Australia news LIVE NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian resigns as COVID-19 cases grow across the state Victoria records 1143 new cases three deaths
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Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has urged residents of his state not to fly off to overseas locations when the international border drops for New South Wales next month unless they want to spend a lot of time in ‘Paris’ or ‘NSW’.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Friday that states with 80 per cent vaccination rates would from next month be allowed to have international travel resume for citizens and permanent residents, with seven-day quarantine periods on return to Australia.
Mr Morrison said people who wanted to leave the country from jurisdictions other than NSW would need to do so knowing they may not be able to go back to their state.
“You’ll need to remain in New South Wales until they let you do that,†he said.
“Now, that is a matter for premiers. That is a matter for states as to how they manage that. But what I’m not going to do is, I’m not going to stop people coming back to Australia because other states and territories are where they are at.â€
Mr McGowan said if other states and territories currently blocked off to NSW and Victoria started to reach the 80 per cent mark before WA and opened up their interstate and international borders, then they too may be closed off.
He tried to dissuade West Australians thinking about travelling overseas via NSW in the near future.
“My advice will be, don’t do that unless you want to spend a long time in Paris, or you want to spend time in NSW,†Mr McGowan said.
Even if the federal government allows for uncapped international travel back into WA it does not mean people would be able to quarantine for seven days at home on arrival.
Mr McGowan said the shorter quarantine period had not been endorsed yet by the nation’s chief health officers and it would be up to WA to set isolation rules in the state.
“If we set rules about hotel quarantine, a lot of people won’t want to do that,†he said.
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The immediate threat of severe thunderstorms in NSW and the ACT has passed, according to the Bureau of Meteorology which issued warnings for parts of south-east Queensland tonight.
“The thunderstorms that have been hammering parts of Sydney are easing,†the bureau said in an update.
“However, across NSW and the ACT storms will remain a risk through tonight, with conditions favourable for small, fast-developing & fast-moving storms.â€
Storm cloud as seen from Lamrock Avenue, Bondi on Friday.
Severe thunderstorm warnings for people in the Northern Rivers region and Sydney were cancelled tonight.
Hail landed in parts of Sydney as the system swept through this afternoon, following two tornadoes in the NSW Central West yesterday.
The BOM has confirmed a second tornado occurred in Narrabri, in the state’s north, in addition to the tornado near Bathurst which left properties damaged or destroyed around Meadow Flat and Clear Creek.
“Other reports of possible tornadoes remain unverified at this stage, but are being examined,†the bureau said.
Severe thunderstorms in south-east Queensland were tonight moving towards the coast.
“Some thunderstorms may develop into supercell thunderstorms as the right combination of instability and winds in the atmosphere come together in south-east Queensland and far north-east NSW,†BOM meteorologist Dean Narramo said.
“These are the most dangerous thunderstorms and they can produce destructive winds, giant hail, very heavy rainfall leading to dangerous flash flooding and sometimes even a tornado.â€
The severe weather affecting NSW and the ACT is expected to clear by tomorrow morning, with pockets of showers forecast in Sydney.
The city of Shepparton in Victoria’s north will be plunged back into lockdown for seven days from 11.59pm tonight.
Announcing the lockdown in a statement just before 7pm on Friday night, acting Chief Health Officer Ben Cowie said caseloads in the City of Greater Shepparton had increased in recent days, with 24 active cases in the area.
The regional city will be subject to the same lockdown restrictions as metropolitan Melbourne, except for the 9pm curfew.
“If you’re in the City of Greater Shepparton, please follow the lockdown restrictions, get tested if you have symptoms, and get vaccinated if you haven’t already,†Professor Cowie said.
“We’ve just seen the Ballarat and Geelong communities get through an outbreak, so we know it can be done â€" it’s vital we protect the local community and the rest of regional Victoria from significant outbreaks.â€
Professor Cowie asked residents in Shepparton to be on high alert for symptoms and get tested if any develop.
Testing clinics open this weekend located at GV Health on Graham Street and the Shepparton Showgrounds. An additional testing clinic is also located at the Northern Oval in the nearby town of Kyabram.
After a large COVID-19 outbreak in the city in mid-August when regional Victoria was placed under lockdown, Shepparton remained under severe restrictions until September 15.
Three people have been arrested and more than 120 people have been fined after a number of ‘silent’ park protests against vaccine mandates were held across Victoria on Friday.
Police issued 121 penalty notices to demonstrators for breaching the Chief Health Officer’s directions, while three people were arrested for failing to state their name to officers.
A spokeswoman for Victoria Police said they were prepared for any additional protest activity on Saturday, warning officers would crack down on anyone who commits a “clear and blatant†breach of COVID-19 restrictions.
“Victoria Police will continue to have a highly visible presence to maintain public safety, and to ensure any protest activity that breaches the CHO directions does not impact on the broader community’s right to go about their daily lives,†the spokeswoman said.
Victoria’s latest tier-1 exposure sites include a truck repairer and a panel beater in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs, an orthodontist in the city’s east and a medical clinic in the west.
Springvale’s Armstrong & Sons No.1 panel beaters has been listed as a tier-1 exposure site on September 19 and 20.
DTR Truck Repairs in Hallam has also been identified as a place of potential COVID-19 exposure, with visitors at various times on September 22 and 23 required to get tested and isolate for 14 days.
Four Corners Medical Clinic in Cobblebank and Smile Avenue Specialist Orthodontists in Blackburn have both been listed as a tier-1 exposure site on September 27.
Around 29 exposure sites have been added to the list by Victorian health authorities on Friday, with the number of exposure sites totalling 600.
Recent tier-2 exposure sites have cropped up in suburbs like Reservoir, Westmeadows, Emerald and Epping, with other sites of concern listed in the regional Victorian towns of Geelong, Terang and Shepparton.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has urged travel company Flight Centre not to mount a legal challenge over the state’s border restrictions, saying it would be “unproductive†for them.
“We’ve been through that before with Clive Palmer. We defeated him in the High Court and I’d urge Flight Centre, not to go down this route,†Mr McGowan said during a press conference on Friday.
The Premier’s stance follows reports the tourism company was prepared to launch court proceedings against states that did not reveal plans to open up in step with others once 80 per cent of adult populations had been fully vaccinated.
Mr McGowan said he had previously stated numerous times WA’s plans were to set a date to open up to other states between the 80 to 90 per cent full vaccination threshold.
“Putting a hard and fast date on these things, I find it always unproductive because, inevitably, things change,†he said.
Outgoing NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was not present at national cabinet today, West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has told a press conference this afternoon, saying that he wished his best during a difficult period.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan Credit:Matt Jelonek
Mr McGowan said Prime Minister Scott Morrison raised the issue of Ms Berejiklian’s absence at the beginning of the regular meeting of state and territory leaders on Friday.
“He said he’d pass on all of our thoughts in regards to her during this difficult period and all of us agreed with that,†Mr McGowan said.
He joined other state leaders, including Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, in speaking on Ms Berejiklian’s departure on Friday.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan is set to hold a press conference.
On Sunday, this year’s NRL season will come to a head when the Penrith Panthers face the South Sydney Rabbitohs in an epic grand final clash.
The all-Sydney affair will be played in front of a Queensland crowd, the first time the grand final has been held outside NSW.
For the Panthers it’s a chance to better their runner-up performance in last year’s decider. The Bunnies are after their first trophy since 2014, the last time they made it this far in the competition.
Today on Please Explain, sports reporter Michael Chammas joins Nathanael Cooper to look at what to expect from the 2021 grand final.
SA Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier and Health Minister Steven Wade will provide a COVID-19 update soon.
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