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| Coronavirus Australia update: NSW premier advises businesses 'not to interact' with Melbourne travellers amid 17 new Victoria 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 |
| New South Wales is also overhauling its HSC curriculum in another “back to basics” change. | |
| Gladys Berejiklian: | |
| The union representing the arts and entertainment industry has warned that Australia “will be immeasurably poorer” and jobs will be lost without urgent targeted assistance for the sector. | |
| The government is understood to be close to announcing a support package for the struggling arts and entertainment industry, as Katharine Murphy reported last week.Paul Murphy, who heads the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, stressed the importance of that support being rolled out urgently in an appearance before the Senate’s Covid-19 select committee this afternoon. | |
| He said arts and entertainment were among the first industries to shut down due to the Covid-19 restrictions, meaning that for many of the union’s members “all income for the foreseeable future vanished”. | |
| Paul Murphy said hope turned to disappointment when it became clear many in arts and entertainment would not be eligible for the jobkeeper wage subsidy. He pointed to analysis indicating employment in arts and entertainment may not recover until the end of 2025. | |
| Calling for urgent targeted assistance for the sector, Murphy said: “In the absence of that, many businesses will not survive, a generation of creative workers will be lost to the industry, and our country will be immeasurably poorer for all of that.” | |
| Other witnesses are now giving the committee an explanation of how the pandemic has affected arts and entertainment workers.In his opening statement, Murphy said the pandemic had also brought to a head dramatic challenges facing the media industry, with the loss of advertising revenue causing a “tipping point” for many businesses. | |
| He said analysis suggested there had been 200 newsroom contractions since January 2019, including more than 100 regional mastheads closing, suspending, moving to online-only or merging. “This is a huge issue for our democracy,” he said. | |
| It seems a long bow to draw, but anyways: | |
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| Hosting the 2032 Olympics in Queensland would be a critical part of Australia’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, according to Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates. | |
| Coates said the $4.5bn cost of hosting the Games in the Sunshine State will be covered by the International Olympic Committee, sponsors and ticket sales. | |
| “I have always believed in making necessity a virtue,” Coates said on Tuesday. | |
| “There is already a need for jobs and growth in the Queensland economy arising from the impact of Covid-19. | |
| “Our partner three levels of government recognise a potential 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games as a critical part of the state and nation’s economic recovery in the short term, quite apart from all of the long-term health, wellbeing, economic and sporting legacies.” | |
| Coates, speaking at a launch of a Parliamentary Friends of the Olympic Movement, said the south-east Queensland bid, with Brisbane as its central hub, was a “clear and exciting” opportunity for Australia. | |
| “For any of you who may be concerned about the $4.5bn cost of conducting the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the IOC has already committed $2.5bn at least, being the amount of its contributions to the 2028 Games in Los Angeles,” he said. | |
| “The balance will be covered by national sponsorships and ticket sales. | |
| “And I stress, these days the IOC encourages, requires, the use of existing and temporary community and sports venues for which in the case of south-east Queensland, with Cairns and Townsville for football preliminaries, 85% are existing.” | |
| Accelerating the Queensland bid had been put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic, which forced the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed from this year until 2021. | |
| Coates said an IOC decision on the 2032 host could be made “as early as 2022 or 2023”. | |
| Other bids were expected from Germany, India, Spain and jointly, South and North Korea. | |
| For those wanting to follow along with the Covid-19 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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: | 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. | 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. | Well that was quick. |
| Donald Trump says the trade deal with China is just fine. | 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: | 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”. | 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: | 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.) |