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Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Australia news live: NSW on alert over Covid-19 cases in Sydney suburbs and Wollongong

Sydneysiders await premier’s update to see if three new coronavirus cases can be linked to Avalon cluster. All the latest news and updates, live * Follow our global coronavirus live blog * NSW hotspots list * Download the free Guardian app to get the most important news notifications 9.03pm GMT On Tuesday night NSW HEALTH issued alerts for multiple new venues including two churches in WOLLONGONG. Anyone who visited the ST NEKTARIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH on Sunday 27 December between 9am-10.15am, and THE HOLY CROSS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH on Sunday 27 December between 10.30am-11am MUST GET TESTED IMMEDIATELY AND SELF-ISOLATE UNTIL THEY RECEIVE FURTHER ADVICE FROM NSW HEALTH. Related: Covid hotspots NSW: list of Sydney and regional coronavirus case locations 8.55pm GMT Australia has experienced the biggest expansion of casual employment in the country’s history, according to new analysis that suggests the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been “starkly unequal”. My colleague DANIEL HURST has the story here: Related: Casual and part-time jobs at record levels after Australia's Covid recession, analysis finds Tellingly, last on Australians’ wish-list for the new year is the Government’s much-vaunted ‘gas led recovery’ which only 6% of Australians selected as something they’d like to keep from 2020.” Continue reading...


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