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| Australia coronavirus latest updates: warning of severe economic shock as 'double-hit scenario' looms – politics live | Australia coronavirus latest updates: warning of severe economic shock as 'double-hit scenario' looms – politics live |
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| Australia’s GDP could fall by 6.3% this year if hit by a second wave of coronavirus, the OECD says in a new report. Follow live updates | Australia’s GDP could fall by 6.3% this year if hit by a second wave of coronavirus, the OECD says in a new report. Follow live updates |
| It is Collingwood vs Richmond in the AFL tonight as Australia’s best football league resumes its season | |
| (Go Pies!) | |
| The number of deaths in custody has risen since Saturday. | |
| Scott Morrison also said the only impediment to loosening restrictions further was the Black Lives Matter protests over the weekend. | |
| Authorities are waiting to see if there is an increase in cases in the next two weeks which could be traced back to the protests. | |
| Deputy chief medical officer Professor Michael Kidd had a chat to the ABC about that this morning: | |
| The OECD is warning of the economic hit of a second wave of coronavirus: | |
| This report is via AAP: | This report is via AAP: |
| Australia’s economic output could fall by 6.3% this year if there’s another wave of coronavirus cases, a key global economic body warns. | |
| But even without a second wave, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says Australia’s gross domestic product will still fall by 5% this year, with severe and long-lasting consequences. | |
| The federal government should consider what support might be needed once the existing measures ends in September, such as strengthening the social safety net and investing in energy efficiency and social housing, the OECD said. | The federal government should consider what support might be needed once the existing measures ends in September, such as strengthening the social safety net and investing in energy efficiency and social housing, the OECD said. |
| Education, training and improving job search programs should be focused on getting unemployment down, it added. | Education, training and improving job search programs should be focused on getting unemployment down, it added. |
| Expanded loan guarantees and accelerated insolvency processes could result in a more dynamic recovery, the organisation said in its latest economic outlook. | Expanded loan guarantees and accelerated insolvency processes could result in a more dynamic recovery, the organisation said in its latest economic outlook. |
| States and territories have begun easing restrictions with no resulting surge in cases, so far. | States and territories have begun easing restrictions with no resulting surge in cases, so far. |
| But there’s another week to go before it’s known if the virus spread at mass anti-racism protests across the country last weekend. | But there’s another week to go before it’s known if the virus spread at mass anti-racism protests across the country last weekend. |
| The government has said it’s unlikely broad restrictions will be applied if there’s another outbreak of cases, and its strategy will focus on local containment areas. | The government has said it’s unlikely broad restrictions will be applied if there’s another outbreak of cases, and its strategy will focus on local containment areas. |
| The OECD said a second outbreak could be smaller in Australia than elsewhere, due to the nation’s geography and continued restrictions on international travel. | The OECD said a second outbreak could be smaller in Australia than elsewhere, due to the nation’s geography and continued restrictions on international travel. |
| The report acknowledged the virus had hit Australia’s economy at a time when investment was already weak and the impact of severe drought and devastating bushfires were being felt. | The report acknowledged the virus had hit Australia’s economy at a time when investment was already weak and the impact of severe drought and devastating bushfires were being felt. |
| This led to a 0.3% drop in growth in the March quarter, prompting the government to warn Australian is now in a recession given another fall is expected in the June quarter data, due later this year. | |
| An economic recovery could be faster if consumer sentiment rapidly rebounded, the OECD said. | An economic recovery could be faster if consumer sentiment rapidly rebounded, the OECD said. |
| But a key risk to its outlook is high levels of household debt, as well as a downturn in the housing market. | But a key risk to its outlook is high levels of household debt, as well as a downturn in the housing market. |
| Scott Morrison is speaking to Sydney radio 2GB. That is two weeks in a row. | Scott Morrison is speaking to Sydney radio 2GB. That is two weeks in a row. |
| Last week was with Ray Hadley, where he bumped Peter Dutton. This week it’s with Ben Fordham. | Last week was with Ray Hadley, where he bumped Peter Dutton. This week it’s with Ben Fordham. |
| You’ll be pleased to know that there has been no slavery in Australia, according to the prime minister. | You’ll be pleased to know that there has been no slavery in Australia, according to the prime minister. |
| ... Except there was slavery in Australia. It’s well documented. We just didn’t call it slavery. | ... Except there was slavery in Australia. It’s well documented. We just didn’t call it slavery. |
| For almost 100 years between the 1860s and the 1970s, Indigenous people were taken from their homes and lands to work on sheep and cattle properties across Australia. They were taken with the consent of the state and federal governments. It was very rare the stolen people were paid for their work. | For almost 100 years between the 1860s and the 1970s, Indigenous people were taken from their homes and lands to work on sheep and cattle properties across Australia. They were taken with the consent of the state and federal governments. It was very rare the stolen people were paid for their work. |
| It wasn’t just the land – Indigenous people were installed in kitchens and homesteads as house staff as well. | It wasn’t just the land – Indigenous people were installed in kitchens and homesteads as house staff as well. |
| We like to say that this land was built on the sheep’s back, but anyone with an understanding of Australian history, beyond the “Captain Cook rah-rah” you may have been taught at school, knows that is not true. | We like to say that this land was built on the sheep’s back, but anyone with an understanding of Australian history, beyond the “Captain Cook rah-rah” you may have been taught at school, knows that is not true. |
| You can read more about it here, but you’ll find plenty more sources with not much trouble. Governments have been ordered to pay back wages, for those people still alive. | You can read more about it here, but you’ll find plenty more sources with not much trouble. Governments have been ordered to pay back wages, for those people still alive. |
| You can call it what you want – we named it the “Protection Act” for a long time – but taking people from their homes, forcing them to work and giving them pittance in return is something Australia’s past is just as familiar with as the US. | You can call it what you want – we named it the “Protection Act” for a long time – but taking people from their homes, forcing them to work and giving them pittance in return is something Australia’s past is just as familiar with as the US. |
| Well, in the last 12 hours, we had a Liberal senator cross the floor and an incredibly passionate demand to take Indigenous issues seriously from a Labor senator who sat on the 1991 royal commission. | Well, in the last 12 hours, we had a Liberal senator cross the floor and an incredibly passionate demand to take Indigenous issues seriously from a Labor senator who sat on the 1991 royal commission. |
| Parliament is back. In terms of Covid-19, it’s all about the economy now. You saw that yesterday with question time and you’ll see it again with the “calm and considered” government MPs who seem to be banking on at least another term. | Parliament is back. In terms of Covid-19, it’s all about the economy now. You saw that yesterday with question time and you’ll see it again with the “calm and considered” government MPs who seem to be banking on at least another term. |
| Or at least that’s what Scott Morrison’s “five-year plan” seemed to point to yesterday, as he was speaking about the economy. | Or at least that’s what Scott Morrison’s “five-year plan” seemed to point to yesterday, as he was speaking about the economy. |
| We’ll have that and everything else which happens today. You have the Guardian Canberra crew and the whole brains trust at your disposal. | We’ll have that and everything else which happens today. You have the Guardian Canberra crew and the whole brains trust at your disposal. |
| I have only had one coffee, so am currently climbing walls. But onwards and upwards! | I have only had one coffee, so am currently climbing walls. But onwards and upwards! |
| Ready? | Ready? |