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| Australia Covid updates live: Victoria police disperse Melbourne protesters; NSW records 1,035 cases, five deaths as lockdown orders lifted for five LGAs | Australia Covid updates live: Victoria police disperse Melbourne protesters; NSW records 1,035 cases, five deaths as lockdown orders lifted for five LGAs |
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| Follow all the day’s news | Follow all the day’s news |
| Victoria police say they arrested more than 200 people today. | |
| Guenther says that approximately 300 people attended today’s protest at the Shrine of Rememberance, but that it was difficult to pin down a specific number: | |
| Guenther says one of the strategies used by Police today was attempting to keep dissparate groups from meeting up, but a journalist has asked if the gathering at the Shrine was evidence Police failed to control them. | |
| Here’s what the deputy commissioner had to say: | |
| Victoria police are providing an update on the Melbourne protests tonight. | |
| The deputy commissioner Ross Guenther says police have asked for a no-fly zone because protesters are reportedly using the live footage from media to organise themselves. | |
| Guenther says the tactic is putting officers in danger and has to be curtailed: | |
| The Liberal senator Amanda Stoker was on the ABC this afternoon, saying that anti-vaccination sentiments were “ill-informed” but that some people needed to be persuaded. | |
| She said that these sentiments needed to be acknowledged, and that forcing people to take the vaccine against their will was a “mistake”: | |
| SA Health’s chief public health officer, Prof Nicola Spurrier, has told a press conference that the truck driver from NSW who was in Western Australia for two days, then tested positive to Covid, has also passed through South Australia. | SA Health’s chief public health officer, Prof Nicola Spurrier, has told a press conference that the truck driver from NSW who was in Western Australia for two days, then tested positive to Covid, has also passed through South Australia. |
| Spurrier says the driver stopped at a “number of locations” in SA, and felt some symptoms prior to testing positive. | Spurrier says the driver stopped at a “number of locations” in SA, and felt some symptoms prior to testing positive. |
| Spurrier says she’s “very concerned” about the movements of the driver, saying officials believe he was infectious for three days prior to testing positive. | Spurrier says she’s “very concerned” about the movements of the driver, saying officials believe he was infectious for three days prior to testing positive. |
| Just hearing now that South Australia will be providing a Covid update at 4.50pm CST. | Just hearing now that South Australia will be providing a Covid update at 4.50pm CST. |
| More good new this afternoon, as NSW Health announces that stay at home orders are being lifted for the Gilgandra, Brewarrina and Narromine LGAs. | More good new this afternoon, as NSW Health announces that stay at home orders are being lifted for the Gilgandra, Brewarrina and Narromine LGAs. |
| Gilgandra and Brewarrina will emerge from lockdown from midnight tonight, and the Narromine LGA from Saturday, provided Narromine has no cases or sewage detections before then. | Gilgandra and Brewarrina will emerge from lockdown from midnight tonight, and the Narromine LGA from Saturday, provided Narromine has no cases or sewage detections before then. |
| NSW Health says restrictions will continue to apply in those LGAs, but the stay at home orders are being lifted because the LGAs are deemed low-risk and have not recorded a case in 14 days. | NSW Health says restrictions will continue to apply in those LGAs, but the stay at home orders are being lifted because the LGAs are deemed low-risk and have not recorded a case in 14 days. |
| When the earthquake struck at 9.15am this morning, 11 miners were 500 metres underground at the A1 gold mine at Woods Point in central Victoria. | When the earthquake struck at 9.15am this morning, 11 miners were 500 metres underground at the A1 gold mine at Woods Point in central Victoria. |
| Woods Point is just 30km from the epicentre of the 5.9 magnitude earthquake. | Woods Point is just 30km from the epicentre of the 5.9 magnitude earthquake. |
| Jonathan Downes, the director of Kaiser Reef, which owns and operates the mine, says the miners got “a bit of a fright”. | Jonathan Downes, the director of Kaiser Reef, which owns and operates the mine, says the miners got “a bit of a fright”. |
| “I am pleased to report that there were no injuries at all and their journey to the surface found no damage on the way,” Downes said. “It looks like all the supports we put in place have done their job admirably.” | “I am pleased to report that there were no injuries at all and their journey to the surface found no damage on the way,” Downes said. “It looks like all the supports we put in place have done their job admirably.” |
| The mine was shut down for the rest of the day, and will remain shut until it is assessed by a team of engineers tomorrow. | The mine was shut down for the rest of the day, and will remain shut until it is assessed by a team of engineers tomorrow. |
| After a three-hour stand-off, police have begun moving in on the remaining protesters at the Shrine of Remembrance south of the Melbourne CBD. | After a three-hour stand-off, police have begun moving in on the remaining protesters at the Shrine of Remembrance south of the Melbourne CBD. |
| There were sounds of projectiles being fired off, as police moved in and began arresting people.Police gave protesters several warnings over the course of the afternoon to leave via St Kilda Road, but those warnings were mostly ignored, with protesters arguing they should be allowed to leave through the middle of the park around the shrine. | There were sounds of projectiles being fired off, as police moved in and began arresting people.Police gave protesters several warnings over the course of the afternoon to leave via St Kilda Road, but those warnings were mostly ignored, with protesters arguing they should be allowed to leave through the middle of the park around the shrine. |
| I’m seeing reports on Twitter that police have begun moving on protesters at the Shrine, seemingly arresting people one by one. | I’m seeing reports on Twitter that police have begun moving on protesters at the Shrine, seemingly arresting people one by one. |