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Coronavirus Australia update: Victoria reports 30 new Covid-19 cases as Woolworths reintroduces national purchase limit on toilet paper – live news
Coronavirus Australia live news: Scott Morrison provides Covid-19 update after national cabinet as Victoria reports 30 new cases
(32 minutes later)
Five of Victoria’s new cases are from hotel quarantine; Northern Territory chief minister says people from areas with spikes will be quarantined at their own cost. Follow live
Five of Victoria’s new cases are from hotel quarantine; Northern Territory chief minister says people from areas with spikes will be quarantined at their own cost. Follow live
Victoria’s deputy chief health officer Dr Annaliese van Diemen says 30% of returned travellers in hotel quarantine have been refusing Covid-19 testing.
Morrison has addressed supermarkets being forced to reintroduce product limits on toilet paper due to panic buying.
van Dieman defined that “very good uptake” as around 70%. She was asked by media if the department required more powers to enforce testing.
Today is Murphy’s last day in his office of CMO, he thanked the other members of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee.
Victoria has been batteling two separate outbreaks among staff members working at quarantine hotels.
Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy says he is confident Victoria will bring its outbreaks under control.
Morrison says the national cabinet has agreed that smaller premises will be allowed to move to a 2 square metre per person rule rather than the current 4 sq m.
It will be up to individual jurisdictions when they introduce that rule.
Morrison says any state could experience outbreaks as Victoria is.
Morrison is starting on a happy note, celebrating Australia and NZ winning the bid for the 2023 Women’s World Cup:
The prime minister is speaking now following national cabinet.
Victoria’s deputy chief health officer, Dr Annaliese van Diemen, says 30% of returned travellers in hotel quarantine have been refusing Covid-19 testing.
Van Dieman defined that “very good uptake” as around 70%. She was asked by media if the department required more powers to enforce testing.
Victoria has been battling two separate outbreaks among staff members working at quarantine hotels.
Woolworths has just annouced it will reintroduce countrywide buying limits on toilet paper.
Woolworths has just annouced it will reintroduce countrywide buying limits on toilet paper.
The supermarket chain released this statement:
The supermarket chain released this statement:
There are currently no other product limits other than toilet paper and paper towel outside of Victoria.
There are currently no other product limits other than toilet paper and paper towel outside of Victoria.
On Wednesday, Woolworths reinstated a purchase limit of two items in Victoria on toilet paper, hand sanitiser, paper towel, flour, sugar, pasta, mince, long-life milk, eggs and rice.
On Wednesday, Woolworths reinstated a purchase limit of two items in Victoria on toilet paper, hand sanitiser, paper towel, flour, sugar, pasta, mince, long-life milk, eggs and rice.
Here is a little more information on those Sydney ASIO raids, via AAP:
A south Sydney house belonging to NSW Labor upper house MP Shaoquett Moselmane has been searched by Australian federal police and intelligence officers.
The AFP confirmed search warrants were executed in Sydney on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation and that there was no threat to the community.
NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay said she’d been told police and ASIO members entered Moselmane’s Rockdale home and had a warrant for his parliamentary office.
Asked if the searches related to suspicions of Chinese government filtration, McKay said:
McKay will be briefed by law enforcement agencies later on Friday and told reporters one of Moselmane’s staff may also be involved. McKay said:
Moselmane’s membership of NSW Labor would be suspended and he would no longer sit in the Labor parliamentary caucus, McKay added.
Moselmane in April stood down as assistant president of the NSW upper house after praising Chinese president Xi Jinping’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, saying Xi had demonstrated “unswerving leadership” and decisiveness.
Moselmane has been a member of the NSW upper house since December 2009 and between 1995 and 2009 served four stints as Rockdale city council mayor.
For more information on the future of Virgin Australia, check out Ben Butler’s full report below:
Nick Evershed has kindly put together this chart showing the recent trends in Victorian cases.
As a Melbourne resident myself, I’m not loving the gradient at the end of that graph.
If you are interested in this, check out Nick’s other amazing data work here:
Unions have responded to Virgin Australia’s administrators striking a deal with Bain Capital by repeating their call for government intervention to keep the broader aviation sector afloat.
In a statement, ACTU president Michele O’Neil said:
Hello to all Keilor Downs and Broadmeadows residents.
Have you run into the door-to-door Covid testing taskforce today? Did you say yes to testing? If not, why not?
Tweet me your experiences at @MatildaBoseley and I’ll feature your stories on the blog.
Several large clusters in Melbourne have also grown overnight.
The Coburg family cluster has had one additional case – I believe taking the total to 15.
The second Keilor Downs family cluster has grown to 19, and the North Melbourne family cluster (formally known as the H&M Northland cluster) is now at 15 cases, a growth of five from numbers reported yesterday.
And as mentioned before, a Macdonald’s worker has tested positive and is linked to the Wollert cluster that is associated with St Monica’s College in Epping.
Among the new Victorian cases is a healthcare worker a youth mental health facility.
Victorian deputy chief health officer Annaliese van Diemen says:
Other new cases include a worker at McDonald’s which is linked to the Wollert outbreak in the city’s north.
The Victorian deputy chief health officer is speaking now:
Virgin Australia’s administrators, Deloitte, say Bain Capital is the successful bidder for the airline.
Rival Cyrus Capital Partners pulled out this morning, slamming the administrators for failing to engage with them – and return phone calls– this week.
It’s important to note that, even though the administrators say they’ve signed a deal with Bain, it isn’t binding unless approved by creditors at a meeting in August.
It’s not clear what creditors, especially bondholders owed $2bn, stand to get from the sale – Deloitte has not given information about returns in its announcement this morning.
There’s still time for the deal to fall over or for a legal challenge too.
Deloitte said:
Supports the current management team led by Paul Scurrah and their improvement plan for the airline.
Commits to the retention of thousands of jobs.
Carries forward all travel credits and Velocity frequent flyer-booked flights.
Honours all employee entitlements.
Provides a significant injection of capital to see the business recapitalised and well-positioned for the future.
Queensland attorney general Yvette D’Ath spoke to media earlier, urging residents to comply with quarantine orders:
