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| Australia news live update: Scott Morrison gives press conference amid concerns over AstraZeneca Covid vaccine and blood clots | Australia news live update: Scott Morrison gives press conference amid concerns over AstraZeneca Covid vaccine and blood clots |
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| Follow updates live | Follow updates live |
| By the sounds of it, there might be a Covid-19 case in New Zealand. | |
| Guardian Australia hasn’t independently confirmed but the New Zealand Herald is reporting that a border worker has been diagnosed with the virus, but there has been no community spread so far. | |
| New Zealand’s director-general of health, Ashley Bloomfield, is holding an unscheduled press conference at 1pm (11am Sydney and Melbourne time) where we should learn more. | |
| Scott Morrison has been asked about this at the press conference. | |
| Reporter: | |
| Morrison: | |
| OK did Scott Morrison just PLAGIARIZE my birth control side effects comparison in his press conference! (I mean no, it’s a fairly obvious idea, but still how funny). | |
| The prime minister is still discussing the EU’s new advice that blood clotting is a rare side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine. | |
| Morrison says there are currently no plans to pause the AstraZeneca vaccine rollout: | |
| The prime minister has been asked what he would say to someone who feels the government’s response is “actually just trying to ban flirting in the workplace?” | The prime minister has been asked what he would say to someone who feels the government’s response is “actually just trying to ban flirting in the workplace?” |
| And sure Morrison’s response does involve yet another story about the bloody footy, but overall quite worth reading. | And sure Morrison’s response does involve yet another story about the bloody footy, but overall quite worth reading. |
| Morrison: | Morrison: |
| I mean the sentiment would carry more weight if his government hadn’t repeatedly dealt with sexual assault and harassment accusations so terribly though. | I mean the sentiment would carry more weight if his government hadn’t repeatedly dealt with sexual assault and harassment accusations so terribly though. |
| Morrison has been asked when we can expect to see these changes come into effect: | Morrison has been asked when we can expect to see these changes come into effect: |
| It’s worth remembering that it has taken the government more than a year to respond to this report, with the avalanche of alleged sexual harassment scandals in parliament in recent weeks finally pushing this to the top of the agenda. | It’s worth remembering that it has taken the government more than a year to respond to this report, with the avalanche of alleged sexual harassment scandals in parliament in recent weeks finally pushing this to the top of the agenda. |
| Reporter: | Reporter: |
| Morrison: | Morrison: |
| Michaelia Cash has laid out some specific legal changes that will be made, including extending the period a victim can come forward to two years, and clarifying that sexually harassing someone is a valid grounds for dismissal: | Michaelia Cash has laid out some specific legal changes that will be made, including extending the period a victim can come forward to two years, and clarifying that sexually harassing someone is a valid grounds for dismissal: |
| Attorney general Michaelia Cash is unveiling the government’s response to the respect at work campaign now: | Attorney general Michaelia Cash is unveiling the government’s response to the respect at work campaign now: |
| Morrison appears fairly sombre and serious today about the need for cultural change in regards to sexual harassment. | Morrison appears fairly sombre and serious today about the need for cultural change in regards to sexual harassment. |
| It’s worth remember last time he took this tone in a press conference he accidentally outed a false harassment scandal at News Corp in an attempt to strongarm journalists into not asking hard-hitting questions about the government’s track record in this area. | It’s worth remember last time he took this tone in a press conference he accidentally outed a false harassment scandal at News Corp in an attempt to strongarm journalists into not asking hard-hitting questions about the government’s track record in this area. |
| Fingers crossed it goes better this time. | Fingers crossed it goes better this time. |
| Morrison says: | Morrison says: |
| Morrison is now discussing the Respect at Work report from Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins: | Morrison is now discussing the Respect at Work report from Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins: |
| The prime minister is speaking today following the first meeting from the new women’s cabinet taskforce, and his announcement yesterday that a National Women’s Safety Summit will be held in July. | The prime minister is speaking today following the first meeting from the new women’s cabinet taskforce, and his announcement yesterday that a National Women’s Safety Summit will be held in July. |
| Scott Morrison is speaking now. | Scott Morrison is speaking now. |
| Queensland Annastacia Palaszczuk has just spoken and confirmed there were no new local Covid-19 cases recorded in the state overnight. | Queensland Annastacia Palaszczuk has just spoken and confirmed there were no new local Covid-19 cases recorded in the state overnight. |