Man tested positive for coronavirus at Melbourne house after hotel quarantine
He started developing symptoms on May 8 and returned a positive test Monday
Had travelled on two trains and dined at an Indian restaurant in the CBD on May 7
Hundreds of commuters have been ordered to isolate and watch for symptoms
New alert for passengers on Jetstar JQ771 to Melbourne from Adelaide on May 4
Health officials pleaded Victorians to use QR code check-in system at venues
Australia’s Capitalist Finance Sector: Deception, Exploitation and Misdirection of Financial Resources
by Trotskyist Platform / May 11th, 2021
In recent years, the ripping off of customers, deceit and even outright fraud practiced by Australian finance sector businesses has gained much attention. Four years ago it was revealed how CommInsure, the insurance arm of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), had refused to make promised life insurance payments to heart attack survivors. They “justified” this by using a definition of a heart attack that was so dodgy that even some people who had
such a severe heart attack that they had to be resuscitated were denied their entitled pay outs! Such devious practices have been undertaken by finance sector enterprises big and small – from the big four banks and insurance giants to brokers and loan enablers and to retail businesses that hand out loans. As a result the banks, insurance companies and the brokers and others connected t
Watch: Burst water pipe spills 30,000 litres onto Havelock North road
12 May, 2021 12:36 AM
Quick Read A burst water pipe on Brookvale Rd, Havelock North. Video / Emma Connelly / Evan Minton
Hastings District Council staff were alerted to the burst pipe about 8.30am.
A burst water pipe spewed 30,000 litres of water onto Brookvale Rd in Havelock North on Wednesday morning. Photo / Evan Minton
The massive leak was caused when a fitting on an asbestos-concrete mains pipe that runs through Brookvale failed.
A council spokesperson said about 30,000 litres of water was lost before the mains pipe was turned off.
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