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| Coronavirus Australia update: Scott Morrison says protesters should be charged if rallies continue – politics live | Coronavirus Australia update: Scott Morrison says protesters should be charged if rallies continue – politics live |
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| Prime minister says anyone joining a Black Lives Matter rally this weekend would be ‘showing a great disrespect to their fellow Australians’. Follow live updates | Prime minister says anyone joining a Black Lives Matter rally this weekend would be ‘showing a great disrespect to their fellow Australians’. Follow live updates |
| The Australian Institute of Company Directors has released a survey of 2,371 of its members about the government’s response to coronavirus. | |
| The jobkeeper wage subsidy was identified as the biggest support to business during Covid-19, with 44% nominating it as the biggest support. Small and medium enterprises (47%) and not-for-profits (51%) were the most likely to nominate jobkeeper as the biggest support. | |
| 37% said government policy measures had not supported them, and 7% nominated industry-specific packages. | |
| Company directors were overwhelmingly (81%) in favour of “a cautious phasing out of government policies, such as the jobkeeper subsidy scheme and coronavirus supplement”, even at the cost of increased government deficits and debt, as opposed to 19% of respondents who would prefer “a rapid wind-down of government policies in order to start to rebuild public finances and restore the economy to normal operation”. | |
| There were no new cases of Covid reported in WA in the past 24 hours. | |
| Brendan O’Connor held a press conference to talk about this story from David Crowe at the SMH and the Age: | |
| ’Twas a foggy ole morning in Canberra on Thursday: | |
| Michael Gunner has announced a tourism voucher for Territorians, to kick start territory domestic travel: | Michael Gunner has announced a tourism voucher for Territorians, to kick start territory domestic travel: |
| The Territory Labor Government has today announced a tourism voucher scheme to encourage Territorians to explore the Territory and support local tourism businesses until borders can safely re-open to interstate visitors. | The Territory Labor Government has today announced a tourism voucher scheme to encourage Territorians to explore the Territory and support local tourism businesses until borders can safely re-open to interstate visitors. |
| More than 26,000 vouchers worth $200 will be available from 1 July, Territory Day, for Territorians to put towards a tourism experience, tour, accommodation, hire car or recreational fishing charter, so long as they match the spend with their own money. | More than 26,000 vouchers worth $200 will be available from 1 July, Territory Day, for Territorians to put towards a tourism experience, tour, accommodation, hire car or recreational fishing charter, so long as they match the spend with their own money. |
| The $5.2 million voucher initiative is supported by a marketing campaign ‘Never have I ever…’ encouraging Territorians to book a local tourism experience they have never got around to enjoying for themselves. | The $5.2 million voucher initiative is supported by a marketing campaign ‘Never have I ever…’ encouraging Territorians to book a local tourism experience they have never got around to enjoying for themselves. |
| The voucher scheme has been developed in partnership with Northern Territory Regional Tourism Organisations, Tourism Top End and Tourism Central Australia. | The voucher scheme has been developed in partnership with Northern Territory Regional Tourism Organisations, Tourism Top End and Tourism Central Australia. |
| From 1 July, Territorians aged 18 years and over will be able to register and redeem their Territory Tourism Voucher at www.territoryvoucher.nt.gov.au. | From 1 July, Territorians aged 18 years and over will be able to register and redeem their Territory Tourism Voucher at www.territoryvoucher.nt.gov.au. |
| Voucher holders will then be able to book their chosen tourism experience online, over the phone or in person through their local Visitor Information Centres in Darwin, Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs. The vouchers must be used on a bookable product available through these Centres. | Voucher holders will then be able to book their chosen tourism experience online, over the phone or in person through their local Visitor Information Centres in Darwin, Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs. The vouchers must be used on a bookable product available through these Centres. |
| Hospitality venues will also be able to benefit from the vouchers by packaging their offerings with a tourism product such as a ‘Stay and Meal’ deal. | Hospitality venues will also be able to benefit from the vouchers by packaging their offerings with a tourism product such as a ‘Stay and Meal’ deal. |
| This will encourage hospitality businesses to create partnerships with tourism and accommodation operators, creating long-term benefits for both. | This will encourage hospitality businesses to create partnerships with tourism and accommodation operators, creating long-term benefits for both. |
| Vouchers are valid for 30 days, with bookings and travel to be completed by 31 October 2020. | Vouchers are valid for 30 days, with bookings and travel to be completed by 31 October 2020. |
| Earlier this year the Territory Labor Government injected $2 million into an Immediate Tourism Resilience Plan to minimise the impact to our tourism industry from the Australian Bushfires and the coronavirus outbreak. | Earlier this year the Territory Labor Government injected $2 million into an Immediate Tourism Resilience Plan to minimise the impact to our tourism industry from the Australian Bushfires and the coronavirus outbreak. |
| George Christensen is, of course, an “all lives matterer” – and of course he is all in. | George Christensen is, of course, an “all lives matterer” – and of course he is all in. |
| Here he was yesterday, in the parliament: | Here he was yesterday, in the parliament: |
| The Senate has 39 motions in its general business list today. Which is 53 pages worth. | The Senate has 39 motions in its general business list today. Which is 53 pages worth. |
| We are truly in the worst timeline. | We are truly in the worst timeline. |
| Q: The prime minister said today those who do attend another Black Lives Matter protest later in the week should be charged. Do you agree with that sentiment, given that those arrested could also be disproportionately Indigenous? | Q: The prime minister said today those who do attend another Black Lives Matter protest later in the week should be charged. Do you agree with that sentiment, given that those arrested could also be disproportionately Indigenous? |
| Josh Frydenberg: | Josh Frydenberg: |
| Q: You’re a leader, the deputy leader of the Liberal party, should they be charged, in your view? | Q: You’re a leader, the deputy leader of the Liberal party, should they be charged, in your view? |
| Frydenberg: | Frydenberg: |
| How can Josh Frydenberg push to have the borders open now, while also criticising the protests as threatening public health. Is it contradictory? | How can Josh Frydenberg push to have the borders open now, while also criticising the protests as threatening public health. Is it contradictory? |
| The treasurer says the OECD report is not great but Australia is in a good position to once again open again. He is pushing for the borders to be opened. | The treasurer says the OECD report is not great but Australia is in a good position to once again open again. He is pushing for the borders to be opened. |
| The prime minister and the states are looking at July. We know this. But still. Here we are. | The prime minister and the states are looking at July. We know this. But still. Here we are. |
| Queensland gets its own special shout-out. As it always does: | Queensland gets its own special shout-out. As it always does: |
| How Mike Bowers saw the chamber this morning: | How Mike Bowers saw the chamber this morning: |
| Victoria has recorded eight new cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours – including someone who went to the Black Lives Matter protest. | Victoria has recorded eight new cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours – including someone who went to the Black Lives Matter protest. |
| From the state’s chief medical officer, Prof Brett Sutton: | From the state’s chief medical officer, Prof Brett Sutton: |
| Mike Bowers is in the building. | Mike Bowers is in the building. |
| And to finish up that 3AW interview came this exchange between Neil Mitchell and Scott Morrison: | And to finish up that 3AW interview came this exchange between Neil Mitchell and Scott Morrison: |
| Mitchell: What was your attitude personally when you were getting all this [Covid] information in the early days? | Mitchell: What was your attitude personally when you were getting all this [Covid] information in the early days? |
| Morrison: Well, I knew we were in completely uncharted waters. | Morrison: Well, I knew we were in completely uncharted waters. |
| Mitchell: Were you frightened by it? | Mitchell: Were you frightened by it? |
| Morrison: | Morrison: |
| Mitchell: I know you’ll be modest about this but if the optimism is right and if we get it through, through it without significant death rates and with the economy rebuilding and there’s some hope of that – you will have your place in history. | Mitchell: I know you’ll be modest about this but if the optimism is right and if we get it through, through it without significant death rates and with the economy rebuilding and there’s some hope of that – you will have your place in history. |
| Morrison: | Morrison: |