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| Coronavirus Australia live update: Daniel Andrews says regional Victoria restrictions to ease in Covid press conference | |
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| Victoria records 42 new Covid cases and no deaths; SA may open border to NSW; and WA adds to pressure for federal quarantine. Follow all today’s news | |
| Victorian health minister Jenny Mikakos is asked about when elective surgery will re-open in regional Victoria: | |
| Here’s the official statement: | |
| Deputy CHO, professor Allen Cheng says it is not just case numbers authorities are looking at when making these decisions- it is where the cases are coming from, how much testing there has been in the community, and attitudes towards self isolation: | |
| That’s something we are hearing about more and more from the nation’s health experts – that people who have this virus and recover are left with health problems, including neurological issues and nerve damage. It’s not a flu. If you recover, chances are you aren’t just getting on with life as you did before. | |
| Asked about the news that no one diagnosed with Covid died in the last 24 hours in Victoria, which is the first time since 13 July that has happened, Daniel Andrews says: | |
| Can Melbourne residents take some hope from this that they might see an easing of restrictions themselves soon? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| What about in-betweenish areas, like the Mornington Peninsula. | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| Q: What’s going to be the protocols for making sure Melburnians don’t get into regional Victoria? | |
| Daniel Andrews: Again, there are rules in place now in terms of who can travel. Those rules are not so much the rules themselves changing but the enforcement will be beefed up even further. | |
| Q: What will that look like? | |
| Andrews: What it will mean is that you’ll finish up with even more cars being stopped. We’ll come back on the exact figure, the exact percentage tomorrow, but it will – I’m sorry to say it will mean that there will be significant queues, there will be travel issues, but I think that regional Victorians understand, and regional Victorians – certainly the message I get is they jealously guard the low numbers, the low virus status that regional Victoria enjoys today and they want to keep it that way. So there will be a time later in the year when we can have that freedom of movement. We can’t have it now, because it puts at risk everything that is possible in regional Victoria because the numbers are low. We’ll also have a bit more to say about the likely fine that you would be issued with if you were to be in regional Victoria from Melbourne without a lawful reason. This is very serious, very, very serious. We cannot have people making unnecessary and unlawful trips to regional Victoria and potentially taking the virus with them. Regional Victorians have given too much and achieved too much to put that at risk. I which won’t allow that to happen. So I simply won’t allow that to happen. So we’ve got to do everything we can to make sure people are stopped, fined, turned around and set back to the metropolitan address they should never have left. | |
| Q: Second property-owners still can’t move to their second property? | |
| Andrews: Correct. | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| But you can’t move from Melbourne to regional Victoria. | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| If you are headed out in regional Victoria, here are the rules for food and drink establishments. | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| What exactly does that mean? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| Daniel Andrews has some very welcome news: | |
| The Victorian hotel quarantine inquiry has heard the federal government has made a “voluntary” submission to the inquiry. | The Victorian hotel quarantine inquiry has heard the federal government has made a “voluntary” submission to the inquiry. |
| It is similar to the voluntary submission the federal government made to the NSW Ruby Princess royal commission (and then subsequently didn’t get witnesses to appear before the inquiry). | It is similar to the voluntary submission the federal government made to the NSW Ruby Princess royal commission (and then subsequently didn’t get witnesses to appear before the inquiry). |
| The submission has yet to be made public, but it was announced as Victoria’s emergency management commissioner Andrew Crisp began giving evidence to the inquiry on Tuesday. | The submission has yet to be made public, but it was announced as Victoria’s emergency management commissioner Andrew Crisp began giving evidence to the inquiry on Tuesday. |
| As part of his evidence, redacted recordings of the state control centre meetings in late March will be tabled. | As part of his evidence, redacted recordings of the state control centre meetings in late March will be tabled. |
| These meetings were where the processes of hotel quarantine were established, including the decision to use private security firms. | These meetings were where the processes of hotel quarantine were established, including the decision to use private security firms. |
| Victorian police minister Lisa Neville is now also due to give evidence to the inquiry, as will premier Daniel Andrews next week. | Victorian police minister Lisa Neville is now also due to give evidence to the inquiry, as will premier Daniel Andrews next week. |
| This week Victoria’s chief health officer Prof Brett Sutton will appear, as well as police commissioner Shane Patton and former police commissioner Graham Ashton. | This week Victoria’s chief health officer Prof Brett Sutton will appear, as well as police commissioner Shane Patton and former police commissioner Graham Ashton. |
| Closing submissions for the inquiry will be on Friday 25 September. | Closing submissions for the inquiry will be on Friday 25 September. |
| And here is your election line. | And here is your election line. |
| Scott Morrison: | Scott Morrison: |
| I mean, he’s not wrong? | I mean, he’s not wrong? |
| Or, as Murph says: | Or, as Murph says: |
| Scott Morrison has just got to the nub of his speech – and his government’s plan: | Scott Morrison has just got to the nub of his speech – and his government’s plan: |