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Coronavirus Australia update: Victorian minister Adem Somyurek quits amid branch stacking allegations – politics live Coronavirus Australia update: Victorian minister Adem Somyurek quits amid branch stacking allegations – politics live
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Upper house MP says he will be providing a ‘rigorous defence’ to the claims against him. Follow the latest updates liveUpper house MP says he will be providing a ‘rigorous defence’ to the claims against him. Follow the latest updates live
Scott Morrison gets to the red tape cutting part of the speech: Anthony Albanese on why Labor is calling for more public housing as part of any future stimulus package:
Daniel Andrews will hold a press conference at 10am We are still waiting for Daniel Andrews - his press conference was meant to begin at 10am, but it is running late
You can follow along with international Covid news, here Anthony Albanese is up at the Ceda event now.
Back to the Ceda event for a moment – He repeats Labor’s assertion that the economy was in trouble before the pandemic hit (which it was) and that out of the box thinking will be needed to get through the coming years:
You will be pleased to know that we are still a “positive and aspirational people”. A little more from Scott Morrison on youth workers:
Scott Morrison: (The lowest gender pay gap by the way is 13.9% - meaning on average, women are being paid $242.90 a week less than men)
Here is the Adem Somyurek statement in full. He says it was the comments he made about LGBTI community which led to his resignation: Scott Morrison on who has been hit hardest by the economic side of the pandemic:
Scott Morrison says in April alone the country lost the equivalent of 30 months of job growth. But he repeats that the spending we have seen will be stopped: “Growth adventure” now seems to be part of the vernacular.
Adem Somyurek is no longer with the Victorian ministry. He says he will be providing a “rigorous defence” to the claims against him. He also wants an investigation into how what he said were private conversations became public. It’s going to be a long couple of years in more ways than one.
There are charts, as you would expect. It’s not an important press conference or speech these days without a PowerPoint presentation. This conclusion to Scott Morrison’s speech is quite something:
Scott Morrison has begun his Ceda State of the Nation address: Scott Morrison gets to the red-tape-cutting part of the speech:
Queensland has recorded no new cases of Covid in the last 24 hours. Daniel Andrews will hold a press conference at 10am.
Laguna Street primary school in Sydney’s south is still closed after a teacher tested positive. Those students will switch to online learning for the time being. You can follow along with international Covid news here.
Anthony Albanese talked a little about where his Ceda speech will be going, while speaking to the ABC this morning:
Mike Bowers is at the National Press Club, where Scott Morrison and then Anthony Albanese will address the Ceda State of the Nation event.