#AussieQ Daily News Thread 140520 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇦🇺" title="Flag of Australia" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Australia"> Please add below important local news you think other AussieQs need to see today, will do this daily as needed. Please RT
1/ Following drastic laws in NZ yesterday https://www.smh.com.au/national/new-asio-law-one-more-step-towards-a-totalitarian-state-20200513-p54smi.html">https://www.smh.com.au/national/...
2/ #Covid19app #covid1984 https://twitter.com/MRobertsQLD/status/1260767857098371074">https://twitter.com/MRobertsQ... thanks to @aussie_bot for this one. I asked the Foreign Minister about COVIDSafe, it performance & improvements.
"We do not have access to that information nor should we."
3/ Across the ditch from @commonsense_nz
"This is the most anti-democratic piece of legislation being put before this parliament...wake up New Zealand".
@NZNationalParty
#nzpol #COVID19nz #COVID1984 https://twitter.com/commonsen...
4/ Australia records highest number of jobless since 1994 https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/almost-600-000-people-lost-work-in-april-abs-20200514-p54suk.html">https://www.theage.com.au/politics/...
'Tough day for Australia': Almost 600,000 people lost work in April

The unemployment rate spiked a full percentage point to 6.2 per cent last month - the highest jobless rate since September 2015, ABS figures show.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/almost-600-000-people-lost-work-in-april-abs-20200514-p54suk.html
5/ Flipping a coin: Virus antibody tests & #39;should not be used& #39; Testing at the Doherty Institute this week has found the tests, designed to tell if a person has already had coronavirus, are accurate about half the time. https://www.theage.com.au/national/flipping-a-coin-covid-19-antibody-tests-should-not-be-used-20200513-p54smf.html">https://www.theage.com.au/national/...
'Flipping a coin': COVID-19 antibody tests 'should not be used'

At least four COVID-19 antibody tests approved by Australia’s drug regulator are so inaccurate they should not be used to diagnose infections, separate independent reviews have found.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/flipping-a-coin-covid-19-antibody-tests-should-not-be-used-20200513-p54smf.html
6/ WORKSAFE normally much faster to get oin site - this is weird and yesterday they had staff meeting with everyone ONSITE: WorkSafe launches probe into Cedar Meats outbreak https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/worksafe-launches-investigation-into-cedar-meats-covid-19-outbreak-20200513-p54so0.html">https://www.theage.com.au/politics/...
WorkSafe launches investigation into Cedar Meats COVID-19 outbreak

WorkSafe has launched an investigation into the COVID-19 outbreak at Cedar Meats in Melbourne's west, which is linked to 88 infections.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/worksafe-launches-investigation-into-cedar-meats-covid-19-outbreak-20200513-p54so0.html
7/ hmmm... China trade dispute sparks national division
Victoria has warned the federal government to be more diplomatic in pursuit of a coronavirus inquiry, fearing that an escalating trade dispute with China will harm already-fragile state economies. https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/dangerous-damaging-china-trade-dispute-triggers-national-division-20200513-p54skv.html">https://www.theage.com.au/politics/...
'Dangerous, damaging': China trade dispute triggers national division

China's economic retaliation for Australia's pursuit of a global coronavirus inquiry has triggered national division and a rebuke from business leaders.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/dangerous-damaging-china-trade-dispute-triggers-national-division-20200513-p54skv.html
8/ More than half of those with symptoms not tested for COVID-19
Dr Craig Dalton says he& #39;s experiencing Australians who are not getting tested because they say they don& #39;t have it. https://www.theage.com.au/national/more-than-half-of-australians-with-symptoms-not-tested-for-covid-19-20200513-p54sic.html">https://www.theage.com.au/national/...
More than half of Australians with symptoms not tested for COVID-19

Dr Craig Dalton says he's experiencing people who are not getting tested because they say they don't have it: "They could be right or they could be fatally wrong.”

https://www.theage.com.au/national/more-than-half-of-australians-with-symptoms-not-tested-for-covid-19-20200513-p54sic.html
9/ top ten trends in Aus this arvo. Why the hell is bladerunner stuff trending? (2&5) some of the articles are about accepting replicants... weird.
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