Hong Kong Arts Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary with a global audience via an international line-up of online programmes

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 25 February 2022 – The year 2022 marks the 50th edition of the Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF), one of Asia’s premiere international cultural festivals. To celebrate this important milestone, the HKAF is presenting an array of online performances covering music, dance, theatre and more from late February […]

Non-urgent elective surgery resumption

Non-urgent elective surgery resumption

Non-urgent elective surgery requiring an overnight stay in private hospitals will continue to increase over the coming weeks as COVID-19 hospitalisations decline and community transmission stabilises. From Monday 28 February, all non-urgent elective surgery requiring an overnight stay will increase to 85 per cent of pre-pandemic activity levels in private hospitals. One week later, on […]

Fast-tracking jobs and technologies for space

Fast-tracking jobs and technologies for space

The Morrison Government is injecting more than $65 million to get Australian technologies into space sooner and to make our nation a leading destination for launch. And in another major boost for the Australian space sector that will drive jobs and technology investment, the Government has also instructed the Australian Space Agency to embark on […]

Statement on Russia’a invasion of Ukraine

Statement on Russia’a invasion of Ukraine

Australia joins our partners in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There is no justification for this aggression, whose cost will be borne by innocent Ukrainians. Vladimir Putin has fabricated a feeble pretext on which to invade. Russia’s disinformation and propaganda has convinced no one. We call on Russia to cease its illegal and unprovoked actions, […]

Novel coronavirus (covid-19) update

Novel coronavirus (covid-19) update

Across NSW, more than 95 per cent of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 94.3 per cent have received two doses to Tuesday 22 February. Of children aged 12 to 15, 83.6 per cent have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 79 per cent […]