PM says border with Indonesia is not going to be closed amid foot-and-mouth menace
Anthony Albanese says the federal government is not going to shut the border with Indonesia as that nation battles an outbreak of foot and mouth illness.
In an look on Sky Information on Sunday, the prime minister mentioned present biosecurity measures to regulate the unfold of the illness have been the “strongest ever measures launched by an Australian authorities”.
Albanese mentioned:
It’s vital to notice that Australia is foot and mouth illness free, that our merchandise proceed to be obtainable to the world.
He mentioned the nation’s farming our bodies backed his authorities on not banning flights, which might have a “extreme” affect on the economic system and commerce.
You don’t do this by simply leaping to a place that the previous authorities by no means, ever applied.
No coalition authorities has applied that sturdy measures that we now have introduced and put in place throughout this present present situation because it’s been rolled out.
Travellers can be directed to adjust to biosecurity measures, together with eradicating their footwear or strolling over sanitation mats, and be questioned by officers.
It’s the primary time the Biosecurity Act powers have been utilized in Australia.
The Coalition has referred to as for the border to shut, and has criticised the pace of the federal government’s response.
The illness is very contagious and impacts cattle, sheep, goats, camelids, deer and pigs.
The virus is carried by reside animals and might current in meat and dairy merchandise, soil, bones, untreated hides, automobiles and tools used with livestock.
Key occasions
New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet as soon as once more referred to as for the Warragamba dam to be raised throughout a go to to a world-leading flood mitigation facility in Japan.
Wrapping up the primary leg of his 10-day Asian commerce tour on Sunday, Perrottet visited the Ryu-Q Kan facility, one of many world’s greatest underground drainage channels, on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Situated 50m under floor, the Metropolitan Space Outer Underground Discharge Channel acts as a mammoth water-storage tank to guard Tokyo from flooding throughout Japan’s monsoon rains.
Accomplished in 2006 at a value of greater than $2 billion, its 177m lengthy underground surge tank has a capability of two.5 gigalitres.
It collects overflowing water from 4 rivers and makes managed, secure releases to the Edo River.
Compared, the Warragamba Dam in western Sydney can maintain some 515 gigalitres per day.
Perrottet praised the engineering effort as “world-leading” however mentioned an analogous facility in Sydney would must be 400 occasions the scale of the underground drain to take care of floods on the size of these which just lately ravaged the state.
The premier mentioned the partitions of the Warragamba Dam to be raised, which might value about $1.6 billion and referred to as on the federal authorities to fund half of the proposed work.
Elevating the Warragamba Dam will present unimaginable help to cut back flooding downstream. We all know that to be true.
Nevertheless, some specialists don’t consider the proposed five-year undertaking will totally clear up Sydney’s flood issues.
Different strategies embrace enhancing flood evacuation routes for communities and transferring folks off flood-prone land via authorities land buybacks.
Requested about flood plain buybacks, Perrottet wouldn’t rule something out, saying “all the things is on the desk”.
Insurance coverage Council welcomes NSW opposition’s flood-proofing plan
The Insurance coverage Council Australia chief, Andrew Corridor, has welcomed $225m plan by New South Wales Labor to flood proof western Sydney.
The Western Sydney Floods Resilience Plan introduced on Sunday by the Labor opposition chief, Chris Minns, contains $24m for brand new levees at Peachtree Creek, McGraths Hill and Pitt City.
As we speak’s announcement by New South Wales Labor is a welcome first step and exhibits that political stakeholders are heeding the resilience message insurers have been giving over a protracted interval.
New South Wales is the highest-taxing state within the nation in relation to insurance coverage, which drives down ample protection at a time and in a state the place we want it most.
Within the lead-up to subsequent March’s state election, the Insurance coverage Council and insurers are calling on all events to decide to abolishing this retrograde impost.
The February-March 2022 floods triggered $4.8b in insured losses – half of which have been in NSW – making the occasion the costliest flood ever.
ACTU welcomes stripping of constructing fee’s powers
The ACTU secretary, Sally McManus, has welcomed the Labor authorities’s determination to wind down the Australian Constructing Development and Fee.
The employment and office relations minister, Tony Burke, introduced on Sunday that the Albanese authorities would strip the ABCC of its powers and hand its oversight to different regulators.
McManus mentioned the ABCC and necessities underneath the constructing code launched by the Coalition have been “anti-worker, onerous and non-sensical”, calling it a “relic” of the “divisive years” underneath the Turnbull authorities that result in an notorious double dissolution election.
We welcome the removing of the anti-worker features of the constructing code as the primary and vital steps to the Albanese authorities implementing their election dedication to abolish the ABCC and its underpinning laws.
The code was one of many ideological tasks of the earlier authorities, who spent practically a decade attacking unions and suppressing wages.
As an alternative of performing to handle vital points like growing the variety of everlasting jobs by stopping extreme casualisation or fixing our damaged bargaining legal guidelines so staff may get pay rises, they spent their time undermining staff’ rights.
It stopped progress on apprenticeships and abilities within the development trade and did nothing to handle security or wage theft. Taxpayers’ cash was wasted on banning the Eureka flag and policing union posters on noticeboards.
Nationwide Covid abstract
Listed below are the newest coronavirus numbers from round Australia on Sunday, because the nation data an extra 36 deaths from Covid-19:
ACT
- Deaths: 0
- Instances: 712
- In hospital: 155 (with one particular person in ICU)
NSW
- Deaths: 14
- Instances: 12,820
- In hospital: 2,260 (with 56 folks in ICU)
Northern Territory
- Deaths: n/a
- Instances: 355
- In hospital: 71 (with no folks in ICU)
Queensland
- Deaths: 0
- Instances: 5,804
- In hospital: 1042 (with 19 folks in ICU)
South Australia
- Deaths: 1
- Instances: 3,340
- In hospital: 374 (with one particular person in ICU)
Tasmania
- Deaths: 2
- Instances: 1,155
- In hospital: 174 (with three folks in ICU)
Victoria
- Deaths: 12
- Instances: 9,501
- In hospital: 849 (with 27 folks in ICU)
Western Australia
- Deaths: 7
- Instances: 4,356
- In hospital: 437 (with 23 folks in ICU)
Northern Territory reviews no new Covid deaths
The Northern Territory reported 355 new Covid circumstances in a single day, together with 71 folks in hospital and nobody in intensive care.
Australian well being specialists ‘optimistic’ about containing monkeypox outbreak
Christopher Knaus
Australian specialists are optimistic about Australia’s potential to take care of the worldwide monkeypox outbreak.
The World Well being Organisation overnight declared monkeypox as a global emergency, saying the outbreak has now expanded to greater than 70 nations. The declaration is the best degree of alert attainable from the WHO. Australian well being authorities are but to talk publicly following the WHO’s announcement.
The illness was first reported in Australia on 20 Might and dozens of circumstances have since been reported throughout the nation. Professor Adrian Esterman, chair of biostatistics on the College of South Australia, mentioned Australia was well-placed to take care of the monkeypox outbreak.
For 30 or 40 years now [health authorities] been working with our homosexual communities due to HIV. They’ve received shut contacts into that neighborhood and good messaging in that neighborhood and good relationships in that neighborhood. And that’s the neighborhood by and huge that’s being affected by monkeypox. So I wish to be optimistic and assume that as a result of we now have such good hyperlinks into these communities, we are able to include it.
Esterman mentioned monkeypox was far simpler to include than Covid, as a result of monkeypox victims have been solely in a position to unfold the illness once they have been experiencing signs.
So due to that, as a result of it takes some time so that you can truly begin getting signs, whenever you get them, they’re apparent, you’re not truly infectious till you get signs, it implies that it’s comparatively simple for us to detect circumstances, to isolate them do contact tracing, and do ring-fencing round their shut contacts and provides vaccines to all of the shut contacts.
South Australia data one new Covid loss of life
One particular person with Covid-19 has died in South Australia in a single day, with the state recording 3,340 new circumstances on Sunday morning, 374 folks in hospital and 12 in ICU.
PM to satisfy with new US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, will meet with the brand new US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, inside days, saying her appointment reaffirmed the energy of the alliance between the 2 nations.
Kennedy, the daughter of assassinated US president John F Kennedy, arrived in Australia final week, following her appointment earlier this 12 months.
Throughout an look on Sky Information on Sunday, Albanese mentioned Kennedy’s appointment was a “very constructive improvement”, and that he would meet the “important determine” on Wednesday.
President Biden mentioned to me … how vital an appointment like that is. And I feel Australians ought to be pleased with that reality.
The US alliance is our most vital relationship and having ambassador Kennedy right here is acceptable given the standing of our relationship.
Kennedy may also meet with the governor basic, David Hurley, this week.
Albanese additionally mentioned he had been invited to go to the White Home and was in discussions on the timing of that journey.
I look ahead to visiting the White Home and I look ahead to welcoming President Biden right here to Australia.
Biden to on account of go to Australia in 2023 for the following Quad leaders’ summit.
– From AAP
Western Australia data seven Covid deaths
Seven folks with Covid-19 have died in Western Australia in a single day, with the state recording 4,356 new circumstances on Sunday morning, 437 folks in hospital and 23 in ICU.
South Australia ambulance staff’ pay rise to be again paid
Simply to observe up on the announcement from South Australia that ambulance staff will get a ten% pay rise backdated to December 2018, a reader requested whether or not the cumulative 2.5% improve will likely be again paid or utilized going ahead.
@RoyceRk2 In search of clarification on SA Ambulance payrise – backdated to December 2018. I realise that it is a cumulative rise of two.5% for yearly, however do they get backpay of the distinction going again, or is that this simply going ahead?
— Matthew “Smiffy” Smith Wears N99 (@smiffy) July 24, 2022
I checked with the workplace of the SA well being and wellbeing minister, Chris Picton, who confirmed that the two.5% can be again paid and utilized “for the following few years”.
Three useless after Sydney home hearth in a single day
A ten-year-old boy is the third particular person to die following a home hearth in Sydney in a single day.
In an replace on Sunday afternoon, authorities mentioned first responders discovered two girls – a 60-year-old and a 40-year-old – useless on the scene and pulled the 10-year-old boy from the blaze, at Hinchinbrook in south-west Sydney.
The kid was taken to Westmead Kids’s hospital in essential situation however later died from his accidents.
Eight folks, together with two firefighters, have been taken to hospital.
They included a person in his 40s, who was additionally taken to Harmony Hospital, the place is was at present in essential situation. One other lady in her late 30s was taken to Liverpool Hospital and was in a secure situation.
NSW police are investigating the matter and can make a report back to the coroner.
Fireplace and Rescue NSW deputy commissioner Megan Stiffler mentioned it was a “tragic begin to our winter hearth security marketing campaign” and there had been 500 home fires in New South Wales since 1 June.
We’ve misplaced 13 lives on account of house fires this 12 months and that’s 9 greater than the entire of the winter season final 12 months.
Almost 50% of all of these home fires didn’t have working smoke alarms. I can’t stress how vital it’s for folks to listen to this message.
Stiffler mentioned two firefighters have been injured throughout the incident, with one falling 6m whereas making an attempt to enter the property and one other experiencing a small electrical shock whereas making an attempt to enter via a window.
The spirits of our crews are rightly devastated.
Dominic Carr from New South Wales ambulance mentioned the blaze was “very, very intense”.
We had assets together with essential care paramedics, docs and dental care paramedics on scene as effectively, serving to to observe, stabilise sufferers and transport them to numerous hospitals.
PM says border with Indonesia is not going to be closed amid foot-and-mouth menace
Anthony Albanese says the federal government is not going to shut the border with Indonesia as that nation battles an outbreak of foot and mouth illness.
In an look on Sky Information on Sunday, the prime minister mentioned present biosecurity measures to regulate the unfold of the illness have been the “strongest ever measures launched by an Australian authorities”.
Albanese mentioned:
It’s vital to notice that Australia is foot and mouth illness free, that our merchandise proceed to be obtainable to the world.
He mentioned the nation’s farming our bodies backed his authorities on not banning flights, which might have a “extreme” affect on the economic system and commerce.
You don’t do this by simply leaping to a place that the previous authorities by no means, ever applied.
No coalition authorities has applied that sturdy measures that we now have introduced and put in place throughout this present present situation because it’s been rolled out.
Travellers can be directed to adjust to biosecurity measures, together with eradicating their footwear or strolling over sanitation mats, and be questioned by officers.
It’s the primary time the Biosecurity Act powers have been utilized in Australia.
The Coalition has referred to as for the border to shut, and has criticised the pace of the federal government’s response.
The illness is very contagious and impacts cattle, sheep, goats, camelids, deer and pigs.
The virus is carried by reside animals and might current in meat and dairy merchandise, soil, bones, untreated hides, automobiles and tools used with livestock.
Two killed in Sydney home hearth
Two folks have died following a home hearth within the south-western Sydney suburb of Hinchinbrook, AAP reviews.
Emergency providers have been referred to as to a house on Rottnest Avenue about 5.40am on Sunday.
Six folks together with a baby have been evacuated from the property and handled by paramedics.
Two folks died on the scene, with each but to be formally recognized.
The kid was transported to Westmead Kids’s Hospital in a critical situation.
Officers from Liverpool Police established against the law scene, which will likely be examined by specialist forensic police.
An investigation is underneath method and the trigger is but to be decided.
Stories will likely be ready for the coroner.
