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Coronavirus Australia live: Victoria, NSW and Queensland record no new local Covid cases as two tennis players test positive | |
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Two positive Covid tennis cases reclassified as cases of ‘viral shedding’ from previous infection, but hard lockdown of those who shared flights remains. Follow latest updates | Two positive Covid tennis cases reclassified as cases of ‘viral shedding’ from previous infection, but hard lockdown of those who shared flights remains. Follow latest updates |
Earlier, the Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed her government is looking at “a number of options” for quarantine in the regions instead of hotel quarantine in Brisbane. | |
Asked if that would include a mining camp outside Rockhampton, she said: | |
Scott Morrison has said he is open to the idea, and the federal government is “already doing that” at the Howard Springs facility in the Northern Territory. | |
He told 2GB Radio: | |
Berejiklian also had this to say about the diminishing prospect of international tourists being allowed into Australia this year and state border closures: | |
I am just catching you up on a press conference that NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has given on the mid-north coast. | |
She has, somewhat predictably, again made comments about the approach in NSW compared with other states. | |
Berejiklian said: | |
“I do want to foreshadow that mask wearing in certain settings may be something we may keep indefinitely,” Berejiklian says about the potential for easing restrictions next week. | |
“We just want to give people that additional line of defence. | |
“We also want to make sure what we announce is simple and wholistic.” | |
“Deep, deep gratitude to the community for allowing NSW to get to where we are,” Berejiklian says. | |
Berejiklian said some conditions, such as masks on public transport and other high-risk settings, could remain beyond next week. | |
NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian is thrilled with all the testing yesterday (almost double the number of tests than Monday). | |
She says the health advice is that they will wait another week before easing conditions, but they are hoping to get to “pre-Avalon” restrictions then if case numbers remain low. | |
NSW Health will not be doing a press conference today, but have confirmed there are no new locally acquired cases and a significant increase in the number of tests (almost 20,000). Three new cases were found in hotel quarantine. | NSW Health will not be doing a press conference today, but have confirmed there are no new locally acquired cases and a significant increase in the number of tests (almost 20,000). Three new cases were found in hotel quarantine. |
We have heard from another reader who successfully obtained one of the 40,000 travel vouchers released by the Victorian government today. She says all of the $200 vouchers were snapped up within 25 minutes! | We have heard from another reader who successfully obtained one of the 40,000 travel vouchers released by the Victorian government today. She says all of the $200 vouchers were snapped up within 25 minutes! |
There is a disconnect between the expectations of employers and employees when it comes to “hybrid” working relationships that have developed during the pandemic, according to research published today. | There is a disconnect between the expectations of employers and employees when it comes to “hybrid” working relationships that have developed during the pandemic, according to research published today. |
The Adapting to the New Normal: Hybrid Working 2021 report found that while about 80% of employers said they had based their return to office plans on discussions with staff, only half of staff said they had been consulted. | The Adapting to the New Normal: Hybrid Working 2021 report found that while about 80% of employers said they had based their return to office plans on discussions with staff, only half of staff said they had been consulted. |
Some 600 employees and 300 employers contributed to the Pitcher Partners and Bastion Collective research. | Some 600 employees and 300 employers contributed to the Pitcher Partners and Bastion Collective research. |
You can find global Covid-19 news, if you’ve a hankering, on this blog which just launched over here: | You can find global Covid-19 news, if you’ve a hankering, on this blog which just launched over here: |
Prime minister Scott Morrison appears to have drawn a comparison between the violence at the US Capitol by a mob attempting insurrection and the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.Speaking to 2GB Radio, Morrison agreed with presenter Ray Hadley that the events of the last couple of months had “detracted” from what the Trump administration had achieved over four years.Morrison said: | Prime minister Scott Morrison appears to have drawn a comparison between the violence at the US Capitol by a mob attempting insurrection and the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.Speaking to 2GB Radio, Morrison agreed with presenter Ray Hadley that the events of the last couple of months had “detracted” from what the Trump administration had achieved over four years.Morrison said: |
The apparent comparison between an insurrection and rallies for racial justice and against police brutality echoes comments by the deputy prime minister Michael McCormack, last week while acting PM. | The apparent comparison between an insurrection and rallies for racial justice and against police brutality echoes comments by the deputy prime minister Michael McCormack, last week while acting PM. |
McCormack invoked the “all lives matter” rebuttal to Black Lives Matter protests while comparing them to the Capitol Hill mob.Morrison also rejected critics’ including Anthony Albanese’s claims he was too close to Donald Trump, saying that “reflects more on them than me”. | McCormack invoked the “all lives matter” rebuttal to Black Lives Matter protests while comparing them to the Capitol Hill mob.Morrison also rejected critics’ including Anthony Albanese’s claims he was too close to Donald Trump, saying that “reflects more on them than me”. |