In this morning’s meeting there is wide acceptance, in particular from the prime minister, that Western Australia is different. And we don’t have large numbers of cases. In fact, we have one case today. NSW had 11,000. So we are in a very, very different position to the other states. Which is why our testing, … Read more
We need to reconnect with Queenslanders, we didn’t do well enough in the last election. When I was locked out of Sydney because of restrictions, I spent a long time in Queensland, I did a couple of road trips up and down the coast. I visited every small place that there was in between Rockhampton … Read more
11.08pm BST23:08 So, NSW Environment minister Matt Kean was on RN Breakfast this morning, discussing the state Coalition’s announcement that they will halve the state’s emissions by 2030. But Kean also blasted federal National Matt Canavan, who said coal prices were at record levels, which he though should kickstart mining expansion. Kean was not having … Read more
We worked with Australia to create a partnership and an alliance, for 50 years. At the same time in the making, there was a complete other project that we discovered, thanks to the press, one hour before and imagine our anger, we felt … We were not speaking about potatoes and tomatoes, we’re speaking about … Read more
If we’d had our vaccination rates up, with the number of cases now, you wouldn’t be seeing so many people end up in hospital. But because we started off a couple of months ago when the outbreak started, with a very low rate of vaccination, it meant that subsequently people who got the disease and … Read more
Victorian clinics to offer AstraZeneca to under 40s as state records 11 cases; Gladys Berejiklian says vaccine rollout ‘is a race’ as NSW records 262 cases and one death; Queensland records nine new cases, with lockdown to end for 11 LGAs today. Follow live NSW; Vic; and Qld hotspots NSW; Vic; and Qld restrictions; borders … Read more
The 300 ADF troops will reinforce the efforts of police, patrolling and door-knocking to ensure people are complying with coronavirus restrictions. Follow latest updates NSW reports 239 new cases and seven ICU patients in their 20s NSW restrictions; NSW hotspots; Qld Covid hotspots; Qld restrictions Vaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our … Read more
We have been working with Pfizer now for quite some period of time to bring forward our supplies and I commend minister Hunt and Professor Murphy and Lieutenant General Freun for the great job net going those supplies brought forward. That means we’ve gone from 1.7 million in June, 2.8 million this month and we … Read more
10.57pm BST22:57 South Australia will consider scrapping some Covid-19 border restrictions as the risk posed by virus outbreaks in other states begins to ease. The state’s transition committee will meet on Thursday to consider the border rules imposed after local virus cases emerged in NSW, Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, reports Tim Dornin … Read more
12.28am BST00:28 A man has died and a pilot is in a critical condition after a light aircraft crash in the NSW Hunter Valley. The recreational light aircraft crashed at Goorangoola, near Singleton, after 1pm on Sunday. A 40-year-old man, who was a passenger, died at the scene. The 46-year-old pilot was airlifted to Royal … Read more