Employment lawyers say staff generally have no legal right to insist on working from home instead of a COVID-safe office, but many bosses are not exercising their right to force the return of staff following the recent outbreaks in northern beaches and inner west.
Smaller charities take the biggest hit during pandemic
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Smaller Australian charities have been economically damaged the most by the pandemic as the sector prepares for resources to be further stretched from March when the federal government s JobKeeper payments end.
While the full impact of COVID-19 on charities in 2020 will not be clear until they lodge their annual returns later this year, many smaller organisations dependent on fundraising have seen a drop in donations.
Reverend Bill Crews and volunteers of the Exodus Foundation sort through Christmas donations at their Ashfield parish prior to Chrismas Day.
Health detectives search for Avalon links to western Sydney mystery cases
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Virus detectives are searching for the source of a concerning COVID-19 cluster in Sydney’s west as northern beaches residents wait to hear what relief from restrictions Premier Gladys Berejiklian will grant them on Saturday.
Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said the results of genomic sequencing for three new western Sydney cases expected on Sunday will reveal whether they are linked to the Avalon cluster.
Gladys Berejiklian will likely announce a relaxation of some northern beaches restrictions on Saturday.
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“At this point the western Sydney cases are not linked [to the Avalon cluster]. We’ll be interested whether that sequence matches the Avalon cluster,” Dr Chant said, though there were other possibilities, such as the patient transport worker living in western Sydney who caught the virus from the overseas returned travellers he had shuttled.
Church leaders set for online Christmas services as COVID returns
Church leaders set for online Christmas services as COVID returns
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After a brief return to normality in church services, NSW Christian leaders are now preparing a return to online broadcasting to send out messages of hope on Christmas Day after a year of devastation for many.
The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies, who will address parishioners online at 10.30am on Thursday, said people desperately need the joy of Christmas this year and that this season represented âthe great unmasking of Godâ.
The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies, says people desperately need the joy of Christmas this year.
Flynn had been hoping for mostly band sixes, and the odd band five. âThere was probably one exam I wasnât too confident about but everything else should be all right,â he said.
His restless thoughts were put at ease at 6am on Friday, when about 76,000 students received their Higher School Certificate marks online or through text message. Within seconds, a range of emotions spread across his face.
The nervousness which had kept him awake most of the night quickly changed to hesitation as he absorbed the six band sixes on his laptop screen. Then the smile emerged. âPretty good,â he said, as he read through his results. His best mark was 98 for Society and Culture, followed by 48 out of 50 for English Extension 1.