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Police in every state have vowed to exercise zero tolerance for those heading to popular holiday spots, with jumping in the car only legal for trips to the local supermarket, chemist and work. Pictured is the beach closed at Coolangatta, Queensland's most southern coastal strip
Australia's premiers have agreed to establish 'hardship payments' to cover some of the costs of water, rates and energy bills during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Three Springs police give Easter Bunny fitness test ahead of egg deliveries
The Easter Bunny may have have been given special permission to cross the border by the Premier, but that doesn’t mean he gets out of a gruelling fitness test from regional WA’s police officers.
Being in charge of WA’s Easter egg deliveries is tough work so the officers at Three Springs police station have made sure he’s up to the job.
Officer in charge Vance Davison, who is also the coach of the local football team, published a video to the station’s Twitter account today which showed the Easter Bunny being coached through press-ups, sit-ups and egg catching.
“We take the COVID-19 travel restrictions seriously here in Three Springs.
“The good thing is we’ll process your exception and you’re good to go. Now, about your fitness for Sunday,” Sgt Davison told him.
Sgt Davison said the officers at the tiny town, which has a population of about 600 people, would spend Sunday morning escorting the Easter Bunny as he delivers chocolate eggs to children on their driveways.
[Three Springs, is a name of a country town in WA for our interstate people]
In the meantime, he said the officers would make sure the bunny of the moment was prepared for the big day.
“He passed his fitness test but he had to work pretty hard, there’s still time for him to go yet,” he said.
About 500 South Australian hospital workers will be asked to participate in the trial to better protect them against COVID-19.
Union says Qantas 'knowingly exposed' airport workers to coronavirus 
Qantas has been accused of "knowingly exposing" Adelaide Airport workers to coronavirus, after 750 staff were ordered into isolation.
How to cook your vegies to maintain good nutrition and support your Immune system during coronavirus
Vegetables are a great source of vitamins and minerals if they are cooked correctly.(FlickR: Jeremy Keith)
Ever had a meal where the vegetables were so overcooked and tasteless that you wondered if there was any nutritional value left in them?
Vegies are a good source of fibre, vitamins, minerals, and a group of substances called phytonutrients or phytochemicals.
Getting the most out of our vegetables is critical to support our immune system during the coronavirus pandemic.
While cooking makes many vegies easier to digest, cooking them for too long at high temperatures, or with too much water turns them into a tasteless mush and leaches away nutrients.
This is especially so for vegies that contain water-soluble vitamins (vitamin C, B1, B2, B3 and folate).
'We thought we were doing really well in the last week,' he told the committee via video link. 'Then we had a cluster of 49 cases in a hospital in Tasmania just over the weekend, most of them went to an illegal dinner party of medical workers'
HOLIDAYS?
Australia's tourism minister Simon Birmingham (pictured, left) warned Australians they may not be going abroad for some time
Australians could be blocked from going abroad until at least January, with the ban on international travel likely to stay until next year.
Holidaymakers should avoid booking any international travel during the coronavirus crisis, warned Federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham.
'I wouldn't put any guarantees that you could undertake that overseas trip in December,' he told ABC's News Breakfast.
'This is a time where, unfortunately, people can't undertake holidays and they won't be able to go overseas for quite some time to come.'
With travel restrictions between states likely to ease in the coming months, people are instead being asked to start 'dreaming' about their perfect Australian getaway.
Boxes of product destined for China sit outside another warehouse within the Springvale business centre
Pictured: Supermarket boss John-Paul Drake next to empty shelves which normally stock toilet paper. He has unloaded on a hoarder who tried to return 150 32-packs of toilet paper and 150 units of hand sanitiser
Missing Campers
Police released images of the campsite used by the pair. Mr Hill's car was still perfectly functional
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