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Coronavirus Australia live update: Victoria records six deaths and 384 Covid-19 cases and NSW 14 new cases – latest news Coronavirus Australia live update: Victoria records six deaths and 384 Covid-19 cases and NSW 14 new cases – latest news
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State suspends non-urgent elective surgery as Covid-19 cases in nursing homes rises, while NSW announces 14 new cases. Follow live updatesState suspends non-urgent elective surgery as Covid-19 cases in nursing homes rises, while NSW announces 14 new cases. Follow live updates
The Australian share market has given up its early gains to close lower, despite gold prices surging to a fresh all-time high and coming close to the breaking $US2,000 an ounce, AAP reports.
After being up as much as 0.9% early, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished Tuesday down 23.7 points, or 0.39%, at 6,020.5 points, while the All Ordinaries index closed down 22.8 points, or 0.37%, at 6,146.8.
Guardian Australia has been running a series called Joining the Job Queue where people who have lost their jobs due to Covid-19 speak about how it has affected them, financially and emotionally.
This is the latest piece.
Migrants drove more than a quarter of regional Australia’s population growth before the coronavirus pandemic forced border closures, AAP reports.
Treasury’s Centre for Population officials on Tuesday told a parliamentary inquiry that overseas migration was behind 26% of regional population growth nationally.
In certain areas the figure was more than 50%.
Those included New England and Riverina in NSW, Warrnambool in south-east Victoria and the north-west region of that state.
Migrants were also responsible for about half of all migration to WA’s wheat belt and resource-rich southern outback.
In Queensland, overseas migrants to Toowoomba and Cairns represented around 30% of all growth, while in the Sunshine Coast and Darling Downs it was closer to the national average.
A staff member at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has tested positive for Covid-19, prompting the organisation to close all of its sites today.A staff member at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) has tested positive for Covid-19, prompting the organisation to close all of its sites today.
In a statement, the ASRC said it closed all its sites this morning for terminal cleans and that staff would get “appropriate leave and full pay” for those who need to get tested or self-isolate.In a statement, the ASRC said it closed all its sites this morning for terminal cleans and that staff would get “appropriate leave and full pay” for those who need to get tested or self-isolate.
The ASRC chief executive, Kon Karapanagiotidis, said:The ASRC chief executive, Kon Karapanagiotidis, said:
The excellent folks at Guardian Australia’s Full Story podcast today looked at the long-term effects of Covid-19.The excellent folks at Guardian Australia’s Full Story podcast today looked at the long-term effects of Covid-19.
My colleague, Melissa Davey, explains what we know about the so-called “long-haulers”, people who have continued to experience debilitating symptoms of Covid-19 months after contracting the virus.My colleague, Melissa Davey, explains what we know about the so-called “long-haulers”, people who have continued to experience debilitating symptoms of Covid-19 months after contracting the virus.
The peak body for non-profit aged care providers, Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA), says residents should be transferred to hospital at “the first instance in order to prevent major outbreaks and maximise chances of survival”.The peak body for non-profit aged care providers, Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA), says residents should be transferred to hospital at “the first instance in order to prevent major outbreaks and maximise chances of survival”.
ACSA CEO Patricia Sparrow said:ACSA CEO Patricia Sparrow said:
It’s a strange world we live in.It’s a strange world we live in.
A Fitness First gym in Kings Cross underwent deep cleaning after a person with Covid-19 attended a class at the centre on 20 July.A Fitness First gym in Kings Cross underwent deep cleaning after a person with Covid-19 attended a class at the centre on 20 July.
A statement from Fitness First said:A statement from Fitness First said:
Fitness First said the club remained open and safe.Fitness First said the club remained open and safe.
There’s a new Covid-19 case in SA. The person had been granted an exemption to enter from Victoria.
Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services has issued its daily update.
Some important notes:
There are 769 active cases relating to outbreaks in aged care facilities.
There are now 775 healthcare workers who have tested positive, including 414 active cases.
The main outbreaks in aged care are:
88 cases have been linked to Estia Aged Care Facility in Ardeer.
86 cases have been linked to St Basil’s Home for the Aged in Fawkner.
82 cases have been linked to Epping Gardens Aged Care in Epping.
76 cases have been linked to Kirkbrae Presbyterian Homes in Kilsyth.
62 cases have been linked to Menarock Life Aged Care Facility in Essendon.
53 cases have been linked to Glendale Aged Care Facility in Werribee.
51 cases have been linked to Baptcare Wyndham Lodge in Werribee.
50 cases have been linked to Estia Aged Care Facility in Heidelberg.
40 cases have been linked to Outlook Gardens Aged Care Facility in Dandenong North.
39 cases have been linked to Arcare Aged Care Facility in Craigieburn.
Other key outbreaks include:
99 cases have been linked to Somerville Retail Services in Tottenham.
89 cases have been linked to Bertocchi Smallgoods in Thomastown.
76 cases have been linked to JBS in Brooklyn.
50 cases have been linked to Australian Lamb Company in Colac.
29 cases have been linked to the Woolworths Distribution Centre in Mulgrave.
27 cases have been linked to LaManna Supermarket in Essendon Fields.
19 cases have been linked to Respite Services Australia in Moonee Ponds.
14 cases have been linked to the Linfox Warehouse in Truganina.
10 cases have been linked to Don KR Castlemaine.
10 cases have been linked to Aruma Disability Services in Pascoe Vale.
5 cases have been linked to Laverton Cold Storage in Truganina.
Kickflips are cancelled.
(Sorry if that is not a trick you would do in this setting, skateboard people.)
The family of David Dungay Jr have presented a petition with nearly 100,000 signatures asking for the attorney general to investigate his 2015 death in Long Bay Jail.
His mother, Leetona Dungay, was greeted by Greens MPs David Shoebridge and Jenny Leong at the steps of parliament house.
“We need charges and changes,” she said. “What’s in this box is justice and I hope that I get it.”
Earlier, the family said they would have called off today’s protest – which was broken up by police – if the government referred the death to SafeWork NSW and the director of public prosecutions.
Paul Silva, Dungay’s nephew, said:
Shoebridge said:
Today’s petition asks for the attorney general to start an independent investigation.
“The family have twice asked SafeWork NSW to investigate the circumstances of David’s death,” Shoebridge said. “David’s death happened in a workplace.”
The MP also added that the NSW public health order is “very clear” and “very sensible” – but “you don’t breach them just by attending the Domain”. Shoebridge did not attend today’s protest.
Silva said the premier could “certainly” ask the director of public prosecutions to investigate the death as well, and the family wants criminal charges against the prison guards involved.
We covered this in the blog earlier, but there was a fairly stark contrast between federal health minister Greg Hunt and Victorian premier Daniel Andrews today on aged care.
Western Australia recorded one new case of Covid-19, the state’s health department says.
The new case related to a man in his 40s who was a returned traveller in hotel quarantine.
The state has now had 659 cases, including three which are active.
We reported yesterday that Lighthouse Christian College, a private school in Melbourne’s south-east, had told students they must wear masks in college colours. No patterns were allowed.
The school later told us that they would not ban masks that didn’t comply with the school’s face mask “guidelines”.
An unhappy parent of a student at Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar in Essendon has today passed on a similar notice from that school.
According to the notice, from 16 August, students will need to wear masks made by the school’s uniform provider in, or a disposable white or pale blue face masks. The approved masks are described as “Lowther Hall issued, Earslbrae blue, 3 layer, cloth face masks” and will be made to health department specifications.
“A separate circular regarding the purchase of these will be distributed early next week once our prototype has been approved.”
Hello everyone. Thanks to Calla Walhquist for her excellent work today. I’ll be with you into the evening.
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