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| Australia coronavirus news: alert over fresh NSW cases as Labor prepares budget reply – live updates | Australia coronavirus news: alert over fresh NSW cases as Labor prepares budget reply – live updates |
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| NSW Health warns of several new Sydney locations linked to Covid-19 after the state reported three mystery cases on Wednesday. Follow all today’s news | NSW Health warns of several new Sydney locations linked to Covid-19 after the state reported three mystery cases on Wednesday. Follow all today’s news |
| Just on that Queensland-NSW border issue: Queensland has said it will not reopen the border without 28 days free of community transmission. | |
| The emergence of three mystery cases, including an infected person who attended a Mazda dealership and waterfront restaurant, have thrown the planned reopening into doubt. | |
| The NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian, speaking a little earlier this morning, described that rule as “not fair” and “not anything official I’ve ever heard before”. | |
| Berejiklian accused the Queensland government of “thinking up every excuse you can as it goes along”. | |
| “I don’t think that’s acceptable,” she said. | |
| Labor is sharpening its attack on the budget’s lack of measures for women. Kristina Keneally spoke out the front of parliament this morning, saying: | |
| Morrison says there’s nothing unusual in assuming a vaccine will be widely available next year. That assumption helped underpin the rosy growth forecasts baked into Tuesday’s budget. | |
| Morrison said many of the spending measures - infrastructure spending, for example - depended on the emergence of a vaccine. | |
| Morrison is doing the rounds this morning. He’s said “jobs” about a billion times, by my count. | |
| He’s now on Adelaide radio 5AA, spruiking all the wonderful things the federal government has done for South Australia. Lots of infrastructure funding, lots of defence spending, | |
| It’s all fairly parochial. How does Morrison rate SA’s premier, compared to other leaders? | |
| Marshall is a Liberal leader, for those playing at home. | |
| Morrison has attacked Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, somewhat prematurely, after reports that the emergence of three mystery cases in NSW could compromise the re-opening of the Queensland-NSW border. | |
| Morrison is asked by 2GB’s Ben Fordham what he’d say to Palaszczuk: | |
| He goes on to criticise the WA premier Mark McGowan on his border stance, warning against “protectionism”. | |
| Morrison, weirdly, is then asked about a girl in a bikini who made it to the front page of a Sydney newspaper for some reason. I won’t bother telling you much more about that. | |
| Scott Morrison has just defended the introduction of an English language test, to be applied to anyone trying to bring their partner to Australia to marry. | Scott Morrison has just defended the introduction of an English language test, to be applied to anyone trying to bring their partner to Australia to marry. |
| The test would apply to non-English speaking foreigners bringing their partners into the country to be married if they do not speak English, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The test would apply to both the sponsored person and the sponsor. | The test would apply to non-English speaking foreigners bringing their partners into the country to be married if they do not speak English, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The test would apply to both the sponsored person and the sponsor. |
| Morrison tells 2GB the test is “pro-migrant” and “pro-Australia”. | Morrison tells 2GB the test is “pro-migrant” and “pro-Australia”. |
| Morrison said people can still come to Australia on a provisional visa. | Morrison said people can still come to Australia on a provisional visa. |
| Prime minister Scott Morrison is about to speak with 2GB radio. | Prime minister Scott Morrison is about to speak with 2GB radio. |
| His budget is continuing to face criticism this morning. This morning’s headlines include: | His budget is continuing to face criticism this morning. This morning’s headlines include: |
| Indigenous groups and Labor have criticised the Coalition for allocating more than $39m of extra funding to a non-Indigenous sport-based initiative for boys, but failing to adequately fund Aboriginal community-controlled organisations to meet the new Closing the Gap targets in its budget. | Indigenous groups and Labor have criticised the Coalition for allocating more than $39m of extra funding to a non-Indigenous sport-based initiative for boys, but failing to adequately fund Aboriginal community-controlled organisations to meet the new Closing the Gap targets in its budget. |
| The Morrison government has earmarked $6.7bn in new infrastructure funding for the states and territories but just one-tenth of it will be delivered this financial year, budget papers show. The figures have fuelled fresh concerns about whether the government is getting additional stimulus out the door quickly enough, while the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, has signalled he will push for more funding for projects in his state. | The Morrison government has earmarked $6.7bn in new infrastructure funding for the states and territories but just one-tenth of it will be delivered this financial year, budget papers show. The figures have fuelled fresh concerns about whether the government is getting additional stimulus out the door quickly enough, while the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, has signalled he will push for more funding for projects in his state. |
| The government’s funding of 23,000 home care packages won’t “touch the sides” of the aged care capacity crisis, experts and workers have told the ABC. | The government’s funding of 23,000 home care packages won’t “touch the sides” of the aged care capacity crisis, experts and workers have told the ABC. |
| The Coalition is facing criticism for introducing a test in the budget that would introduce an English language test for those wanting to bring their partners to Australia on a partner visa. The test would apply to the person being sponsored for a visa to move to Australia to marry their partner and their sponsor if they are non-English speaking permanent residents. | The Coalition is facing criticism for introducing a test in the budget that would introduce an English language test for those wanting to bring their partners to Australia on a partner visa. The test would apply to the person being sponsored for a visa to move to Australia to marry their partner and their sponsor if they are non-English speaking permanent residents. |
| NSW Health says diners who visited the Sydney Harbour waterfront Ripples restaurant on Saturday night must immediately get tested for Covid-19. | NSW Health says diners who visited the Sydney Harbour waterfront Ripples restaurant on Saturday night must immediately get tested for Covid-19. |
| AAP reports: | AAP reports: |
| Good morning, dear readers. | Good morning, dear readers. |
| It’s Christopher Knaus here taking you through all the morning’s Covid-19 and post-budget news. | It’s Christopher Knaus here taking you through all the morning’s Covid-19 and post-budget news. |
| It’s set to be a busy day. New health alerts have been issued in NSW after three infections were detected at a waterfront restaurant and Mazda dealership. | |
| Labor is preparing for its budget reply speech this evening, while the federal government faces new criticism this morning the slowness and scale of its infrastructure spend, its lack of investment in Indigenous communities, and its meagre aged care offering. | Labor is preparing for its budget reply speech this evening, while the federal government faces new criticism this morning the slowness and scale of its infrastructure spend, its lack of investment in Indigenous communities, and its meagre aged care offering. |
| Don’t go anywhere. | Don’t go anywhere. |