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| AFL grand final to be played outside Melbourne for first time as Victoria records dip in cases – as it happened | |
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| Brisbane watches hotspots after youth detention centre outbreak, Victoria’s hotel inquiry continues and politicians gather in Canberra for the first time in 10 weeks. This blog is now closed | |
| That is where we will leave the Australian coronavirus live blog for today. For all the latest world news, you can follow that live blog here. | That is where we will leave the Australian coronavirus live blog for today. For all the latest world news, you can follow that live blog here. |
| Here’s what we learned today: | Here’s what we learned today: |
| Victoria recorded 15 deaths from Covid-19, but its lowest daily case rate in almost two months with 116 new cases | Victoria recorded 15 deaths from Covid-19, but its lowest daily case rate in almost two months with 116 new cases |
| The Victorian government wants to pass legislation to extend the state of emergency by 12 months. It is due to expire on 13 September | The Victorian government wants to pass legislation to extend the state of emergency by 12 months. It is due to expire on 13 September |
| The AFL grand final will be played outside Melbourne for the first time | The AFL grand final will be played outside Melbourne for the first time |
| The federal parliament has sat under new rules which have allowed parliamentarians unable to get to the capital to debate and ask questions remotely via video link | The federal parliament has sat under new rules which have allowed parliamentarians unable to get to the capital to debate and ask questions remotely via video link |
| NSW recorded three new cases of Covid-19. Queensland recorded one | NSW recorded three new cases of Covid-19. Queensland recorded one |
| A security guard working in a NSW quarantine hotel who later tested positive for Covid-19 has been fined twice for failing to self-isolate after his test | A security guard working in a NSW quarantine hotel who later tested positive for Covid-19 has been fined twice for failing to self-isolate after his test |
| The Labor party is forecast to secure a majority in the Northern Territory after Saturday’s election | The Labor party is forecast to secure a majority in the Northern Territory after Saturday’s election |
| The jobkeeper extension bill will leave employers claiming jobkeeper - and those with a revenue downturn of 10% - with the power to reduce hours, adjust workers’ duties and location of work for the next extension period | The jobkeeper extension bill will leave employers claiming jobkeeper - and those with a revenue downturn of 10% - with the power to reduce hours, adjust workers’ duties and location of work for the next extension period |
| Labor has called for assistant treasurer and housing minister Michael Sukkar to be sacked amid allegations of branch-stacking. | Labor has called for assistant treasurer and housing minister Michael Sukkar to be sacked amid allegations of branch-stacking. |
| On whether the Victorian government will get the 12-month state of emergency extension through the parliament. | On whether the Victorian government will get the 12-month state of emergency extension through the parliament. |
| A former Victorian Liberal premier, Jeff Kennett, is opposed to the Daniel Andrews’ proposal to extend the state of emergency for a year (it is due to expire on 13 September). | A former Victorian Liberal premier, Jeff Kennett, is opposed to the Daniel Andrews’ proposal to extend the state of emergency for a year (it is due to expire on 13 September). |
| The latest on the NT election, via AAP: | The latest on the NT election, via AAP: |
| Thank you for joining me today for today’s blog. | Thank you for joining me today for today’s blog. |
| I am going to hand over to Josh Taylor for the next little bit, but I will be back tomorrow morning for the resumption of parliament. We’ll bring you all the Covid news, as well as everything else which happens, including the partyroom meetings. And no doubt there will be some more on the Victorian Liberal story from today as well. | I am going to hand over to Josh Taylor for the next little bit, but I will be back tomorrow morning for the resumption of parliament. We’ll bring you all the Covid news, as well as everything else which happens, including the partyroom meetings. And no doubt there will be some more on the Victorian Liberal story from today as well. |
| In the meantime – take care of you. Ax | In the meantime – take care of you. Ax |
| Antony Green has called it. | Antony Green has called it. |
| Patricia Karvelas asks David Littleproud when was the last time he spoke to his Chinese counterpart. | Patricia Karvelas asks David Littleproud when was the last time he spoke to his Chinese counterpart. |
| Mike Bowers was in the chamber for question time. Here is some of what he saw: | Mike Bowers was in the chamber for question time. Here is some of what he saw: |
| I guess he has the antibodies? | I guess he has the antibodies? |
| Patricia Karvelas asks Nobel medicine prize laureate and infection expert Peter Doherty about his “Dan Murphy’s opening hours” viral tweet (after a very serious interview on vaccines). | Patricia Karvelas asks Nobel medicine prize laureate and infection expert Peter Doherty about his “Dan Murphy’s opening hours” viral tweet (after a very serious interview on vaccines). |
| He must be protected at all costs. | He must be protected at all costs. |
| There’s an interesting development in the university sector – a growing backlash against lack of government support and failure of management to prevent job cuts. | There’s an interesting development in the university sector – a growing backlash against lack of government support and failure of management to prevent job cuts. |
| On Monday, the National University Staff Assembly met to discuss a way forward to fight back – including developing a roadmap towards taking unprotected industrial action. | On Monday, the National University Staff Assembly met to discuss a way forward to fight back – including developing a roadmap towards taking unprotected industrial action. |
| It’s an initiative of the National Higher Education Action Network, a grassroots movement, not a union but endorsed by many National Tertiary Education Union branches, that wants academics and other university staff to consider strikes to call for more government support and secure employment in the sector. | It’s an initiative of the National Higher Education Action Network, a grassroots movement, not a union but endorsed by many National Tertiary Education Union branches, that wants academics and other university staff to consider strikes to call for more government support and secure employment in the sector. |
| The assembly met today (with 460 present) and passed a motion with 96% of the vote, the key points of which are to: | The assembly met today (with 460 present) and passed a motion with 96% of the vote, the key points of which are to: |
| It’s still early days – but the network plans to hold local meetings to develop a strike pledge, essentially committing university staff to go on strike if enough others take the same pledge. | It’s still early days – but the network plans to hold local meetings to develop a strike pledge, essentially committing university staff to go on strike if enough others take the same pledge. |
| Tony Burke has responded to the government’s jobkeeper extension bill: | Tony Burke has responded to the government’s jobkeeper extension bill: |
| Jim Chalmers is also asked about Anthony Fisher’s comments: | Jim Chalmers is also asked about Anthony Fisher’s comments: |
| Deputy chief medical officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth was asked about the Catholic archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher, criticising one of the Covid vaccines under development because it uses a cell line from an electively aborted foetus. | Deputy chief medical officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth was asked about the Catholic archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher, criticising one of the Covid vaccines under development because it uses a cell line from an electively aborted foetus. |
| Coatsworth: | Coatsworth: |