On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, who had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019. On 3 March, the Reserve Bank of Australia became the first central bank to cut interest rates in response to the outbreak. Official interest rates were cut by 0.25% (25 base points) to a record low of 0.5%. On 12 March, the Federal Government announced a A$17.6 billion stimulus package, the first since the 2008 GFC. he package consists of multiple parts, a one-off A$750 payment to around 6.5 million welfare recipients as early as 31 March 2020, small business assistance with 700,000 grants up to $25,000 and a 50% wage subsidy for 120,000 apprenticies or trainees for up to 9 months, 1 billion to support economically impacted sectors, regions and communities, and $700 million to increase tax write off and $3.2 billion to support short-term small and medium-sized business investment. On 16 March, Premier Dan Andrews and Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos declared a state of emergency for Victoria for at least four weeks. On 19 March, the Reserve Bank again cut interest rates by a further 0.25% to 0.25%, the lowest in Australian history. On 22 March, the government announced a second stimulus package of A$66bn, increasing the amount of total financial package offered to A$89bn. This included several new measures like doubling income support for individuals on Jobseeker's allowance, granting A$100,000 to small and medium-sized businesses and A$715 million to Australian airports and airlines. It also allowed individuals affected by the outbreak to access up to A$10,000 of their superannuation during 2019–2020 and also being able to take an additional same amount for the next year. on the same day Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced on 22 March that the state will bring the school holiday forwards to 24 March from 27 March. On 30 March, the Australian Federal Government announced a $130 billion "JobKeeper" wage subsidy program offering to pay employers up to $1500 a fortnight per full-time, part-time or casual employee that has worked for that business for over a year. For a business to be eligible, they must have lost 30% of turnover after 1 March of annual revenue up to and including $1 billion. For businesses with a revenue of over $1 billion, turnover must have decreased by 50%. Businesses are then required by law to pay the subsidy to their staff, in lieu of their usual wages. This response came after the enormous job losses seen just a week prior when an estimated 1 million Australians lost their jobs. This massive loss in jobs caused the myGov website to crash and lines out of Centrelink offices to run hundreds of metres long.The program was backdated to 1 March, to aim at reemploying the many people who had just lost their jobs in the weeks before. Businesses would receive the JobKeeper subsidy for six months.Colour photographs of furniture placed for social distancing in the Federation University E.J Barker Library during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The next day the library was closed all except staff.covid-19, corona virus, pandemic, library, e.j. barker library, mt helen library

Transparency of Mt Helen Campus looking towards the E.J. Barker Librarymt helen campus, dam, lake, mt helen library, e.j. barker library

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Stapled yellow covered annual report. Includes a list f students who graduated in 1973. Includes information on the Union Building on the Mt Helen Campusunion building, mt helen campus, ballarat school of mines, annual report, m.g beanland, m.b. john, j.v. robertson, r.j. dobell, r.h. hollioake, h.a. patterson, w.j.c. north, j.j. smail, a.e. stohr, j.k. sutton, e.j. tippett, arthur nicholson, ken c. webb, k.j. neerhut, campus development, mount helen campus development, e building, electrical engineering building, applied science building, student residences stage 2, great hall architect, founders hall, h.j. trudinger retirement, l.f.j. hillman retirement, e. phillips, derek woolley, victorian institute of colleges, b.r. granger, edith lawn retirement, j. finkelstein, w.s. carthew, g. strickland, b. white, d.e. madden, s.m. scott, k. sturmfels, d. miller, t. davison, a.j.morgan, b.m. lees, alan bethune, i.j. pratt, j.l. smyth, n.w. grose, r.o. jelleff, g.b. love, helen burgess, i.f.c. richardson, n. worswick, j.a. cue, e. notaras, j. van dreven, g. beattie, e. bowers, b.a. byrne, g.r. harbridge, d.j. kingdom, c. murray, j. vagg, l. vickery, w.c. davis, j.c. hannah, m.a. hyde, e. jeffery, n.w. rowe, g. braybrook, l. braybrook, l. brayshaw, v. bunting, e. hanrahan, v. allan, a. williams, craftmanship awards, mt helen library, student residences, fourth university

Photograph taken at the launch of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre at the University of Ballarat Library (now Federation University). L-R: E.J. (Jack) Barker, Vice-Chancellor David Battersby, Professor Geoffrey Blaineygeoffrey blainey research centre, e.j. barker library, federation university mt helen library, david battersby, geoffrey blainey, e.j. barker, jack barker

Colour photograph of International Students in the E.J. Barker Library.university of ballarat, graduate, student, library, mt helen library, e.j. barker library

Federation University E.J. Barker Library Under Construction. The Coates Building (formerly the Union Building) is located in the right foreground of the photograph.federation university, e.j. barker library, mt helen library, union building, coates building

Salmon covered book of 31 images including 4 images of the library interiors, including the library card index. mt helen library, mt helen campus, bill hitchens, library catalogue, card catalogue

A typed report giving borrowing statistics, staff, books, equiment, and services. library, e.j. barker library, mt helen library

black and white photograph: Aerial view of Mt Helen campus from the north mount helen campus, mount helen campus aerial, student residences, p building, f building, g building, l building, mt helen library, union building, u building, e.j. barker library, aerial

Colour photograph of E.J. Barker Librarians and Staff outside the library on Mt Helen campus.mt helen library, e.j. barker library, librarians, gerry anderson, kevin jewell, bill hitchins, david edwards, alan brady, lance duncan, lee-anne pitman, library, suellen crouch, debbie ford, sue taylor, jenny leviston, kerry wilson, jill nicholls, rose counsel, carol wren, jacqui greenbank, noemi mckinnon, carmel grant, liz hartman, natalie radomski, jan mccallum, helen wiseman, lloyd stinton, arno besse, andrew segrott, garry wood, ian lovejoy, tim o'doherty, mike gustus, trevor day, john stojanovski, jeff dowsley, herman ?, andrew shiells, bill casey, jason rankin, chris andrews, jo ford, julie lasinger, narelle lamb, john fogarty

Ballarat College of Advanced Education is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. Blue and white soft covered booklet designed to assist staff fully exploit library services and guide users through procedures. The cover was designed by Graham Hawley of the Faculty of Arts.mt helen library, e.j. barker library, ballarat college of advanced education, library, librarians, law collection, audio-visual collection, deakin collection, geology collection, catalogues, microfiche catalogue, card catalogue, inter-library loans, film, loans, reciprocal borrowing, counter reserve, technical services, weeding, cataloguing, library policies, donations

Ballarat College of Advanced Education is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. Yellow card bookmark wit library hours, loans, and other details. On verso is information on counter reserve, the cataogue, copytex, and contacts.mt helen library, e.j. barker library, ballarat college of advanced education, library, librarians, catalogues, loans, counter reserve, bookmark

Ballarat College of Advanced Education is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. Yellow covered cover containing inserts relating to the Ballarat College of Advanced Education Library at Mount Helen. The artwork is by Henry Moritz of the Faculty of Arts.mt helen library, e.j. barker library, ballarat college of advanced education, library, librarians, law collection, audio-visual collection, deakin collection, geology collection, catalogues, microfiche catalogue, card catalogue, inter-library loans, film, loans, reciprocal borrowing, counter reserve, technical services, weeding, cataloguing, library policies, donations, library plan, periodicals, dewey decimal classification

Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education is a predecessor or Federation University3 typed documents from the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education 1972. .1 Notes for Staff including progress, welcome, administration, new staff appointments, student enrollments etc. .2 Notes for Staff including staff changes, new courses, past principals, enrollments, staff list etc. .3 Notes for Staff including a fourth university, tertiary finance, academic board etc. V. Barry written on top right hand corner of .1 & .2ballarat institute of advanced education, notes for staff, verna barry, e.j. barker, r.p. martin, b.r grainger, j.a.sykes, colin kline, roy schrieke, mark beverlander, ken clements, bill hitchins, lindsay pattenden, tom norwood, bill durant, student union, student residences, coburn and associates, jackson and walker, s.j. weir, mt helen library, albert medal, r.w. richards, anne mills, david ward, geoffrey lyle, rocky hazlett, ray martin, dave jelbart, zig plavina, allan ballard, pat hope, henry moritz, helen ross, roger bodenham, arch mckinnon, frank hogarth, harvey hooper, geoff barrell, jim thyer, john collier, lenore cox, fourth university, craftsmanship certificates, jenny burrell, jennifer hullick, r.w richards death, danny mullins, jack crosbie, harry nicholls, len taylor, library, graham hawley, jack barker

Relates to the Ballarat College of Advanced Education library (now the Federation University E.J. Barker Library on the Mt Helen Campus)Black and white photograph of two female, one kneeling and one bending down, sorting through books on a trolley, in boxes and on tables.library, ballarat college of advanced education library, e.j. barker library, mt helen campus, librarian, mt helen library

This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Ink Drawing of Mount Helen Campus on paper.art, artwork, mt helen campus, watercolour, watercolor, watercolourist, watercolorist, requires framing, e.j. barker library, mt helen library, graham hawley, ballarat, mount helen campus

Before the E.J Barker was built the library was in F Building. Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education is a predecessor institution of Federation University Australia. Colour transparency showing the interior of the Mt Helen Campus library in F Building. library, ballarat institute of advanced education

John Gilbert stands in front of Enigmatic Land, a ceramic mural commissioned in 1973 for the entrance of the Mt Helen Campus Libraryjohn gilbert, ceramics

In 1980 the President was M.B. John. In 1980 the administration staff moved out of the lower level of the library and the space was converted for teaching use. Extensive alterations were made to the lower level of the mechanical/Civil Engineering wing for the housing of Applied Geology and Environmental Science. Car parking facilities were extended at Mt Helen.Orange soft covered book of 35 pages. Contents include: Courses, student numbers, Victorian School of Forestry, financial statement, Education Building (T Building) completed, Gillies Street Campus, Art building under construction, Great Hall (1870s Founders Hall) completion date expected to be mid 1980, Centenary Appeal, E.J. Barker Library, Computer Centre, bookshop . ballarat college of advanced education, bcae, mt helen, mount helen, library computer

Photograph of the Mt Helen Campus, including the library, Union Buildingmount helen campus, buildings, e.j. barker library, union building, albert coates complex, footbridge, stage one buildings

The Geoffrey Blainey Resaerch Centre is located on the top floor of the Mt Helen Campus LibraryCard bookmark for University of Ballarat Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, and combined bookmark for Federation University Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre, and Centre for Gippsland Studies. bookmark, geoffrey blainey research centre, centre for gippsland studies, geoffrey blainey

The Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre is on the 4th level of the E.J. Barker Library (Mt Helen Campus). Many birds used the window ledge.Colour photographs on the window ledge of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre at the Federation University Mount Helen Campus. corella, bird

The Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre is on the 4th level of the E.J. Barker Library (Mt Helen Campus). Many birds used the window ledge.Colour photographs on the window ledge of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre at the Federation University Mount Helen Campus. corella, bird

The Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre is on the 4th level of the E.J. Barker Library (Mt Helen Campus). Many birds used the window ledge.Colour photographs on the window ledge of the Geoffrey Blainey Research Centre at the Federation University Mount Helen Campus. corella, bird

The library depicted in the photograph was the temporary library used before a library building was built on the Mt Helen Campus. The temporary library was in the ground floor of F building, near the 2009 office number 212. Two photographs relating to the first library at the Mt Helen Campus (Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education). .1) A female and males stands at a bookcase - as of 18/06/2019 this photo is unavailable. .2) The library loans deskballarat institute of advanced education, library, mt helen, dunn, cochrane, librarian