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Times are strange indeed when the grandfatherly figure of NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard lavishes praise on FM radio shockjock Kyle Sandilands and sidekick Jackie O.
But Hazzard declared himself “ecstatic” on Thursday morning when Sandilands’ rap remake of Vanilla Ice’s
Ice Ice Baby, badged as
Get Vaxxed Baby, hit Sydney’s airwaves as part of the star’s self-styled efforts to “save the world” by promoting COVID-19 jabs.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys listen as Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant delivers the COVID numbers.
Credit:Nick Moir
Hazzard suggested the jingle would have a much better chance of cutting through with younger Australians than the pallid “arm yourself” campaign launched two weeks ago by the federal government.
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German Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier and Federal Minister of Research Anja Karliczek, together with their Australian counterpart, Energy Minister Angus Taylor, have signed a letter of intent to establish a “Germany Australia Hydrogen Accord” to facilitate a green hydrogen supply chain between the countries. Germany is looking to.
Australia Industry Group Chief Executive Innes Willox says plans to establish a purpose-built quarantine facility will allow businesses to address skills shortages across Australia.
The federal government announced on Friday it had agreed to a memorandum of understanding with the Victorian Government whereby the Commonwealth would contribute to building the facility while the state government was responsible for its operation.
With roughly 250,000 unfilled jobs across the nation, Mr Willox says the reintroduction of skilled migrants would help fill in gaps in the labour market.
“It’s the number one issue for business of all shapes and sizes no matter what they do, they just can’t get people with the right skills and it’s really starting to hurt now,” he told Sky News.
“That’s where the new quarantine facility could be useful because we could then be able, if it works, and it should, to start to bring people in to fill those skills gaps in a safe way. “We need to