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Australia news live update: nation records at least 74 Covid deaths; Invasion Day rallies begin; lockdown call for NT remote communities Australia news live update: nation records at least 74 Covid deaths; Invasion Day rallies begin; lockdown call for NT remote communities
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Here are the latest Covid-19 numbers from around Australia today, as the country records at least 74 deaths from the virus:Here are the latest Covid-19 numbers from around Australia today, as the country records at least 74 deaths from the virus:
VictoriaVictoria
Deaths: 35Deaths: 35
Cases: 13,507Cases: 13,507
Hospitalisations: 1,089 (with 113 in ICU)Hospitalisations: 1,089 (with 113 in ICU)
NSWNSW
Deaths: 29Deaths: 29
Cases: 21,030Cases: 21,030
Hospitalisations: 2,794 (with 175 in ICU)Hospitalisations: 2,794 (with 175 in ICU)
QueenslandQueensland
Deaths: 9Deaths: 9
Cases: 13,551Cases: 13,551
Hospitalisations: 889 (with 47 in ICU)Hospitalisations: 889 (with 47 in ICU)
TasmaniaTasmania
Deaths: 1Deaths: 1
Cases: 712Cases: 712
Hospitalisations: 28 (with 2 in ICU)Hospitalisations: 28 (with 2 in ICU)
A man who was arrested at the Australian Open has been released pending further inquiry, as police investigate assaults on staff at the event, AAP reports. ACT
Earlier on Wednesday, Victoria police alleged a woman had been sexually assaulted at Rod Laver Arena just before midnight on Tuesday. Deaths: 0
However, police have since changed their statement and no longer believe the sexual assault took place. Cases: 896
“Our information on the incidents at the tennis has changed,” a police spokesman said. Hospitalisations: 67 (with 5 in ICU)
Reports of “assaults on staff members” at the venue are still being investigated. In case you missed it, here are the official Covid-19 numbers for Queensland today.
A 37-year-old man was arrested and has been released pending further enquiries and the investigation is ongoing. The Brisbane Lion’s AFL team have come out in support of changing the date of Australia day with posts across social media reading “Jan 26: Not a day to celebrate”.
A Northern Territory council has called for an urgent lockdown of remote Indigenous communities to save lives amid the “out-of-control” spread of Covid-19. People have been asked to avoid a popular swimming spot in northern Tasmania as the search for a missing woman enters a second day, reports AAP.
The Central Land Council says the NT and federal governments must collaborate on enforcing a lockdown until the situation is under control, AAP reports. The woman, aged in her 20s, who was swimming with friends and family at Cataract Gorge in Launceston, was reported missing around 1pm on Tuesday.
“We need a circuit breaker to slow down the out-of-control spread of the virus in our communities,” chief executive Les Turner said in a statement. Police divers, members of Surf Life Saving Australia and other community organisations continued search efforts on Wednesday morning.
Turner said the lockdown should include police and Australian Defence Force personnel staffing roadblocks to restrict movement between communities and into regional centres. The NT reported 517 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday as the virus continues to spread through Indigenous communities. The woman was last seen swimming in an area of the gorge known as First Basin, which is 20m deep.
Turner said a number of super-spreader events had contributed to the explosion of positive cases, but that Aboriginal people were taking action. Parts of the basin will be closed for periods of the day due to the search.
Vaccination rates among Perth’s growing homeless community may be as low as 45%, according to comprehensive data collected by one service provider, raising fears the vulnerable cohort will be caught in a “perfect storm” when Western Australia does open its borders. “People are asked to avoid the area while the search is underway,” Tasmania Police said in a statement.
The premier, Mark McGowan, announced last week the state would delay plans to lift the hard border on 5 February, a decision that sparked anger among some residents but was also greeted with relief by others, including some homelessness advocates. More than 30 people, including SES volunteers, were involved in the search on Tuesday.
While WA avoided a crisis of Covid deaths, homelessness became a hot-button issue amid a spate of rough sleepers dying on the streets of Perth. Real-time data collected by Shelter WA says there are now about 500 people sleeping rough in Perth, and about 1,000 people experiencing homelessness overall. The crowds are now on the move at Sydney’s invasion day protest, marching down Elizabeth St.
Guardian Australia’s Blake Sharp-Wiggins is there, bring us all the updates.
Australians could be warming to the idea of changing the date of Australia Day to recognise Indigenous peoples, or keeping 26 January but establishing a separate day for that purpose, according to the Guardian Essential poll.
The latest survey of 1,028 voters finds 57% of respondents would either support changing the day or keeping the traditional date with another day to better acknowledge and respect the continuous occupation of First Nations people – which is a four-point shift from attitudes in 2021.
Australia Day is controversial because 26 January marks the day the first fleet arrived in Sydney cove in 1788 – beginning the process of Indigenous dispossession.
As well as evolving community attitudes about the date, the latest Guardian Essential poll suggests a shift in mindset about the current lived reality for Indigenous Australians.
You can read the full report below:You can read the full report below:
From the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in the capital: The ACT has recorded 896 new Covid cases.
Here are the latest Covid-19 numbers from around Australia today, as the country records at least 74 deaths from the virus:
Victoria
Deaths: 35
Cases: 13,507
Hospitalisations: 1,089 (with 113 in ICU)
NSW
Deaths: 29
Cases: 21,030
Hospitalisations: 2,794 (with 175 in ICU)
Queensland
Deaths: 9
Cases: 13,551
Hospitalisations: 889 (with 47 in ICU)
Tasmania
Deaths: 1
Cases: 712
Hospitalisations: 28 (with 2 in ICU)
Many Aboriginal activists say that 26 January is not a day to celebrate, but instead a day to start “paying the rent” – by supporting and donating to the needs of First Nations people.Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Greens senator Lidia Thorpe and First Nations author Veronica Gorrie about the history of this movement, and how to “pay the rent” this Invasion Day
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