ABC – News Breakfast

Topics: Workforce shortages; Rapid antigen tests; Inflation; Wages; 14/01/2022 8:05AM AEST   Iskhandar Razak: Business groups are calling for home testing kits to be made more widely available. They also want the exemptions to apply to all workers. But unions have called an emergency meeting for Monday amid concerns the policy will lead to more…

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ABC – RN Breakfast with Hamish Macdonald

Topics: Workforce shortages; Rapid antigen tests; Inflation; Wages; 14/01/2022 7:35AM AEST   Hamish Macdonald:  The Morrison Government has announced that the relaxation of isolation rules will be extended further to teachers, childcare workers and other critical industries in an effort to contain the economic impact of the Omicron wave. It comes amid warnings today that…

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CH 9 – The Today Show

Topics: Novak Djokovic; Rapid antigen tests; Maryborough floods; Vaccination rates; 14/01/2022 7:10AM AEST   Sarah Abo: Well, supermarket purchase limits are back, rapid antigen tests are near impossible to find, and our aged care sector has entered crisis mode again. You’d be forgiven for thinking our government hasn’t had the time to prepare for living…

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CH 9 – Weekend Today

Topics: Restrictions; COVID response; Vaccination; Novak Djokovic; 09/01/2022 09:40AM AEST Jayne Azzopardi:  This is not exactly what we thought living with COVID would look like. Richard Wilkins: A happy new year, one and all. So where do we go from here and how did we get here in the first place? Let’s discuss the week plus with…

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CH 9 – The Today Show with Charles Croucher

Topics: Novak Djokovic; COVID-19 restrictions; Rapid antigen tests 07/01/2022 07:10AM AEST   Charles Croucher: There is plenty more to unpack on Novak Djokovic’s visa fiasco. Let’s bring in the Finance Minister Simon Birmingham, who’s in Normanville in South Australia, and shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers in Brisbane. Good morning to you both. Simon, we’ll begin with…

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Doorstop, Hilton SA    

Topics: COVID-19 response; vaccination rates; healthcare workforce; vaccination clinics; testing; support payments; rapid antigen tests; Old Parliament House damage; pathology testing providers; 04/01/2022 01:05PM ACST   Simon Birmingham:  Thanks very much for coming along today. Much has been asked of Australians throughout two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Australians have responded magnificently by supporting…

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Interview on CH 10, Studio 10 with Sarah Harris and Tristan MacManus

Topics: MYEFO; Commonwealth support; Inflation; 17/12/2021 08:11AM AEST   Sarah Harris: Now, despite 13 million Australians being locked down at some point or another during the pandemic, Australia’s economy is in much better shape than expected.   Tristan MacManus: Yeah. Yesterday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg released the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook. And while our economy…

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