Billionaire Kerry Stokes and his wife Christine Simpson Stokes have made a surprise visit to Canberra to commemorate Anzac Day at the Australian War Memorial after the WA government granted them exemptions from hotel quarantine on medical grounds.
The couple finished their 14-day self-isolation at their riverside Perth mansion on Wednesday after returning from the United States by private jet on April 8.
Chair of the Australian War Memorial Kerry Stokes and Christine Simpson Stokes lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier in Canberra on Saturday morning.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Mr and Mrs Stokes flew to Canberra on Friday and will travel on to Sydney despite Western Australia's strict "hard border" closures that mean they will not be able to return to the state without the government granting more exemptions to its travel rules.
The pair attended the Anzac Day service where they laid a wreath along with Governor General David Hurley and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Mr Stokes is the chairman of the Australian War Memorial Council.
G'day everyone. It's Roy Ward here taking over the blog for the remainder of today and tonight!
Great work from Rachael Dexter to get us to the afternoon and we still have plenty more news to come as this very unique Anzac Day continues and the nation moves through another day of this pandemic.
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Paul and Maria Hanson and their children Tom and Jack observe a minute silence in their driveway in Melbourne.Credit:Getty Images
Two more COVID-19 cases in Queensland have been confirmed in the past 24 hours, raising the revised state's total to 1026.
Of those 1026, Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said 964 of the confirmed patients had recently travelled overseas or had close contact with a confirmed case, such as their partner or flatmate.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk thanked Queenslanders for responding to restrictions and helping to flatten the curve.
Queensland's Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is happy with the low case numbers returning.Credit:AAP
"None of this is easy - but it’s worth it. It’s working," she said.
A total of 97,057 tests for COVID-19 has been undertaken in Queensland, with 2,093 tests undertaken in the previous 24 hours.
Meanwhile, Queensland Health continues to contact trace flight VA341 from Melbourne to Brisbane on April 20 after a passenger on the flight tested positive to COVID-19.
"We ask that passengers seated in rows 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of this flight, who have not already been contacted by Queensland Health call 13 HEALTH and advise that you were a passenger on this flight," a Queensland Health spokeswoman said.
Ms van Diemen said health authorities were concerned that people had begun to be complacent and disobey social distancing restrictions.
Responding to a question about increasing business in Melbourne's public spaces, she responded: “This is a concern, and I would reiterate to people this is not over.”
“We are in an enviable position, in fact we are the envy of the rest of the world," she said.
"The directions stay the same and the advice stays the same: please stay at home unless you absolutely have to.”
Three new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Victoria over the past 24 hours, taking the state’s total to 1346.
No patients died over the past day and the state’s death toll remains at 16.
One of the new cases is linked to the Melbourne psychiatric facility at the centre of a cluster. There are now 15 cases linked to the cluster. The other two new cases remain under investigation and they do not yet have a known link to another infected person.
Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer, Dr Annaliese van Diemen said the figures were positive and continued the positive trajectory.
“Our trajectory remains downward and the numbers are staying low, which is great,” she said.
There are 24 people in hospital including 11 in intensive care, the same amount as yesterday.
About 1250 people have recovered and more than 98,000 tests have been completed, 2000 more than yesterday.
Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer, Dr Annaliese van Diemen, is giving an update on coronavirus developments in the state from the Department of Health and Human Services.
We're just about to bring you a live press conference with Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer, Dr Annaliese van Diemen.
In case you missed it, from David Crowe:
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the 1.5 metre social distancing rules don't apply in classrooms.Credit:Shutterstock
The nation's peak health advisers have backed a return to teaching in school classrooms as new figures reveal only seven active cases of the COVID-19 virus among children and teenagers across NSW and Victoria.
The new guidance confirms teachers and students will not need to stay more than 1.5 metres away from each other in the classroom, pushing back against union demands for continued online learning at home.
While state governments are at odds over when to bring all students back to school, the state and federal chief medical officers issued updated advice to assure parents the classrooms could be kept safe.
To round out the beautiful imagery we've had coming in all morning from Anzac day services across the country, I'll leave you with this video from Margaret Gordon in Melbourne's north east.
You can view a gallery of how the rest of Melbourne marked the occasion here.
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