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By Angus Thompson
Good afternoon, and thanks for following our coverage of the day’s major headlines. I’ll be taking over from my colleague Broede Carmody for the rest of the afternoon. If you’re just joining us, here’s a summary of what you need to know:
- NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s future is in doubt after the corruption watchdog announced it will investigate whether she breached public trust or encouraged the occurrence of corrupt conduct during her secret relationship with disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire. The Independent Commission Against Corruption on Friday issued a statement confirming it would hold a public inquiry from Monday, October 18.
- Australia is poised to reopen its international borders from November to again allow its citizens to come and go without seeking permission as states close in on key coronavirus vaccination targets. The federal government will today begin to issue international COVID-19 vaccination certificates and remains also in talks with other countries to work out which vaccines will be recognised in international travel bubble arrangements.
- NSW has recorded 864 new local COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths, the equal most deadly day in the state since the pandemic began. Victoria has recorded 1143 new, locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and three deaths. Queensland has avoided lockdown for another day, after three new local cases were reported.
- Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium has firmed as the location for the NRL grand final, with Townsville ruled out and a relocation to Sydney highly unlikely in the event of a postponement. The Australian Rugby League Commission was poised to meet on Friday had Queensland gone into lockdown, but that will no longer be necessary given just three new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the state overnight.
Moderna ‘blitz’ to hit Victorian state clinics
By Cassandra Morgan
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says there will be a Moderna vaccine “blitz” in state-run clinics from this weekend.
The state is receiving 88,000 doses of the vaccine on Sunday, which are being redirected from community pharmacies.
Mr Andrews said there would be a focus on making the vaccine available at clinics in Melbourne’s south east.
“There’ll be a number of sites, particularly with a focus on the south east, to get those Moderna vaccines into arms as quickly as possible,” the Premier said during Friday’s COVID-19 update.
“[It’s] another safe, effective vaccine against serious illness, and one that can be trusted, and one that people can come forward and use just as AstraZeneca and Pfizer play that same role.”
Deputy secretary for the state’s COVID response, Naomi Bromley, said some 100,000 doses of Moderna vaccines would be doled out in vaccine clinics from October 4 to October 10.
People between the ages of 12 and 59 would be able to walk up to certain state-run clinics and get a dose of the vaccine, with no bookings required.
The state-run clinics administering Moderna would include the Melton drive-through, the new vaccination site at La Trobe University, the former Ford factory at Geelong, the Royal Exhibition Centre sites in Melbourne, Sandown Racecourse and Frankston Community Hub.
A breakdown of Victoria’s new COVID-19 cases
By Cassandra Morgan
Victorian Department of Health deputy secretary Naomi Bromley has just provided a breakdown of some of the state’s 1143 new cases.
Here’s what we know so far:
- There are hundreds in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, including 243 in Hume, 83 in Whittlesea, 49 in Moreland, 21 in Darebin, and 24 in Yarra;
- In the west, cases in areas including 55 in Melton, 54 in Wyndham, 70 in Brimbank, 23 in Hobsons Bay, and 37 in the Moonee Valley;
- In the south east, there are 41 in Casey and 25 in Greater Dandenong;
- In the east, there are 11 in Knox and nine in the Yarra Ranges;
- Sixty-two in regional Victoria, including 12 in Mitchell (eight known close contacts), 12 in Shepparton (seven known contacts), and six in Moorabool.
Ms Bromley said Moorabool has a total of 32 active cases.
The local government area is heading into a seven-day snap lockdown from 11.59pm this evening.
Independent Commission Against Corruption announces investigation into NSW Premier
By Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s future is in doubt after the NSW corruption watchdog announced it will investigate whether she breached public trust or encouraged the occurrence of corrupt conduct during her secret relationship with disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption today issued a statement confirming it would hold a public inquiry from Monday, October 18.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.Credit:James Brickwood
Ms Berejiklian is expected to make a public statement this afternoon.
Read more here.
Construction operators to attest they’re up to CHO’s standards: Vic Treasurer
By Cassandra Morgan
We’ve had some more information come through on Victoria’s plans to reopen the building industry next week.
Prior to construction operators reopening on Tuesday, they will have to attest that they have implemented the Chief Health Officer’s directions through an online portal on the Service Victoria website.
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas stressed during today’s coronavirus update there would be zero tolerance for non-compliance when the industry opened back up.
He said authorities were “deadly serious” about people having to stick to the new safety regime.
“This new attestation process will make it clear what the responsibilities are of every operator and enable the site operator to satisfy themselves that they’re operating in a COVID-safe manner and [complying] with the additional requirements around vaccination,” Mr Pallas said.
Every worksite will have to have a designated, fully trained COVID marshall on site, Mr Pallas said.
Every worker on site will also have to carry an authorised worker permit and have at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Victoria’s construction industry to re-open on Tuesday
By Cassandra Morgan
Victorian Premier Dan Andrews has confirmed the state’s construction industry will re-open next Tuesday as planned.
Mr Andrews stressed, though, that the sector would only stay open “if all of us work together to be focused on safety”.
He said while the construction sector was varied, what united the workers, in his view, was their “genuine commitment to be safe, to be open, and to again be a driving force in the economic success that our state has enjoyed”.
Mr Andrews and Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan stressed the recent building industry shutdown was necessary because of breaches of compliance and spiking case numbers.
Ms Allan said there would be measures in place for employers to check each of their workers on site had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
She said there would also be new “best practice” guidelines for lunch rooms, although eating outside was preferable, and each site must be able to show they were complying with the Chief Health Officer’s directions.
Fully vaccinated workers will be able to move between regional Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne, as will single-dosed workers assigned to large-scale construction sites, as long as they abide by a testing regime.
There will also be density limits on construction sites (depending on their size and type). When Victoria hits 80 per cent of its population double-dosed, those density limits will be removed.
Ms Allan said construction site operators will be allowed back on site to prepare for the above changes.
Regional Victorian LGA to go back into lockdown
By Cassandra Morgan
Moorabool in regional Victoria will be placed back into a seven-day lockdown from 11.59pm this evening.
Premier Daniel Andrews announced the lockdown during Friday’s coronavirus update, and said it was informed by public health advice.
The local government area of Moorabool will have to abide by the same rules as other locked-down areas in the state, including Melbourne.
“These lockdowns have been effective in first, bringing us stability to case numbers and then driving those case numbers down,” Mr Andrews said.
“But on advice, and very careful analysis has been done of the number of cases in that local government area, it is unavoidable that a lockdown must be applied to that community.”
The LGA, situated northwest of Melbourne, is adjacent to the regional city of Ballarat and south of Daylesford. It is located about an hour’s drive from Melbourne.
COVID-19 vaccinations mandated for all Victorian authorised workers
By Cassandra Morgan
By Friday, October 15, every authorised worker in Victoria will need to have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine if they want to continue attending their workplace.
Premier Daniel Andrews announced the change at this morning’s health update and said the public health advice was in response to his state’s record number of cases yesterday (1438).
The authorised workers will need to have their second dose by November 26.
“This is about making sure that we go that extra mile to protect the road map to opening … [on October 26], or perhaps even a few days earlier, and to make sure that we can open ... and not have a health system overwhelmed with patients who are completely avoidable,” Mr Andrews said.
Mr Andrews said more than one million authorised workers in the state had already had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
He said the change would not affect workers in industries where vaccinations had already been mandated, like teaching and aged care.
Two men, one woman die with COVID-19 in Victoria
By Cassandra Morgan
As reported earlier, three people have died with COVID-19 in Victoria.
They were a man in his 80s from Hume, a woman in her 70s from Alphington and a man in his 70s from Moreland.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said at this morning’s health update that there are 396 people in local hospitals with COVID-19. Of those, 87 are in intensive care and 59 are on a ventilator.
Mr Andrews said that, as of Thursday, 74 per cent of the people in hospital had not received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, 21 per cent had been partially vaccinated and only five per cent were fully vaccinated.
“The key point here is that only a tiny number of people who become gravely ill have had a first and a second dose of any of the COVID-19 vaccines,” Mr Andrews said.
The Premier said more than 50 per cent of Victoria’s population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and 80.9 per cent have had at least one dose.
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