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| Australia live news updates: NSW reports 13 Covid deaths and Victoria three; Tehan to sign trade pact with India; NSW to be lashed by wild winds | |
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| Follow the latest news live | Follow the latest news live |
| Some more on the refugees who have been released. AAP reports 20 refugees were released from detention on Friday night, including ten from Melbourne’s Park Hotel: | |
| The home affairs department has declined to confirm the reports. | |
| Thirteen people have died in New South Wales, where 331 historical deaths were added to the statistics yesterday. | |
| 1,302 people have been hospitalised and 47 are in intensive care. NSW recorded 20,389 new Covid cases. | |
| Victoria has reported three new Covid-related deaths and 306 people have been hospitalised, with 15 in intensive care. The state recorded 9,149 new Covid cases. | |
| Labor leader Anthony Albanese is also out and about today. He’ll hold a doorstop around 11.15am, and launch the campaign for Dobell at 12.30. | |
| Prime minister Scott Morrison will stick his head up shortly after 10am for that trade announcement. | |
| Daniel Hurst has all the details: | |
| I mentioned that Bureau of Meteorology modelling on the Lismore floods below, but do have a look at the images, and the details from Donna Lu, Tamsin Rose and Christine Tondorf: | I mentioned that Bureau of Meteorology modelling on the Lismore floods below, but do have a look at the images, and the details from Donna Lu, Tamsin Rose and Christine Tondorf: |
| From Monday, older and vulnerable Australians will be eligible for their second Covid booster, sort of, AAP reports. | From Monday, older and vulnerable Australians will be eligible for their second Covid booster, sort of, AAP reports. |
| Less than 5% will actually be able to get it because, while it’s recommended they do, they have to wait four months after the first booster. | Less than 5% will actually be able to get it because, while it’s recommended they do, they have to wait four months after the first booster. |
| So delays at any stage of getting the jab just keep rippling through. | So delays at any stage of getting the jab just keep rippling through. |
| Here’s Katharine Murphy, with her usual crisp clarity, taking a look at the sturm und drang of that last week in parliament: | Here’s Katharine Murphy, with her usual crisp clarity, taking a look at the sturm und drang of that last week in parliament: |
| We’ll get those latest Covid statistics throughout the day. They’re still high, despite this sense that we’re emerging from the worst of this dratted pandemic. And it’s not just here in Australia: | We’ll get those latest Covid statistics throughout the day. They’re still high, despite this sense that we’re emerging from the worst of this dratted pandemic. And it’s not just here in Australia: |
| Good morning! Tory Shepherd here, only just emerging from a budget week-induced haze. | Good morning! Tory Shepherd here, only just emerging from a budget week-induced haze. |
| Speaking of which – the budget fallout continues, as does the fallout from Labor’s budget reply. And the fallout from the floods. And more. There’s a lot of falling out, I’ll bring you whatever lands today as it happens. | Speaking of which – the budget fallout continues, as does the fallout from Labor’s budget reply. And the fallout from the floods. And more. There’s a lot of falling out, I’ll bring you whatever lands today as it happens. |
| An interim free trade deal will be signed today between Australia and India after years of negotiations between the two nations. Tidying up loose ends before an election is called, perhaps? (There was speculation it would be called this weekend, but next week is now the more likely bet). | An interim free trade deal will be signed today between Australia and India after years of negotiations between the two nations. Tidying up loose ends before an election is called, perhaps? (There was speculation it would be called this weekend, but next week is now the more likely bet). |
| The deal will see tariffs eliminated on more than 85% of Australian goods exported to India, currently worth more than $12bn a year. Meanwhile, 96% of Indian goods entering Australia will be duty-free. | The deal will see tariffs eliminated on more than 85% of Australian goods exported to India, currently worth more than $12bn a year. Meanwhile, 96% of Indian goods entering Australia will be duty-free. |
| The deal will be signed by the trade minister, Dan Tehan, and his Indian counterpart, Piyush Goyal, in a virtual ceremony today. India is Australia’s seventh-largest trade partner, but attempts to diversify trade have taken on extra urgency given the increasingly rocky relationship with top-trading partner China. | The deal will be signed by the trade minister, Dan Tehan, and his Indian counterpart, Piyush Goyal, in a virtual ceremony today. India is Australia’s seventh-largest trade partner, but attempts to diversify trade have taken on extra urgency given the increasingly rocky relationship with top-trading partner China. |
| The interim trade deal is three months later than the original deadline, suggesting there were several sticking points in the negotiations, and the full text has yet to be released. | The interim trade deal is three months later than the original deadline, suggesting there were several sticking points in the negotiations, and the full text has yet to be released. |
| In other news, two of the Bureau of Meteorology’s highest-resolution forecasting models showed the dangerous storm that flooded Lismore this week returning to the area, at the same time as relieved residents were heading home after an evacuation order was lifted. | In other news, two of the Bureau of Meteorology’s highest-resolution forecasting models showed the dangerous storm that flooded Lismore this week returning to the area, at the same time as relieved residents were heading home after an evacuation order was lifted. |
| The Bom has issued weather warnings for damaging winds affecting southern and central parts of New South Wales today, along with hazardous surf and abnormally high tides, as residents in the north rebuild again as flood levels recede. | The Bom has issued weather warnings for damaging winds affecting southern and central parts of New South Wales today, along with hazardous surf and abnormally high tides, as residents in the north rebuild again as flood levels recede. |
| The Liberal senator and assistant minister Amanda Stoker charged taxpayers $2,600 for “personal travel” with her family through the Whitsunday region in the weeks before Christmas 2020, documents seen by Guardian Australia show. | The Liberal senator and assistant minister Amanda Stoker charged taxpayers $2,600 for “personal travel” with her family through the Whitsunday region in the weeks before Christmas 2020, documents seen by Guardian Australia show. |
| And another 20 refugees have been released from Australian immigration detention facilities, advocates say. The refugees were reportedly released on Friday night from centres in Victoria, NSW, and Queensland. | And another 20 refugees have been released from Australian immigration detention facilities, advocates say. The refugees were reportedly released on Friday night from centres in Victoria, NSW, and Queensland. |
| Advocates say 10 people staying at Melbourne’s Park Hotel were among those released. The home affairs department has declined to confirm the reports. | Advocates say 10 people staying at Melbourne’s Park Hotel were among those released. The home affairs department has declined to confirm the reports. |
| We will also have all the latest Covid news. There were at least 16 Covid-related deaths across Australia reported yesterday, including a child younger than five in South Australia. | We will also have all the latest Covid news. There were at least 16 Covid-related deaths across Australia reported yesterday, including a child younger than five in South Australia. |
| And it’s the end of daylight saving tonight in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT and SA – have your curtains faded? How do you feel about daylight saving? | And it’s the end of daylight saving tonight in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT and SA – have your curtains faded? How do you feel about daylight saving? |
| OK, let’s crack on. | OK, let’s crack on. |