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| Coronavirus Australia update: Victoria reports 11 new cases as NSW rushes to contain clusters – live | Coronavirus Australia update: Victoria reports 11 new cases as NSW rushes to contain clusters – live |
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| The number of locally-transmitted cases in Sydney is growing, dashing hopes of the Queensland border reopening next month. Follow live | The number of locally-transmitted cases in Sydney is growing, dashing hopes of the Queensland border reopening next month. Follow live |
| The Senate is about to resume its sitting, to pass the budget bills. | |
| NSW health minister Brad Hazzard has made some bold, and mysterious, claims against the Queensland premier during a radio interview this morning. | |
| On ABC’s RN Breakfast, host Hamish McDonald asked Hazzard why it was wrong for Annastacia Palaszczuk to try and protect Queenslanders from the virus with a hard southern border. | |
| Hazzard replied: | |
| McDonald: What’s the evidence of that? With respect. | |
| Hazzard: | |
| Hazzard declined to expand on this point but went on to provide a scorching condemnation of the Queensland premier. | |
| The Queensland has given NSW 48 hours to determine the source of a number of mystery cases before they reset the clock on the required 28 days of no community transmission required to open their borders. | |
| Remember how Michael McCormack tried to sell fruit picking as an opportunity to jazz up their Insta feeds? | |
| Well, turns out farmers aren’t so into it. | |
| Next you’ll be telling me that fruit picking isn’t where you find love either. | |
| NSW Health minister Brad Hazzard spoke to ABC radio this morning. | |
| He is very upset at the Queensland border closure: | |
| The Queensland border is open to northern NSW residents. | |
| AAP has the latest on the Sydney outbreak: | |
| Its report is due to be handed down very soon. | Its report is due to be handed down very soon. |
| And on Mathias Cormann leaving, Jacqui Lambie is equally as blunt: | And on Mathias Cormann leaving, Jacqui Lambie is equally as blunt: |
| Speaking of vaccines, Jacqui Lambie is chatting to ABC News Breakfast, where she is asked for her opinion on the budget: | Speaking of vaccines, Jacqui Lambie is chatting to ABC News Breakfast, where she is asked for her opinion on the budget: |
| Deputy CHO professor Michael Kidd took to facebook to give a vaccine update: | Deputy CHO professor Michael Kidd took to facebook to give a vaccine update: |
| The no deaths is wonderful news, although another 11 cases is worrying. | The no deaths is wonderful news, although another 11 cases is worrying. |
| The government is continuing its tactic of sending out its women ministers to defend the budget this morning, something which began yesterday, following criticism that in what’s being called a ‘pink’ recession (women have been harder hit than men) there wasn’t much in the budget for women. | The government is continuing its tactic of sending out its women ministers to defend the budget this morning, something which began yesterday, following criticism that in what’s being called a ‘pink’ recession (women have been harder hit than men) there wasn’t much in the budget for women. |
| Karen Andrews is up this morning with the CSIRO chief. | Karen Andrews is up this morning with the CSIRO chief. |
| She will also, per the media alert “respond to Anthony Albanese’s abysmal plan for manufacturing outlined in the Budget Reply”. | She will also, per the media alert “respond to Anthony Albanese’s abysmal plan for manufacturing outlined in the Budget Reply”. |
| Albanese said he wanted to make things in Australia, such as train carriages. That was immediately ridiculed by Coalition MP Dave Sharma, who said it was a “200 year old technology”. | Albanese said he wanted to make things in Australia, such as train carriages. That was immediately ridiculed by Coalition MP Dave Sharma, who said it was a “200 year old technology”. |
| So I guess no one should re-do their plumbing given the Romans invented that. Vaccines are probably out too, since it’s been decades since penicillin was discovered. | So I guess no one should re-do their plumbing given the Romans invented that. Vaccines are probably out too, since it’s been decades since penicillin was discovered. |
| Hopefully Andrews will do a better job of defending the budget than Anne Ruston, the social services minister, who yesterday declared: | Hopefully Andrews will do a better job of defending the budget than Anne Ruston, the social services minister, who yesterday declared: |
| Well then. Women can drive on roads largely built by men, by contractors largely owned by men, from contracts largely awarded by men. Be still my feminine heart. | Well then. Women can drive on roads largely built by men, by contractors largely owned by men, from contracts largely awarded by men. Be still my feminine heart. |
| We have all made it to Friday and Daniel Andrews’s 99th (I am pretty sure) consecutive press conference. | We have all made it to Friday and Daniel Andrews’s 99th (I am pretty sure) consecutive press conference. |
| If it was me, I would troll everyone by not holding a press conference tomorrow, but that is just one of the many, many reasons I’d never be in politics. | If it was me, I would troll everyone by not holding a press conference tomorrow, but that is just one of the many, many reasons I’d never be in politics. |
| It’s the Chadstone cluster which everyone is watching, as Melbourne anxiously waits to see if case numbers get low enough to take the next step on the road map on 19 October. | It’s the Chadstone cluster which everyone is watching, as Melbourne anxiously waits to see if case numbers get low enough to take the next step on the road map on 19 October. |
| Meanwhile, Queensland’s ultimatum to New South Wales, to find the source of its new community transmissions or the border closure clock gets restarted for another month, is about to expire. | Meanwhile, Queensland’s ultimatum to New South Wales, to find the source of its new community transmissions or the border closure clock gets restarted for another month, is about to expire. |
| NSW almost made it two weeks before some new cases popped up. | NSW almost made it two weeks before some new cases popped up. |
| Its authorities are scrambling to find links between the cases, to make sure the state doesn’t have its own outbreak on its hands. | Its authorities are scrambling to find links between the cases, to make sure the state doesn’t have its own outbreak on its hands. |
| Queensland is one week into a four-week election campaign, so the talk has been tough. | Queensland is one week into a four-week election campaign, so the talk has been tough. |
| Ultimately though, in Queensland, the law says it is for the chief health officer to make the decision. | Ultimately though, in Queensland, the law says it is for the chief health officer to make the decision. |
| The government is in caretaker mode, so the CHO will announce whether 1 November remains the border reopen date. | The government is in caretaker mode, so the CHO will announce whether 1 November remains the border reopen date. |
| The Northern Territory announced it was taking Greater Sydney off its list of declared hotspots as of today. | The Northern Territory announced it was taking Greater Sydney off its list of declared hotspots as of today. |
| But on borders, WA won’t be shifting. Its Labor government handed down its budget, predicting a surplus yesterday, a trend which has bucked every other government in Australia. Its budget assumes the hard border won’t be brought down until at least June next year. (There doesn’t seem to be the same chorus screaming to open the border as there is for Queensland though, it must be said.) | But on borders, WA won’t be shifting. Its Labor government handed down its budget, predicting a surplus yesterday, a trend which has bucked every other government in Australia. Its budget assumes the hard border won’t be brought down until at least June next year. (There doesn’t seem to be the same chorus screaming to open the border as there is for Queensland though, it must be said.) |
| In federal politics, Anthony Albanese has started his budget reply media blitz very early, as Labor pushes its childcare package and energy transmission grid revamp. | In federal politics, Anthony Albanese has started his budget reply media blitz very early, as Labor pushes its childcare package and energy transmission grid revamp. |
| The Senate will sit today to pass the budget legislation and farewell Mathias Cormann, who is Australia’s nominee for the OECD. | The Senate will sit today to pass the budget legislation and farewell Mathias Cormann, who is Australia’s nominee for the OECD. |
| We’ll bring you all of that and more as the day goes on. You have Amy Remeikis with you for most of the day. | We’ll bring you all of that and more as the day goes on. You have Amy Remeikis with you for most of the day. |
| Ready? | Ready? |