The hospitality, events and retail sectors were frantically responding to the new rules on Thursday and preparing for the first lockdown without JobKeeper for any business.
Media can register now for Destination Zero & Beyond, the eighth annual Australasian emissions reduction summit, which will be held in Sydney and online.
Unions and community groups are also stating their concern with Israel’s attacks and the Australian government’s silence.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) on May 18 called for an immediate end to the “unjust and illegal occupation of Palestine” and condemned the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, in which more than 250 people, including 66 children, have died in the past week.
The ACTU also wants the federal government to take “firm action” to “stop the escalation of violence”, “end the occupation of Palestine” and work for a “sustainable peace” in accordance with resolutions 242 and 338 of the UN Security Council the removal of illegal settlements, the withdrawal of Israel from all Palestinian lands along with the dismantling of the Separation Wall.