How To Safely Wear PPE In Aged Care

  The NSW coroner will investigate all COVID-19-related deaths at Newmarch House. The western Sydney aged care facility saw 70 people become infected with the virus and 17 residents die, in what became Australia’s most deadly outbreak. Of Australia’s 102 deaths in total, nearly 17 per cent were at Newmarch House. Staff member carried virus into the... Read More

  Bans on aged care workers working in multiple aged care facilities shows how little has been done to protect the aged care workforce and those they care for in this pandemic, Carolyn Smith, the aged care director of United Workers Union, said today. “The Federal Government and the broader industry have ignored calls for... Read More

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced from 6 pm this evening metropolitan Melbourne will move into stage 4 restrictions. Regional Victoria is being moved into Stage 3 restrictions from midnight on Wednesday. With a new curfew to be implemented across metropolitan Melbourne from 8:00 pm to 5 am each and every day. The Premier said,... Read More