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| Coronavirus Australia update latest: Victoria to test 100,000 people in two weeks as 1 million download tracing app – live news | Coronavirus Australia update latest: Victoria to test 100,000 people in two weeks as 1 million download tracing app – live news |
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| Western Australians wake up to loosened restrictions as Queensland and NT also prepare to relax rules. Follow live | Western Australians wake up to loosened restrictions as Queensland and NT also prepare to relax rules. Follow live |
| If you missed this earlier, Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has urged his industry to “turn the ... angry mob mode off” and support the Covidsafe app. | |
| Writing on the tech social news board Hacker News, the Atlassian co-founder said he believed the government when it said it would release the app’s source code, and said he commended them “on some smart privacy and security choices” | |
| My very clever colleague Josh Taylor has produced this handy explainer about the government’s Covidsafe app. Very worth reading if, like me, you still have unanswered questions. | |
| Professor Peter Doherty is perhaps Australia’s foremost expert on Covid-19. In 1996 he won the Nobel prize for medicine for his work studying the immune system, and the Doherty Institute that bears his name is at the forefront of Australian research on the virus. | Professor Peter Doherty is perhaps Australia’s foremost expert on Covid-19. In 1996 he won the Nobel prize for medicine for his work studying the immune system, and the Doherty Institute that bears his name is at the forefront of Australian research on the virus. |
| Now he has also (accidentally) won the prize for best Tweet of the pandemic. | Now he has also (accidentally) won the prize for best Tweet of the pandemic. |
| And in New South Wales a 48-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly coughing at a security guard in Wollongong earlier today. | And in New South Wales a 48-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly coughing at a security guard in Wollongong earlier today. |
| Police allege that at about 9am, as the man was allegedly leaving a government building, he allegedly became verbally abusive towards security staff. As a security officer directed the man to leave the building, he allegedly turned and coughed in his face. | Police allege that at about 9am, as the man was allegedly leaving a government building, he allegedly became verbally abusive towards security staff. As a security officer directed the man to leave the building, he allegedly turned and coughed in his face. |
| Officers from Wollongong attended a short time later and began inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident. A 48-year-old man was arrested outside the building and taken to Wollongong police station, where he was charged with assault. | Officers from Wollongong attended a short time later and began inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident. A 48-year-old man was arrested outside the building and taken to Wollongong police station, where he was charged with assault. |
| He was refused bail and is due to appear in Wollongong local court today. | He was refused bail and is due to appear in Wollongong local court today. |
| NSW has introduced $5,000 fines for people who cough or spit at workers. | NSW has introduced $5,000 fines for people who cough or spit at workers. |
| Good afternoon. Thanks as always to the keeper of the flame (blog), Amy Remeikis. I’ve just been on my daily trip to the corner deli for a can of Coke - easily the most exciting thing in my life right now - and am ready and raring to take you through the next few hours. | Good afternoon. Thanks as always to the keeper of the flame (blog), Amy Remeikis. I’ve just been on my daily trip to the corner deli for a can of Coke - easily the most exciting thing in my life right now - and am ready and raring to take you through the next few hours. |
| As Queensland prepares to relax some of its Covid-19 restrictions, the state’s police are not stepping back from enforcement. They’ve set up an online form encouraging people to dob on each other for potential breaches of Public Health Orders. | As Queensland prepares to relax some of its Covid-19 restrictions, the state’s police are not stepping back from enforcement. They’ve set up an online form encouraging people to dob on each other for potential breaches of Public Health Orders. |
| Queensland has issued 1,400 fines for breaches of the orders. | Queensland has issued 1,400 fines for breaches of the orders. |
| Josh Garlepp has that little piece of levity the ABC just had to apologise for broadcasting (the perils of a live outside broadcast). | Josh Garlepp has that little piece of levity the ABC just had to apologise for broadcasting (the perils of a live outside broadcast). |
| And on that note, I shall hand you over to Michael McGowan, with the same energy. | And on that note, I shall hand you over to Michael McGowan, with the same energy. |
| Thank you again for joining me today. I very much appreciate it, and your messages. I’ll be back tomorrow morning. Please – take care of you. | Thank you again for joining me today. I very much appreciate it, and your messages. I’ll be back tomorrow morning. Please – take care of you. |
| Liberal senator, David Fawcett, a member of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security has strongly backed the government’s hard line in rejecting China’s threats over an investigation into Covid-19. | Liberal senator, David Fawcett, a member of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security has strongly backed the government’s hard line in rejecting China’s threats over an investigation into Covid-19. |
| Fawcett told Guardian Australia: | Fawcett told Guardian Australia: |
| WA is also pushing to increase the number of flu vaccinations in the state. Health minister Roger Cook was asked what his message to anti-vaxxers was and responded: | WA is also pushing to increase the number of flu vaccinations in the state. Health minister Roger Cook was asked what his message to anti-vaxxers was and responded: |
| For those wondering, this time around, Mark McGowan responded to the exuberant constituent hanging out of what I assume was his best friend’s ride, trying to holler at him, with | For those wondering, this time around, Mark McGowan responded to the exuberant constituent hanging out of what I assume was his best friend’s ride, trying to holler at him, with |
| AAP reports that the “swim and go” and “surf and go” beach openings will be extended to Bondi beach tomorrow morning: | AAP reports that the “swim and go” and “surf and go” beach openings will be extended to Bondi beach tomorrow morning: |
| It is a public holiday in WA, so Mark McGowan is in a polo shirt. | It is a public holiday in WA, so Mark McGowan is in a polo shirt. |
| These are the sorts of things which keep me amused at the moment. | These are the sorts of things which keep me amused at the moment. |
| As does West Australians driving past and yelling “I fucking love you” out their window. Which just happened, making McGowan laugh almost as half as he did when he said “we are not making it unlawful to go for a run and eat a kebab”. | As does West Australians driving past and yelling “I fucking love you” out their window. Which just happened, making McGowan laugh almost as half as he did when he said “we are not making it unlawful to go for a run and eat a kebab”. |
| Memories. They light the corner of my mind. | Memories. They light the corner of my mind. |
| Western Australia joins the list of jurisdictions with no new cases in the past 24 hours | Western Australia joins the list of jurisdictions with no new cases in the past 24 hours |
| But the chief medical officer again warns people not to get too excited too quickly: | But the chief medical officer again warns people not to get too excited too quickly: |
| And his advice to people who began gathering in large numbers again this weekend just gone? | And his advice to people who began gathering in large numbers again this weekend just gone? |
| Brendan Murphy says there doesn’t have to be zero cases of Covid-19 to convince national cabinet to relax restrictions: | Brendan Murphy says there doesn’t have to be zero cases of Covid-19 to convince national cabinet to relax restrictions: |
| On New Zealand, which went harder than Australia in an attempt to eliminate the virus, the professor says: | On New Zealand, which went harder than Australia in an attempt to eliminate the virus, the professor says: |
| Chris Knaus and Ben Smee have just published this story: | Chris Knaus and Ben Smee have just published this story: |
| The app only takes note of someone you have been around for 15 minutes. Prof Brendan Murphy says there is a reason for that – privacy, being one: | The app only takes note of someone you have been around for 15 minutes. Prof Brendan Murphy says there is a reason for that – privacy, being one: |
| The source code for the tracing app (as much as the security agencies will allow to be released) will be available within two weeks. | The source code for the tracing app (as much as the security agencies will allow to be released) will be available within two weeks. |