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| Coronavirus live updates Australia: Victoria records 12 new Covid cases and two deaths as SA reopens NSW border | Coronavirus live updates Australia: Victoria records 12 new Covid cases and two deaths as SA reopens NSW border |
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| Jenny Mikakos will give evidence in the hotel inquiry, while Queensland considers easing restrictions in the state’s south-east. Follow live | Jenny Mikakos will give evidence in the hotel inquiry, while Queensland considers easing restrictions in the state’s south-east. Follow live |
| AAP has an update on NSW fines: | |
| Apres partying in the NSW snow resort village of Thredbo has prompted authorities to shut an overcrowded restaurant after skiers were caught doing shots at the bar shoulder to shoulder. | |
| The Rivers Restaurant will be closed for a week from Friday for serious and repeated COVID-19 safety breaches after repeated visits from police and the liquor regulator. | |
| NSW Police and Liquor & Gaming NSW officers visited the restaurant four times in July and September and identified several breaches. | |
| It found too many people per square metre, a lack of spacing between seated patrons, mingling between tables and in queues, and people drinking alcohol while standing. | |
| “The venue was repeatedly over capacity, groups were seated almost back to back and queues of up to 30 people stood shoulder to shoulder,” Liquor & Gaming Director of Compliance Dimitri Argeres said on Thursday. | |
| “They also observed patrons drinking shots at the bar and consuming liquor while standing, including one of the business owners,’ he said. | |
| Initially the restaurant was warned, then its manager and event promoter were fined $5000 each. | |
| After finding yet more breaches on the fourth visit, it was deemed the premises presented a clear and significant risk to public health, Mr Argeres said. | |
| “As we come into party season with major events such as the Spring Racing Carnival, Bathurst 1000 motor race, the footy finals and schoolies celebrations, we’re warning all hospitality providers and function operators to stick to the limits around venue capacity and group bookings,” Mr Argeres said. | |
| The Victorian crime statistics agency has released some data on the number of fines issued for Covid-19 public health order breaches at the start of this year. | |
| Up to the end of June, 6,062 fines were issued for breaching Covid-19 orders. | |
| That is before the second wave, where many more fines were issued and many more restrictions introduced. | |
| The stats show one in three breaches happened between midnight and 6am (before a curfew was introduced), almost one in five breaches happened over the Easter long weekend, and over half (58%) happened on the street or footpath. | |
| Just 14% of the fines were issued in people’s homes. | |
| The stats also reveal the 6,062 fines were issued to 5,474 people. | |
| The average age was 29.5 years, and just one in four of those fined were women. | |
| Ten percent were recorded as having more than one fine issued. | |
| Elias Visontay has been following the stories of the more than 23,000 Australians unable to get home (it could be up to 100,000) from the beginning. | Elias Visontay has been following the stories of the more than 23,000 Australians unable to get home (it could be up to 100,000) from the beginning. |
| He’ll be watching today’s Senate committee. | |
| Austrac CEO Nicole Rose will also give a statement on the Westpac fine. Which makes sense, as it is the biggest in Australia’s corporate history. | Austrac CEO Nicole Rose will also give a statement on the Westpac fine. Which makes sense, as it is the biggest in Australia’s corporate history. |
| Westpac was put aside $900m for the fine, so $1.3bn is a big deal. | Westpac was put aside $900m for the fine, so $1.3bn is a big deal. |
| Daniel Andrews will address the media at 10.30am. | Daniel Andrews will address the media at 10.30am. |
| The senate committee looking at the Covid response is dealing with the issues of Australia’s stranded overseas today | The senate committee looking at the Covid response is dealing with the issues of Australia’s stranded overseas today |
| The Queensland election is on 31 October, which means there is another 37 days of back and forth between the federal government and state government over borders and goodness knows what else. | The Queensland election is on 31 October, which means there is another 37 days of back and forth between the federal government and state government over borders and goodness knows what else. |
| This morning, it is over the withdrawal of ADF troops from the Queensland border. Josh Frydenberg said Queensland didn’t ask for an extension. Steven Miles says that’s not true, and like Kim Kardashian on national snake day, he has the receipts. | This morning, it is over the withdrawal of ADF troops from the Queensland border. Josh Frydenberg said Queensland didn’t ask for an extension. Steven Miles says that’s not true, and like Kim Kardashian on national snake day, he has the receipts. |
| Miles: | Miles: |
| Miles said it was time for the “conga line” of federal ministers and MPs criticising Queensland’s border controls and no one else’s, to stop. | Miles said it was time for the “conga line” of federal ministers and MPs criticising Queensland’s border controls and no one else’s, to stop. |
| Queensland’s deputy premier (and health minister) Steven Miles says with 14 days passing since the last infectious case in the Queensland community, this means additional restrictions in place in Brisbane and western Morton can be lifted: | Queensland’s deputy premier (and health minister) Steven Miles says with 14 days passing since the last infectious case in the Queensland community, this means additional restrictions in place in Brisbane and western Morton can be lifted: |
| On Sydney, Queensland CHO Dr Jeannette Young says the “risk is decreasing” but it is still “not ideal”. | On Sydney, Queensland CHO Dr Jeannette Young says the “risk is decreasing” but it is still “not ideal”. |
| She’ll be making the decision on whether or not to open the border to NSW as a whole at the end of the month – but given her language, I wouldn’t expect the border to open anytime ahead of November. | She’ll be making the decision on whether or not to open the border to NSW as a whole at the end of the month – but given her language, I wouldn’t expect the border to open anytime ahead of November. |
| Queensland has announced no new cases of Covid today. | Queensland has announced no new cases of Covid today. |
| That is from more than 5,000 tests, which is the number that state’s CHO wants to have the numbers sit around. | That is from more than 5,000 tests, which is the number that state’s CHO wants to have the numbers sit around. |
| Victoria Health has released it’s daily total. | Victoria Health has released it’s daily total. |
| Metropolitan Melbourne’s rolling 14 day average is now 26.7. | Metropolitan Melbourne’s rolling 14 day average is now 26.7. |
| Christian Porter and Peter Dutton have responded to the Westpac settlement. | Christian Porter and Peter Dutton have responded to the Westpac settlement. |
| From the joint release: | From the joint release: |
| The last line of the statement says the settlement will not be tax-deductible, which is not even something I had considered, but there you go. | The last line of the statement says the settlement will not be tax-deductible, which is not even something I had considered, but there you go. |