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CORONAVIRUS
Vic number of cases still high
ABC News, 31 Jul 2020
 Today's number of new
coronavirus cases in Victoria is 627 cases, 96 fewer
than yesterday's record high.
CORONAVIRUS
Vic number
soars to 723
ABC News, 30 Jul 2020
The number of new Victorian coronavirus
cases has hit a new daily record of 723 cases.
All Victorians will be required to wear masks
after Sunday night.
CORONAVIRUS
UTAS joy for 1600 Year 12 students
Tas Govt media release, 29 Jul 2020
 The coronavirus cloud has a silver lining
for more than 1600 Year 12 Tasmanian students who have been
assured they will be able to study at the university next year.
CORONAVIRUS
Vic number below 300
ABC News, 29 Jul 2020
The number of new Victorian coronavirus
cases has fallen from 384 cases to 295.
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Hobart schools feedback sought
Tas Govt media release, 28 Jul 2020
 Feedback on the
collaboration between Elizabeth College, Ogilvie High School and
New Town High School (the Hobart City Partner Schools) is being
sought, education minister Jeremy Rockliff said today.
CORONAVIRUS
Number falls
ABC News, 28 Jul 2020
The number of new Victorian coronavirus
cases has dropped to 384, a significantly smaller figure than
yesterday's 532.
TASMANIAN POLITICS
Joan Rylah resigns
Tas Govt media release, 27 Jul 2020
 State
Member for Braddon Joan Rylah has announced her resignation from
State Parliament.
CORONAVIRUS
Record jump to 532
ABC News, 27 Jul 2020
Monday's number of new Victorian coronavirus
cases is 532, significantly greater than the previous record
daily rise of 484 cases.
CORONAVIRUS
Cases jump
again
ABC News, 26 Jul 2020
The number of new
Victorian coronavirus cases has risen to 459, significantly
higher than yesterday's (Saturday's) rise of 357, and only 25
short of the record daily rise of 484 cases.
CORONAVIRUS
Tas to create travel bubble
ABC Facebook, 24 Jul 2020
Tasmania will
create a travel bubble with Western Australia, South Australia
and the Northern Territory from Friday 7 August 2020. This means
the AFL game scheduled for 9 August will not be able to go ahead
and the game scheduled for 15 August is unlikely to go ahead.
Update on border restrictions,
Peter Gutwein, Premier, 24 Jul 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Cases rise by
300
ABC News, 24 Jul 2020
The number of new
Victorian coronavirus cases released today is 300, a significant
drop on yesterday's 403. Seven people have died.
CORONAVIRUS
Cases rise by 403
ABC News, 23 Jul 2020
The number of new
Victorian coronavirus cases released today is 403. Five people
have died.
CORONAVIRUS
Cases jump to new record
ABC News, 22 Jul 2020
Today's number of new
Victorian coronavirus cases is a record 484 cases, a significant
rise on Tuesday's 374 cases. The previous record of 428 cases
was reported on 17 July.
No mask, no shop
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has supported a call from
supermarkets for customers to be required to wear a mask while
in their stores.
CORONAVIRUS
Corona-free run ends
ABC News, 21 Jul 2020
After 65
days without a case of coronavirus, Tasmania has recorded a
positive test in a quarantine patient.
SPORT
Tassie gets AFL games
The Mercury (subscription), 20 Jul 2020
 Up to four AFL games are to be played in
Tasmania between early August and mid-September, with the
interstate teams not being required to undergo quarantine, The
Mercury says.
UPDATE 24 Jul 2020: Due to the border closure with Queensland,
games that had been planned for 9 and 15 August will not now go
ahead
CORONAVIRUS
Cases drop
ABC News, 20 Jul 2020
The number of new
Victorian coronavirus cases released today (Monday) is 275, a
welcome lower number than yesterday's 363.
CORONAVIRUS
Vic corona cases jump again
ABC News, 19 Jul 2020
Victoria has recorded 363 new
coronavirus cases, a significant rise over yesterday's 217
cases but not as high as the record 428 recorded on Friday.
Masks for Melbourne
Premier Dan Andrews has announced that people in Melbourne not
wearing a mask when away from home will be subject to a $200
fine after Wednesday night.
Students aged 12 years and older
will have to wear a mask travelling to and from school and while at
school, but teachers will not have to wear a mask while teaching.
[PROBLEM - How are the teachers going to be able to tell
which students are talking when they shouldn't be?]
CORONAVIRUS
Relief as Vic corona rise drops
ABC News, 18 Jul 2020
Victoria has recorded 217 new
coronavirus cases, a significantly lower rise than yesterday's
(Friday's) jump of 428 cases.
CORONAVIRUS
Vic cases soar
ABC News, 17 Jul 2020
Victoria's number of new coronavirus
cases has risen sharply, from 317 yesterday to 428 today.
CORONAVIRUS
Vic cases exceed 300
The Mercury, 16 Jul 2020
The number of new Victorian coronavirus
cases announced today (Thursday) is 317, an all-time high for
any Australian state or territory.
CORONAVIRUS
Cases rise by
238
ABC News, 15 Jul 2020
Wednesday's
number of new coronavirus cases in Victoria is 238, a lower rise
than the previous day's 270.
THE CONSTITUTION
Palace Letters released
ABC News, 14 Jul 2020
 The National Archives Office has released
the
"Palace Letters", correspondence between Governor-General
Sir John Kerr and the Queen before and after the dismissal of
Gough Whitlam as prime minister in 1975.
See the
Kerr Palace Letters (NAA website)
CORONAVIRUS
Cases jump again
ABC News, 14 Jul 2020
Tuesday's
number of new Victorian coronavirus cases is 270, a significant
rise on the previous day's 177 but not as high as Sunday's 273.
CORONAVIRUS
Remote learning lessons
The Conversation (opinion), 13 Jul 2020
Three academics sum up what educators have learned from
Australia's period of enforced remote learning during the
coronavirus crisis earlier this year.
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
118 schools to be revitalised
Tas Govt media release, 12 Jul 2020
The
education minister, Jeremy Rockliff, has released the names of
118 Tasmanian schools that will benefit from the government's
School Revitalisation Maintenance Program.
CORONAVIRUS
Cases jump again
ABC News, 12 Jul 2020
The
number of new Victorian coronavirus cases reported on Sunday is
273, a rise from Saturday's 216 cases but lower than Friday's
record 288 cases.
REMOTE LEARNING CONFIRMED: Victorian
Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed today that Prep to Year 10
students in the lockdown area will be restricted to remote and
flexible learning from Monday 20 July (except, at parents'
option, students with a disability).
Years 11 and 12
students, students in special schools and those Year 10 students
undertaking VCAL subjects will return to face-to-face learning
at school tomorrow.
CORONAVIRUS
No opening of Tas border until at least 31 July
ABC News, 10 Jul 2020
 The
opening of Tasmania's borders with other states, planned to
possibly occur on Friday 24 July, has been deferred for "one
week, if not longer," premier Peter Gutwein announced today.
CORONAVIRUS
Masks encouraged as Vic cases soar
ABC News, 10 Jul 2020
The
number of new daily coronavirus cases in Victoria has risen by
288, up from yesterday's 165, and the biggest daily rise so far
since the pandemic began.
Wednesday's rise was 134.Tuesday's
rise was 191.
People from Greater Melbourne are being
encouraged to wear masks where close contact with other people
is unavoidable.
CORONAVIRUS
Melbourne lockdown
ABC News, 7 Jul 2020
Metropolitan Melbourne will undergo a
six-week lockdown from tomorrow (Wednesday) night, Premier
Daniel Andrews announced this afternoon.
The lockdown will include a one-week
extension of the school holidays (except for Years 11 and 12 and
special schools). Lockdown schools will return to remote
learning.
CORONAVIRUS
Rumours spread of lockdown
for Melbourne as COVID cases take off
ABC News, 7 Jul 2020
A record
jump in Victorian coronavirus cases, from 127 yesterday to 191
today, is of grave concern to authorities.
UPDATE 12.55pm, 7 Jul 2020: There is speculation that
Melbourne will be placed in lockdown following an announcement this afternoon (ABC News
24).
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is due to speak at
3.15pm.
CORONAVIRUS
Another big jump in Victoria as border closes
ABC News, 6 Jul 2020
The
latest number of new daily coronavirus cases in Victoria is
127, Victoria's highest daily high ever.
And the border
between Victoria and NSW will be closed from tomorrow (Tuesday)
night.
ELECTIONS
Labor wins Eden-Monaro
ABC News, 5 Jul 2020
 A late surge of pre-poll and postal
votes has given the Eden-Monaro seat in the NSW by-election to
Labor, ABC election analyst Antony Green says.
CORONAVIRUS
Big jump in Victoria
ABC News, 4 Jul 2020
The
number of new daily coronavirus cases reported in Victoria has
jumped from 66 yesterday to 108 today. Nine public housing
towers have been placed in lockdown.
UPDATE 5 Jul 2020: The daily number fell to 74 on Sunday
TAFE
Students support TasTAFE
Tas Govt media release, 2 Jul 2020
 A survey
has found that 91 per cent of TasTAFE's students are satisfied
with the quality of its training, a higher figure than the
national average.
CORONAVIRUS
New COVID high for Victoria
ABC News, 2 Jul 2020
 Victoria's
daily coronavirus number has risen to an all-time high of 77
cases.
UPDATE 3 Jul 2020: The daily number fell to 66 on Friday
CORONAVIRUS
Vic cases rise again
ABC News, 1 Jul 2020
The
number of new coronavirus cases in Victoria has risen from 64
yesterday to 73 today.
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