Australia news LIVE Vaccine mandate likely for Australian Open tennis stars Shorten backs jabs for MPs
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A childcare centre in Melbourne’s south-east is the latest tier-1 exposure site in Victoria, along with a hotel in Melbourne’s inner north and a gym near the regional city of Shepparton.
The Clarendon Street Community Child Care Centre in Cranbourne was listed as an exposure site on September 27, forcing a number of staff, children and potentially parents into isolation for 14 days.
Total Body Fit 24/7 in Kialla, just south of Shepparton in Victoria’s north, is considered a tier-1 exposure between September 27 to September 29, with the positive case visiting each day between 5pm and 6.30pm.
The Quality Hotel in Carlton, in Melbourne’s inner north, was attended by a COVID-positive person between 12am on September 27 and 11.59pm on September 29.
South Morang’s My Chemist in Westfield Plenty Valley was visited by a positive case on September 23 to September 25, while sign-writing store Amari Visual Solutions in Tullamarine has also been listed as a tier-1 exposure on September 27.
Click here to see the full list of Victorian exposure sites.
Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore has backflipped and agreed to hold the traditional 9pm New Year’s Eve family fireworks after discussions with the NSW government.
The 9pm New Year’s Eve fireworks have been saved following an agreement between the City of Sydney and the NSW government.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
The Herald and The Age revealed last month the City of Sydney had quietly cancelled the family fireworks due to uncertainty about mass public events as the state comes out of lockdown.
However, Cr Moore and Jobs and Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres have now agreed the display will go ahead subject to certain conditions, including extra help from Macquarie Street and a guarantee the government would take over the event if health orders change.
In a letter to Mr Ayres on Saturday, seen by The Sun-Herald, Cr Moore confirmed the council would hold the event â€" including the 9pm and midnight fireworks â€" “in a similar way to prior to the pandemicâ€.
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Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has thrown his support behind mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for all federal MPs, declaring “true leadership requires doing yourself what you ask others to doâ€.
He is the most senior MP from any of the major parties to back mandatory vaccination for federal MPs after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced more than 1 million workers in the state â€" including MPs, judges, faith leaders and personal trainers â€" had to get at least one jab in the next two weeks or be banned from their workplace.
Labor’s NDIS spokesman Bill Shorten is the most senior MP from any of the major parties to back mandatory vaccination for federal MPs.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
NSW has also introduced mandatory vaccination for workers in schools, aged care and healthcare, but the Victorian move goes much further.
Mr Shorten said if politicians were mandating vaccines for other people working in other sectors, “I don’t see how we [MPs] can be separateâ€.
“How do we ask nurses, disability carers, aged care workers to do this but not ourselves? We come into contact with people every day,†he said.
The federal government has indicated strong support for all eligible Australians to be vaccinated for COVID-19 but has, to date, shied away from broadly mandating vaccines â€" though it did back state moves to make vaccines mandatory for aged care workers, based on health advice.
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Tennis chiefs resisted a looming vaccine mandate for the Australian Open, fearing it could deter vaccine-hesitant champion Novak Djokovic in his pursuit of a record-breaking 21st grand slam title.
The Andrews government’s sweeping vaccine requirement for authorised workers will not affect international cricket and tennis players, but The Age and the Herald confirmed it is probable a separate vaccine mandate will be required for tennis stars to play in Melbourne this summer.
Novak Djokovic with Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley at the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup in February.Credit:Getty Images
The government’s move came after Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley spent months raising concerns about a mandate because of its potential to turn away of a group of top players who resist vaccination.
Mr Tiley has since become resigned to it and is cooperating with the government, according to four government and sports sources speaking anonymously to detail confidential negotiations.
Numerous top-line tennis stars, including world No.1 and nine-time Australian Open champion Djokovic â€" who would in Melbourne have another attempt to win a record 21st major title â€" have expressed doubts about COVID-19 vaccines. Tennis tournaments across the globe are yet to mandate vaccination for players.
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