Saving Jobs And Reducing The Burden On Businesses And Families
5 May 2020 Via the Victorian Government The Victorian Government will provide a further $491 million in tax relief to help save businesses and jobs, and freeze a host of fees, charges and levies to reduce the financial…
ATO support for people affected by COVID-19
4 May 2020 Via Senator the Hon Michaela Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is implementing a range of COVID-19 support measures for businesses and employers and for individuals and…
Ground breaking partnership delivers 10 million COVID-19 tests and equipment
29 April 2020 Via The Hon Greg Hunt MP In a ground breaking and critically important partnership between the Australian Government, Minderoo Foundation and private pathology providers, Australia has secured an additional 10 million COVID-19 test kits and…
Backing Aussie manufacturers to modernise
30 April 2020 Via The Hon Karen Andrews MP The Morrison Government is backing Australian manufacturers to modernise how they do business, with critical investment in small and medium sized businesses in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.…
EndGame MedTech – offering services for new technology success in the medical device market
30 April 2020 Are you commercialising a new technology for launch into the medical device market in the US? EndGame MedTech specialise in the unique challenges of commercializing new technology in the medical device market. Their team, including…
Toyota supports Melbourne hospitals with locally designed face shields
26 April 2020 Toyota has utilised its advanced design, technology and production expertise to help assist the medical community in protecting them from the COVID-19 virus by developing and manufacturing desperately needed face shields. The face shields were…
UQ COVID-19 vaccine shown to induce potent protective response in pre-clinical trials
29 April 2020 The University of Queensland’s COVID-19 vaccine has passed another important milestone, showing the ability to raise high levels of antibodies that can neutralise the virus in early pre-clinical testing. UQ was tasked by the Coalition for Epidemic…
83% Survival in COVID-19 ARDS Patients with Remestemcel-L
24 April 2020 Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB; Nasdaq: MESO) today announced 83% survival in ventilator-dependent COVID-19 patients (10/12) with moderate/severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) treated during the period March-April 2020 with two intravenous infusions of Mesoblast’s allogeneic mesenchymal…
Major Coronavirus Testing Blitz Targets 100,000
27 April 2020 Up to 100,000 Victorians will be tested for coronavirus over the next two weeks as part of a major testing blitz across the State, to better understand how the virus is spreading in the community…
Extension of time to enrol for the JobKeeper scheme
27 April 2020 The Australian Commissioner of Taxation has extended the time to enrol for the initial JobKeeper periods, from 30 April 2020 until 31 May 2020. If you enrol by 31 May you will still be able to…
Coronavirus SME Guarantee Scheme – supporting the flow of credit
27 April 2020 From the Australian Government Treasury The Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Guarantee Scheme will support up to $40 billion of lending to SMEs (including sole traders and not-for-profits). Under the Scheme, the Government will guarantee…
COVIDSafe: New app to slow the spread of the coronavirus
26 April 2020 The Australian Government today launches the new voluntary coronavirus app, COVIDSafe. The app is an important public health initiative that will help keep you, your family, and your community safe from further spread of coronavirus…
