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Coronavirus Australia live updates: Scott Morrison about to give a Covid-19 update – latest news | |
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Sydney aged care home reports 13th coronavirus-related death as three more residents test positive. Follow live | Sydney aged care home reports 13th coronavirus-related death as three more residents test positive. Follow live |
Morrison says that 1.5 million Australians are now on jobseeker and 900,000 claims have been processed in six weeks. | |
Scott Morrison says Australia has had “some real success on the health front” in dealing with Covid-19. There are about 1,000 active cases in Australia at the moment. | |
But the coronavirus is “not the only curve we need to flatten”. He says we need to restart the economy, and get businesses open. | |
The prime minister has just started speaking in Canberra, joined by the ministers for aged care and sport. | |
The national cabinet meeting was due to discuss a possible code of conduct for aged care homes responding to coronavirus, linked in part to the situation at Newmarch House in western Sydney. | |
The meeting will also have considered advice from the AHPPC on reopening sport and recreation activities. | |
Scott Morrison’s office has just issued an alert saying he will address the media at 2pm following the national cabinet meeting today. | |
We understand national cabinet has been discussing the possible easing of baseline restrictions, and the meeting ran longer than usual, so this could be quite an interesting update. | |
The Western Australian premier, Mark McGowan, is due to give an update at 2pm Perth time today, which is 4pm on the east coast. | |
So, working backwards, we can expect an update from the prime minister on today’s national cabinet meeting some time between now and 4pm. | |
I’m going to leave you for the day. Thanks for reading. Calla Wahlquist will take over from here. | I’m going to leave you for the day. Thanks for reading. Calla Wahlquist will take over from here. |
A teenage girl has been charged after allegedly spitting in a Sydney railway station staffer’s face and saying “I have Covid” before the man and his co-worker were allegedly punched by her friend. | A teenage girl has been charged after allegedly spitting in a Sydney railway station staffer’s face and saying “I have Covid” before the man and his co-worker were allegedly punched by her friend. |
The 17-year-old girl tried to enter the Blacktown station on 23 April while smoking a cigarette before a male staffer approached to say smoking wasn’t allowed, NSW police said in a statement on Friday, according to AAP. | The 17-year-old girl tried to enter the Blacktown station on 23 April while smoking a cigarette before a male staffer approached to say smoking wasn’t allowed, NSW police said in a statement on Friday, according to AAP. |
She allegedly spat on the 56-year-old man’s face and said: “I have Covid.” | She allegedly spat on the 56-year-old man’s face and said: “I have Covid.” |
A 16-year-old teenage boy, who is known to the girl, then ran over and coughed and spat in the staff member’s face, police said. | A 16-year-old teenage boy, who is known to the girl, then ran over and coughed and spat in the staff member’s face, police said. |
A 53-year-old female Sydney Trains employee intervened and was allegedly punched in the head. | A 53-year-old female Sydney Trains employee intervened and was allegedly punched in the head. |
The two teenagers then fled the scene, police said. | The two teenagers then fled the scene, police said. |
They were arrested at a home in Pendle Hill on Thursday and the girl was charged with smoking in a public area and not complying with a Covid-19 direction on spitting and coughing. | They were arrested at a home in Pendle Hill on Thursday and the girl was charged with smoking in a public area and not complying with a Covid-19 direction on spitting and coughing. |
The boy was charged with two counts of common assault and not complying with the Covid-19 direction on spitting and coughing. | The boy was charged with two counts of common assault and not complying with the Covid-19 direction on spitting and coughing. |
They were both granted bail to appear at a children’s court on 14 July. | They were both granted bail to appear at a children’s court on 14 July. |
Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson has issued a statement while national cabinet is on. | Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson has issued a statement while national cabinet is on. |
She said: | She said: |
Jackson said a “nationally consistent approach to this challenge is vital”. | Jackson said a “nationally consistent approach to this challenge is vital”. |
Ratings agency S&P has downgraded stricken airline Virgin to D, the lowest grade possible, after the company’s administrators got payments on its planes frozen for a month and applied for protection from its US creditors. | Ratings agency S&P has downgraded stricken airline Virgin to D, the lowest grade possible, after the company’s administrators got payments on its planes frozen for a month and applied for protection from its US creditors. |
As Guardian Australia reported, the administrators – partners at Deloitte – have asked a court in the US to protect them from claims there by American creditors owed billions of dollars and prevent four planes that are being repaired in Nashville from being seized. D – for default – is the lowest credit rating S&P can hand out. | As Guardian Australia reported, the administrators – partners at Deloitte – have asked a court in the US to protect them from claims there by American creditors owed billions of dollars and prevent four planes that are being repaired in Nashville from being seized. D – for default – is the lowest credit rating S&P can hand out. |
The agency said in a note: | The agency said in a note: |
As Guardian Australia has reported, unsecured lenders who took a punt on Virgin in return for high interest rates are likely to take a hefty haircut. Estimates of what they’ll get vary from a pessimistic 7c in the dollar to a rather optimistic 65c. | As Guardian Australia has reported, unsecured lenders who took a punt on Virgin in return for high interest rates are likely to take a hefty haircut. Estimates of what they’ll get vary from a pessimistic 7c in the dollar to a rather optimistic 65c. |
Well done, Canberra. | Well done, Canberra. |
Taiwan has been widely praised for its response to Covid-19 but is locked out of World Health Organisation discussions about the pandemic. | Taiwan has been widely praised for its response to Covid-19 but is locked out of World Health Organisation discussions about the pandemic. |
Australia’s decision to support the island being granted observer status comes amid an already strained relationship with China over the Morrison government’s call for an inquiry into the cause of the virus. | Australia’s decision to support the island being granted observer status comes amid an already strained relationship with China over the Morrison government’s call for an inquiry into the cause of the virus. |
The government is yet to announce the Warriors have been granted an exemption, although clearly someone is briefing that it is going to happen. | The government is yet to announce the Warriors have been granted an exemption, although clearly someone is briefing that it is going to happen. |
No doubt it will raise eyebrows among others who have been denied entry. | No doubt it will raise eyebrows among others who have been denied entry. |