Tag: Australia

Today, Australia posted its largest daily total for the number of new infections since the pandemic began. Yet parts of Sydney have been under lockdown for almost two full months. Is it time for focused protection?

We're publishing an original piece on the Daily Sceptic today by a senior executive at pharmaceutical company setting out the choices facing Australia and New Zealand. There are no good options.

by George Santayana *Spoiler alert*: There is a moment in one of the Mad Max films where Max and his band of tagalongs have successfully escaped from their pursuers and are striking out through the post-apocalyptic Outback in search of The Safe Place, a haven of security where they hope to live out their lives in peace. After much struggle, they crest the top of an enormous dune only to see an endless desert stretching out beyond the horizon. It is as this point that the true nature of their predicament becomes clear; do they continue on alone into the unending sea of sand in what may be the forlorn hope of reaching The Safe Place, or do they stay where they are until their pursuers inevitably catch up with them, or do they turn around and head back into danger but to somewhere where they know there is water and shelter? In many ways, this is an apt metaphor for the situation Australia and New Zealand now find themselves in with respect to Covid. Having apparently successfully escaped from the pandemic, what should they do now? Do they plough on in the hope of reaching some kind of Safe Place, which may or may not exist, or do they instead attempt to re-join the rest of the world? A ...

Canberra, the capital of Australia, is being plunged into lockdown for a whole week following the reporting of a single positive Covid test.

An elderly Sydney widow has written to the Australian saying she was arrested for exercising near her home, highlighting the lengths to which the Australian authorities are going to make citizens abide by lockdown rules.

Talks on the use of vaccine passports in Australia are gearing up – proof of full vaccination will soon be needed for fans to visit major sporting venues.

Australia is using its army to enforce strict 'Zero-Covid' lockdown measures, with helicopters flying over parts of the country telling rule-breakers: "You will be found and fines issued."

Thousands have marched in major Australian cities, including Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, against lockdown, with more than half of Australians currently being told to stay at home.

The vaccination of children as young as 12 is likely to be approved by Australian health authorities on Friday despite ongoing debates on the safety of extending national vaccine roll-outs to the youngest in society.

In Australia, the state of Victoria, with more than six million people, has been put into lockdown because of 18 cases. Yes, you read that correctly. The Australian's Steve Waterson tries to explain what's going on.