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Recently I moved to my new home in Braddon, Canberra while the COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc upon our lives. I have moved houses before but this time it was a lot more challenging and stressfully. This move taught me how important it was to remain safe and sanitise everything, which we neglect to do when moving under normal circumstances. Therefore, I wanted to share the things I learned by writting down precautions to take when moving during a pandemic for people who like me want to honour their lease agreements and plan to vacate their rented properly at the end of tenancy. Use New Packing Boxes and Supplies Under usual circumstances it is recommended that packing boxes and supplies are reused and recycled. However, when moving during a pandemic the opposite is wise because it limits exposure to the virus and helps stop the cycle of transmission. Therefore, it would be better to obtain new packing boxes and supplies for protecting your belongings during transit. M...

In the expansion of its iron ore mine in Western Pilbara, Rio Tinto blasted the Juukan Gorge 1 and 2 – Aboriginal rock shelters dating back 46,000 years. These sites had deep historical and cultural significance. The shelters are the only inland site in Australia showing human occupation continuing through the last Ice Age. The mining blast caused significant distress to the Puutu Kunti Kurrama traditional land owners. It's an irretrievable loss for future generations. Read more:   https://www.sciencealert.com/a-46-000-year-old-aboriginal-site-was-just-deliberately-destroyed-in-australia

Since last summer’s bushfire crisis, there’s been a quantum shift in public awareness of Aboriginal fire management. It’s now more widely understood that Aboriginal people used landscape burning to sustain biodiversity and suppress large bushfires. The Morrison government’s bushfire royal commission, which began hearings this week, recognises the potential of incorporating Aboriginal knowledge into mainstream fire management. Its terms of reference seek to understand ways “the traditional land and fire management practices of Indigenous Australians could improve Australia’s resilience to natural disasters”. Read more:  https://theconversation.com/australia-you-have-unfinished-business-its-time-to-let-our-fire-people-care-for-this-land-135196

SYDNEY - The first major sporting competition in Australia is restarting Thursday after weeks of COVID-19 lockdown. The National Rugby League (NRL) has adopted strict biosecurity measures and has developed a health check app for players. Australia’s National Rugby League season was suspended on March 23 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 16-team competition kicks-off again Thursday with a match in Brisbane. It is another sign that life in Australia, which has contained the outbreak, is beginning to resemble what it was before the coronavirus crisis. Read more:  https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/rugby-resumes-australia-after-weeks-covid-19-lockdowns

Jacinda Ardern has given her strongest indication yet of when regular trans-Tasman travel may resume, listing September as a realistic time frame. Her comments echo those of an expert working group set up to lay the groundwork for the resumption of business-as-usual flights. However, the prime minister's deputy Winston Peters believes flights should be taking off from New Zealand to lesser-impacted regions of Australia - such as Tasmania and the Northern Territory - immediately. Read more:  https://www.sbs.com.au/news/september-start-for-australia-nz-travel-bubble-realistic-jacinda-ardern-says

Moving to a new place is always exciting, but it can be a challenging task because you need to focus on various tasks. However, it can become easier if you focus on the most important aspects of moving and make the necessary arrangements. From boxes and packing materials to equipment and  Canberra  removalists, you need to concentrate on everything. Here are a few essential things to organise before moving to a new place. Let’s have a look. Moving boxes  One of the essential things to arrange before moving to a new place is your moving boxes. Instead of purchasing your boxes, you can arrange the boxes for free. This way you can save a lot of money. Visit any nearby liquor shop or grocery store and ask them for free boxes. They have plenty of such boxes, so they won’t mind giving you some of the boxes.  Moving Tools If you are moving without proper moving tools, then it can be very challenging for you. You need modern equipment like utility dolly,...

Smoke from the Australian bushfires of the 2019-20 summer caused an estimated 445 deaths and put more than 4,000 people in hospital, a royal commission has heard. Eighty per cent of the Australian population was affected by smoke from the fires, which burned in six states across six months. Associate Prof Fay Johnston, an environmental health expert from the University of Tasmania, said the health problems from bushfire smoke were much greater than the health impact of the fires themselves. Read more:  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/26/australias-summer-bushfire-smoke-killed-445-and-put-thousands-in-hospital-inquiry-hears

The prime minister has warned Australians that opening up "will be harder" than closing down, while mapping out his JobMaker vision. Australians will need to retrain themselves to live and work in a post-pandemic world, Scott Morrison said during his National Press Club address. The prime minister unveiled part of the Coalition's economic plan, JobMaker, which is designed to claw the nation back from pandemic-induced pain. Read more:  https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-jobmaker-opening-up-will-be-harder-than-closing-down-australia-prime-minister-scott-morrison-warns/cd307479-611a-40f1-88ef-a555e5322af1#close

South Australia has recorded its first COVID-19 case in 19 days — an overseas traveller who was given an exemption from quarantine. Key points: A woman in her 50s who recently returned from overseas has tested positive SA Health said the woman had a "significant number" of contacts The positive test comes amid an easing of restrictions in SA SA Health said the woman, aged in her 50s, had travelled from the United Kingdom to Victoria where she had been quarantined in a hotel for less than a week, before travelling to South Australia. She was given an exemption to fly to South Australia for "compelling family reasons" and was tested on arrival at Adelaide Airport. Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said the woman is now isolated and there is "no further risk" to anybody in South Australia. Read more:  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-26/south-australia-records-new-coronavirus-case/12287142

An Australian trial of two experimental drugs to treat Covid-19 is under review after the World Health Organization halted all its trials involving hydroxychloroquine due to concerns about its efficacy and safety. The board responsible for monitoring the safety of the trial was meeting on Tuesday evening to discuss the future of the study. On Friday the Lancet published a study that found Covid-19 patients who received hydroxychloroquine were dying at higher rates and experiencing more heart-related complications than other virus patients. The large observational study analysed data from nearly 15,000 patients with Covid-19 who received the drug alone or in combination with antibiotics, comparing this data with 81,000 controls who did not receive the drug. Read more:  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/26/australian-hydroxychloroquine-trial-under-review-world-health-organization-concern-over-safety

Are you relocating to the capital city of Australia to get high-class education system?   Canberra has one of the best primary, secondary and high schools and universities to help you build career in the technology-driven world. The state government is also committed to providing advanced, equitable and consistent education to all, and that’s why introduced the Future of Education Strategy. The strategy will help guide the efforts and investment of ACT education system in the next 10 years. This means the future schools may not have traditional learning classes such as English and Maths and shifted their focus on personalised learning. For more information on Canberra’s education system, you have a look at the article shared below. https://www.betterremovalistscanberra.com.au/know-education-system-schools-canberra-moving/

When people first arrived in what is now Queensland, they would have found the land inhabited by massive animals including goannas six metres long and kangaroos twice as tall as a human. We have studied fossil bones of these animals for the past decade. Our findings, published in Nature Communications, shed new light on the mystery of what drove these ancient megafauna to extinction. Read more:  https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/may/19/humans-australia-megafauna-to-extinction-climate-queensland

It's exactly one year since he was re-elected. Online, there are TikToks of teenagers singing his praises. Shock jocks have apologised for previous criticism. It's in stark contrast to how he was viewed during the bushfire crisis, where he took a secret holiday to Hawaii while the nation was on fire. Mr Morrison's perceived failures sparked immense public anger. Citizens swore at him on camera, while firefighters and survivors refused to shake his hand. Then, as the blazes were dying down in late January, Australia found itself sucked into the coronavirus emergency. Read more:  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-52703265

Australia currently has just 700 active cases of coronavirus as the country's health authorities work to identify and nullify small outbreaks in major communities. Addressing the public in a press conference this afternoon, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said while Australia's numbers are low, our death toll now sits at 99 people. Professor Kelly also implored Australians to keep seeing their doctors for chronic conditions, noting the successful roll-out of consultations done by family doctors over the phone. Read more:  https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-australia-700-active-covid19-cases-death-toll-now-at-99/9c298379-3656-419b-a823-1c0c00f40be3

Over the past several weeks, Australia has successfully flattened the curve, making it one of just a handful of countries ready to start easing restrictions designed to stop the spread of coronavirus. But with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in a war of words over when state borders should reopen, it is clear not every leader is ready for life to return to some semblance of normal. All over the country, there have been strict quarantines enforced with few, if any, exemptions. Here's a rundown of what to expect in each state and territory. Read more:  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-18/coronavirus-where-you-can-travel-within-australia/12259246

Hey Mates, I have recently moved to a new place in Canberra. Even though my relocation was a last minute move during COVID 19, I didn’t experience any stress or anxiety related to health. This is because I read a few safety tips in an article before moving, and it helped me a lot. Thus, I am sharing it here with everyone. From the packing supplies to hiring professionals and from using sanitising products to maintain social distancing, this article has covered all the essential factors. If you want to know more about the safety moving tips, click the link mentioned below and read the article. https://www.betterremovalistscanberra.com.au/useful-safety-tips-last-minute-move-covid-19/

The Australian Bureau of Statistics will examine the impact of Covid-19 and social distancing measures on the overall death rate, amid suggestions fewer people than normal may have died during the lockdown period. While Australia has seen 97 deaths related to Covid-19, doctors and nurses are reporting that emergency departments have been quieter overall, with people spending longer indoors, causing reductions in sport and work-related injuries. Read more:  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/06/are-fewer-australians-than-usual-dying-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made a rare appearance at a top Australian government meeting Tuesday, as both countries moved a step closer to establishing a potential coronavirus-free travel corridor. The proposal, known formally as the trans-Tasman Covid-safe travel zone, would allow residents to travel freely between the two neighboring nations, without a need for quarantine. Ardern was invited to join the Australian national cabinet meeting by the country's leader Scott Morrison. Read more:  https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/05/australia/australia-new-zealand-ardern-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html

The national cabinet is analysing "a vast range" of plans detailing how restrictions could be lifted, ahead of a crunch declaration on Friday. Australians have put the country in a "great position" to see many social restrictions eased, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth told Today. Cafes, restaurants, the entertainment anThe Eden-Monaro byelection has become the telenovela nobody saw coming. Andrew Constance was in, then out. But first John Barilaro was in, then out. Constance dealt with his about-face in a statement that apologised for being inexplicable but gave little insight into why he was here today and gone tomorrow. Barilaro bowed out torching the joint. Andrew Clennell from Sky News unearthed texts on Tuesday from Barilaro to the federal National leader Michael McCormack, where the New South Wales Nationals leader berated his federal colleague for failing to back his candidacy in the contest.d fitness industries may get a staggered green l...

The national cabinet is analysing "a vast range" of plans detailing how restrictions could be lifted, ahead of a crunch declaration on Friday. Australians have put the country in a "great position" to see many social restrictions eased, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth told Today. Cafes, restaurants, the entertainment and fitness industries may get a staggered green light to open for business. Read more:  https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-australia-coronavirus-restrictions-could-be-eased/458ad9b3-c090-4fdf-9453-fb4139c868bc