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Coronavirus Australia live update: Victoria reports 238 new Covid-19 cases and Berejiklian considers ‘further restrictions’ for NSW | |
(32 minutes later) | |
Victorian premier announces death of woman in her 90s as 10 new NSW cases linked to Crossroads Hotel cluster in south-western Sydney suburb of Casula. Follow the latest news and updates | |
Palaszczuk said she does not make “any apologies for delays at the borders”. | |
She says people were told about the border restrictions and knew there may be delays. She also thanked police and other emergency services staff working on those border checkpoints. | |
It’s currently 20C in Coolangatta. | |
Queenslanders, if you want to take the AFL from Victoria, you’ve got to take some of the weather. Better knock at least 5C off the top. | |
There are no new cases of Covid-19 in Queensland in the past 24-hours. Four cases remain active. | |
The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, is talking in Brisbane now about that phone call she had with the chief executive of the AFL, Gillon McLachlan, about potentially moving some more Melbourne-based teams to Queensland. | |
The shape of that arrangement has not been announced, but she said it would mean “nearly all” of the Melbourne teams would be based in Queensland. | |
Palaszczuk said: | |
Sacrilege. She continues: | |
Just to stave off any cries of “backflip!”: Berejiklian said last night that she had ruled out returning NSW to lockdown at this stage. She did not say there would be no further restrictions. | |
Restriction =/= lockdown | |
Gladys Berejiklian has said NSW has to “consider further restrictions” by looking at how the Covid-19 has spread in Victoria. | |
Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia event in Sydney on Wednesday to outline NSW’s Covid-19 economic recovery, Berejiklian also reaffirmed NSW would not pursue elimination of Covid-19 because it was “unrealistic” and would “hurt” the state’s economic “aspiration”. | |
On an elimination strategy, Berejiklian said: | |
She said the disease is “insidious” and sometimes it can be “bubbling away without detection”. | |
Berejiklian said NSW contributes 40% to 50% of the nation’s wealth, and says targeting elimination would “hurt our aspiration to at least have continuity” for businesses. | |
Other venues associated frequented by people in the Crossroads Hotel cluster are: | Other venues associated frequented by people in the Crossroads Hotel cluster are: |
Bankstown YMCA in Revesby, | Bankstown YMCA in Revesby, |
Woolworths in Bowral, | Woolworths in Bowral, |
Milky Lane in Parramatta, | Milky Lane in Parramatta, |
Bavarian Macarthur in Campbelltown, | Bavarian Macarthur in Campbelltown, |
Macarthur Tavern in Campbelltown, | Macarthur Tavern in Campbelltown, |
West Leagues Club in Campbelltown, | West Leagues Club in Campbelltown, |
Kmart in Casula | Kmart in Casula |
More details on the times of most concern for those venues here. | More details on the times of most concern for those venues here. |
And you can find the full list of all testing clinics in NSW here. | And you can find the full list of all testing clinics in NSW here. |
Let’s go back to the new NSW cases. | Let’s go back to the new NSW cases. |
Ten of the 13 cases reported today (figures from 8pm Monday to 8pm Tuesday) were connected to the Crossroads hotel cluster, and the remaining three were in hotel quarantine. | Ten of the 13 cases reported today (figures from 8pm Monday to 8pm Tuesday) were connected to the Crossroads hotel cluster, and the remaining three were in hotel quarantine. |
The new Crossroads cases are: | The new Crossroads cases are: |
31 year old male who attended Crossroads Hotel on 3 July | 31 year old male who attended Crossroads Hotel on 3 July |
42 year old female who attended Crossroads Hotel on 3 July | 42 year old female who attended Crossroads Hotel on 3 July |
27 year old female who attended Crossroads Hotel on 3 July | 27 year old female who attended Crossroads Hotel on 3 July |
14 year old female close contact of Crossroads Hotel staff case | 14 year old female close contact of Crossroads Hotel staff case |
27 year old male who attended Planet Fitness gym, Casula | 27 year old male who attended Planet Fitness gym, Casula |
24 year old male who attended Planet Fitness gym, Casula | 24 year old male who attended Planet Fitness gym, Casula |
53 year old male who attended Crossroads Hotel on 3 July | 53 year old male who attended Crossroads Hotel on 3 July |
22 year old male tertiary case from Crossroads Hotel | 22 year old male tertiary case from Crossroads Hotel |
33 year old female who is a close contact of a previously reported case in the Blue Mountains, who attended Crossroads Hotel on 3 July | 33 year old female who is a close contact of a previously reported case in the Blue Mountains, who attended Crossroads Hotel on 3 July |
17 year old male tertiary case from Crossroads Hotel | 17 year old male tertiary case from Crossroads Hotel |
There is also one other case, recorded after 8pm last night (so it will be added to tomorrow’s tally, we’ve figured out how it works now). | There is also one other case, recorded after 8pm last night (so it will be added to tomorrow’s tally, we’ve figured out how it works now). |
That case is a man in his 20s who is a close contact of a previously reported Crossroads Hotel case. That brings the number of cases in this cluster to 34. | That case is a man in his 20s who is a close contact of a previously reported Crossroads Hotel case. That brings the number of cases in this cluster to 34. |
So, you need to self isolate for 14 days even if you do not have symptoms, and get tested, if you attended the Crossroads Hotel from 3 to 10 July, and if you attended the Planet Fitness gym in Casula from 4 to 10 July. | So, you need to self isolate for 14 days even if you do not have symptoms, and get tested, if you attended the Crossroads Hotel from 3 to 10 July, and if you attended the Planet Fitness gym in Casula from 4 to 10 July. |
Guardian Australia understands that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has announced job cuts including 50 positions to go from Canberra, and 10 from eight international posts. | Guardian Australia understands that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has announced job cuts including 50 positions to go from Canberra, and 10 from eight international posts. |
The cuts are at the senior executive service, executive levels one and two, and Dfat will aim to achieve them through natural attrition with no redundancies. | The cuts are at the senior executive service, executive levels one and two, and Dfat will aim to achieve them through natural attrition with no redundancies. |
The Community Public Sector Union deputy national secretary, Beth Vincent-Pietsch, said: | The Community Public Sector Union deputy national secretary, Beth Vincent-Pietsch, said: |
Danny Hill, the general secretary of the Victorian Ambulance Union, has told ABC that six paramedics have tested positive to coronavirus and about 16 others have been identified as close contacts and are self-isolating. | Danny Hill, the general secretary of the Victorian Ambulance Union, has told ABC that six paramedics have tested positive to coronavirus and about 16 others have been identified as close contacts and are self-isolating. |
That’s why the Victorian government has arranged for ADF members to possibly pair up with paramedics, to ensure they can continue to staff ambulances. | That’s why the Victorian government has arranged for ADF members to possibly pair up with paramedics, to ensure they can continue to staff ambulances. |
Hill said that paramedics are exposed due to processes such as patient transfer, and said if the outbreak continues to grow as many as 40% of the paramedic taskforce in Victoria could be unable to work due to testing positive to Covid-19 or being quarantined as a close contact. | Hill said that paramedics are exposed due to processes such as patient transfer, and said if the outbreak continues to grow as many as 40% of the paramedic taskforce in Victoria could be unable to work due to testing positive to Covid-19 or being quarantined as a close contact. |
Finally, Hunt was asked about contact tracing downloads from the CovidSafe app. | Finally, Hunt was asked about contact tracing downloads from the CovidSafe app. |
He said 200 cases had been “identified” and that “in addition to that 300 downloads”. | He said 200 cases had been “identified” and that “in addition to that 300 downloads”. |