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| Coronavirus Australia live update: NRL proposes 25% staff cut as Victoria reports 11 new cases and NSW four | Coronavirus Australia live update: NRL proposes 25% staff cut as Victoria reports 11 new cases and NSW four |
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| Victoria’s infections continue to fall as Covid testing rates drop across Australia. Follow live | Victoria’s infections continue to fall as Covid testing rates drop across Australia. Follow live |
| Coatsworth is asked about the curfew that is still in place in Melbourne. | |
| He says it was clearly designed with the intent to restrict movement. He adds: | |
| A few further points here from Coatsworth in response to journalists’ questions. | |
| He says there is “no doubt [the low cases numbers] will be provoking some thought on behalf of the Victorian government, about the roadmap and when restrictions can be lifted. | |
| Coatsworth is buoyed by the low case numbers in Victoria, but has a message for people there: | |
| The deputy chief medical officer, Nick Coatsworth, has just stepped up in Canberra. | |
| Following deaths in Victoria and NSW overnight, he says the nation’s death toll now stands at 851. | |
| Community mental health is becoming a major factor for Victoria police as the state struggles with coronavirus lockdown fatigue. | |
| The chief commissioner, Shane Patton, has also acknowledged that their reputation has taken a hit in the past few days, with one officer stood down after video of an arrest at Epping showed a man being hit by a police car and apparently stomped on the head. | |
| Officers were dealing with mental health issues more frequently during the state’s second wave, Patton said, according to AAP. | |
| He told 3AW: | |
| Just returning to the remarks of the social services minister, Anne Ruston, a little earlier. | |
| Ruston made the important point that people who receive the jobkeeper wage subsidy can also apply to access a top-up jobseeker payment from 28 September. | |
| That’s important because the jobkeeper subsidy is falling from $1,500-a-fortnight to $1,200 for full-timers and $750 a fortnight for people considered part-time workers. | |
| The jobseeker top-up will take a person’s income support to either $1,476-a-fortnight or $1,295-a-fortnight. | |
| But here is an important point: anyone on jobkeeper who applies for jobseeker will be subject to mutual obligations from 28 September. | |
| A spokesperson for the Department of Employment confirmed this to the Guardian last week, saying: | |
| This means even if you have a job and are on jobkeeper, you will be required to search for up to eight jobs a month if you want to get the jobseeker top-up. | |
| And if you are offered a job, you will need to take it or your jobseeker payments will be stopped. | |
| Hello everyone, Luke Henriques-Gomes here taking over from Amy. I’ll be with you into the evening. You can get in touch via email luke.henriques-gomes@theguardian.com or on Twitter @lukehgomes. | Hello everyone, Luke Henriques-Gomes here taking over from Amy. I’ll be with you into the evening. You can get in touch via email luke.henriques-gomes@theguardian.com or on Twitter @lukehgomes. |
| There is a national Covid update coming up at 3.30pm – Luke Henriques-Gomes will take you through that and the rest of the afternoon. | |
| I’ll be back tomorrow morning – take care of you Ax | |
| Another outcome of the migration drop because of Covid: | |
| Steven Marshall does not seem as positive when it comes to potentially opening the South Australian borders to NSW travellers, following the case of an infected taxi driver. The SA transition committee will meet tomorrow to discuss the NSW situation: | Steven Marshall does not seem as positive when it comes to potentially opening the South Australian borders to NSW travellers, following the case of an infected taxi driver. The SA transition committee will meet tomorrow to discuss the NSW situation: |
| Apprenticeships are at their lowest numbers in 20 years. | Apprenticeships are at their lowest numbers in 20 years. |
| Labor’s Tanya Plibersek had a bit to say about that a little earlier: | Labor’s Tanya Plibersek had a bit to say about that a little earlier: |
| Dnata was one of the firms ineligible for jobkeeper, as it was bought by a foreign owned company. | Dnata was one of the firms ineligible for jobkeeper, as it was bought by a foreign owned company. |
| Now the TWU is saying more workers will lose their jobs: | Now the TWU is saying more workers will lose their jobs: |
| The workers were denied jobkeeper after last minute changes in March to the scheme by the federal government which stopped Australian workers from receiving the payment whose companies are owned by foreign governments. Dnata is owned by the Emirates Group and employs 6,000 workers in Australia. | The workers were denied jobkeeper after last minute changes in March to the scheme by the federal government which stopped Australian workers from receiving the payment whose companies are owned by foreign governments. Dnata is owned by the Emirates Group and employs 6,000 workers in Australia. |
| Dnata workers have had little income for seven months with many ineligible for full jobseeker. The majority of the redundancies will hit Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth airports. | Dnata workers have had little income for seven months with many ineligible for full jobseeker. The majority of the redundancies will hit Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth airports. |
| TWU National Secretary Michael Kaine said he hoped the Prime Minister would address Dnata workers on the loss of their jobs. | TWU National Secretary Michael Kaine said he hoped the Prime Minister would address Dnata workers on the loss of their jobs. |
| Queensland’s chief health officer wants to run an AFL grand final test run – but the LNP opposition is not happy: | Queensland’s chief health officer wants to run an AFL grand final test run – but the LNP opposition is not happy: |
| Two hundred AFL fans have volunteered to act as guinea pigs and sit in close quarters during the Collingwood-Port Adelaide game at the Gabba on Monday night. | Two hundred AFL fans have volunteered to act as guinea pigs and sit in close quarters during the Collingwood-Port Adelaide game at the Gabba on Monday night. |
| “Tonight, stadiums have agreed to trial increasing the density for a small number of people at the Gabba stadium,” chief health officer Jeannette Young said. | “Tonight, stadiums have agreed to trial increasing the density for a small number of people at the Gabba stadium,” chief health officer Jeannette Young said. |
| Currently, stadiums are at 50% but the plan is to increase capacity to 75%, or 30,000 people, for the grand final on 24 October. | Currently, stadiums are at 50% but the plan is to increase capacity to 75%, or 30,000 people, for the grand final on 24 October. |
| “To suddenly go and increase from 50% to 75% without trialling all those processes doesn’t make sense,” Dr Young said. | “To suddenly go and increase from 50% to 75% without trialling all those processes doesn’t make sense,” Dr Young said. |
| She was not concerned about the risk of infection as outdoor areas were “much, much safer” than indoor venues. | She was not concerned about the risk of infection as outdoor areas were “much, much safer” than indoor venues. |
| But opposition leader Deb Frecklington accused the state government of putting the interests of AFL players over the health of ordinary Queenslanders. | But opposition leader Deb Frecklington accused the state government of putting the interests of AFL players over the health of ordinary Queenslanders. |
| “It is staggering double standards when people can’t have more than 10 people in their home but [premier] Annastacia Palaszczuk wants to trial jamming people into a footy stadium,” she said. | “It is staggering double standards when people can’t have more than 10 people in their home but [premier] Annastacia Palaszczuk wants to trial jamming people into a footy stadium,” she said. |
| (via AAP) | (via AAP) |
| Here’s New Zealand’s biggest political scandal – a selfie. | Here’s New Zealand’s biggest political scandal – a selfie. |
| (via AAP) | (via AAP) |
| We got the unemployment figures last week – which came with a surprise drop in unemployment – from 7.5% to 6.8% – but in real terms, unemployment remains at between 13% and 14% (and don’t underestimate the impact the gig economy has had on unemployment – and you are counted as employed if you do one hour of work). | We got the unemployment figures last week – which came with a surprise drop in unemployment – from 7.5% to 6.8% – but in real terms, unemployment remains at between 13% and 14% (and don’t underestimate the impact the gig economy has had on unemployment – and you are counted as employed if you do one hour of work). |
| Tomorrow, we get the payroll data, which will help give us a broader idea of what is actually happening | Tomorrow, we get the payroll data, which will help give us a broader idea of what is actually happening |
| So what happens to what is left of the Covid supplement past 31 December? | So what happens to what is left of the Covid supplement past 31 December? |
| Anne Ruston: | Anne Ruston: |
| Will that be in the budget? | Will that be in the budget? |
| Ruston: | Ruston: |