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Announcing the plan on 10 June, New South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet had said his government plans to bring back 250 international students per fortnight from overseas to Sydney, a figure that is likely to rise to 500 by the end of the year.
This plan is awaiting the federal government’s approval, after which it may take another eight weeks before the first batch of international students can actually return to New South Wales.
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Student source countries still under consideration: NSW treasury spokesperson
Indian international students will not be included in South Australia’s return plan: Alan Tudge
Published May 6, 2021
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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand
9 April 2021
Pakistan: Striking Balochistan government workers block major highways
Ignoring calls from authorities to return to work, thousands of government workers in Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest province, are continuing their struggle for a 25 percent across the board pay increase and the same allowances paid in other provinces. On Monday the strikers, including health and education workers, enforced a virtual cut-off of Balochistan from the rest of the country with a blockade of the main highways.
A sit-down protest was held outside the provincial assembly in the capital Quetta with other demonstrations held across the province. Education workers have said they will boycott high-school exams scheduled to begin on April 10. A polio vaccination campaign due this week was also postponed as workers conducting mobile vaccination campaigns joined the strike.
SA leader promotes COVID-19 vaccine so the state can maintain an open lifestyle 22/02/2021|3min
South Australia Premier Steven Marshall has encouraged state residents to receive the vaccine to maintain an open lifestyle and see a return to life as usual.
Premier Marshall was the first person in the state to be vaccinated, alongside Chief Health Officer Nicola Spurrier.
Mr Marshall expressed his gratitude to those administering the vaccinations and encouraged people to come and get it.
“I’m really encouraging everyone to get out, get that vaccination, and keep us enjoying a beautiful, beautiful quality of life, relative to everybody else in the world,” he said.