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With case numbers still rising, authorities have responded with tough new restrictions enforceable as at 11.59pm Saturday 17 July 2021. > People who live in the local government areas (LGAs) [...]

State of Origin Player Jai Arrow faces a $35,000 fine and a two-game suspension after allegedly breaching a public health order by bringing an 'unregistered guest', understood to be a [...]

An ombudsman's report condemned a rushed lockdown of nine public housing towers in Melbourne that left thousands of residents without adequate food and medication and access to fresh air. MELBOURNE, [...]

Byline: Liz Clarke After lengthy deliberation and close consultation with health authorities, Australian Open officials are circulating a plan for holding the tennis season's first Grand Slam on Feb. 8 [...]

Byline: Liz Clarke After lengthy deliberation and close consultation with health authorities, Australian Open officials are circulating a plan for holding the tennis season's first Grand Slam on Feb. 8 [...]

Byline: Antonia Noori Farzan Australian air carrier Qantas anticipates asking all international travelers to prove they've been immunized against the coronavirus once a vaccine is widely available - a requirement [...]

South Australia imposed tight statewide restrictions based on what a man had said about his relationship to a restaurant. And then the authorities learned the truth. It was the lie [...]

A need for parks during lockdown has turned into a debate about the future of inner-city golf courses. The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign [...]

Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA -- Lead The political leader of Australia's Victorian state says despite 'incredibly complex' negotiations, he is confident January's Australian Open tennis tournament will proceed. [...]

Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE -- Lead MELBOURNE The Australian Open and all the regular interstate leadup tournaments for the season's first tennis major will be staged in Melbourne in [...]

After chafing against their isolation for so long, Australians these days are finding island life a privilege when pestilence lies beyond. SYDNEY, Australia -- They used to call it ''the [...]

Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, emerged from its 111-day hibernation with a mix of euphoria and caution. MELBOURNE, Australia -- As if from hibernation, Australia's second-largest city emerged from one of [...]

Byline: Antonia Noori Farzan and Miriam Berger One of the world's longest novel coronavirus lockdowns wound down Wednesday morning, allowing roughly 5 million people in the Australian city of Melbourne [...]

For the second time in a week, the daily coronavirus case count in Arizona has exceeded 1,000 new cases. Also on Tuesday, Oklahoma reported 1,475 new cases and Arkansas added [...]

Daniel Andrews, Victoria's premier, has conducted 100 consecutive daily news conferences. In Melbourne, we all watch. We are all exhausted. The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia [...]

Limits on the number of Australians who can return have spurred a growing uproar over the country's hard-line approach to the coronavirus. DARWIN, Australia -- Alison Richards, a 38-year-old graphic [...]

Byline: Nikki Stamp For Print Use Only. In the Old Testament, the Bible recounts the 10 Plagues of Egypt, disasters inflicted by God to force the Pharaoh to release the [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel The last time an Australian Football League game was played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, in late September, 100,014 fans were on hand to see Richmond win its [...]

As a result of new Covid cases in Sydney, New South Wales Health has issued a new public health order, which is currently in effect. > NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian [...]

The Federal Government is seeking fresh legal advice on whether it can compel private nursing home staff to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations. The move comes as Victoria battles another COVID outbreak, [...]

Michael Byrnes-Employment partner, discussed mandatory workplace Covid-19 vaccination with Brooke Corte on the Money News program on 2GB, 3AW and 4BC on 1 June 2021 (from 24:13): Click here the [...]

The European Parliament voted last week to call on the EU to support the 'Indian and South African World Trade Organization (WHO) initiative for a temporary waiver on intellectual property [...]

Mandatory Workplace Vaccination: The Current State of Play As the Covid-19 vaccination process slowly but surely proceeds, the issue of mandatory workplace Covid-19 vaccination is increasingly coming under consideration. Two [...]

The Fair Work Commission ('FWC') has upheld the termination of an aged care worker's employment who refused a flu vaccination on the grounds of a previous allergic reaction. While the [...]

In the absence of a Public Health Order mandating the COVID-19 vaccine, whether employers can require employees to be vaccinated against the disease is certainly a complex question. The Fair [...]

Since COVID-19 landed on our shores in early 2020, a range of orders and determinations have been issued by state, territory and federal governments which regulate Australian residents, ostensibly to [...]

The Victorian government is in the process of recruiting a team of experienced lawyers who will act as 'detention review officers', assessing applications for anyone wishing to avoid hotel quarantine. [...]

Introduction The NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has announced that the roll-out of the COVID- 19 vaccine will commence on Monday 22nd February with 35,000 frontline workers expected to be vaccinated [...]

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines for Australia has begun. To help, we have answered some of the frequently asked questions our employer clients are asking us. Can employers require [...]

Last year, temporary COVID-19 amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Act) were introduced permitting: the use of technology to hold meetings, including Annual General Meetings (AGMs) electronic and split [...]

The legality of the Victorian Government's recent border closure has come under some scrutiny at a time when the border has been opened to around 1200 individuals involved with the [...]

A Victorian man intends to sue the State Government after being detained in quarantine. John-Lee Berridge says Victorian health authorities made a mistake about quarantine and he should not have [...]

In a widely-distributed open letter to NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller, a senior member of the NSW Police Force Public Order and Riot Squad has drawn attention to a situation [...]

There have been glimmers of hope that life might be getting back to 'normal' post pandemic in Australia, but the Federal Government announced this week that the soon-to-expire biosecurity emergency [...]

With the festive season just around the corner, most employers are looking to hold an end-of-year function to cap-off what has been a very tough year for most. Festivities are [...]

Travel restrictions to Australia Australia's borders are closed. The only people who can travel to Australia are: Australian citizens residents immediate family members travellers who have been in New Zealand [...]

It's that time of year. The 'Silly Season'. For many organisations, the official employer Christmas party is imminent. But this year, 2020, it's with a difference. Employer Christmas parties will [...]

For a moment there, many Australians thought the COVID-19 pandemic was over. Even now, as the number of cases in Victoria rises dramatically, other regions around the country, like Queensland [...]

The Fair Work Commission ('FWC') has ruled that a direction to employees during COVID-19 to complete a travel survey was a reasonable and lawful direction. An application for unfair dismissal [...]

State of the art 'smart building' technology has rapidly become a key differentiator for all stakeholders in the real estate value-chain - owners, operators, tenants and end users. However, as [...]

The New South Wales / Victorian border closed today, after hundreds of Victorians continue to be infected with COVID-19. For those living on or near the border, with work commitments, [...]

This article is the second in a series of articles that look at how COVID-19 is affecting the healthcare and life sciences sectors in Australia. To read our earlier article [...]

CANBERRA, Australia -- The following information was released by the Department of Health of Australia: Read the transcript of Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Nick Coatsworth's interview on Channel 7, [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the Voice of America (VOA): Authorities in Australia are shutting down the border between the country's two most populous states due [...]

The Australian Government is continually reviewing and implementing measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19, which includes putting in place travel restrictions and banning events with more than 500 people. [...]

In the media OAIC: Email highlighted as a key risk for data breaches Malicious or criminal attacks including cyber incidents remain the leading cause of data breaches involving personal information [...]

This is an update to my previous article: 'Social Distancing', the new norm (for now at least)1 published on the Carroll & O'Dea Lawyers website on 14 April 2020. This [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to concerted efforts around the world to contain and monitor the spread of the virus. As a result, numerous countries have introduced mobile contact tracing [...]

Can a retirement village be 'closed off' to access? The short answer is no. While an Operator is entitled to control the land and facilities it operates, residents have the [...]

Byline: Nikki Stamp Nikki Stamp is a heart and lung surgeon in Perth, Australia. In the Old Testament, the Bible recounts the 10 Plagues of Egypt, disasters inflicted by God [...]