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Australia's last recession was almost 30 years ago. But memories of dole queues, painfully high interest rates and tight budgets are still fresh in the minds of many.
Sep 3, 2020 · Nothing else comes close. The economy shrank an extraordinary 7 per cent in the three months to June — by far the biggest collapse since the Bureau of Statistics began compiling records in 1959. The previous worst quarterly outcome was minus 2 per cent, in June 1974. Quarterly percentage change in gross domestic product. (ABS National Accounts)
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This article documents the chronology and epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia during 2020. The first human case of COVID-19 in Australia was identified in Melbourne in January 2020.
3 April – It's revealed that a sensitive report entitled The Threat of the Internal Security of Australia is lost by the Office of National Assessments. 26 April – Louise and Charmian Faulkner disappear from outside their flat in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia.
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Dec 31, 2022 · In Australia, the first COVID-19 case was confirmed on 25 January 2020, but it was largely overshadowed by the ferocious Black Summer bushfires that shrouded Sydney in smoke and burnt large parts of NSW and Victoria.
Dec 30, 2020 · One year ago, the devastating fires that swept across Australia killed 33 people, decimating thousands of homes and more than a billion animals. More than 3,000 people lost their properties.
Jan 24, 2024 · Once very high numbers of eligible Australians became vaccinated against the delta variant, omicron reached Australia, resulting in Australia’s first big wave of infection. This led to ...
