Australia news LIVE NSW records 787 new local COVID-19 cases 12 deaths as 80 per cent vaccination road map revealed Victoria records 705 new cases one death
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her team are providing an update on the state’s road map out of lockdown.
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Meanwhile, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews is due to provide a coronavirus update from 11.15am AEST.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says people from Greater Sydney will only be able to freely travel to regional NSW when the state hits 80 per cent full vaccination coverage, not 70 per cent as was originally announced.
“That is when you will be able to travel freely throughout NSW, and we envisage that to be by the end of October,†she said.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announcing her state’s 80 per cent road map.Credit:James Brickwood
Ms Berejiklian said the state government expected the easing of restrictions already announced for when the state hits 70 per cent full vaccination of its population aged 16 and over to come into effect on October 11.
“I would just say to everybody: it is just this week and next week, please hang in there,†she said.
She added that it was expected the state will hit 80 per cent full vaccination “as little as two weeks†after that date, but did not give a specific date.
This is when household gatherings for fully vaccinated people will double to a 10-person cap, community sport will resume and people will be able to drink while standing up at hospitality venues.
The Premier said people who are not fully vaccinated will be able to exit stay-at-home restrictions on December 1, but did not give further details about what that may look like.
The one exception is for places of worship: people who have not received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine will be able to enter churches, temples, mosques and other religious spaces when the state hits 80 per cent full vaccination.
NSW has recorded 787 new local coronavirus cases, its lowest daily figure since August 24.
Case numbers in the state are usually lower on Mondays and Tuesdays, as they reflect tests taken over the weekend.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state had now officially passed the 85 per cent first dose rate, and 40 per cent of children aged 12 to 15 in the state had now received their first dose of a vaccine.
“Our double dose has been confirmed now at 60 per cent: we are literally just a few weeks away from having that 70 per cent double dose,†the Premier said.
The state has recorded 12 deaths since yesterday’s update: four people in their 60s, two in their 70s, four in their 80s, and two in their 90.
Six of the deaths were not vaccinated and five had received one dose of a vaccine.
Queensland has recorded no new cases of COVID-19, as the state works to increase its vaccination rate.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk travelled to the Gold Coast to announce more bookings were being made available in vaccination hubs.
It comes as the Premier faces sustained pressure from the federal government over its closed borders.
Ms Palaszczuk responded to the criticism, reiterating that her government was following the national cabinet plan for reopening once vaccination rates hit 80 per cent.
However, she also added that updated modelling from the Doherty Institute would be handed to national cabinet this Friday, and she was looking forward to what it said.
In the meantime the Premier urged Queenslanders to get vaccinated wherever they could, saying it remained the strongest measure to get out of the pandemic.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is due to provide a COVID-19 update from 10.45am AEST.
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Guns N’ Roses have pushed back their November tour of Australia to summer 2022.
The original tour dates were set to be Australia’s biggest stadium tour this year.
Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose, left, and guitarist Slash performing in Melbourne back in 2017. Credit:Paul Rovere
The band’s upcoming Australian tour will now kick-off at Perth’s Optus Stadium on November 18, 2022 after promoter TEG Dainty said this year’s shows could not go ahead due to COVID-19.
Next year’s tour will conclude with a performance at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 3.
“We worked for months with the various state governments trying to create a safe environment so that the Guns N’ Roses tour could proceed this year,†said TEG Dainty chief executive and president Paul Dainty.
“Despite our best efforts it recently became clear that we could not proceed in 2021 and it has taken time to finalise a plan where we could be confident of completing a national tour of Australia next year.â€
New tickets are on sale from today and existing ticket holders can hold on to their tickets for use on the rescheduled dates in 2022.
Melbourne has been lit up in red and blue to celebrate the Demons’ grand final victory.
The MCG, Rod Laver Arena, Flinders Street Station and prominent skyscraper 101 Collins Street in the CBD all donned the winning team’s colours over the weekend.
The MCG lit up in the Demons’ colours last week. Credit:Getty
Melbourne ended its 57-year premiership drought in circumstances that club great Garry Lyon said last week were “tragic†(consigned to a grand final in Perth because of Victoria’s lockdown).
For Demons supporters, the weekend’s light spectacle was a welcome show of their club’s presence back on home ground.
Sydney’s Delta outbreak and two-week construction ban will add about $500 million to the cost of the state’s major infrastructure projects, with the NSW Transport Minister saying COVID restrictions could also impact timelines of some mega projects.
As Sydney’s construction sector prepares to surge back to full capacity from Monday, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet revealed the state estimated the Delta outbreak would add hundreds of millions to the state’s major builds.
Sydney’s Delta outbreak will add about $500 million to the cost of the state’s major infrastructure projects. Credit:Nick Moir
He said the Delta lockdown had caused “significant disruptions†to the state’s $108 billion infrastructure pipeline, which would inevitably impact project costs.
“Our early estimates are that it could cost the state around $500 million,†Mr Perrottet said.
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Victoria’s daily coronavirus numbers are in.
The state has recorded 705 new, locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and one death. Today’s tally is down from yesterday’s 779 cases.
The Department of Health has not said how many cases are linked to known outbreaks or how many people were already isolating when they returned a positive test.
There were zero cases detected in hotel quarantine.
There are now 8538 active cases of coronavirus across the state.
Today’s numbers are off the back of yesterday’s 51,252 coronavirus tests.
Queensland Senator Matt Canavan has maintained his opposition to a net zero emissions commitment, claiming it’s “about as silly as zero COVIDâ€.
Asked what the National Party position was on the policy, Mr Canavan said he couldn’t speak for his entire party.
Resources Minister Matt Canavan.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
“The National Party in the past at least has been against net zero emissions,†he told radio station 2GB.
“What [Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce] has said is that he wants to make sure the party room has an opportunity to discuss these matters.
“In our party room we provide people the liberty to take their own positions.â€
Mr Canavan labelled net zero a “utopian target†and “about as silly as zero COVIDâ€.
“Before we blindly pursue something like this, surely someone would show us the bill,†he said.
On Sunday, the senator took to social media to say he was “dead set against†any net zero policy.
His comments came after Scott Morrison confirmed he was developing a plan to achieve net zero emissions.
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