Summary
- Authorities are urging people to avoid attending planned Black Lives Matter protests nationwide this weekend because of the risk it will lead to the spread of coronavirus.
- Seven new coronavirus cases have been confirmed nationwide today - four in New South Wales and three in Victoria. No new cases have been recorded in Queensland.
- A primary school in Melbourne's north has been closed for deep cleaning after a prep student tested positive for coronavirus.
- The NSW government is urging caution over the June long weekend after the lifting of restrictions on intrastate travel.
- New Zealand finally has a date for when it will achieve its lofty goal of elimination of COVID-19: June 15.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison urges people not to attend Black Lives Matter protests this weekend because of coronavirus risks
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged people not to attend Black Lives Matter protests planned for throughout Australia this weekend because of the risks of coronavirus transmission.
"Our message is very clear - the health risks and the risks of people coming into close proximity are real, and Australians have worked incredibly hard in recent months and undergone great sacrifices to protect the health of the most vulnerable, and that has included our Indigenous communities," he said.
Prime Minister Scott MorrisonCredit:Alex Ellinghausen
Mr Morrison said one of the government's biggest worries at the start of the coronavirus outbreak was the potential impact on Indigenous communities.
"This isn't about people's ability to express themselves and engage in protest activity, we all respect that," he said.
But Mr Morrison urged protesters to find another way to express their views without putting their health and that of others at risk, along with "the great gains we have been able to make as a country in recent months".
"I encourage people not to attend for those reasons and those reasons only," he said.
Latest updates
Queensland venues can now open to more than 20 customers if they have COVID-safe plan
By Lydia Lynch
From midday today, Queensland restaurants, cafes, pubs and clubs can open to more than 20 customers.
Venues will be able to seat groups of up to 20 people in different dining areas if they have an approved COVID-safe plan.
For example, a pub could host 20 punters inside and another group in an outdoor beer garden.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she was “absolutely delighted” more Queenslanders would be able to share a beer with friends.
“We are expecting a bumper weekend,” she said. Nine COVID-safe industry plans have now been signed off including tourism, camping, fitness and field sports.
You can watch the press conference she is currently holding in the post below.
WATCH LIVE: Press conference with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
A press conference with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on easing restrictions has just got underway. Watch the video here:
She said there had been no new coronavirus cases had been confirmed in Queensland today.
'Indefensible': Senior NSW ministers angered over planned Sydney protest
By Tom Rabe
Senior NSW ministers are criticising their own government’s decision to allow thousands of protesters to take to Sydney’s streets as part of the global Black Lives Matter movement this weekend.
Less than 24 hours after Premier Gladys Berejiklian green-lighted Saturday’s planned protests, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the fact it was going ahead was “indefensible” and “ridiculous”.
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet.Credit:James Brickwood
“When people are making enormous sacrifices right now, I think situations like this and protests like this on the weekend clearly shouldn’t go ahead,” Mr Perrottet told 2GB on Friday morning.
“You can’t defend the indefensible, I think it’s ridiculous.”
Thousands of people are expected to take to Sydney’s Town Hall on Saturday as part of the Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of African American man George Floyd last month.
Primary school in Melbourne's north shuts after prep student tests positive for COVID-19
By Paul Sakkal
A primary school in Melbourne's north has closed after a student contracted COVID-19, one of three new cases recorded in the state overnight.
A prep student at Newbury Primary School in Craigieburn attended school last Friday, May 29, while they were infectious but asymptomatic. The child developed symptoms on the weekend and were kept home from school for the duration of this week.
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.Credit:Eddie Jim
Authorities do not know who the student contracted the virus from and Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said on Friday that there were hotspots of community transmission in the inner-north and western suburbs.
The school will be closed on Friday as the Victorian Health Department attempts to determine close contacts of the student. The school is being professionally cleaned and will reopen sometime next week.
The other two cases were returned travellers in hotel quarantine.
France cancels Bastille Day parade held since 1880
French troops won't march on the Champs-Elysees avenue on Bastille Day this year. The French presidency says the traditional military parade will be replaced with a Paris ceremony where health precautions will be observed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants Bastille Day to honour both the military and healthcare workers who have been on the front line of France's COVID-19 outbreak.
The presidency office says the July 14 ceremony will take place on the Place de la Concorde square and thousands of participants and guests will be requested to keep physical distance from each other.
Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations in 2018.Credit:AP
It will include the traditional fly-over by the French air force.
Authorities don't plan to open the celebration to the general public at the moment but will reassess the situation later.
France has had a Bastille Day parade since 1880.
Health authorities have reported at least 29,000 virus-related deaths in hospitals and nursing homes since France's first cases emerged.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison urges people not to attend Black Lives Matter protests this weekend because of coronavirus risks
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged people not to attend Black Lives Matter protests planned for throughout Australia this weekend because of the risks of coronavirus transmission.
"Our message is very clear - the health risks and the risks of people coming into close proximity are real, and Australians have worked incredibly hard in recent months and undergone great sacrifices to protect the health of the most vulnerable, and that has included our Indigenous communities," he said.
Prime Minister Scott MorrisonCredit:Alex Ellinghausen
Mr Morrison said one of the government's biggest worries at the start of the coronavirus outbreak was the potential impact on Indigenous communities.
"This isn't about people's ability to express themselves and engage in protest activity, we all respect that," he said.
But Mr Morrison urged protesters to find another way to express their views without putting their health and that of others at risk, along with "the great gains we have been able to make as a country in recent months".
"I encourage people not to attend for those reasons and those reasons only," he said.
Four new cases of coronavirus in New South Wales, all travellers in hotel quarantine
By Mary Ward
There have been four new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in NSW in the latest 24-hour reporting period, from 10,171 tests.
All of the new cases are travellers in hotel quarantine. The state's total number of cases since the start of the pandemic is now at 3110. There have been 2714 recoveries.
There are no COVID-19 patients in ICU in the state and 69 people are in hospital care.
Coronavirus 'exposing deep flaws' in Australia's medical device regulation
By Liam Mannix and Dana McCauley
The chaos of the COVID-19 crisis has exposed deep flaws in the way Australia regulates medical equipment, critics say.
Self-regulation for sellers of items including face masks has allowed "shonks" to exploit the system, some experts warn.
Items deemed 'low risk' by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, Australia's medicines watchdog, are generally regulated on a "trust-based" system, according to Monash University Associate Professor Ken Harvey.
Dr Ken Harvey is a leading critic of Australia's drug regulation system.Credit:Eddie Jim
WATCH: Press conference with Prime Minister Scott Morrison
A press conference with Prime Minister Scott Morrison on foreign investment rules has just started.
Note: the press conference has since concluded. Here is a video recording.
The Prime Minister's response to the planned Black Lives Matter protests and the coronavirus risks is at about the 19-minute mark.
'All our gains are put at risk': Sutton warns against Black Lives Matter protest
By Paul Sakkal
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says Saturday’s anti-racism protest has the potential to cause a spike in cases that risks the state’s pandemic response and warned police may issue fines to attendees.
Professor Sutton reiterated his advice to people to not attend the Black Lives Matter protest in the CBD, which about 20,000 have indicated their interest in attending.
“Clearly a protest breaks the public health directions,” he said.
"There is a risk that all the gains that have been made are put at risks by large gatherings… it takes a single individual who is infectious.”
“Now is not the time [to protest].”
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.Credit:Eddie Jim
Professor Sutton said police would be at the event and will use their discretion to fine people if necessary.
He said people who attend should practice physical distancing if possible, not share items, use hand sanitiser and wear masks. He acknowledged many of these things would not be practical.
Premier Daniel Andrews has also urged people to avoid attending the protest because of the risk it could lead to the spread of coronavirus.
"I'm not going to the protest, and I would suggest to other people they shouldn't go either," he said yesterday.
He said it was not safe to be out protesting: "let's not do anything on the weekend that compromises safety or spreads the virus".
"I understand the issue and how deeply held these views are and how sad people are about what has occurred overseas - and indeed what has occurred here in Australia - but let's not repeat the scenes out of the United States. That is not us, that is not our society and that is in no-one's interest," he said.
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