Australia news LIVE NSW records 145 new local COVID-19 cases Victoria lockdown likely to lift as state records 11 cases
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The live blog will be back early tomorrow morning. Until then, enjoy the Olympics with the enthusiasm of Dean Boxall.
The Andrews government will tighten border controls as the state prepares to exit its fifth lockdown while keeping strict public health rules in place.
With Victorians in NSW to be locked out for weeks, the public health team is focused on ensuring the thousands of workers who cross the border each day pose minimal risk of spawning another COVID-19 outbreak and further lockdowns.
A Victoria Police checkpoint at Chiltern on the Hume Highway earlier this month.Credit:Jason Robins
Other restrictions are expected to return to settings in force when Victoria emerged from its fourth lockdown in June, when schools reopened, home visits were still banned, hospitality businesses were limited to 100 patrons, masks were required inside and outdoors, and a 25-kilometre travel limit applied.
A government source, speaking anonymously to detail the plans, said the government would tighten the rules around border crossing for permitted workers and establish additional testing requirements in coming days. “It’s all about protecting [against] further incursions,†the source said.
The government’s senior ministers were meeting late on Monday to finalise rules for the expected easing of restrictions on Tuesday at 11.59pm. Any unexpected cases that were not in isolation for their infectious period could thwart the easing, which was already delayed by a week.
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Singapore: Just a few months ago, Taiwan was a global case study for success against the virus. The island had largely withstood the coronavirus and recorded fewer than a dozen deaths.
But after being hit by a shock surge, it is only now emerging from more than two months of partial lockdown as a “COVID-zero†cautionary tale.
People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus and pray outside Hsing Tian Kong Temple in Taipei, Taiwan.Credit:AP
As its toughest restrictions of the global health crisis are finally eased on Tuesday, Taiwan is reflecting on what went awry from mid-May, when its pandemic death toll exploded from 12 to 786, and what the road ahead looks like.
Complacency and inadequate planning by the government of Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, has been blamed for it losing control of the Alpha variant, which has largely been responsible for its worst outbreak.
At the core of that was a slow vaccination rollout not helped by late orders with manufacturers.
Even now, only 26 per cent of the population of 23.5 million have received at least one dose of a vaccine and just 230,000 people or 1 per cent have been fully inoculated.
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After NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine would be available on a walk-in basis at some sites earlier today, Western Sydney Local Health District has posted a list of locations. There will be five pop-up AstraZeneca clinics, all located within Cumberland Council:
Vaccinations will only be available to members of the local community aged 40 years and older.
A nurse prepares a syringe with doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine.Credit:Getty
“A GP referral is not required but if you have spoken to your normal GP about getting AstraZeneca please bring a letter from them,†the website reads.
“The AstraZeneca vaccine may be a suitable option for anyone aged 40-59 who is unable to obtain an appointment for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.â€
NSW Health has provided details of new exposure sites visited by people who had COVID-19. They are listed alphabetically by suburb below.
Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed is a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days:
There are also dozens of casual contact sites, including many on the Central Coast.
This post would be way too long if we included them all, so you can view them here.
Two people from western Sydney have died today after contracting COVID-19.
A woman in her 80s died at home in Pendle Hill this afternoon and a man in his 80s died at Campbelltown Hospital this morning, NSW Health said in a statement.
The deaths bring the number of deaths associated with Sydney’s current outbreak to 10, after a woman in her 30s from Sydney’s CBD and a woman in her 70s from the city’s south-west died early on Sunday morning.
There have been 66 COVID-19 deaths in NSW since the start of the pandemic.
Last weekend, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation changed its advice to the people of Greater Sydney, telling them to “strongly consider†having the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, no matter what their age.
What does that mean exactly? When “strongly considering†AstraZeneca, who are you supposed to listen to?
Science reporter Liam Mannix, who had his first AstraZeneca shot last week after carefully weighing up the evidence, joins Tory Maguire on this episode of Please Explain to discuss.
The NSW Supreme Court may conduct some trials in the state without a jury in order to allow them to proceed during the coronavirus pandemic while minimising the number of people in court.
In a statement on Monday afternoon, the court said it was “continuing to respond to the pandemic and new COVID restrictions by changing the way the court operates during the lockdownâ€.
Sydney’s lockdown is affecting the justice system.Credit:Daniel Munoz
NSW recorded 145 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 on Monday, 76 of which were in the community for at least part of their infectious period. A lockdown in Greater Sydney, now in its fifth week, is unlikely to end soon.
Civil matters including trials would continue to be heard via audiovisual link and no new jury trials would commence, the court said.
“Trials that have been listed for August will be moved to later in the month. If the lockdown continues, they will be re-listed for early next year,†the court said.
“Although there are no judge alone trials currently listed in August, the Supreme Court is offering parties the opportunity to be heard by judge alone if they consent to do so.
“Judges who were due to preside over criminal trials in August will be able to conduct more bail hearings and shorter proceedings, as well as civil matters, during this period.â€
Chief Justice Bathurst thanked the judges and court staff, lawyers and parties for working collaboratively during the pandemic.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has threatened to turn away ships in a message to companies using Indonesian ports to sharpen up their COVID-19 protocols, despite the state being reliant on ships for exports and imports and the fact maritime issues come under Commonwealth jurisdiction.
The comments came as the government grappled with yet another bulk carrier off WA shores suspected of having several COVID-infected seafarers on board, including one who is very ill.
MV Darya Krishna. Credit:Jack Ronalds / Marine Traffic
Chinese bulk carrier MV Darya Krishna was due to dock at Fremantle Port on Monday morning to allow for three crew members to be evacuated.
A WA Health statement said the seafarers required urgent medical assistance and would be transferred to Fiona Stanley Hospital by St John Ambulance under COVID-19 protocols.
The remaining 17 people on board will also be tested with about one-third of the crew experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.
It’s the fourth ship out of COVID-stricken Indonesia in recent weeks to report positive cases on board, according to Mr McGowan, who vented his frustration and claimed companies were letting crew off ships at Indonesian ports.
The state has no control over maritime issues, which is managed by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, but Mr McGowan said WA would turn ships away if it could.
Maritime Industry Australia chief executive Teresa Lloyd rejected Mr McGowan’s claim that crew had been allowed to leave the ship and enter Indonesia, and said the virus was more likely getting on board through crew changes.
Ms Lloyd said: “WA is utterly reliant on ships coming here to move our cargo.
“The last time I looked we have a lot of AstraZeneca [vaccines] that no one wants ... we are calling on the Commonwealth to help our neighbours to help them with vaccination.â€
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Federal Labor has formally dumped its contentious negative gearing policy and officially dropped its opposition to the federal government’s stage-three tax cuts for high-income earners.
Anthony Albanese’s shadow cabinet agreed to the position after more than 18 months of fierce internal debate, the outcome of which is likely to be controversial within the party’s membership base. Labor’s caucus formally endorsed the position on a Monday morning teleconference.
Federal Labor dumped several contentious economic policies at a meeting on Monday.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
The opposition went to both the 2016 and 2019 elections promising to halve the 50 per cent capital gains tax deduction and limit negative gearing to new properties only, attracting fierce resistance from the government and the property and construction industries.
The policy was highlighted in a review of the ALP election loss as exposing the opposition to a Coalition attack that it would risk the budget, the economy and the jobs of economically insecure, low-income workers.
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