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| Coronavirus Australia update: NSW premier advises businesses 'not to interact' with Melbourne travellers amid 17 new Victorian cases – live news | |
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| Daniel Andrews threatens to reintroduce statewide lockdown if outbreaks are not contained. Follow live | Daniel Andrews threatens to reintroduce statewide lockdown if outbreaks are not contained. Follow live |
| For those wanting to follow along with the Covid committee: | |
| A passenger on the Ruby Princess, who contracted coronavirus and was put in an induced coma for eight days, said a waitress on the ship sneezed in her face days before she became sick. | |
| Ann Kavanagh, who contracted Covid-19 and was put on a ventilator, told the NSW special inquiry into the cruise ship, that she was sneezed on a few days before the ship docked in Sydney on 19 March. | |
| She said she “didn’t associate anything with it”, but began feeling sick while on her flight home to Perth, and was shivering on the plane. | |
| Kavanagh, who said she had taken 14 previous cruises, also said the disembarkation was done so quickly on 19 March that it was unprecedented. | |
| “We hadn’t known anything like it,” she said. “We got off the ship so quickly. There was no queuing, no passport control, nothing, we just got in a taxi, got to the airport....very quick.” | |
| Gladys Berejiklian’s warning to New South Wales businesses to “not interact” in any way with Melbourne travellers follows this warning from the NSW premier yesterday: | |
| It’s the border closure when you don’t actually close the border -warn your citizens from travelling there, as well as ask them to “not interact” with citizens travelling to you. | |
| Well that was quick. | |
| Donald Trump says the trade deal with China is just fine. | |
| As with yesterday, testing sites in Melbourne are struggling to keep up with demand: | |
| Meanwhile, the White House trade advisor says the free trade agreement the states have with China “is over”. | |
| Peter Navarro made some pretty strong comments in this Fox News interview: | |
| In New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian has warned NSW businesses to be careful of accepting Victorian travellers at their accomodation hubs | In New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian has warned NSW businesses to be careful of accepting Victorian travellers at their accomodation hubs |
| The ABC reports the NSW premier as saying: | The ABC reports the NSW premier as saying: |
| Berejiklian also reminded NSW businesses they have the liberty “to accept or reject any traveller”. | Berejiklian also reminded NSW businesses they have the liberty “to accept or reject any traveller”. |
| That’s mostly aimed at the ski fields, where NSW and Victorian travellers are most likely to mix. | That’s mostly aimed at the ski fields, where NSW and Victorian travellers are most likely to mix. |
| NSW will not be closing its border with Victoria though. | NSW will not be closing its border with Victoria though. |
| South Australian premier Steven Marshall has announced SA will be moving to its next stage of easing restrictions. | South Australian premier Steven Marshall has announced SA will be moving to its next stage of easing restrictions. |
| From next Monday, social distancing measures will be reduced from one person per four sq metres to one person per two square metres. | From next Monday, social distancing measures will be reduced from one person per four sq metres to one person per two square metres. |
| But there will be additional police on SA’s border with Victoria. | But there will be additional police on SA’s border with Victoria. |
| For more information on what is happening in Victoria, Mel Davey has put this together: | For more information on what is happening in Victoria, Mel Davey has put this together: |
| The ABS has the latest trade figures – both imports and exports are down. Particularly with cars and petroleum. | The ABS has the latest trade figures – both imports and exports are down. Particularly with cars and petroleum. |
| Geoff Raby, Australia’s ambassador to Beijing between 2007-11, has given an interview to the South China Morning Post saying “Australia derives its strong economy from China” and it needs to repair bilateral ties. | Geoff Raby, Australia’s ambassador to Beijing between 2007-11, has given an interview to the South China Morning Post saying “Australia derives its strong economy from China” and it needs to repair bilateral ties. |
| Greg Hunt spoke about a Covid-19 vaccine this morning. The World Health Organisation has warned it may take two-and-a-half years for a vaccine. On Australia’s international borders, Hunt told Fran Kelly on ABC RN this morning: | Greg Hunt spoke about a Covid-19 vaccine this morning. The World Health Organisation has warned it may take two-and-a-half years for a vaccine. On Australia’s international borders, Hunt told Fran Kelly on ABC RN this morning: |
| On the vaccine timetable: | On the vaccine timetable: |
| The press conference ends after a “how is this not pork barrelling?” in regards to the primary producer grants. | The press conference ends after a “how is this not pork barrelling?” in regards to the primary producer grants. |
| Scott Morrison: | Scott Morrison: |
| Asked if Dyson Heydon’s Australian honours should be revoked in light of the findings of the independent inquiry ordered by the high court after allegations of sexual harassment Scott Morrison says: | Asked if Dyson Heydon’s Australian honours should be revoked in light of the findings of the independent inquiry ordered by the high court after allegations of sexual harassment Scott Morrison says: |
| The prime minister responds with a terse ‘we’re fixing the problem’ when asked why he won’t consider a royal commission into the robodebt debacle: | The prime minister responds with a terse ‘we’re fixing the problem’ when asked why he won’t consider a royal commission into the robodebt debacle: |
| (The difference was, the Coalition took away the human checks when it came to income averaging.) | (The difference was, the Coalition took away the human checks when it came to income averaging.) |