urge community to get Covid shots

Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Seven New Zealand gang leaders, representing four of the countries most well-known street gangs, have joined forces in a video urging their communities to get vaccinated, in a concept that was conjured up by a government minister.

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[Link] The Great Cop Vax Mandate Apocalypse That Never Happened

Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com

When New York City announced that city workers—including cops–would have to be vaccinated against COVID-19, there was howling, threats, and promises that thousands would walk off the job or retire, turning the city into a dangerous, crime-ridden hellscape.

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[Link] Pro-vaccine Fox News host receives support from CNN anchor over death threats

Read: 1/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The CNN anchor Jake Tapper reached across the political aisle on Friday to support Neil Cavuto, a Fox News host who received death threats after pleading for viewers to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

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[Link] Supply chains threatened as vaccine deadline looms for freight workers entering the NT

Read: 31/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

From groceries and hardware to cattle and clothes, freight workers play a crucial role in keeping the Northern Territory open for business. But the NT government's vaccine deadline for the industry is fast approaching.

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[Link] Capital Rioter Begged to Be Released From ‘Cult-Like’ Patriot Wing of DC Jail

Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. An alleged Capitol rioter was released to the custody of his parents Tuesday after a judge in the case said he was surrounded by the “toxic environment” of the D.C. jail holding dozens of January 6 defendants. 

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[Link] Queensland Police Service employees lose legal bid against mandatory COVID jab

Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The full bench of Queensland's Industrial Relation Commission (QIRC) rejected submissions that Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll had no power to mandate compulsory vaccinations, did not consult staff and infringed upon workers' rights.

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[Link] 10,000 tickets confirmed for Melbourne Cup, but only 500 available to the public

Read: 22/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Organisers have confirmed crowds will be back at the Melbourne Cup for the first time since 2019, with 10,000 allowed at Flemington, including 500 members of the general public.

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[Link] Truck driver accused of spitting on and assaulting police at border checkpoint refused bail

Read: 21/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Brendan J Moore, 57, faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with assaulting a police officer and another worker, and resisting police.

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[Link] Illegal House Party During NZ Lockdown Pisses Off Just About Everyone

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

As Auckland approaches its eleventh consecutive week of lockdown, a viral house party filled with dry humping Instagram models has caused outrage.

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[Link] Women Who Dressed as Couriers With Pink Backpacks to Deliver Drugs Over Lockdown Jailed

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

Each of the women, all Brazilian nationals aged 24 to 33, wore a courier uniform, with distinctive pink backpacks, each with a “team” number written on (1, 2, 3 and 4), and a different coloured wallet inside with the driver’s name on.

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[Link] Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses

Read: 13/10/2021 arstechnica.com

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order late Monday prohibiting all state entities, including private businesses, from requiring people to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

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[Link] Unvaccinated patients are getting kicked off organ transplant waitlists

Read: 13/10/2021 arstechnica.com

A growing number of medical facilities across the country are directing coveted organ donations to patients who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, pushing people who remain unvaccinated down or even off of transplantation waitlists.

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[Link] Gang Members Busted Trying to Smuggle a Carload of KFC Into a Locked Down City

Read: 22/9/2021 www.vice.com

New Zealand police were patrolling the backstreets just south of Auckland on Sunday night when they saw it: a “suspicious looking” car travelling down a gravel road near the city’s southern border.

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[Link] Queensland police superintendent 'disappointed' by allegations officer snuck daughter over NSW border

Read: 22/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

An internal investigation has since begun into the incident and the officer has been stood down from official duties in the road policing unit in the Brisbane suburb of Boondall. The man's 20-year-old daughter was issued with a $4,135 fine last Wednesday and has been placed in hotel quarantine.

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[Link] Near death of anti-vaccine cardinal is an “irony of life,” says Pope Francis

Read: 20/9/2021 arstechnica.com

Pope Francis, well-known for his freewheeling conversations with journalists aboard the papal plane, yesterday called out COVID-19 vaccine resistance within church ranks as he flew home from Hungary and Slovakia. And he went straight to the top. Well, the irony of life...

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[Link] Two week shutdown of construction industry expected following violent Melbourne protests

Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Victorian government is expected to forcibly shutdown all construction sites across the state in response to violent protests outside the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union's Melbourne office today.

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[Link] Texas couple denied service at restaurant for breaking ‘no mask’ rule

Read: 20/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Natalie Wester spoke to CBS DFW, a local TV station, about her experience with her husband, Jose, and a few friends. Last week, she said, the Westers went to Hang Time, a bar and restaurant in Rowlett, 20 miles outside Dallas, for a rare outing.

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[Link] South Australians, including a couple in their 60s, arrested after entering the state without a permit

Read: 8/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

Six people, including a couple from Kangaroo Island and another pair who crossed fields to enter the state from Victoria, have been arrested and charged after separate breaches of South Australia's COVID-19 restrictions.

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[Link] Scott Morrison granted Covid lockdown exemption to visit Sydney for Father’s Day weekend

Read: 6/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Scott Morrison travelled to Sydney over the Father’s Day weekend and returned to Canberra on Monday after receiving an exemption from ACT Health.

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[Link] ‘AntiVaxMomma’ Allegedly Sold Fake COVID Vaccine Cards on Instagram

Read: 31/8/2021 www.vice.com

Jasmine Clifford, the 31-year-old “AntivaxMomma,” allegedly sold about 250 forged COVID-19 vaccine cards on Instagram from May 2021 to July, according to the Manhattan DA. The scheme involved selling these cards over Instagram that falsely stated an individual had received a COVID-19 vaccine.

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[Link] The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Was a Total COVID Disaster—Again

Read: 27/8/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. It turns out that when hundreds of thousands of people get together during a global pandemic, hospitals are going to suffer the consequences. And South Dakota is learning that for the second year in a row. 

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[Link] Costco 'caught out' by COVID, regrets decision to open new store

Read: 26/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Boolaroo warehouse at Lake Macquarie was set to open tomorrow after eight months of preparation, but is now at the centre of a COVID cluster.

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[Link] Man who allegedly escaped hotel quarantine and went to SA pub arrested

Read: 18/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

An investigation has found flaws in South Australia's medi-hotel security protocols, which allowed an international arrival to leave hotel quarantine for eight hours and attend a nearby pub and fast food outlet last week.

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[Link] NSW police fine 600 people on first day of Covid crackdown blitz

Read: 18/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

New South Wales police issued nearly 600 infringement notices to people flouting tough new health orders on the first day of a three-week crackdown designed to get the state’s escalating Covid crisis under control.

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[Link] Pharmacist Faces Decades in Prison for Allegedly Selling Vaccine Cards on eBay

Read: 17/8/2021 www.vice.com

The news signals the criminal element of buying or selling vaccination documents, and comes as unvaccinated people seek to buy the cards or similar fakes to try and skirt proof of vaccination requested by employers or businesses.

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[Link] Police arrest dozens of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne's CBD

Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Victorian police arrested dozens of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne's CBD last night. Officers appeared to outnumber a handful of protesters who came into the city's centre to protest hours after Premier Daniel Andrews announced a seven-day extension to the city's lockdown.

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[Link] Near-miss was Delta strain, as Tasmanian COVID closures continue

Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Deputy Director of Public Health, Julie Graham, said it did not take very long to identify everyone that came into contact with the man, who did not have a valid G2G (Good-to-Go) pass.

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[Link] Howard Springs quarantine facility expected to reach capacity for overseas arrivals for the first time

Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has told Parliament the facility would reach capacity for repatriated Australians in the coming weeks.

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[Link] A woman who refused to check in at a Canberra store claims to be a 'sovereign state'

Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Elvira Shagabuddinova, who told the court her last name was actually Useinova, is facing three charges, including trespass and failing to comply with a health direction without a reasonable excuse.

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[Link] Republicans used to laud ‘personal responsibility’. Not with Covid

Read: 31/7/2021 www.theguardian.com

“It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions,” declared Ronald Reagan at the 1968 Republican National Convention.

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[Link] Extroverted, self-centred men less likely to comply with Covid restrictions, study suggests

Read: 31/7/2021 www.theguardian.com

People who do not comply with Covid-19 pandemic restrictions are mostly male, more extroverted and more likely to put their own self-interests above those of others, suggests a new study of behaviours internationally.

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