Australia news LIVE Victoria records 1471 new local COVID-19 cases four deaths NSW records 135 new cases four deaths as regular international travel resumes in Sydney and Melbourne
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A man in his 60s who acquired COVID-19 at a north-west Sydney jail is among the state’s four virus deaths reported today.
The man caught the virus at Parklea Correctional Centre. He was not vaccinated and had underlying health conditions.
According to NSW Health’s weekly COVID-19 surveillance report, in the first four months of the state’s outbreak only 19 of the 458 virus cases recorded in correctional settings were fully vaccinated (4.1 per cent).
An additional 47 cases (10.3 per cent) were partially vaccinated.
Two additional deaths were reported at Albury’s Mercy Place aged care facility today, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths at the centre to five. The two residents, a man in his 70s and a woman aged 101, were fully vaccinated and had underlying health conditions.
Twenty- nine residents and six staff at Mercy Place have tested positive to COVID-19, according to federal government data released on Friday.
The fourth COVID-19 death reported in NSW today was an unvaccinated woman in her 60s who died at Prince of Wales Hospital, in Sydney’s east. She had underlying health conditions, NSW Health said.
WA Premier Mark McGowan is due to address the media shortly.
He is expected to provide a vaccination update.
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Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says he thinks France and Australia can get over the cancellation of the $90 billion submarine contract and move on in time.
Asked about President Emmanuel Macron’s comments that Prime Minister Scott Morrison had lied, Mr Joyce told reporters in Moree that “there were stories that have been floating around the paper long before†the deal was cancelled and Australia switched to a nuclear option in partnership with the US and UK.
“We didn’t steal an island. We didn’t deface the Eiffel Tower. It was a contract,†he said.
“And contracts have terms and conditions and one of those terms and conditions and propositions is that you might get out of the contract. We got out of that contract.
“I hope that President Macron understands that, ultimately, Australia and France have got so much more in common and so much into the future than a contract which is now in the past.â€
Asked if the affair could have been handled better, he said: “With hindsight â€" you know, tomorrow the Melbourne Cup’s on. If only I could put a bet on last year’s one, geez, I could make some money.â€
Victorian TAFE students will return to face-to-face learning from today, putting an end to 19 months of disruptions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.
TAFE campuses and other adult education facilities will reopen their doors to the fully vaccinated in line with government health advice.
About 55,700 students are expected to graduate from their course this year, following a 25 per cent increase in enrolments among unemployed, Indigenous, and culturally and linguistically diverse Victorians during the pandemic.
Also represented in the uptick were women and people with a disability.
“Our TAFE and training system has continued delivering high-quality learning opportunities to Victorians despite the challenges of the pandemic â€" it is truly world-class,†Training and Skills Minister Gayle Tierney said.
“Victorians have done an incredible job throughout the pandemic and I’m excited to start seeing campuses roar back to life as students return across the state.â€
Annual house value growth in Sydney has topped 30 per cent while Canberra has become the second most expensive capital in the country for a house as signs emerge the nation’s runaway property market may be starting to cool.
Data from CoreLogic today showed dwelling values nationally lifted by another 1.5 per cent in October to be up by 4.6 per cent over the quarter and by 21.6 per cent over the past 12 months.
The median value of a Sydney house has climbed by more than 30 per cent over the past year, but there are signs the market may be about to cool.
In Sydney, house values increased by 1.6 per cent, with the median value now at a record $1.33 million. Over the past 12 months, Sydney’s median house value has climbed by 30.4 per cent.
Melbourne values lifted by 1 per cent with the median value at an all-time high of $972,659, a lift of 19.5 per cent over the past year.
But the median value of a house in Canberra climbed by 1.9 per cent last month to reach a record $985,000. Canberra’s median house value has now soared by 29 per cent since October 2020.
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An anti-corruption commission examining whether Victorian Labor MPs and staff misused taxpayer funds and grants will resume at 2pm today following a one-week break.
Two different electorate officers are set to be questioned today and tomorrow.
The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) is investigating allegations of corrupt conduct involving Victorian public officers, including members of Parliament, and whether taxpayer-funded staff and grants were misused for factional activities, as first revealed by this masthead and 60 Minutes last year.
The probe centres around former Andrews government minister Adem Somyurek and Labor’s moderate faction.
Three people have so far stepped down from their public roles as a result of the IBAC investigation.
Victorian state MP Luke Donnellan resigned as disability minister on the first day of the hearings, federal Labor MP Anthony Byrne resigned as the deputy chair of Parliament’s intelligence committee and Banyule mayor Rick Garotti stepped down as mayor last month.
We’ll have a separate IBAC blog up and running later this afternoon.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has been asked if he is worried people will wait to holiday in Queensland or South Australia when those borders reopen next month rather than travel in their own state.
He is not concerned.
“There’s no point going there because we have the best right here in regional NSW,†the Premier said.
It is not the first time Mr Perrottet has taken a swipe at South Australia â€" asked about the state’s digital driver’s licence as treasurer, he said it was “pretty poor, like most things in Adelaideâ€.
Mr Perrottet said he would also like to see regional residents come to Sydney for holidays.
“I feel incredibly sorry for just the small stores that have been sitting there in Sydney CBD that rely every day on international tourism that hasn’t been there,†he said.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has used one of his predecessor’s pandemic catchphrases in an appearance at Dubbo Airport as regional travel restarts across the state.
From this morning, people in regional NSW may travel into Greater Sydney and Sydneysiders are able to travel anywhere the state.
The easing of restrictions came as the first quarantine-free international flights landed at Sydney Airport.
Borrowing one of former premier Gladys Berejiklian’s favourite lines, Mr Perrottet said NSW would not “go backwards†as it reopened for tourism.
“Let’s not underestimate what today means for our state ... it’s the start of a new journey,†he said.
“As we open up, we won’t go backwards, we will start to rejoin the world â€" and that’s going to be great for the state.â€
Dubbo, in the central west, was hard-hit by a coronavirus outbreak in August, which spread into a number of neighbouring towns including Indigenous communities.
After taking the first flight from Sydney this morning, the Premier admitted it had been an unpopular decision to push the restart of regional travel â€" originally slated to occur at the 80 per cent stage of the road map â€" back a fortnight.
Mr Perrottet said the reopening of travel across the state was a step towards “living with the virusâ€.
“It’s really been the efforts that people have made across our state that have enabled us to be able to open up safely and today, we’ll see many people being able to travel to regional NSW and hopefully this is the pathway to the future,†he said.
“I think NSW is leading the nation out of the pandemic.â€
Victoria’s daily coronavirus numbers are in.
The state has recorded 1471 new cases of COVID-19 and four deaths. Today’s tally is up from yesterday’s 1036 cases.
There are now 21,959 active cases of coronavirus across the state.
Today’s numbers are off the back of yesterday’s 46,065 coronavirus tests.
There are 699 coronavirus patients in Victorian hospitals. Of those, 136 are in intensive care and 86 are ventilated.
In terms of vaccinations, 81 per cent of Victorian residents aged 16 and over are now fully vaccinated.
More than 24,000 homes across Victoria remain in the dark after heavy winds brought down trees and power lines late last week.
The majority of affected properties are in Melbourne’s outer north and east, as well as north-eastern Victoria.
Just over 7400 affected properties are in south-east Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula, and 1450 are scattered across the city’s west and central and western Victoria.
The unusual weather pattern, which ripped roofs off homes and caused trees to fall on parked cars, left 520,000 properties without power on Friday morning.
Most had their supply restored by 8pm that day.
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