Northern Territory

This article is part of the COVID-19 in Australia infograms collection.

This article is part of the COVID-19 in Australia infograms collection.

This article is part of the COVID-19 in Australia infograms collection.

This article is part of the COVID-19 in Australia infograms collection.

This article is part of the COVID-19 in Australia infograms collection.

This article is part of the COVID-19 in Australia infograms collection.

Victoria hopes to test up to 100,000 people for coronavirus over the next two weeks in preparation for the potential easing of restrictions, while the Northern Territory will begin lifting measures this week.

Many of us are incessantly checking our phones for coronavirus news. In remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, it’s the radio that is helping to keep people safe, calm and informed.

Save the Children’s Play2Learn program is enabling Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory to gain new insight into traditional practices like hunting, local medicines, ceremonies and language. The program is now being delivered remotely.

The buck stops here, now: critical decisions need to be made across all departments and agencies. We will be judged on how well we ‘do politics’ at this critical time. Here is a provisional inventory of current and foreseeable hot issues facing the public service and public sector.

The federal government’s new restrictions on gatherings has come into effect, with states and territories taking different approaches to enforce it.

One bill would amend the Public and Environmental Health Act to extend emergency declarations to last up to 90 days, rather than the current five-day limit.