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| Coronavirus Australia live update: Queensland imposes quarantine rule on two Sydney 'hotspots' | Coronavirus Australia live update: Queensland imposes quarantine rule on two Sydney 'hotspots' |
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| NSW to change rules for pubs with stricter requirements to take patrons’ details as Melbourne lockdown continues in Victoria. Follow live | NSW to change rules for pubs with stricter requirements to take patrons’ details as Melbourne lockdown continues in Victoria. Follow live |
| More on the potential impact on the NRL of Queensland declaring two areas of Sydney to be coronavirus hotspots, via AAP: | |
| Before we hear the Victorian coronavirus update, which is due at 11am, let’s look at the national numbers. | |
| As of 9pm yesterday, the total number of coronavirus cases in Australia stands at 9,980, according to the tally maintained by the health department. | |
| That includes 189 historic cases, mostly crew members on the Ruby Princess and other ships, that were reclassified as Australian cases on 3 July. | |
| So unless there has been a sudden and drastic reduction in the number of cases in Victoria, we are going to reach 10,000 cases today. | |
| Things are getting very interesting on the Palace Letters blog. Today, we are all history nerds. | |
| This is what then governor general, Sir John Kerr, wrote to the palace on November 11, 1975: | |
| Has this been covered in The Crown yet? | |
| Australian agricultural exporters are reassessing their dependence on the China market after previously viewing financial benefits of such trade as being worth the risk, a senior public servant has said. | |
| A range of agricultural groups and industry bodies will today give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry looking into the need to diversify Australia’s trade and investment profile. | |
| The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has told the inquiry the impact of Covid-19 had “highlighted the vulnerabilities from reduced demand and disruptions to global supply chains” and it warned that trade concentration could “sharpen” the consequences of a disruption in a key market. | |
| In a submission, the department says exports to China accounted for 29% of the total value of Australia’s agricultural, fisheries and forestry exports in 2018-19, up from 21% four years earlier. | |
| David Hazlehurst, the acting secretary of the department, was asked to explain the claim in the department’s submission that the “likelihood of a targeted trade disruption is reduced where there is mutual dependence, such as Australia’s live cattle exports to Indonesia and Vietnam or in the case of a range of Australia’s exports to China”. | |
| The chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth, George Christensen, likened it to “mutually assured destruction” theory from during the Cold War. | |
| Hazlehurst replied that countries would operate in a way that they perceived to be in their own interests. And explaining what had driven Australian exporters to focus on China, Hazelhurst said: | |
| New Zealand’s new opposition leader, Todd Muller, who was only appointed to the role in May, has resigned. | New Zealand’s new opposition leader, Todd Muller, who was only appointed to the role in May, has resigned. |
| Muller, 51, said: | Muller, 51, said: |
| AAP reports that his resignation comes after he was widely criticised for his handling of a scandal involving a junior National Party politician leaking private health details of coronavirus patients to the media. | AAP reports that his resignation comes after he was widely criticised for his handling of a scandal involving a junior National Party politician leaking private health details of coronavirus patients to the media. |
| New Zealand is due to go to a general election on 19 September. | New Zealand is due to go to a general election on 19 September. |
| Again, all your Palace Letters news can be found on a separate live blog here. | Again, all your Palace Letters news can be found on a separate live blog here. |
| But the director-general of the national archives, David Fricker, is still speaking. | But the director-general of the national archives, David Fricker, is still speaking. |
| This could cause some difficulty for the league. | This could cause some difficulty for the league. |
| Albert, the two-year-old boy missing in Margaret River, has been found safe and well. | Albert, the two-year-old boy missing in Margaret River, has been found safe and well. |
| How good is good news? | How good is good news? |
| With Queensland questioning the deterrent value of its public health fines, it’s worth pointing to this comparison by Nick Evershed. | With Queensland questioning the deterrent value of its public health fines, it’s worth pointing to this comparison by Nick Evershed. |
| Star Entertainment Group made a profit of $198m in 2018-19. Their fine for contravening NSW’s public health rules was $5,000. | Star Entertainment Group made a profit of $198m in 2018-19. Their fine for contravening NSW’s public health rules was $5,000. |
| The National Archives is holding a press conference ahead of the release of the Palace Letters at 11am. We have a liveblog just for Palace Letters nerdery, helmed by Naaman Zhou. You can follow that here. | The National Archives is holding a press conference ahead of the release of the Palace Letters at 11am. We have a liveblog just for Palace Letters nerdery, helmed by Naaman Zhou. You can follow that here. |
| TikTok appears to be lobbying Australian MPs, to assure them they are “not aligned with any government, political party or ideology”. | TikTok appears to be lobbying Australian MPs, to assure them they are “not aligned with any government, political party or ideology”. |
| Labor’s Stephen Jones shared the letter he received. | Labor’s Stephen Jones shared the letter he received. |
| The letter, from Lee Hunter, the general manager of TikTok Australia, says: | The letter, from Lee Hunter, the general manager of TikTok Australia, says: |
| And I’m sorry, but this remains the case. | And I’m sorry, but this remains the case. |
| The Queensland health minister, Steven Miles, has announced that the state will increase its penalties for breaching public health orders to include a possible six months imprisonment. | The Queensland health minister, Steven Miles, has announced that the state will increase its penalties for breaching public health orders to include a possible six months imprisonment. |
| The maximum on-the-spot fine for breaching Queensland’s public health orders is the oddly specific amount of $4,003, but Miles said that for some, that did not appear to be a sufficient deterrent. | The maximum on-the-spot fine for breaching Queensland’s public health orders is the oddly specific amount of $4,003, but Miles said that for some, that did not appear to be a sufficient deterrent. |
| He told reporters: | He told reporters: |
| Miles said health authorities were still waiting for the results of the tests of 18 Queenslanders who had been at the Crossroads hotel in Sydney during the at-risk period. | Miles said health authorities were still waiting for the results of the tests of 18 Queenslanders who had been at the Crossroads hotel in Sydney during the at-risk period. |
| Queensland’s chief health officer, Jeanette Young, also provided some more information about that decision to classify the local government areas of Liverpool and Campbelltown, in Sydney, as coronavirus hotspots. | Queensland’s chief health officer, Jeanette Young, also provided some more information about that decision to classify the local government areas of Liverpool and Campbelltown, in Sydney, as coronavirus hotspots. |
| The order will apply from midday today, and will mean that anyone who has been in either of those areas in the 14 days before attempting to enter Queensland, will have to self-quarantine for 14 days upon entering Queensland. That includes any Queensland residents who visit those areas. | The order will apply from midday today, and will mean that anyone who has been in either of those areas in the 14 days before attempting to enter Queensland, will have to self-quarantine for 14 days upon entering Queensland. That includes any Queensland residents who visit those areas. |
| Says Young: | Says Young: |
| Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and chief health officer Brett Sutton will give a press conference at 11am. | Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and chief health officer Brett Sutton will give a press conference at 11am. |
| Pat Sparrow, the CEO of Aged and Community Services Australia, which represents non-profit aged care homes, says people who test positive to coronavirus in aged care should be moved to a hospital. | Pat Sparrow, the CEO of Aged and Community Services Australia, which represents non-profit aged care homes, says people who test positive to coronavirus in aged care should be moved to a hospital. |
| Sparrow, speaking to ABC News, said that was a lesson learned from the tragic Newmarch House outbreak. | Sparrow, speaking to ABC News, said that was a lesson learned from the tragic Newmarch House outbreak. |
| The Queensland government has declared two areas of southwest Sydney, in the area surrounding the Crossroads Hotel, to be coronavirus hotspots. | The Queensland government has declared two areas of southwest Sydney, in the area surrounding the Crossroads Hotel, to be coronavirus hotspots. |
| Anyone who has been in the local government areas of Campbelltown and Liverpool will be subject to quarantine requirements if they go into Queensland. | Anyone who has been in the local government areas of Campbelltown and Liverpool will be subject to quarantine requirements if they go into Queensland. |
| Queensland has reported no new cases of coronavirus overnight. There are still four active cases in the state. | Queensland has reported no new cases of coronavirus overnight. There are still four active cases in the state. |
| If you have completely given up on Q+A, you may have missed last night’s show with Julia Gillard, where she said she wished she had called out the sexism she experienced earlier in her term. | If you have completely given up on Q+A, you may have missed last night’s show with Julia Gillard, where she said she wished she had called out the sexism she experienced earlier in her term. |
| You can read a recap here but I wanted to share this quote: | You can read a recap here but I wanted to share this quote: |
| I was a baby journalist in regional Australia during Gillard’s prime ministership, and the strongest lesson I learned was not that women were capable or could lead, because that is self-evident to anyone who has met women and is not blinded by misogyny. It was that, for women in public life, appearance and presentation would always be given primacy over actual skills. That’s a terrible lesson. Let’s do better next time. | I was a baby journalist in regional Australia during Gillard’s prime ministership, and the strongest lesson I learned was not that women were capable or could lead, because that is self-evident to anyone who has met women and is not blinded by misogyny. It was that, for women in public life, appearance and presentation would always be given primacy over actual skills. That’s a terrible lesson. Let’s do better next time. |
| In other tragic news, eleven people have been taken to Royal Hobart Hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. | In other tragic news, eleven people have been taken to Royal Hobart Hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning. |
| More from AAP: | More from AAP: |
| A reminder that you can follow our global coronavirus coverage here. | A reminder that you can follow our global coronavirus coverage here. |