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Ashford Business Council Inc.

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19.01.2022 With NSW hitting the 80% fully vaccinated mark this weekend, a number of COVID restrictions will ease tomorrow for those who have had both their doses. You can take a look at the changes below

19.01.2022 QLD GOVERNMENT ROADMAP TO REOPENING The Queensland Government has announced travel restrictions from NSW - QLD will start to ease when 70% of Queensland resid...ents are fully vaccinated (expected 19th November). The Queensland Government's roadmap to reopening is summarised below. For ongoing updates on entry to Queensland from NSW, please visit https://www.covid19.qld.gov.au/government-ac/border-closing

17.01.2022 Pfizer COVID Vaccine at Ashford If you're after your 1st or 2nd jab Pfizer COVID vaccination, Ashford Aboriginal Land Council is looking for enough people to... run a pop up clinic in Ashford. Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people can attend. If you're interested, call or email Leanne Kelly at the Ashford Land Council: 6725 4411 (Monday, Wednesday or Friday) or email: [email protected] See more

15.01.2022 81.3% of Inverell Shire residents have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination! Thanks to Armajun and UNE Life, a walk-in Pfizer Vax Clinic will b...e in Inverell this week providing first and second doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Details are: Linking Together Centre, 17 Wattle Place, Inverell, 9am - 3pm. No appointments are required, just come along on the day with your Medicare card. Free sausage sizzle! PS: Bring along a drink, hat, pen and chair.

15.01.2022 From Monday 11 October, fully vaccinated people and those with medical exemptions can leave their LGA. If you live in Greater Sydney, you can travel and take ...a holiday anywhere in the Greater Sydney area, including the Blue Mountains, Wollongong, Central Coast and Shellharbour. You can’t enter rural or regional NSW. Residents in regional NSW LGAs can travel within rural and regional NSW but can’t enter Greater Sydney. Unvaccinated people can only holiday within their LGA. The Monday after 80% double dose, fully vaccinated people and those with medical exemptions will be able to travel and holiday anywhere in NSW. Unvaccinated people can still only holiday within their LGA. You must carry proof of vaccination or a medical exemption (a COVID-19 vaccine medical contraindication form) with you. More https://www.nsw.gov.au//easing-covid-19-restric/70-percent

14.01.2022 CHANGES TOMORROW FOR BUSINESS OWNERS, STAFF & CUSTOMERS So many of you have contacted me over the last few days with questions about what changes occur ...tomorrow (Monday 11 October) in the Northern Tablelands and what it means for your business, your employment, or your ability to enter various places. I thought it might be easier to post something up here - in as simple language as possible - to help provide some clarity about what happens tomorrow and how it will impact you. Please bear with me, as this gets a little involved.. Basically, the only businesses/business premises that are impacted by tomorrow’s COVID Roadmap changes are the following (ie. if your business/work is not in the below list then it continues to operate as per normal): Hospitality venues (eg. pubs, registered clubs, cafes, & restaurants) Places of public worship Entertainment facilities (eg. cinema, theatre, concert hall) Public swimming pools Retail premises, but NOT critical retail premises (I will list these further down in the post) Indoor recreation facilities (eg. gyms, bowling alley, squash court) Major recreation facilities (eg. showgrounds, racecourses, motor racing tracks) Hairdressers Beauty/tanning/waxing/nail salons Tattoo/massage parlours Properties operated by the National Trust or Historic House Trust Gaming lounges & betting agencies Auction houses Markets that do NOT predominantly sell food Information and education facilities From tomorrow, a person who works at any of the above businesses/business premises MUST have had at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. For customers, to enter any of the above businesses/business premises, from tomorrow, you must be fully vaccinated. You can, however, still access click and collect and takeaways at the above businesses/premises. For the owners of businesses/business premises in the above list, you must take reasonable steps to prevent unvaccinated people entering your premises. As a general guide, the process and procedures you follow in your business/premises for QR code check-ins is the same you should follow for the vaccination status of customers (to meet your ‘reasonable steps’ obligations) as the same rules apply for both under the Public Health Order. Placing vaccination requirements posters & information at the entry of your premises, alongside Service NSW QR code check-in material, for example, is also recommended. For the purposes of the above list of impacted businesses, the below are defined as critical retail premises (ie NOT impacted by the changes tomorrow, so NO vaccination requirements for staff or customers): chemists and pharmacies garden centres and plant nurseries hardware and building supplies kiosks landscaping material supplies rural supplies shops that predominantly sell food or drinks (eg butchers, bakeries, fruit shops & delicatessens, but does not include restaurants or cafes) shops that predominantly carry out repairs of mobile phones shops that predominantly sell any of the following in the course of the normal operation of the shop: (i) office supplies, (ii) pet supplies, (iii) newspapers, magazines or stationery, (iv) alcohol, (v) maternity or baby supplies and (vi) medical or pharmaceutical supplies. supermarkets & grocery shops timber yards vehicle hire premises but NOT the premises at which vehicles are sold. Again, if you business/place of work is not specifically mentioned in the first list (with the ) then there are NO vaccination requirements for staff or customers from tomorrow. This means you continue to operate just as did last week. For those, like me, who like to read the Public Health Orders, you can find the latest one, which details all the new requirements, here https://legislation.nsw.gov.au//Public%20Health%20(COVID-1) The best source of information I’ve found that may be helpful as guidance to businesses are here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/business/covid-safe-business And this one is great for all the printable posters and signage: https://www.nsw.gov.au//busine/covid-safe-business/toolkit Apologies if this is still not clear. I know some of this stuff is complex and there will be a lot of confusion for a while, but I think if we all do our best and exercise a degree of commonsense we’ll get by. I’ll continue to do my best to answer your questions and/or concerns and my staff are available to assist you as well in my Moree and Armidale offices. Everyone has done such a great job so far, keeping our region safe and getting the vaccination rates up and rising very quickly now. Let’s keep it up! Stay safe and take care everyone. Adam.

12.01.2022 Mask up! Did you know COVID-19 can spread through droplets when people cough, sneeze, sing, talk or breathe around you? Multi-layered cloth masks can block... up to 50-70% of fine droplets and particles. This will help protect you, and those around you from the spread of COVID-19. Don’t forget the mask rules from Monday 11 October: Masks will be mandatory for everyone 12 years and over in all indoor public venues, including public transport, hospitality venues, retail and business premises, on planes and at airports. Only hospitality staff will be required to wear a mask when outdoors.

05.01.2022 The Ashford Rural Transaction Centre - Your one stop shop! Services available include: ~ Australia Post ~ Inverell Shire Council - Library, rate payments, caravan park fees payments, solo bin lid purchases... ~ Human Resources Agency - Centrelink & Medicare Support, lodge forms, computer & phone services available ~ Tourist Information Centre ~ Office equipment use - computers, laminators, fax etc ~ Retail Store - Confectionery, stationery, gift ideas & rural supplies etc Open: Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm (02) 6725 4455