Key occasions:
What we realized, Sunday 10 July
And with that, we’re going to put the weblog to mattress. Earlier than we go, let’s recap the massive tales:
Thanks a lot for spending the day with us – we shall be again tomorrow!
China urges Australia to see it as a accomplice
The Chinese language overseas minister, Wang Yi, has urged his Australian counterpart, Penny Wong, to deal with China as a accomplice, accusing earlier governments of treating it as an opponent or menace.
On the sidelines of the G20 overseas ministers assembly in Bali on Friday, Wang expressed hope that Australia may “seize the chance, take concrete actions and are available to an accurate understanding of China” and accumulate “optimistic power” in direction of it, in accordance with a abstract revealed late on Saturday by China’s overseas ministry.
Brooke Buschkuehl breaks Australian lengthy soar file
Buschkuehl leapt 7.13 metres to smash her personal nationwide file, 7.13 metres individuals! Like, there needs to be a break day for this!
RACGP welcomes expanded entry to anti-virals
The president of the Royal Australian Faculty of Common Practitioners, Dr Karen Worth, stated:
The @RACGP welcomes @Mark_Butler_MP announcement right this moment increasing entry to #COVID19 antiviral medication. These remedies assist hold individuals out of hospital and cut back pressures on our well being system. GPs ought to all the time be those answerable for safely prescribing these antivirals.
— Royal Australian Faculty of GPs (RACGP) President (@RACGPPresident) July 10, 2022
Paul Karp
Labor’s proposed electoral regulation reforms welcomed by specialists
Independents and transparency stakeholders have welcomed information that Labor is contemplating electoral regulation reforms together with spending caps and fact in political promoting.
The particular minister of state, Don Farrell, confirmed in an interview with Guardian Australia that Labor would look to legislate these after a evaluate into the 2022 election, together with adjustments to enhance adherence to one-vote one-value.
On Sunday, unbiased MP Zoe Daniel stated:
Ought to mendacity in political adverts to get elected on false pretences be authorized? The reply appears apparent. Fact in political promoting have to be legislated. And let’s open the can of worms on fact in media whereas we’re at it. These items go basically to public belief.
This was a central pillar all through my marketing campaign and I’ll proceed to genuinely advocate for this. If Labor is dedicated to this, nice – a part of my position is to maintain pushing.
Labor MP Kate Thwaites, a member of the electoral issues committee within the final parliament, labelled them “essential reforms”.
The pinnacle of the Australia Institute’s democracy and accountability program, Invoice Browne, stated:
The fact is it’s at the moment completely authorized to lie in a federal political commercial and it shouldn’t be. With out new fact in political promoting legal guidelines our elections danger changing into a pretend information free for all, placing the very integrity of our democracy in danger.
Immediately’s information is an enormous breakthrough that has constructed on a lot work by many politicians at state and federal degree. Congratulations to Minister Don Farrell for displaying real political management that may very well be an enormous step to serving to repair politics in Australia.
No extension for pandemic go away catastrophe funds ‘disappointing’: unions
Eden Gillespie
Unions have hit out on the federal authorities for refusing to increase pandemic go away catastrophe funds because the nation experiences a dramatic surge in Covid-19 circumstances.
Well being Minister Mark Butler confirmed the federal government would wind up the emergency funds as Australia’s debt swells to $1trn.
“We should be trustworthy with the Australian individuals. The price range is in a really dangerous place. And emergency funds can’t be continued without end,” Butler advised Insiders on Sunday.
The pandemic go away catastrophe fee, which was scheduled to finish on June 30, was a lump sum given to those that couldn’t work because of Covid-19 transmission.
Steve Murphy, nationwide secretary for the Australian Manufacturing Employees’ Union, stated it was “disappointing” that the federal government had dominated out extending the funds.
Murphy stated 44% of Australian employees don’t have any paid go away as a result of they’re in insecure work and lots of extra have depleted their go away entitlements in the course of the pandemic.
“As transmission charges develop, employees at the moment are being compelled to decide on between following public well being orders to isolate and placing meals on the desk,” he stated.
“Most employees throughout manufacturing can not do business from home. Our jobs are bodily in nature and require us to work in shut contact with each other.”
The federal secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, Annie Butler, stated the union can be pushing the federal government to reverse the choice to scrap Covid go away catastrophe funds.
“As we noticed originally of the pandemic, employees who aren’t supported to remain at residence and isolate as a result of they’ll’t afford to lose cash will proceed to unfold the virus additional,” she stated in a press release.
“Our well being system merely can’t bear this additional strain.”
Eden Gillespie
Queensland’s opposition has introduced it is going to carry a web zero emissions goal by 2050 to the subsequent state election on the LNP’s annual conference in Brisbane over the weekend.
LNP chief David Crisafulli stated it was “deeply troubling” that emissions had elevated in Queensland over the previous a number of years.
Australia’s previous therapy of China as a ‘menace’ explanation for tensions, Chinese language overseas minister says
Chinese language overseas minister Wang Yi says earlier Australian governments’ therapy of China as an opponent and a menace is the reason for rigidity between the international locations. AAP reviews:
Wang met overseas minister Penny Wong on the sidelines of the G20 overseas ministers’ assembly in Bali on Friday.
Senator Wong afterwards described the assembly as an essential first step, however stated stabilising the international locations’ relationship would take effort and time.
We each recognised it’s a first step for each our nations.
We’ve obtained a path to stroll and we’ll see if it could actually result in a greater place between the 2 international locations.
Wang expressed hope that Australia may “seize the chance, take concrete actions and are available to an accurate understanding of China”, in accordance with a abstract revealed by China’s overseas ministry on Saturday.
The foundation explanation for the difficulties in Chinese language and Australian relations lately lies within the insistence of earlier Australian governments to deal with China as an ‘opponent’ and even a ‘menace’.
Greens undertake amendments to Labor’s integrity fee laws
There’s (pending, attainable) drama within the senate!
The Greens wish to tighten the federal government’s Icac proposal – and as Paul Karp factors out – legislating the adjustments would require Labor to undertake them in its invoice, or undertake an alliance with the Coalition.
WA considers utilizing Covid quarantine facility for housing
Like Victoria and Queensland, Western Australia additionally had a quarantine facility constructed that there’s not a lot use for, now borders are a free-for-all.
AAP is reporting the federal government is contemplating utilizing the $200m amenities to deal with abroad employees.
The five hundred-bed facility, constructed by the previous Morrison authorities at Bullsbrook in Perth’s north, is because of be handed over to the WA authorities subsequent month.
It had been anticipated to deal with returned travellers who have been topic to restrictions because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
However the elimination of journey and vaccination edicts has left the premier, Mark McGowan, pondering what to do with the centre.
“This was a call of the Morrison authorities to construct this. It was on the premise that we might properly want it,” he advised reporters on Sunday.
“At this cut-off date, it’s not wanted for quarantine functions however it might be wanted for a few of these functions sooner or later. So the state authorities has agreed to function it for the course of 1 yr.
“What we’ll do is search for a goal.”
WA is in the midst of a serious recruiting drive for abroad employees however has additionally grappled with a scarcity of inexpensive housing.
Virtually all Australian meals affected by rising costs
Christina Zorbas, a researcher at Deakin College, has crunched the numbers round how a lot the worth of meals has gone up – and continues to go up – in Australia.
The massive takeaway: it’s not simply lettuce, and it’s hitting low-income households tremendous laborious.
Learn extra right here:
Nationwide Covid abstract: 13 deaths reported
Listed below are the most recent coronavirus numbers from round Australia right this moment, because the nation data not less than 13 deaths from Covid-19:
ACT
- Deaths: 0
- Instances: 945
- In hospital: 134 (with 5 individuals in ICU)
New South Wales
- Deaths: 8
- Instances: 8,670
- In hospital: 1,945 (with 60 individuals in ICU)
Northern Territory
- Deaths: 0
- Instances: 275
- In hospital: 6 (with no individuals in ICU)
Queensland
- Deaths: 0
- Instances: 4,174
- In hospital: 744 (with 15 individuals in ICU)
South Australia
- Deaths: 2
- Instances: 3,039
- In hospital: 240 (with 9 individuals in ICU)
Tasmania
- Deaths: 1
- Instances: 1,355
- In hospital: 93 (with 4 individuals in ICU)
Victoria
- Deaths: 2
- Instances: 7,934
- In hospital: 671 (with 32 individuals in ICU)
Western Australia
- Deaths: 0
- Instances: 5,014
- In hospital: 261 (with 7 individuals in ICU)
Kyrgios and Djokovic comply with go for a meal after Wimbledon closing
Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic have agreed to a tasty aspect guess alongside the £2m (AU$3.5m) they’ll be taking part in for within the Wimbledon closing.
The unlikely however evidently blossoming “bromance” between the pair, which has come to mild as they put together to do battle in Sunday’s closing, took a brand new tongue-in-cheek twist on the eve of the match when the pair indulged in an Instagram chat, likely to the delight of their thousands and thousands of followers.
Howdy everybody – that is Cait Kelly, I shall be with you for the remainder of the day. A shout out to Royce Kurmelovs for steering the ship over the morning.
First up, I wish to draw your consideration to this strong piece by Catherine Bennett – who takes us by what’s behind the rise in Covid circumstances and what comes subsequent:
