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CRISPIN HULL / Corporates, Covid & Cricket
If you needed any proof that blokes and the blokes that run big corporations rule our lives to our detriment, look no further than the Covid cricket fiasco.
he MCG is now listed as a potential COVID-19 acquisition site after a man who attended Day Two of the Boxing Day Test later tested positive to coronavirus. It will be impossible to track down all his contacts.
COVID-19 UPDATE / Immunity and Vaccine Development
In this edition, Dr Doug from International SOS shares today’s latest insights on the development of COVID immunity and vaccine development:
COVID-19 UPDATE / Greater Brisbane Lockdown
Greater Brisbane will enter a three-day “stay at home” lockdown from 6:00pm tonight
WHAT’S ON THIS WEEKEND
The definitive guide to Whats’ On in the Douglas Shire this weekend.
SPECIAL COVID BULLETIN / Doubts for the South African Variant
South African variant of COVID-19 is probably still susceptible to vaccine-derived immunity. Various recent reports have suggested that that the South African variant of SARS-CoV-2 may be able to escape vaccine-induced immunity.
COVID-19 UPDATE / Immunity and Vaccine Development
In this edition, Dr Doug from International SOS shares today’s latest insights on the development of COVID immunity and vaccine development:
WHAT WILL TREND IN TRAVEL IN 2021?
Qantas begins the new year today with optimism for the prospects of vaccination and pre-flight COVID-19 testing to help to re-invigorate international travel. The airline has now re-opened bookings across its entire overseas network from July 1, 2021. As vaccines start rolling out in earnest, with UK health authorities commencing vaccination with Oxford-AstraZeneca today, many aspirational travellers are feeling a new sense of hope about travel in 2021. So, today I consider what will international travel look like in 2021?
POLICE BEAT / Wet Weather Guide
Police want to remind motorists when travelling in wet weather, there are several tips you can take to ensure you are decreasing your risk of being involved in a serious traffic crash or finding yourself stuck or washed away in flood water.
CRISPIN HULL / Equality
It should have come as no surprise this week that Australia’s billionaires collectively added more than 50% to their wealth in 2020 – the year of the pandemic. That is what extreme wealth, and most extremely wealthy people, do when unchecked. They take advantage of things, especially adverse conditions.
THE ART OF SIMPLE / Reflective Ways to Spend New Years’ Eve
With New Years celebrations cast in the shadow of a pandemic that changed the world forever, it’s entirely understandable that you might be feeling a little flat about partying ol’ school, or you might simply be locked out because you can’t get a ticket to Port Douglas’ shenanigans…so we’ve come up with a list of ways to welcome in new beginnings that are calm, reflective and kind to our temples…









