Australia news LIVE Melbourne lockdown becomes worlds longest Dominic Perrottet set to become NSWs next premier
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In case you missed it, Victorian health authorities identified more than a dozen new COVID-19 exposure sites late last night, including a gym and cinema in the regions.
MFS 24/7 Gym at Shepparton, in northern Victoria, was declared a tier-1 or close contact exposure site between 4.30pm and 5.45pm over three days: from Monday, September 27 through to Wednesday, September 29.
Anyone who attended the gym during those timeframes has to immediately get tested for COVID-19 and quarantine for 14 days from the date of potential exposure, regardless of whether they receive a negative test result.
Meanwhile, a screening of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings at Village Cinemas, Morwell â€" in the Latrobe Valley â€" was declared tier-1 for Sunday, September 26 between 7pm and 10.30pm.
Morwell’s Pets Domain has also been declared a tier-1 site for Tuesday, September 28 between 12pm and 2pm.
A full list of Victorian exposure sites can be found here.
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet will nominate to be premier with Jobs Minister Stuart Ayres his surprise running mate, but a ballot of Liberal MPs will be needed with Planning Minister Rob Stokes digging in and remaining in the race.
Liberal factional bosses struck a deal late on Sunday that will likely see Mr Perrottet replace Gladys Berejiklian and become NSW premier with Mr Ayres to be deputy Liberal leader. The Nationals’ leader John Barilaro will remain deputy premier.
Dominic Perrottet on Sunday.Credit:Dean Sewell.
Under the deal, Environment Minister Matt Kean will be given a significant promotion to the position of treasurer to reward him for delivering moderate votes to the right-wing Mr Perrottet.
Read the full story here.
Victorian authorities are turning their attention to a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne’s south east, opening pop-up vaccination clinics as the rate of infection causes concern among health officials.
While the state’s coronavirus outbreak has been predominantly concentrated in Melbourne’s northern and western suburbs to date, COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar said on Sunday he was worried about the increasing number of people infected with the virus in south-eastern suburbs such as Pakenham, Keysborough and Frankston.
Victorian COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar. Credit:Paul Jeffers
Melbourne’s outbreak has extended beyond the previous hot spots following widespread coronavirus transmission across the state, including via illegal AFL grand final gatherings. The highest caseload remains in the north and west.
Of the 1220 cases reported yesterday, 497 were in the city’s north, 361 in the west, 236 in the south-east, 73 in the east, and 52 across regional Victoria.
More on this story here.
Despite only two local cases over the weekend and the NRL grand final taking place as planned in Brisbane, a south-east Queensland lockdown could still happen, according to the Premier.
Her comments came as plans were being hatched to free-up hospital beds by moving the elderly and disabled into alternative accommodation if there is a surge in case numbers similar to those in NSW and Victoria.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.Credit:Getty
Last week the Queensland government admitted that without an injection of federal funding, state hospitals would struggle to cope with a wave of COVID-19 patients.
Queensland recorded four local COVID-19 cases from almost 60,000 test over the past three days with a further four overseas-acquired cases, meaning lockdown remained on hold all weekend.
Read more about the situation in Queensland here.
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