December 2020 Australia is at risk of running out of homegrown rice by early 2021 The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows the value of Australian rice crops dropped a staggering 86 per cent in 2018-19 causing homegrown rice shortages.
December 2020 Australian Government invests in Melbourne COVID-19 vaccine research The Australian Government has invested $3 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Coronavirus Response into Melbourne-based COVID-19 research to develop two vaccines.
December 2020 Victorian elective surgery hospital waitlist surge The Federal Government’s decision to pause non-urgent elective surgery has seen a median increase in the number of days Victorians remain on a waitlist.