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| Australia Covid live news update: Victoria lockdown eases after 10 new cases; NSW records 172 local cases as regional shutdowns lifted | Australia Covid live news update: Victoria lockdown eases after 10 new cases; NSW records 172 local cases as regional shutdowns lifted |
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| Follow all the day’s news | Follow all the day’s news |
| An organic fruit shop in Sydney has been temporarily closed by police, after alleged breaches of the public health order. | |
| Pete’s Organic Market in Mascot has been ordered to close for a week from today, SafeWork NSW said in an announcement. | |
| “The owner of the store, after receiving several warnings, was issued a penalty infringement notice on 4 July for not wearing a fitted face covering in retail business and not ensuring hospitality worker was wearing a fitted face mask,” SafeWork said. | |
| Following further community complaints, police again visited the store where they said the owner and an employee allegedly refused to comply with health orders. | |
| Both men were charged with not wearing a fitted face covering in retail business and were granted conditional bail and appeared at Downing Centre Local Court on Monday 19 July 2021. | |
| Two days later, police officers attended the store again and observed “there were no QR codes displayed or available for customers to use”. | |
| The owner of the store was arrested again and charged with breaching the public health order. He was granted conditional bail and will appear at Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday 12 August 2021. | |
| In a late change, 18-year-old Mary Fowler is starting for the Matildas against the USA in their final group match. Huge! | |
| You can follow the match here: | |
| The Matildas game against Sweden on Sunday is officially the most-watched women’s sporting event in Australian TV history. | The Matildas game against Sweden on Sunday is officially the most-watched women’s sporting event in Australian TV history. |
| In other Olympics news, the Matildas are playing against the USA in half an hour (6pm AEST). | In other Olympics news, the Matildas are playing against the USA in half an hour (6pm AEST). |
| Australian legend Jian Fang Lay has lost her third round match in the table tennis, in a narrow defeat to Germany’s world number 12 Han Ying. | Australian legend Jian Fang Lay has lost her third round match in the table tennis, in a narrow defeat to Germany’s world number 12 Han Ying. |
| Lay made history this year by heading to her sixth Olympics for Australia, becoming a joint record holder with equestrian Mary Hanna for most appearances by an Australian female athlete. | Lay made history this year by heading to her sixth Olympics for Australia, becoming a joint record holder with equestrian Mary Hanna for most appearances by an Australian female athlete. |
| The 48-year-old had to struggle through homeschooling two teenagers in Victoria last year, and had to play a qualifying match to reach round one in Tokyo. | The 48-year-old had to struggle through homeschooling two teenagers in Victoria last year, and had to play a qualifying match to reach round one in Tokyo. |
| Lay, who is ranked 156 in the world, beat Italy’s Debora Vivarelli, and Poland’s Qian Li (ranked 35). | Lay, who is ranked 156 in the world, beat Italy’s Debora Vivarelli, and Poland’s Qian Li (ranked 35). |
| Against Ying, she lost 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 in an extremely tight game. | Against Ying, she lost 11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 in an extremely tight game. |
| No Australian has ever progressed past the third round in the table tennis, but Lay came very close to the round of 16. | No Australian has ever progressed past the third round in the table tennis, but Lay came very close to the round of 16. |
| More on the potential exposure sites recently announced by NSW Health. | More on the potential exposure sites recently announced by NSW Health. |
| A charity in Ashfield in Sydney that provides food and vaccinations for homeless people has been listed as a venue of concern. | A charity in Ashfield in Sydney that provides food and vaccinations for homeless people has been listed as a venue of concern. |
| A reminder – a listing as an exposure site does not mean that transmission necessarily occurred at the site. | A reminder – a listing as an exposure site does not mean that transmission necessarily occurred at the site. |
| But a person with Covid-19 was present at the charity and anybody present at the same time must isolate for 14 days. | But a person with Covid-19 was present at the charity and anybody present at the same time must isolate for 14 days. |
| It affects anyone who was at the Exodus Foundation at Ashfield at 180 Liverpool Road on: | It affects anyone who was at the Exodus Foundation at Ashfield at 180 Liverpool Road on: |
| Tuesday 20 July 11.30am to 1.00pm | Tuesday 20 July 11.30am to 1.00pm |
| Wednesday 21 July 11.30am to 1.00pm | Wednesday 21 July 11.30am to 1.00pm |
| Thursday 22 July 11.30am to 1.00pm | Thursday 22 July 11.30am to 1.00pm |
| Friday 23 July 11.30am to 1.00pm | Friday 23 July 11.30am to 1.00pm |
| Australian legend Jian Fang Lay has just called a quick time out in the table tennis at the Olympics. | Australian legend Jian Fang Lay has just called a quick time out in the table tennis at the Olympics. |
| She lost the first two games by the narrowest of margins to Germany’s Han Ying (ranked 12th in the world), and is essentially even again in the third game. | She lost the first two games by the narrowest of margins to Germany’s Han Ying (ranked 12th in the world), and is essentially even again in the third game. |
| Unfortunately this is not being aired on the TV, and even online, there is no commentary, as viewers point out. | Unfortunately this is not being aired on the TV, and even online, there is no commentary, as viewers point out. |
| Even though Victoria is coming out of lockdown tomorrow, some theatre shows (and the people who work on them) aren’t – at least for a little while. | Even though Victoria is coming out of lockdown tomorrow, some theatre shows (and the people who work on them) aren’t – at least for a little while. |
| New venues of concern have been listed in NSW. | New venues of concern have been listed in NSW. |
| The Australian share market has broken two records today – just a day after it already beat the previous record. | The Australian share market has broken two records today – just a day after it already beat the previous record. |
| The ASX200 index reached an all-time high just 23 minutes after the market opened, and then beat that again later in the day, AAP reports. | The ASX200 index reached an all-time high just 23 minutes after the market opened, and then beat that again later in the day, AAP reports. |
| The index set a new record of 7447.9 points today, before closing slightly down at 7431.4. | The index set a new record of 7447.9 points today, before closing slightly down at 7431.4. |
| It comes after it set a record high yesterday as well. | It comes after it set a record high yesterday as well. |
| Approximately 15 minutes until Jian Fang Lay is scheduled to play. | Approximately 15 minutes until Jian Fang Lay is scheduled to play. |
| An important piece from Brazil. | An important piece from Brazil. |
| Flávia Milhorance spoke to the family of Adriana Midori Takara, who at 38 and with no pre-existing health conditions became the youngest person to die during the latest Sydney outbreak of Covid-19. | Flávia Milhorance spoke to the family of Adriana Midori Takara, who at 38 and with no pre-existing health conditions became the youngest person to die during the latest Sydney outbreak of Covid-19. |
| “She was always a sweet, smiling, kind, gentle, caring girl. She was very close to the family, she was a daughter that no parent would have anything to complain about.” | “She was always a sweet, smiling, kind, gentle, caring girl. She was very close to the family, she was a daughter that no parent would have anything to complain about.” |
| Jian Fang Lay, the joint record holder for most Olympics attended by an Australian female athlete, is playing again at 4.30pm today (AEST). | Jian Fang Lay, the joint record holder for most Olympics attended by an Australian female athlete, is playing again at 4.30pm today (AEST). |
| And in more on the brewing US-Australia rivalry in the pool in Tokyo, here’s this dispatch from Kieran Pender: | And in more on the brewing US-Australia rivalry in the pool in Tokyo, here’s this dispatch from Kieran Pender: |
| American swim star Lilly King has criticised the media for allegedly distorting her words and said that her Australian rivals, who are currently equal with the United States in the swimming medal tally with three golds each, are ‘swimming just fine’. | American swim star Lilly King has criticised the media for allegedly distorting her words and said that her Australian rivals, who are currently equal with the United States in the swimming medal tally with three golds each, are ‘swimming just fine’. |
| King courted controversy before Tokyo 2020 when she expressed her belief that the American women could win every individual gold medal at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. With five individual medals race for the women held so far, the Australians have secured two golds, while the USA, Canada and Japan have one apiece. | King courted controversy before Tokyo 2020 when she expressed her belief that the American women could win every individual gold medal at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. With five individual medals race for the women held so far, the Australians have secured two golds, while the USA, Canada and Japan have one apiece. |
| But King dismissed a journalist’s question on Wednesday after she claimed bronze in the women’s 100m breaststroke. | But King dismissed a journalist’s question on Wednesday after she claimed bronze in the women’s 100m breaststroke. |
| “I feel like that quote has been twisted ... and I’ve commented on that since,” she said. | “I feel like that quote has been twisted ... and I’ve commented on that since,” she said. |
| “I said I believed that the Americans could win every single individual gold medal. All I was saying was that I believed in my teams and that I think we have a good shot at swimming well. But that was twisted. The Aussies are swimming just fine.” | “I said I believed that the Americans could win every single individual gold medal. All I was saying was that I believed in my teams and that I think we have a good shot at swimming well. But that was twisted. The Aussies are swimming just fine.” |
| In a shock result, Naomi Osaka has been knocked out of the singles tennis at the Tokyo Olympics. | In a shock result, Naomi Osaka has been knocked out of the singles tennis at the Tokyo Olympics. |
| The Japanese star lost in the third round to Marketa Vondrousova. | The Japanese star lost in the third round to Marketa Vondrousova. |
| You can follow our Olympics live blog here: | You can follow our Olympics live blog here: |
| Wild weather is set to sweep across Victoria on the first day out of lockdown. | Wild weather is set to sweep across Victoria on the first day out of lockdown. |
| Severe storms and blizzard conditions will lash Victoria as a cold front crosses the state, AAP reports. | Severe storms and blizzard conditions will lash Victoria as a cold front crosses the state, AAP reports. |
| The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning about destructive winds on Tuesday afternoon, with wind gusts of 98km/h winds already recorded at Mt Buller. | The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning about destructive winds on Tuesday afternoon, with wind gusts of 98km/h winds already recorded at Mt Buller. |
| Senior forecaster Matthew Thomas said the blustery conditions will ramp up on Wednesday as “squally” westerly winds cross the state. | Senior forecaster Matthew Thomas said the blustery conditions will ramp up on Wednesday as “squally” westerly winds cross the state. |
| He said the severe weather warning will be extended to metropolitan Melbourne as wild winds are expected to move through the city on Wednesday afternoon, with gusts up to 100km/h expected in some parts. | He said the severe weather warning will be extended to metropolitan Melbourne as wild winds are expected to move through the city on Wednesday afternoon, with gusts up to 100km/h expected in some parts. |
| Severe thunderstorms and hail could hit southern and northern parts of Victoria and the Wimmera. | Severe thunderstorms and hail could hit southern and northern parts of Victoria and the Wimmera. |
| Thomas also said “significant snowfall” is expected in the north-east alpine areas on Wednesday, however destructive winds of up to 125 km/h and blizzard conditions will also hit alpine peaks. | Thomas also said “significant snowfall” is expected in the north-east alpine areas on Wednesday, however destructive winds of up to 125 km/h and blizzard conditions will also hit alpine peaks. |
| WA has reported two new Covid cases today – and a third to be reported tomorrow – among the crew of the Darya Krishna cargo ship which docked in Fremantle yesterday. | WA has reported two new Covid cases today – and a third to be reported tomorrow – among the crew of the Darya Krishna cargo ship which docked in Fremantle yesterday. |
| All three people are “critically ill”, according to the WA health minister Roger Cook. | All three people are “critically ill”, according to the WA health minister Roger Cook. |
| Two healthcare workers also need to enter hotel quarantine for 14 days after a breach at the hospital where the crew members were taken for treatment. | Two healthcare workers also need to enter hotel quarantine for 14 days after a breach at the hospital where the crew members were taken for treatment. |
| Cook said that a “mechanical fault with one of the lifts” at the hospital meant that it was used by two staff members after transporting a sick crew member to intensive care. | Cook said that a “mechanical fault with one of the lifts” at the hospital meant that it was used by two staff members after transporting a sick crew member to intensive care. |
| “This is very disappointing and I am not going to make excuses, it is simply not good enough,” he said. | “This is very disappointing and I am not going to make excuses, it is simply not good enough,” he said. |
| A couple who claimed the ABC portrayed them as abandoning their surrogate child with a disability in Ukraine will have to pay the broadcaster’s legal costs after withdrawing their defamation case. | A couple who claimed the ABC portrayed them as abandoning their surrogate child with a disability in Ukraine will have to pay the broadcaster’s legal costs after withdrawing their defamation case. |
| Matthew Etnyre and his wife Irmgard Pagan sued over a 2019 Foreign Correspondent episode titled Motherland and a website article titled Damaged babies and broken hearts: Ukraine’s commercial surrogacy industry leaves a trail of disasters. | Matthew Etnyre and his wife Irmgard Pagan sued over a 2019 Foreign Correspondent episode titled Motherland and a website article titled Damaged babies and broken hearts: Ukraine’s commercial surrogacy industry leaves a trail of disasters. |
| Justice Wendy Abraham in June ordered them to pay $100,000 within 28 days as security for the ABC’s legal costs. | Justice Wendy Abraham in June ordered them to pay $100,000 within 28 days as security for the ABC’s legal costs. |
| The federal court proceedings would be stayed until the security was paid. | The federal court proceedings would be stayed until the security was paid. |
| Their lawyer on Tuesday told the judge his clients were unable to raise the money and would not be continuing with the case, but asked they not be ordered to pay the ABC’s costs to date. | Their lawyer on Tuesday told the judge his clients were unable to raise the money and would not be continuing with the case, but asked they not be ordered to pay the ABC’s costs to date. |