Australians soldiers who refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19 could be banned from serving overseas and a number of frontline roles.
The Department of Defence along with the Australian Border Force and WA s Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) have warned tough restrictions lay ahead for employees who don t opt for the jab.
It comes after WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson defended forcing unvaccinated officers to wear face masks while on duty starting next week.
Australians soldiers who refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19 could be banned from serving overseas and a number of frontline roles. Pictured: ADF personnel and NSW police in Fairfield in south-west Sydney
The Kenora 51 wildfire has already destroyed over 170,000 hectares of land.(Ontario Forest Fires/Twitter)
Hundreds of thousands of hectares have already been destroyed, and multiple communities are packed in evacuation centres, many not knowing if they will have homes to go back to as the threat shows no sign of subsiding if conditions don t ease.
Dozens of Australian crews are now in the fire-zones, working hard to protect lives, properties and assets in impacted areas with experts suggesting the overall cost from the fires could reach billions of dollars.
NSW Fire and Rescue Superintendent Gregory Wright is deployed at the Kenora 51 fire which has been burning for several weeks and destroyed over 170,000 hectares near the Ontario-Manitoba border.
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NAB offers $2k grants to Cyclone Seroja victims
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The big four bank is offering $2,000 grants to customers and staff affected by Tropical Cyclone Seroja in Western Australia.
As clean-up operations continue in Western Australia following Tropical Cyclone Seroja last week, NAB has expanded its relief support by offering $2,000 grants to impacted customers.
According to WA’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services, more than 1,050 buildings across 35,000 square kilometres have so far been identified as having some degree of damage, while 49 were destroyed.
Clean-up operations are underway across 13 affected local government areas, with damage recorded from the Shire of Northampton east through to the Shire of Merredin.
Weather by Erin Lyons, Heath Parkes-Hupton 12th Apr 2021 5:26 AM Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan says the tropical cyclone bearing down on the state s coastline is the fiercest of its kind seen in decades . Fast-moving Cyclone Seroja was upgraded to a category three and recorded winds of 170/km on Sunday evening, as emergency services warned residents from Carnarvon to Lancelin of impending danger. Seroja was maintaining its intensity as it approached the coast, but was downgraded to category 2 at 11pm with sustained winds near the centre of 100 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 140 kilometres per hour. The core of tropical cyclone Seroja is moving inland southeast of Geraldton. Wind gusts to 170 km/h were reported near Kalbarri during landfall, but the cyclone has now weakened slightly.