Half a million Victorians could lose their jobs due to Covid-19 industry restrictions, economists say. Follow all the latest news and updates, live
- Victoria’s Covid industry shutdown to throw one in seven of its workers out of employment
- Melbourne’s stage 4 restrictions; Victoria stage 3 restrictions
- Australian stats interactive; Vic cases map; NSW cases map
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12.24am BST
Included in those 10 notices to appear for giving a false border declaration was three men who travelled from Victoria to New South Wales and then from NSW to Queensland, via Coolangatta.
They allegedly denied they have been in a hotspot, when they had been through Melbourne. One of the men was tested for Covid-19 yesterday, and disclosed he had been in contact with people from Melbourne and investigations revealed how.
Upon our investigation, we discovered that the three of them – who all live in the Logan area – had been into Melbourne.
They have now been taken into quarantine and are currently in hotel guarded quarantine here in Brisbane. They have been tested and we await results for that.
12.20am BST
More than 1.3m border passes have been issued in Queensland. Not all of those will have been used (you have to apply online, each week) but still.
70 people have been refused entry into Queensland and 23 placed into quarantine.
Continue reading…Half a million Victorians could lose their jobs due to Covid-19 industry restrictions, economists say. Follow all the latest news and updates, liveVictoria’s Covid industry shutdown to throw one in seven of its workers out of employmentMelbourne’s stage 4 restrictions; Victoria stage 3 restrictionsAustralian stats interactive; Vic cases map; NSW cases mapSign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email 12.24am BSTIncluded in those 10 notices to appear for giving a false border declaration was three men who travelled from Victoria to New South Wales and then from NSW to Queensland, via Coolangatta.They allegedly denied they have been in a hotspot, when they had been through Melbourne. One of the men was tested for Covid-19 yesterday, and disclosed he had been in contact with people from Melbourne and investigations revealed how. Upon our investigation, we discovered that the three of them – who all live in the Logan area – had been into Melbourne. They have now been taken into quarantine and are currently in hotel guarded quarantine here in Brisbane. They have been tested and we await results for that. 12.20am BSTMore than 1.3m border passes have been issued in Queensland. Not all of those will have been used (you have to apply online, each week) but still.70 people have been refused entry into Queensland and 23 placed into quarantine. Continue reading…