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Coronavirus Australia latest updates: Andrews and Berejiklian face no-confidence votes, as Queensland election heats up Coronavirus Australia latest updates: Victoria reports 12 new cases and one death
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Victoria’s premier weathers upset after his top public servant resigned and NSW premier holds on after Icac revelations. In Queensland, opposition leader Deb Frecklington faces questions over event with Peter Dutton. Follow liveVictoria’s premier weathers upset after his top public servant resigned and NSW premier holds on after Icac revelations. In Queensland, opposition leader Deb Frecklington faces questions over event with Peter Dutton. Follow live
NSW Health have set up a pop-up testing clinic, and alerted to more venues, after two GPs in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba tested positive for Covid-19. Today’s statistics from Victoria are out. The state has recorded 12 new cases of Covid-19 and, sadly, one death.
Both doctors worked at the A2Z Medical Clinic, and are linked to a patient who was previously diagnosed with Covid-19, who attended Lakemba Radiology. This means the 14-day rolling average for Melbourne has risen again – from 9.9 yesterday to 10 today.
The federal government will today launch a tourism campaign aiming to encourage people to take domestic travel “for Australia”.
Amid ongoing curbs on international travel due to coronavirus restrictions, and states tentatively easing their border restrictions, Tourism Australia has turned to Hamish Blake and Zoe Foster-Blake to help revive travel within the country.
In one of the ads to begin airing from today, which can be seen here, Blake and Foster-Blake share a video conference call from different rooms of their house and talk about how they need a holiday. They also discuss possible experiences they’d like to try – such as surfing with the kids – because the campaign hopes to encourage people to not just book a holiday but to also spend up on activities.
The government hopes that about $12bn of the $65bn that Australians usually spend overseas each year can be substituted into the domestic market to help struggling tourism operators.
The trade minister, Simon Birmingham, said tourism employed one in 13 Australians and was “the backbone of so many businesses across Australia” but had been hard hit by the Covid-19 crisis.
He said Australians had already been supporting the tourism sector by taking regional trips where restrictions had allowed – but as some interstate travel returned, the campaign “urges them to start thinking about going one step further and taking a trip to a destination that has always been on their bucket list”.
“With interstate travel now possible to many parts of Australia, there isn’t a better opportunity than right now for Aussies to book a plane ticket, head to an interstate destination and help save a tourism business or the job of a fellow Australian.”
The government says the campaign is the latest stage of Tourism Australia’s Holiday Here This Year campaign and will include print, social media, search, radio and outdoor advertising as well as campaign content across Tourism Australia’s social media and digital channels.
The Queensland Liberal National party has categorically denied claims it referred its own party leader, Deb Frecklington, to the electoral commission due to concerns about her fundraising events.
The ABC reported this morning that the party referred Frecklington to the Electoral Commission of Queensland over a series of events – including one where Peter Dutton was a guest – involving property developers.
The state Labor government banned donations from property developers in 2018.
But the LNP has denied the ABC report.
“The ABC’s allegation that the LNP has referred Deb Frecklington to the ECQ is false. It has not,” an LNP spokesperson told AAP. “The LNP regularly communicates with the ECQ to ensure that we comply with the Act.”
NSW Health have set up a pop-up testing clinic and alerted to more venues after two GPs in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba tested positive for Covid-19.
Both doctors worked at the A2Z Medical Clinic and are linked to a patient who was previously diagnosed with Covid and who attended Lakemba Radiology.
NSW have issued the following alert:NSW have issued the following alert:
Anyone who attended A2Z Medical Clinic, 96 Haldon Street Lakemba, at the following times should self-isolate and get tested if symptoms occur. Some people will be managed as close contacts. NSW Health will contact everyone directly to provide tailored advice depending on their exposure: Anyone who attended A2Z Medical Clinic, 96 Haldon Street, Lakemba, at the following times should self-isolate and get tested if symptoms occur. Some people will be managed as close contacts. NSW Health will contact everyone directly to provide tailored advice depending on their exposure:
Thursday, 1 October, 2.30-3.30pm Thursday 1 October, 2.30-3.30pm
Friday, 9 October, 3-4.30pm Friday 9 October, 3-4.30pm
Saturday, 10 October, all day Saturday 10 October, all day
The patient also attended Isra Medical practice, 102A Haldon Street Lakemba, and anyone who attended at the following time is considered to be a casual contact: The patient also attended Isra Medical Services, 102A Haldon Street Lakemba, and anyone who attended at the following time is considered to be a casual contact:
Monday, 5 October, 7:15-7.40pm Monday 5 October, 7.15-7.40pm
Previously reported cases attended the Ingleburn Hotel on Sunday, 4 October from 3-6pm. Previously reported cases attended the Ingleburn hotel on Sunday 4 October from 3pm to 6pm.
Ingleburn Hotel Bar Room: anyone who spent an hour or more in the Bar Room between these times is considered a close contact and must immediately isolate and be tested. Anyone who spent less than an hour there is considered a casual contact. Ingleburn hotel bar room: anyone who spent an hour or more in the roombetween these times is considered a close contact and must immediately isolate and be tested. Anyone who spent less than an hour there is considered a casual contact.
Ingleburn Hotel Bistro and Gaming Room: anyone who attended either or these areas in the hotel is considered a casual contact. Ingleburn hotel bistro and gaming room: anyone who attended either or these areas in the hotel is considered a casual contact.
Anyone who used the following train services at the specified times is also considered a casual contact:Anyone who used the following train services at the specified times is also considered a casual contact:
Thursday, 1 October, from Wiley Park Station to Lakemba Station, between 12.02 and 12.14pm Thursday 1 October, from Wiley Park station to Lakemba station, between 12.02 and 12.14pm
Thursday, 1 October, from Lakemba Station to Wiley Park Station, between 3.14pm and 3.27pm Thursday 1 October, from Lakemba station to Wiley Park station, between 3.14pm and 3.27pm
Tuesday, 6 October, from Wiley Park Station to Lakemba Station, between 12.10pm and 12.30pm Tuesday 6 October, from Wiley Park station to Lakemba station, between 12.10pm and 12.30pm
Tuesday, 6 October, from Lakemba Station to Wiley Park Station Tuesday 6 October, from Lakemba station to Wiley Park station
A new pop-up testing clinic has been established at A new pop-up testing clinic has been established at:
Lakemba Uniting Church, cnr Haldon Street and The Boulevard, Lakemba. Opening hours are 12-4pm Monday, 12 October and 10am-4pm Tuesday, 13 October. Lakemba Uniting Church, cnr Haldon Street and the Boulevard, Lakemba. Opening hours are 12pm-4pm Monday 12 October and 10am-4pm Tuesday 13 October.
For a recap of what happened in Victoria yesterday, Nino Bucci, has the story. For a recap of what happened in Victoria yesterday, Nino Bucci has the story.
Chris Eccles, the head of the department of premier and cabinet, resigned after he was given new phone records that showed he had spoken to former Victoria police chief commissioner Graham Ashton on the day the decision was made to use private security firms to staff quarantine hotels. Chris Eccles, the head of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, resigned after he was given new phone records that showed he had spoken to the former Victoria police chief commissioner Graham Ashton on the day the decision was made to use private security firms to staff quarantine hotels.
Eccles had previously given evidence to the inquiry investigating failures in hotel quarantine that he did not recall speaking to Ashton.Eccles had previously given evidence to the inquiry investigating failures in hotel quarantine that he did not recall speaking to Ashton.
However, he said he was “emphatic” that neither he nor his department made the decision to use private security guards. He said he was “emphatic” that neither he nor his department made the decision to use private security guards.
Hello everyone and welcome back to our continuing coverage of politics and the coronavirus.Hello everyone and welcome back to our continuing coverage of politics and the coronavirus.
Well, after a truly madcap day in state politics, we’re back. It’s Naaman Zhou here, bringing you the latest news as we watch the dust settle, and potentially kick back up again. Well, after a truly madcap day in state politics, we’re back. It’s Naaman Zhou here, bringing you the latest news as we watch the dust settle – and potentially kick back up again.
Both Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian will likely face no confidence motions today, after a whirlwind of a day yesterday that seemed to mark every premier a threatened species. Both the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, and the NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, are likely to face no-confidence motions today after a whirlwind of a day yesterday that seemed to mark every premier a threatened species.
Berejiklian says she is not going anywhere, after “one of the most difficult day in my life”, when she revealed to the Independent Commission Against Corruption that she had been in a relationship with disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire. Icac will continue its investigation today, meaning more could be revealed. Berejiklian says she is not going anywhere, after “one of the most difficult day in my life”, when she revealed to the Independent Commission Against Corruption that she had been in a relationship with the disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire. Icac will continue its investigation today, meaning that more could be revealed.
NSW Health has set up a pop-up testing clinic in the suburb of Lakemba after two GPs at a clinic were diagnosed with Covid-19, and more venues were identified in the suburb. NSW Health has set up a pop-up testing clinic in the suburb of Lakemba after two GPs at a clinic were diagnosed with Covid-19.
In Victoria, yesterday’s numbers meant the 14 day rolling average for Melbourne rose for the first time in two months, and the state’s top public servant, Chris Eccles, resigned over new phone records that contradicted some of his testimony before the hotel quarantine inquiry. In Victoria yesterday’s numbers meant the 14-day rolling average for Melbourne rose for the first time in two months, and the state’s top public servant, Chris Eccles, resigned over new phone records that contradicted some of his testimony before the hotel quarantine inquiry.
The Victorian Liberals and Nationals are expected to move a no-confidence motion against Andrews today, with opposition leader Michael O’Brien calling on Labor MPs to cross the floor. The Victorian Liberals and Nationals are expected to move a no-confidence motion against Andrews today, with the opposition leader, Michael O’Brien, calling on Labor MPs to cross the floor.
They only get one go at a no confidence motion each parliamentary term, meaning they will have to wait until after 2022 state election if this one fails. They only get one go at a no-confidence motion each parliamentary term, meaning they will have to wait until after 2022 state election if this one fails.
Elsewhere, Crown Resorts director Andrew Demetriou will return to front the NSW casino inquiry – after yesterday he was caught looking at notes while testifying. Elsewhere, the Crown Resorts director Andrew Demetriou will return to front the NSW casino inquiry – after yesterday he was caught looking at notes while testifying.
In Queensland, prime minister Scott Morrison continues to help the state LNP on the campaign trail ahead of the state election, but opposition leader Deb Frecklington faces questions over a Peter Dutton fundraiser. In Queensland Scott Morrison continues to help the state LNP on the campaign trail before the state election, but the opposition leader, Deb Frecklington, faces questions about a Peter Dutton fundraiser.
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