Australia news LIVE Victoria records 221 new local COVID-19 cases as infections rise in NSW ACT Daniel Andrews lashes federal governments Pfizer vaccine allocation
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr Marianne Gale are due to provide a coronavirus update from 11am AEST.
Watch live below.
Queensland has again recorded no new COVID cases in the community or hotel quarantine, with just 17 active cases across the state.
Queensland Health also delivered a record number of vaccinations yesterday, with 23,012 jabs in arms.
The Beenleigh cluster, sparked after a Logan truck driver passed the virus to a 4-year-old girl and her mother, remains at three people.
As a result, Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said restrictions on visitors to hospitals, aged care and disability facilities in the Logan area would lift immediately.
Meanwhile, Ms D’Ath has categorically rejected media reports Queensland diggers sent to rescue refugees in Afghanistan have been stranded overseas due to delays approving hotel quarantine, accusing the federal government of playing “cheap politicsâ€.
Ms D’Ath said she had tried to call Defence Minister Peter Dutton, but was not able to get through, and sent him a text.
Six people have been fined for gathering illegally in Melbourne’s south east on Tuesday, with police calling on those who are yet to be identified to come forward.
Assistant Commissioner Russell Barrett of the southern metro region said police believe between 20 and 30 people were in attendance at the Ripponlea synagogue, far less than the 100 initially reported.
“Come forward, identify yourself,†he said. “I’m appalled.â€
Police patrolling the streets of Ripponlea, in Melbourne’s south east. Credit:Darrian Traynor
He said police would investigate the alleged assault of a news cameraman.
Police would remain onsite for the remainder of Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and Mr Barrett said most people had observed the celebration respectfully.
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria expressed strong disappointment and condemned the actions of a small group of people.
“The actions of a few do not represent the vast majority of our community who have celebrated Rosh Hashanah at home only with the people with whom they live, and just like the wider community, continue to follow the rules,†a spokesperson said in a statement.
The spokesperson said the council and other organisations had gone to great lengths to inform the community and encourage them to follow the rules and celebrate at home.
Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath is due to provide a coronavirus update from 10am AEST.
Watch live below.
And in Victoria, police are due to hold a press conference around the same time.
It comes after an illegal gathering in Melbourne’s south east yesterday.
For NSW readers, stay tuned for Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s regular coronavirus update from11am AEST.
Hospitals in Sydney’s outbreak hotspots are opening new COVID-19 wards and scaling back some specialties this week as the state’s system prepares to care for nearly 3500 patients at once by the end of October.
However, those on the ground have expressed concern about how they will manage, with the peak body representing medical staff calling for more details to be released about how hospitals will return to normal after the peak.
Campbelltown Hospital has told staff it will have six COVID wards by the end of the week.Credit:Wolter Peeters
A NSW Health spokesperson said healthcare workers had been moved from elsewhere to assist in hotspot areas since the start of the latest outbreak without compromising patient care.
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Australian of the Year Grace Tame is launching a campaign to get all governments across Australia to adopt the same definitions of consent, grooming, the age of a child, and sexual intercourse.
Ms Tame, an advocate for survivors of sexual assault, intends to lobby all attorneys-general for nationally consistent definitions across a range of laws.
Grace Tame will campaign for all jurisdictions to adopt uniform definitions of consent and grooming.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
“Currently we have nine jurisdictions with nine very different definitions of consent … we have nine different definitions of the age of consent to sex, and we have nine different definitions of sexual intercourse itself,†Ms Tame told the national women’s safety summit.
Read the full story here.
Victoria’s daily coronavirus numbers are in.
The state has recorded 221 new, locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and zero in hotel quarantine.
That figure is down from yesterday’s tally of 246 local cases.
The Department of Health says that of today’s 221 new cases, 98 are linked to known outbreaks. That means there are, at this stage, 123 mystery cases.
Authorities have not yet said how many people were isolating for their entire infectious period. We’re expecting to learn more at this morning’s press conference.
There are now 1920 active cases of COVID-19 across the state.
Today’s numbers are off the back of yesterday’s 42,429 coronavirus tests.
A cameraman filming an illegal gathering at a synagogue in Melbourne’s south east has been in hospital with a concussion after he says he was assaulted by a man on Tuesday night.
An all day stand-off between worshippers and police ended after 8pm last night when a group of people gathering to mark Jewish New Year were fined. Police had been in the area since about 4.30am yesterday.
During the afternoon, a few people gathered near the entrance and at times confronted police and media.
A cameraman filming the scene said he was assaulted by a man with a blow to the head and had been in the Alfred Hospital with concussion.
The cameraman told this masthead the alleged perpetrator was one of those standing outside the place of worship, rather than one of the people leaving the synagogue.
Victoria Police said late on Tuesday evening that they had spoken to several people who attended the Ripponlea address, and all of them â€" except for some children â€" would be fined $5452.
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Universities and HSC bosses are at odds over the timing of HSC results, with the authority in charge of exams pushing for them to be released at the end of January while universities say they cannot stretch their deadline for ATARs beyond the middle of the month.
The Higher School Certificate exams, which have run every year since 1967, have been delayed until November 9 on health advice, but increasingly stressed students are still waiting on the timetable and a decision on whether all subjects will be examined.
Universities and HSC authorities are at odds over when results should be released.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
The NSW Education Standards Authority’s COVID-19 response committee this week recommended to the government that all written HSC examinations be held this year, multiple sources confirmed to this masthead on the condition of anonymity.
Crisis cabinet is expected to consider the timetable and timing of results later today.
More on this year’s HSC exams and what that means for universities here.
Federal Labor MP Josh Burns, whose electorate of Macnamara encompasses the suburb where there was an illegal gathering at a Melbourne synagogue last night, has just appeared on ABC News Breakfast.
The MP stressed the overwhelming majority of Melbourne’s Jewish community are doing the right thing.
“It’s really disappointing to see people ignoring the public health rules,†he said. “We are all equal before the law.â€
The Labor politician was also asked about the PM’s recent trip to and from Canberra to see his family in Sydney, despite the ACT being in lockdown until at least the end of this month.
“Of course the Prime Minister wants to see his family,†he replied.
“But I think what is a little bit unusual about this scenario [is] the Prime Minister on a number of occasions has been not very transparent with his travel arrangements.
“His office tried to hide the fact he went to Hawaii during the bushfires, and then they were a bit coy about the fact he went on a pub tour to see some family history [in the UK]. He didn’t mention the fact he flew back to Sydney on his [recent] Facebook post about being with his family on Father’s Day.
“No one begrudges the Prime Minister for wanting to be with his family. But Australians can expect the Prime Minister to be open and transparent about his movements and to be open and transparent with the Australian people.â€
The PM’s flight from NSW to Canberra was approved by the ACT’s Chief Health Officer because the ACT government considers federal politicians to be essential workers.
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