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| NSW sends Muswellbrook and Port Macquarie into lockdown; new Qld restrictions after four local cases; Vic overtakes NSW in case numbers – As it happened | |
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| All the day’s news as it unfolded | |
| Here’s the main stories on Tuesday, 28 September: | Here’s the main stories on Tuesday, 28 September: |
| Australians could access rapid home testing from November, as unconfirmed reports claim that citizens stranded overseas may soon be allowed to return to the country, if they agree to complete a week of home quarantine. | Australians could access rapid home testing from November, as unconfirmed reports claim that citizens stranded overseas may soon be allowed to return to the country, if they agree to complete a week of home quarantine. |
| Queensland scrambles to contain a Covid-19 outbreak ahead of the NRL grand final. | Queensland scrambles to contain a Covid-19 outbreak ahead of the NRL grand final. |
| Victoria overtakes New South Wales for daily cases, but will slightly ease restrictions from Wednesday. | Victoria overtakes New South Wales for daily cases, but will slightly ease restrictions from Wednesday. |
| Mixed fortunes for regional parts of NSW: Muswellbrook and Port Macquarie local government areas enter a week-long lockdown, while Byron and Tweed end their restrictions as planned. | Mixed fortunes for regional parts of NSW: Muswellbrook and Port Macquarie local government areas enter a week-long lockdown, while Byron and Tweed end their restrictions as planned. |
| NSW health minister Brad Hazzard contradicts police commissioner Mick Fuller on enforcement of vaccination rules. | NSW health minister Brad Hazzard contradicts police commissioner Mick Fuller on enforcement of vaccination rules. |
| The ACT records 13 new cases of Covid-19. | The ACT records 13 new cases of Covid-19. |
| One interesting snippet from the Victorian Covid-19 update that was just released: there’s been sewage detections across regional parts of the state, including Cobram, Philip Island, Seymour, Ballarat North and Bendigo. | One interesting snippet from the Victorian Covid-19 update that was just released: there’s been sewage detections across regional parts of the state, including Cobram, Philip Island, Seymour, Ballarat North and Bendigo. |
| AAP reports that Victorians calling paramedics with emergencies are already facing troubling delays, weeks out from when demand on the state’s health system is expected to peak. | AAP reports that Victorians calling paramedics with emergencies are already facing troubling delays, weeks out from when demand on the state’s health system is expected to peak. |
| The story touches on this footage, which appears to show ambulances ramping outside the Northern hospital in the Melbourne suburb of Epping. | The story touches on this footage, which appears to show ambulances ramping outside the Northern hospital in the Melbourne suburb of Epping. |
| The AAP story is here: | The AAP story is here: |
| A man has been attacked by a crocodile in the Northern Territory, AAP reports: | A man has been attacked by a crocodile in the Northern Territory, AAP reports: |
| No point standing around being Aukus about things when there’s new deals you can go and sign. | No point standing around being Aukus about things when there’s new deals you can go and sign. |
| The Australian competition regulator has argued it needs more powers to control Google’s dominance of the $9.5bn Australian online advertising industry, with 90% of ad impressions passing through at least one Google service in 2020. | The Australian competition regulator has argued it needs more powers to control Google’s dominance of the $9.5bn Australian online advertising industry, with 90% of ad impressions passing through at least one Google service in 2020. |
| As part of its long-running digital platforms investigation, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission launched an inquiry in March into the complex world of online ads and issues with the markets where those ads are bought and sold. | As part of its long-running digital platforms investigation, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission launched an inquiry in March into the complex world of online ads and issues with the markets where those ads are bought and sold. |
| Read more on this here: | Read more on this here: |
| News.com.au is reporting that the federal government will soon announce a significant relaxing of restrictions on Australians stranded overseas. | News.com.au is reporting that the federal government will soon announce a significant relaxing of restrictions on Australians stranded overseas. |
| The changes would reportedly mean that returnees could complete a seven-day home quarantine as soon as the 80% fully vaccinated milestone is reached. | The changes would reportedly mean that returnees could complete a seven-day home quarantine as soon as the 80% fully vaccinated milestone is reached. |
| I’ve not seen any official confirmation of this, but it would be a significant (and very much welcomed) development for the tens of thousands Australians who wish to return home. Just last week, we reported that number had reached 45,000. | I’ve not seen any official confirmation of this, but it would be a significant (and very much welcomed) development for the tens of thousands Australians who wish to return home. Just last week, we reported that number had reached 45,000. |
| The first German navy ship to visit Australia in more than 30 years has somehow managed to find its way into the hermit kingdom of Western Australia. | The first German navy ship to visit Australia in more than 30 years has somehow managed to find its way into the hermit kingdom of Western Australia. |
| A joint Australian-German defence media release proclaims that the FGS Bayern has arrived in Fremantle for a week-long visit as part of a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific. | A joint Australian-German defence media release proclaims that the FGS Bayern has arrived in Fremantle for a week-long visit as part of a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific. |
| The defence forces go on to say that: | The defence forces go on to say that: |
| Scott Morrison has met with a number of Liberal MPs concerned the government could try to appease the National party by adopting a policy roadmap to achieve net zero emissions without formally signing on to the 2050 target. | Scott Morrison has met with a number of Liberal MPs concerned the government could try to appease the National party by adopting a policy roadmap to achieve net zero emissions without formally signing on to the 2050 target. |
| With some Nationals implacably opposed to the Coalition adopting the target ahead of the Cop26 in Glasgow, Liberals in marginal and metropolitan seats have become increasingly worried that the prime minister may not be able to land his long-telegraphed climate policy pivot. | With some Nationals implacably opposed to the Coalition adopting the target ahead of the Cop26 in Glasgow, Liberals in marginal and metropolitan seats have become increasingly worried that the prime minister may not be able to land his long-telegraphed climate policy pivot. |
| Read the rest of this story here: | Read the rest of this story here: |
| There’s an update just filed from AAP on Darko Desic, the fugitive homeless man who lived in plain sight on Sydney’s northern beaches for almost three decades before handing himself in: | There’s an update just filed from AAP on Darko Desic, the fugitive homeless man who lived in plain sight on Sydney’s northern beaches for almost three decades before handing himself in: |
| Here is the feature on this case we published over the weekend: | Here is the feature on this case we published over the weekend: |