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25.01.2022 Thousands of Australians living with multiple sclerosis will have access to another affordable treatment option, with a new drug added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Zeposia is an oral treatment for adults with relapsing-remitting (RRMS) forms of MS, which helps reduce the frequency of attacks. The disease causes the immune system to attack the central nervous system, causing messages that travel along the nerves to be blocked or distorted.... https://afndaily.com.au//ms-treatment-drugs-zeposia-liste/

24.01.2022 Singapore will allow entry to travellers from Australia, excluding coronavirus hot spot Victoria, beginning next week. Vietnam is also being granted the exemption from coronavirus restrictions. The tiny city-state last month welcomed visitors from Brunei and New Zealand, and is cautiously reopening its borders to help revive its airport, a key regional aviation hub. The aviation authority has said there is a low risk of virus importation from Australia and Vietnam. [ 107 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//singapore-to-allow-entry-from-au/

23.01.2022 Australian biotech Mesoblast has plummeted on the ASX after US health authorities did not approve its therapy to treat a rare disease which affects blood cancer patients. The US Food and Drug Administration has asked the company for at least one more study that shows its therapy, called remestemcel-L, can treat steroid-refractory acute graft versus host disease. The decision caused shares to fall by 33.66 per cent to $3.70 at 1143 AEST. [ 111 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//mesoblast-sinks-after-therapy-no/

22.01.2022 Victoria has recorded another two coronavirus deaths, taking the state toll to 802 and the national figure to 890. There are seven new cases, as Melbourne's 14-day average drops to 12.8 and the regional figure to 0.2. From September 16-29 there were 14 cases with an unknown sources in Melbourne and none in regional areas. The latest numbers come as health authorities confirm two workers in the state government's revised hotel quarantine program were on duty while infectious. [ 352 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//vic-has-two-virus-deaths-seven-n/

21.01.2022 House prices jumped 2.1 per cent in February, their largest national monthly rise since August 2003, spurred on by record low mortgage rates, improving economic conditions and government incentives. Housing analysts CoreLogic say housing values are rising across every capital city and state region, a synchronised growth phase that hasn't been seen in Australia for more than a decade. The last time this occurred for a sustained period was mid-2009 through to early 2010, as post-GFC stimulus fuelled buyer demand, CoreLogic's research director Tim Lawless said.... https://afndaily.com.au//house-prices-see-biggest-rise-si/

20.01.2022 The Victorian government has announced a $5 million two-year trial to provide paid sick leave and carer's pay for casual and insecure workers. Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday announced the state budget will provide funds to set up the Secure Work Pilot Scheme, which will begin in late 2021 or early 2022. Once up and running, the scheme will provide up to five days of paid sick leave and carer's pay at the national minimum wage for casual or insecure workers in sectors with high rates of casual employment.... https://afndaily.com.au//vic-to-trial-sick-leave-for-casu/

19.01.2022 Flight Centre is closing 90 of its travel agencies across the world, having already cut about 4,000 jobs this year due to the pandemic ravaging the travel industry. Many of the closures will be in Australia, although chief executive Graham Turner said this did not necessarily mean more redundancies. There are about 400 Flight Centre agencies left in Australia. "A lot of these shops will be more heavily staffed than they were in the past so we'll be building them back up with staff coming back on board as the business returns," Mr Turner told ABC television on Thursday. [ 101 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//flight-centre-to-close-another-9/

18.01.2022 Politicians and economists are pretty confident the Australian economy has rebounded from its massive economic contraction as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. A series of reports over the next week and half will give clues as to the size of of that recovery ahead of the September quarter national accounts due on December 2, and what it might mean for the final three months of the year.... https://afndaily.com.au//australian-growth-jigsaw-puzzle-/

18.01.2022 Australians are being teased with the prospect of international travel, although it could still be some time before the nation's coronavirus-prompted border closure is lifted. Singapore is allowing Australian travellers - except for Victorians - into the city-state from October 8, subject to a COVID-19 test upon arrival. But Australians are not allowed to travel overseas without an exemption from the Department of Home Affairs, and would still have to foot the bill for 14 days of hotel quarantine after returning. [ 350 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//travel-thought-bubbles-as-new-ca/

18.01.2022 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has conceded New Zealand's health system must be more proactive to treat women suffering from endometriosis. The debilitating condition, which occurs when uterine cells grow in other parts of the body, is estimated to affect 130,000 Kiwis. Many women struggle for years to get a diagnosis of the disease, and most in New Zealand are dependent on the under-pressure public health system for access to treatment. [ 409 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//endometriosis-plan-missing-in-nz/

17.01.2022 Job advertising accelerated over summer, suggesting solid employment gains in coming months. The ANZ job ads series surged 7.2 per cent in February, following an upwardly revised 2.6 per cent increase in January, and lifting the annual rate to 13.4 per cent, the highest level since 2018. "The ongoing strength in ANZ job ads gives us confidence that we'll see solid net employment gains continue over February and March at least, and that the impact of the end of JobKeeper in March will be mitigated to some extent," ANZ senior economist Catherine Birch said.... https://afndaily.com.au//job-ads-point-to-solid-employmen/

16.01.2022 Australians are being tempted to take an interstate trip through extra funding for outdoor attractions. Next week's budget will sprinkle Commonwealth cash over a range of environmental tourism projects. The money will be used to upgrade hiking huts in the Tasmanian wilderness, fix walking tracks in northern NSW, build water crossings in Victoria and restore heritage sites in South Australia and the Northern Territory. [ 218 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//budget-sweetener-to-promote-grea/

15.01.2022 It's not so much the scale of the support but the "attitude" being brought to backing small and medium-sized businesses in the federal budget that counts. That is the view of Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar, who has been helping pull together next Tuesday's budget. The government has unveiled a dozen changes to fringe benefits tax and the way businesses deal with the tax office. [ 426 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//small-businesses-to-gain-more-ta/

14.01.2022 Australia is under increasing global pressure to adopt a net zero emissions by 2050 target, with the Fijian prime minister labelling the goal a matter of life or death. Frank Bainimarama is an outspoken advocate for climate action and says that while the coronavirus pandemic has crippled economies, climate change is more devastating. "Any later than 1st January 2050 will be too late to achieve net zero emissions," he told a Smart Energy Council forum on Wednesday. [ 345 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//net-zero-by-2050-life-or-death-d/

14.01.2022 A controversial multibillion-dollar coal seam gas project in northwest NSW has been approved by the state's Independent Planning Commission, subject to more than 100 "stringent" conditions. The NSW IPC on Wednesday said the Narrabri coal seam gas project could go ahead under a phased approval. Oil and gas giant Santos wants to develop the $3.6 billion project over 95,000 hectares in the Pilliga forest and nearby grazing land in the state's northwest. [ 352 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//nsw-narrabri-gas-project-approve/

13.01.2022 The federal-state border wars have reignited with senior Morrison government figures attacking premiers over travel restrictions. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, the most senior West Australian in the coalition government, has taken a shot at his state's Labor leader over the hard border stance. "Mark McGowan yesterday was a running an economic protectionist argument in favour of continued state border closures," Senator Cormann told Sky News on Friday. [ 351 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//fresh-federal-attacks-on-border-/

13.01.2022 The risk of more COVID-19 outbreaks looms when ship crews are eventually granted long-overdue changeovers, Western Australia's government warns. WA authorities have scrambled to contain an outbreak of 17 cases on the Patricia Oldendorff bulk carrier anchored off the Port Hedland coast. No new cases were reported on Wednesday but nine people remain on the ship as essential crew, seven of whom have tested positive. [ 434 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//wa-warning-on-future-covid-ship-/

12.01.2022 The border stoush between Queensland and NSW could soon be over, with an end date for restrictions announced as NSW records seven days without a single locally transmitted case of COVID-19. Four new coronavirus cases were diagnosed in NSW in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday - all returned travellers in hotel quarantine, including one from Victoria. In the past 10 days, the state has recorded only one new locally acquired case. [ 211 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//end-to-nsw-qld-border-stoush-in-/

12.01.2022 Donald Trump and rival Joe Biden have clashed over the president's record on the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare and the economy in a chaotic and bad-tempered first debate marked by insults and Trump's repeated interruptions. The president bulldozed his way through the 90-minute debate, trying to goad Biden, claiming his Democratic party was trying to steal the November election and declining to condemn white supremacist groups. [ 579 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//trump-and-biden-have-fiery-first/

12.01.2022 In just a week more than 10,000 people in NSW have received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Phase 1a of the nation-wide vaccination program began last Monday, with healthcare and border workers the first to be jabbed with the Pfizer vaccine. "NSW has already successfully administered 10,339 vaccines," Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters on Monday. "On average, 50 people an hour - or 48 to be precise - are getting the vaccine and that can be scaled up."... https://afndaily.com.au//more-than-10000-nsw-residents-va/

11.01.2022 JPMorgan Chase & Co has agreed to pay more than $US920 million ($A1.3 billion) and admitted to wrongdoing to settle federal US market manipulation probes into its trading of metals futures and Treasury securities, US authorities say. The landmark multi-agency settlement lifts a regulatory shadow that has hung over the bank for several years and marks a signature victory for the US government's efforts to clamp down on illegal trading in the futures and precious metals market. [ 447 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//jpmorgan-to-pay-us920m-for-spoof/

11.01.2022 The Queensland government is concerned Victoria easing COVID-19 restrictions and NSW school holidays could spread coronavirus and potentially delay the border reopening. The state government says both southern states must go for 28 days without a single incident of undetermined community transmission for the borders to fully reopen. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says her chief health officer is carefully watching both states after Victoria partially eased lockdown on Sunday and NSW school holidays started on Monday. [ 328 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//qld-eyes-more-movement-in-vic-nsw/

10.01.2022 China has launched a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon in the first bid by any country to retrieve samples from the lunar surface since the 1970s, a mission that underscores Chinese ambitions in space. The Long March-5, China's largest carrier rocket, blasted off at 0430 Beijing time (0730 AEDT) on Tuesday in a pre-dawn launch from Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern Chinese island of Hainan carrying the Chang'e-5 spacecraft.... https://afndaily.com.au//china-launches-mission-for-moon-/

09.01.2022 NSW has recorded its sixth consecutive day with no community transmission of COVID-19. One locally acquired case was included in the records in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday but NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the case was an old infection. The man in his 50s from southwest Sydney was re-tested as a pre-work assessment and was found to have "remnants" of COVID-19, she said. [ 382 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//no-new-locally-acquired-virus-ca/

07.01.2022 Queensland authorities have eased COVID-19 border restrictions for 150,000 northern NSW residents in five council areas, with the Sunshine State again recording no new cases of coronavirus. But a combination of school holidays, an upcoming long weekend and IT challenges around the issuing of permits mean local police are anticipating a "bumpy road" at border checkpoints in coming days. Residents in the Lismore, Ballina, Byron Bay, Richmond Valley and Glen Innes local government areas are now able to apply for a border zone resident declaration pass and travel into Queensland. [ 279 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//queensland-eases-nsw-border-rest/

07.01.2022 Retail sales rose by 1.6 per cent in October, helped by shops being allowed to trade again in Victoria after coronavirus restrictions were eased. The increase equated to Australians spending $460.5 million more at shops than in September, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted Australian Bureau of Statistics data. Victorians' retail spending rose 5.2 per cent as the state government allowed shops to re-open at the end of October.... https://afndaily.com.au//retail-sales-up-1-6pc-as-victori/

07.01.2022 Regional airline Rex has leased six Boeing 737 planes as it prepares to take on Qantas and Virgin with flights between capital cities next year. The airline has signed letters of intent for the planes, previously used by Virgin, that will fly between Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Rex has 60 Saab 340 aircraft but needs the bigger planes for the busier routes. [ 153 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//rex-leases-737s-for-capital-city/

06.01.2022 Medical experts believe the federal government's coronavirus vaccination target will be hard to achieve unless jab rates are dramatically ramped up. The Morrison government has set October as the goal for everyone who wants to receive a vaccination to have at least one dose. Australian Medical Association president Omar Khorshid says it will be a challenge to vaccinate more than 20 million people in that time frame.... https://afndaily.com.au//experts-doubt-october-vaccinatio/

05.01.2022 Santos has accepted more than 100 conditions of approval for its Narrabri coal seam gas project from NSW authorities, which has bolstered its chances of federal approval. The NSW Independent Planning Commission on Wednesday approved the controversial $3.6 billion project for 850 gas wells over 20 years. Environmentalists and farmers said coal seam gas mining threatened water, soil and air quality. [ 122 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//santos-upbeat-after-narrabri-gas/

04.01.2022 Crown Resorts' long failure to investigate and admit to claims money was laundered through its bank accounts is worse than the money laundering itself, an inquiry has heard. "What it says is that this company is unable to govern itself," counsel assisting the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA)'s inquiry into the gaming company, Scott Aspinall, said on Friday.... https://afndaily.com.au//crowns-money-laundering-woes-wor/

01.01.2022 Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has indicated a $200 million investment deal with Virgin Australia could be sealed by Tuesday. The deal being negotiated with the airline's new owners Bain Capital is expected to keep Virgin's headquarters in Brisbane and maintain regional air routes in the state. The government is running out of time to finalise an agreement with parliament dissolved on Tuesday ahead of the state election on October 31. [ 178 more words ] https://afndaily.com.au//queenslands-200m-virgin-deal-clo/