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Coronavirus Australia update: Melbourne's hotspot suburbs in lockdown as Victoria struggles to contain outbreak – live news Coronavirus Australia update: Melbourne's hotspot suburbs in lockdown as Victoria struggles to contain outbreak – live news
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Residents of 10 postcodes in Melbourne’s north and west have been ordered to stay home from midnight tonight. Follow liveResidents of 10 postcodes in Melbourne’s north and west have been ordered to stay home from midnight tonight. Follow live
There are reports of another 14 cases in NSW - we don’t have a breakdown of where these cases have come from. Scott Morrison has begun his speech outlining Australia’s defence strategy for 2020.
Daniel Hurst is watching that for you.
Scott Morrison was asked about Annastacia Palaszczuk’s comments about singling out Queensland on the Nine network this morning:
Morrison has been singling out Queensland to open its borders – and then added “all borders” to his comments.
Anthony Albanese was asked about Annastacia Palaszczuk’s comments yesterday, after she hit back against the border criticism (which included Scott Morrison) and said:
Victoria police have called a press conference for 10.45am.
Hopefully we will get some additional information on how the localised lockdowns will work.
The ATO site is having a few traffic problems today – being 1 July, there are a lot of people trying to log on to register for jobkeeper for the new financial year, as well as the additional tax traffic.
If you are having trouble, keep trying – it seems to be coping off and on.
With flights being diverted from Melbourne for the next two weeks, Sydney will see an uptick in returned travellers, and therefore it is expected to see case numbers increase.
There are reports of another 14 cases in NSW – we don’t have a breakdown of where these cases have come from.
On the borders and state responses, Anthony Albanese says:On the borders and state responses, Anthony Albanese says:
Daniel Andrews and health minister Jenny Mikakos will hold a press conference at 11.30am today. Daniel Andrews and his health minister, Jenny Mikakos, will hold a press conference at 11.30am today.
For those wanting more information on the defence announcement, Daniel Hurst has you covered:For those wanting more information on the defence announcement, Daniel Hurst has you covered:
You get a little bit more control over your data from today:
The Covid-19 Senate committee is on again today.
The international coronavirus blog is up and running:
Also, happy new financial year.
For those asking, if you live around one of the locked-down postcodes in Victoria, but are not locked down yourself, yes, you can travel through one of the locked-down suburbs to get to where you need to go.
But if you can avoid it, you should.
Basically, the guidelines are you can travel through the area, but you shouldn’t be making plans to hang around in the area, if that makes sense.
And if there is another route available to you, maybe take that, at least until 29 July.
The foreign affairs minister, Marise Payne, has also released an official statement on China passing new security laws, which will seriously curtail protest action in Hong Kong:
There are 55 applications which have been made against those institutions. The redress scheme was established following the royal commission into institutional child sexual abuse.
The minister in charge, Anne Ruston, told ABC radio it was unacceptable organisations had not signed up to the scheme:
The federal government has followed through with its threats to name institutions which have not signed up to redress scheme:
The institutions are
Australian Air League
Boys’ Brigade NSW
Fairbridge Restored Limited
Lakes Entrance Pony Club
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Kenja Communications.
These institutions will now be ineligible to apply for any future commonwealth funding and the government is investigating options to revoke tax concessions such as charitable status.
Paul Kelly says he has not changed his mind about the need for mass mask wearing in Australia.
But he concedes that Victoria may need a different solution right now and says Victorian health officials are working on a plan:
Was the acting chief medical officer shocked to discover some people, as Calla Wahlquist reported in the blog yesterday, were refusing to be tested, in the hotspot Victorian areas: