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Coronavirus Australia live updates: 300,000 in Victoria enter lockdown in 36 Melbourne hotspot suburbs | |
(32 minutes later) | |
Stay-at-home orders are now in place for 10 postcodes in city’s north as state steps up action to contain Covid-19 | Stay-at-home orders are now in place for 10 postcodes in city’s north as state steps up action to contain Covid-19 |
The ABC South East is hosting a debate between Liberal Fiona Kotvojs and Labor’s Kristy McBain. | |
Kotvojs starts with a very measured opening statement - so measured it sounds a little like she’s reading it. | |
The text is similar to her ads, stressing that she is LOCAL and has been a “teacher, farmer and small business owner” Oxfam director and RFS volunteer. | |
McBain is similarly well prepared, discussing how the region had responded to the “devastation and turmoil” of bushfires. Eden-Monaro wants a plan for bushfire recovery and economic supports for Covid-19 so the jobkeeper wage subsidy won’t “fall off a cliff”. | |
The first question for both candidates: should jobkeeper be kept after September? | |
Kotvojs said the program was legislated for 6 months, giving businesses certainty, and helping businesses stay open. | |
McBain said people in Eden-Monaro are doing it tough, and 18,000 workers in Eden-Monaro are at risk if jobkeeper is withdrawn and “people are anxious to know what will happen after September and they have a right to know”. | |
Eden-Monaro’s Liberal candidate Fiona Kotvojs and Labor candidate Kristy McBain are debating each other on ABC radio at the moment. | |
New Zealand has lost its health minister. | |
Jacinda Ardern had said she would have accepted David Clark’s resignation earlier in the pandemic, but the nation needed consistency as it worked through it’s health response. | |
Clark had broken the nation’s lock down. | |
Anthony Albanese was asked about Labor’s chances at the Eden-Monaro byelection. He continued through with Labor’s ‘managing expectations’ strategy, when it came to his candidate’s chances of winning this Saturday. | |
The pandemic saw telehealth services rolled out in Australia, very, very quickly. | The pandemic saw telehealth services rolled out in Australia, very, very quickly. |
Now that some calm has returned to the Australian Covid-19 situation, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) wants the system looked at. | Now that some calm has returned to the Australian Covid-19 situation, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) wants the system looked at. |
Particularly, who you can see over telehealth: | Particularly, who you can see over telehealth: |
After people refused to be tested for Covid-19 in Victorian hotspots, there has been talk of forcing tests, through legal means, (I really hope no one is at the ‘hold them down’ talk stage, because for goodness sake) to ensure the testing blitz is carried out. | After people refused to be tested for Covid-19 in Victorian hotspots, there has been talk of forcing tests, through legal means, (I really hope no one is at the ‘hold them down’ talk stage, because for goodness sake) to ensure the testing blitz is carried out. |
Greg Hunt says people need to keep their farms calm: | Greg Hunt says people need to keep their farms calm: |
AAP has a little more on that: | AAP has a little more on that: |
Health Minister Greg Hunt has urged authorities to throw the book at hotel coronavirus rule-breakers after allegations security guards slept with guests. | Health Minister Greg Hunt has urged authorities to throw the book at hotel coronavirus rule-breakers after allegations security guards slept with guests. |
Claims of widespread rorting and misconduct have rocked the security firms responsible for patrolling Melbourne’s hotel quarantine regime. | Claims of widespread rorting and misconduct have rocked the security firms responsible for patrolling Melbourne’s hotel quarantine regime. |
Companies charged taxpayers for shifts never worked, leading to less security workers on duty and higher risk of infections, The Herald Sun reports. | Companies charged taxpayers for shifts never worked, leading to less security workers on duty and higher risk of infections, The Herald Sun reports. |
“If those claims are correct then that is completely and utterly unacceptable,” Mr Hunt told Sky News on Thursday. | “If those claims are correct then that is completely and utterly unacceptable,” Mr Hunt told Sky News on Thursday. |
“We would encourage the Victorian authorities to throw the book - either individuals or if there’s any systemic inappropriate action - at those who are responsible for it.” | “We would encourage the Victorian authorities to throw the book - either individuals or if there’s any systemic inappropriate action - at those who are responsible for it.” |
The Victorian government has launched a judicial inquiry into hotel quarantine after Melbourne’s infection spike was linked to guards sharing cigarette lights. | The Victorian government has launched a judicial inquiry into hotel quarantine after Melbourne’s infection spike was linked to guards sharing cigarette lights. |
Mr Hunt said there was an unacceptable set of breaches in hotel quarantine. | Mr Hunt said there was an unacceptable set of breaches in hotel quarantine. |
“Many Victorians are going into lockdown today,” he said. | “Many Victorians are going into lockdown today,” he said. |
“The hotel quarantine system has been a contributing element to that.” | “The hotel quarantine system has been a contributing element to that.” |
Greg Hunt was also quite conciliatory when it came to Victoria’s hotel quarantine situation, given some of the accusations in today’s papers: | Greg Hunt was also quite conciliatory when it came to Victoria’s hotel quarantine situation, given some of the accusations in today’s papers: |
Greg Hunt was asked about the border issue on the ABC this morning: | Greg Hunt was asked about the border issue on the ABC this morning: |
Meanwhile, despite what you may have heard, the higher unemployment payment has not stopped people from applying for work. Quite to the contrary, as Luke Henriques-Gomes reports: | Meanwhile, despite what you may have heard, the higher unemployment payment has not stopped people from applying for work. Quite to the contrary, as Luke Henriques-Gomes reports: |
Dress your kid in yellow, and prepare to have your TV interview invaded. | Dress your kid in yellow, and prepare to have your TV interview invaded. |
I don’t make the rules. It’s bigger than all of us, apparently. | I don’t make the rules. It’s bigger than all of us, apparently. |
Yellow is the ultimate power colour. | Yellow is the ultimate power colour. |
Meanwhile, The Age has reported some people in Victorian hotspot suburbs tried changing their addresses to avoid being locked down: | Meanwhile, The Age has reported some people in Victorian hotspot suburbs tried changing their addresses to avoid being locked down: |