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| Coronavirus Australia live update: Scott Morrison gives pre-budget speech as Victoria reports 15 new cases and two deaths | |
| (32 minutes later) | |
| NSW reports two new cases in hotel quarantine; Queensland expands NSW border bubble; and Scott Morrison to outline the Coalition’s manufacturing reboot. Follow live | NSW reports two new cases in hotel quarantine; Queensland expands NSW border bubble; and Scott Morrison to outline the Coalition’s manufacturing reboot. Follow live |
| The prime minister opens his address by welcoming Michael McCormack’s “tremendous” speech yesterday at the Regional Institute - which is where he suggested people promote fruit picking as a chance for a great Instagram story, or to find love. | |
| You can also take photos in front of big things, the deputy prime minister says. | |
| McCormack looks very chuffed. | |
| Mathias Cormann also gets a shout out and a reminder that he is leaving at the end of the day, and the “very big shoes” he leaves to fill in the government. | |
| Labor has responded to the manufacturing announcement today (which includes some re-announcements) and it includes reference to that R&D tax offset cut bill I mentioned earlier this morning: | |
| Here was Scott Morrison on Adelaide radio 5AAA this morning talking about the Patrick’s Terminal industrial relations fight: | |
| Q: Are we going to be able to sort out this industrial problem we’ve got on the wharf? We’ve got a whole lot of ships holding stock that is causing a few issues. I know that you’ve suggested that unless an agreement is reached, you might call in the ADF. What’s the latest? | |
| Scott Morrison: | |
| A - when asked if he would send in the ADF, he did not rule it out (it is no where near that stage yet); B - you’ll notice the word “medical” has dropped off the supply hold up complaint there (because it wasn’t true); and C – 38 ships off the coast of Australia, includes ships that are closer to Pacific Island nations than Australia. The go-slow order may have delayed their arrival in Australian waters, but you won’t be seeing almost 40 ships lined up waiting to dock if you’re standing on a coastal headland, no matter where you are in Australia | |
| Scott Morrison is about to address the national press club. | |
| But this morning, as part of his morning media rounds, he took the time to give a verbal set down to one of his NSW state colleagues. | |
| As Murph reports: | |
| From midnight tomorrow, you can once again stand up and drink in South Australia. | |
| Previously, you had to sit down. Or, if you are me, lay down on the couch and lift your head, wiping the remnants off your shirt and chin. | |
| But now, if you are in a SA licensed venue, or at a wedding, you can once again wander around while holding your drink (socially distant, of course). | |
| You can even dance at a wedding in South Australia now. | |
| (It is so strange reporting that dancing is once again allowed, and that it is a sentence that makes sense) | |
| Those last few questions in the press conference were from this story in the Age | |
| And that is where the press conference feed ends. | |
| Q: Is this something that the ADF could do possibly? Like, why are we still using casual work staff when there clearly and consistently are problems ... | |
| Daniel Andrews: | Daniel Andrews: |
| Q: But you said these people were not cleaners. They were supporting Victoria police, you said. | |
| Andrews: | Andrews: |
| Q: Are they cleaners or security staff or are they support workers? Which are they? | |
| Andrews: | |
| Q: Why did Victoria police come in take these people off the shift in the middle of their shift? | |
| Andrews: | |
| Q: Premier, you are not seriously expecting us to believe it was part of the plan for people to leave their shifts mid-shift, are you? | |
| Andrews: | |
| Q: The health workers have told us that the practices of Spotless staff could spark a third wave of coronavirus. She said, “When international flights start again, Victoria will be screwed.” How and why do we still have poorly trained casual workers working in hotel quarantine, particularly when you have personally assured us that these [cases] are now being treated by hospitals? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | Daniel Andrews: |
| Q: This health worker does. | |
| Andrews: | |
| Q: Just to clarify, you are saying that Victoria police were guarding the hotel. Spotless workers, who are security staff, were there as a support staff, not for security, and they were removed halfway during their shift? | |
| Andrews: | |
| Q: But they are security staff hired by ... | |
| Andrews: | |
| Q: So what were the Spotless workers doing if they weren’t providing security? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | Daniel Andrews: |
| Q: And they got sent midway through the shift and ... [and Victoria police have taken their place.] Why did that occur? | |
| Andrews: | Andrews: |
| Q: Premier, why were the security guards [changed] mid-shift at the Novotel hotel? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |