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| Coronavirus live update Australia: Victoria reports 12 deaths and 216 new Covid cases as NSW records seven cases | Coronavirus live update Australia: Victoria reports 12 deaths and 216 new Covid cases as NSW records seven cases |
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| Scott Morrison says vaccine will be ‘as mandatory as you can possibly make’. Follow today’s news live | Scott Morrison says vaccine will be ‘as mandatory as you can possibly make’. Follow today’s news live |
| The whole survey can be found here | |
| A new report has come out, detailing people in the NDIS’s experiences so far during the pandemic. | |
| From the Every Australian Counts release: | |
| The report Left Out and Locked Down by Every Australian Counts asked more than 700 NDIS participants and their families about the impact COVID-19 and the lockdown on their lives during the first wave of the pandemic, how they coped, and their views on changes made to the NDIS during this time. | |
| Every Australian Counts Campaign Director Kirsten Deane, who gave evidence at the Disability Royal Commission today, said that people with disability and their families felt forgotten during the early weeks and months of the pandemic. | |
| There was also a high level of frustration at the slow response of the government and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) in addressing the particular needs of people with disability and their families. | |
| “Life for most people with disability and their families is constant juggle at the best of times. Add a global pandemic and lockdown and many of these already precariously balanced lives were thrown into complete turmoil. | |
| “People understand that the pandemic is unprecedented. No one expects government and agencies to get everything right all the time. | |
| “But what they really needed at such a difficult time was simple and clear communication about what was happening, more support to manage the challenges they were facing and greater flexibility in using their NDIS funding so they could get what they needed to stay safe and well. | |
| “And what the survey results show is unfortunately this is not what many people received.” | |
| Katharine Murphy has written some thoughts on Scott Morrison’s responses today in regards to aged care. | |
| My brain was broken fairly early on from that ABC interview, but Murph, as always, manages to put together the issues perfectly: | |
| You can read the rest of that, here: | |
| AAP has an update on what is happening in New Zealand: | |
| Jacinda Ardern has doubled the defence force personnel serving at New Zealand’s border regime after days of sustained criticism of running a lax testing regime. | |
| The military involvement is being doubled to around 1,200 personnel; the country’s largest deployment since providing support for East Timor’s transition to independence two decades ago. | |
| In a much tamer mission, defence force personnel will provide support and security at hotels where international arrivals are undergoing their mandatory fortnight of isolation. | |
| They will replace private security. | |
| Another 80 military personnel will assist customs at international ports, 70 more will assist police with traffic management, and a further 100 will help provide “electoral support” around the country’s 17 October election. | |
| The Labour leader has faced steady criticism in recent days after investigative reporting revealed regular testing at isolation facilities was not occurring. | |
| Ardern agreed testing was “not being executed at the scale and speed necessary”. | |
| “This extra support should give them extra confidence that we’re supporting the Ministry of Health to undertake what is a significant job,” she said. | |
| On Wednesday, health officials announced five new community cases of Covid-19, with a sixth case identified within managed isolation. | |
| Ardern called that “encouraging”. | |
| “At this stage we are not seeing a surge in community cases. We have not seen any new cases outside of that identified Auckland cluster ... and the perimeter of the virus is not exponentially,” she said. | |
| The cluster size has now reached 75, with a majority of those to have caught Covid-19 under 40 years of age. | |
| Maori and Pasifika are also hugely overrepresented in the cluster, with 64 of the 75 cases. | |
| Health officials have identified 18 households, two workplaces and one church as vectors for the spread of the virus. | |
| The country’s top doctor, Ashley Bloomfield, said 1,983 close contacts had been identified, with 1,861 of them contacted for testing. | |
| Natasha Stott Despoja is asked about the pandemic impact on women in particular and whether enough is being done to address the imbalances: | |
| That sound you hear here is the warning alarm going off in Scott Morrison’s brain mid-sentence: | That sound you hear here is the warning alarm going off in Scott Morrison’s brain mid-sentence: |
| (Via his Studio 10 transcript:) | (Via his Studio 10 transcript:) |
| Sarah Harris: All right, prime minister, we know you’re a busy man this morning. Thank you very much for your time. Maybe you could provide a jelly bean for everyone who gets jabbed? | |
| Morrison: That sounds like a good idea. That sounds like an excellent idea. | Morrison: That sounds like a good idea. That sounds like an excellent idea. |
| Harris: Save a black one for me, they’re the best. | Harris: Save a black one for me, they’re the best. |
| Morrison: I don’t like the, I don’t like those ones. I like the red ones, so, anyway. | Morrison: I don’t like the, I don’t like those ones. I like the red ones, so, anyway. |
| Joe Hildebrand: Who likes the black ones? That’s a whole other segment. | Joe Hildebrand: Who likes the black ones? That’s a whole other segment. |
| Harris: Typical. | Harris: Typical. |
| 2020 isn’t all bad. | 2020 isn’t all bad. |
| Haigh’s (the best chocolate, I will fight you all on this) has announced it is making gin chocolates, with three Australian distilleries – Adelaide Hills Distillery, Archie Rose Distilling Co and Melbourne Gin. | Haigh’s (the best chocolate, I will fight you all on this) has announced it is making gin chocolates, with three Australian distilleries – Adelaide Hills Distillery, Archie Rose Distilling Co and Melbourne Gin. |
| This is not a sponsored post, or even something from a press release – just exciting news on this dark, dreary Canberra day. | This is not a sponsored post, or even something from a press release – just exciting news on this dark, dreary Canberra day. |
| This sentence could have just cut out ‘to public health advice from’ and it would still make perfect sense. | This sentence could have just cut out ‘to public health advice from’ and it would still make perfect sense. |
| Paul Karp has an update on just how far the confidentiality surrounding national cabinet actually goes. | Paul Karp has an update on just how far the confidentiality surrounding national cabinet actually goes. |
| Unlike Coag, the prime minister has said that national cabinet deliberations count as cabinet-in-confidence - which means you can’t learn anything, unless the prime minister releases it. | Unlike Coag, the prime minister has said that national cabinet deliberations count as cabinet-in-confidence - which means you can’t learn anything, unless the prime minister releases it. |
| I am seeing a bit of “hallelujah, this is the news we have been waiting for” in response to the announcement Australia has signed what amounts to a letter of intent for a vaccine which is promising, but not yet proven. | I am seeing a bit of “hallelujah, this is the news we have been waiting for” in response to the announcement Australia has signed what amounts to a letter of intent for a vaccine which is promising, but not yet proven. |
| This is not a magic pudding announcement. It’s paperwork. Towards a very optimistic outcome, yes, but there is no vaccine as yet. | This is not a magic pudding announcement. It’s paperwork. Towards a very optimistic outcome, yes, but there is no vaccine as yet. |
| Natasha Stott-Despoja: | Natasha Stott-Despoja: |
| Natasha Stott Despoja is delivering the National Press Club address. It is based on her book On Violence. | Natasha Stott Despoja is delivering the National Press Club address. It is based on her book On Violence. |
| Labor’s Julie Collins has responded to Scott Morrison’s claims on aged care today: | Labor’s Julie Collins has responded to Scott Morrison’s claims on aged care today: |
| Joe Biden has been officially designated the Democratic candidate for the November election. | Joe Biden has been officially designated the Democratic candidate for the November election. |