Summary
- Authorities are urging people to avoid attending planned Black Lives Matter protests nationwide this weekend because of the risk it will lead to the spread of coronavirus.
- NSW Police will take the organisers of a protest scheduled for Saturday afternoon to the Supreme Court, after its expected numbers swelled in the time since being given approval.
- Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has demanded Victorians not to attend tomorrow’s anti-racism protest and warned anyone intent on being violent they will be penalised by police.
- Seven new coronavirus cases have been confirmed nationwide today - four in New South Wales and three in Victoria. No new cases have been recorded in Queensland.
- A primary school in Melbourne's north has been closed for deep cleaning after a prep student tested positive for coronavirus.
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'Fast as we can': CSL vows to make UQ COVID-19 vaccine if successful
By Emma Koehn
CSL will produce the first batches of the University of Queensland's COVID-19 vaccine if it is shown to work, throwing funding support behind the vaccine's development with the belief that as many as 100 million doses could be available by late next year.
On Friday morning, the $133 billion life sciences operator confirmed it had entered into a formal partnership with UQ and the Oslo-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) for testing and manufacturing of the UQ vaccine candidate, paving the way for large-scale production of the vaccine if it is found to be safe and efficient.
Researchers at the University of Queensland are racing to develop a vaccine and early tests have shown positive results.Credit:University of Queensland
CSL chief executive Paul Perreault said a critical part of getting any vaccine to market was to ensure ahead of time that it could realistically be manufactured in large volumes, which was why the partnership was so important.
"There remains a number of milestones ahead before we can declare victory with an effective, safe vaccine," he said.
The funding deal will see CSL and CEPI back the university's research team through its phase one safety study, later clinical trials and the first phase of large-scale production should trials show the product is safe.
If the vaccine receives the green light, the first large-scale production runs will occur out of CSL's Melbourne production facilities.
Read the full story here.
WATCH LIVE: WA Premier Mark McGowan on easing coronavirus restrictions
WA Premier Mark McGowan held a press conference this afternoon. Watch it below.
Lots of press conferences from state premiers around lunchtime today. You can watch one with New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian in the 12.35pm post, one with Victorian premier Daniel Andrews in the 12.28pm post and one with Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in the 12.04pm post.
Andrews urges Victorians not to attend Black Lives Matter protest
By Paul Sakkal
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has urged Victorians not to attend tomorrow’s anti-racism protest, and warned anyone intent on being violent that they will be penalised by police.
Almost 20,000 people have registered their interest to attend a Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne’s CBD on Saturday.
Mr Andrews said the event could cause a spike in cases that could worsen the spread of COVID-19 in the community.
“I’ve got a very clear message: don’t go to the protest,” he said.
“Everything that we’ve given is worth something and we should not fritter that away.”
Mr Andrews said “if [the protest] is not peaceful, it is not a protest” and warned anyone “intent on violence” they would be dealt with by police on the day.
The Premier spoke to Prime Minister Scott Morrison about the state’s approach to the protest.
Mr Andrews said “it would be fair to describe our conversation as one of agreement” on the point that thousands of protestors could not simply be “locked up”.
The press conference is now finished, but you can watch it in the blog post at 12.28pm.
NSW Police to take Black Lives Matter protest organisers to Supreme Court
By Mary Ward
NSW Police will take the organisers of a protest scheduled for Saturday afternoon to the Supreme Court, after its expected numbers swelled in the time since being given approval.
Addressing the media this afternoon (you can watch the press conference in the post below), Premier Gladys Berejiklian said it "never was and never will be" the state's intention to allow thousands of people to be "flagrantly disregarding the [state's] health orders".
"Today, NSW has been very successful only because all of us have taken the hard yards, of making those difficult decisions," she said.
"We've not visited family or attended events, we've not done what we normally to do keep the community safe."
Ms Berejiklian denied she "gave the green light" to the protest but said that when the organisers first presented their event to NSW Police it seemed much smaller, and closer in size to Tuesday night's protest.
More than 1000 marched from Hyde Park to NSW Parliament House on Tuesday evening.Credit:James Brickwood
Commissioner Mick Fuller said the protest size had escalated to the point that potentially 10,000 protesters would be showing up.
He said the organiser had admitted that he couldn't ensure that the protesters could adhere to social distancing measures.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the current health orders in the state specified that no more than 500 people could be present in a public space, gathering in groups of 10.
The Premier said the protest was now "an illegal protest".
WATCH: Press conference with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian
12.30pm is evidently a popular time for press conferences among state premiers. There is one underway with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews in the post below.
Here is a recording of the press conference NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian gave this afternoon.
WATCH: Press conference with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews
I hope you like lunchtime press conferences because there are a couple starting shortly.
One in Melbourne with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is about to start, which will likely touch on coronavirus and the planned Black Lives Matter protests.
The press conference has concluded. Here is the recording:
And I'm getting the feed for one with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian too...
Queensland venues can now open to more than 20 customers if they have COVID-safe plan
By Lydia Lynch
From midday today, Queensland restaurants, cafes, pubs and clubs can open to more than 20 customers.
Venues will be able to seat groups of up to 20 people in different dining areas if they have an approved COVID-safe plan.
For example, a pub could host 20 punters inside and another group in an outdoor beer garden.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she was “absolutely delighted” more Queenslanders would be able to share a beer with friends.
“We are expecting a bumper weekend,” she said. Nine COVID-safe industry plans have now been signed off including tourism, camping, fitness and field sports.
You can watch the press conference she is currently holding in the post below.
WATCH LIVE: Press conference with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
A press conference with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on easing restrictions has just got underway.
The press conference has concluded. The video below is a recording.
She said there had been no new coronavirus cases had been confirmed in Queensland today.
'Indefensible': Senior NSW ministers angered over planned Sydney protest
By Tom Rabe
Senior NSW ministers are criticising their own government’s decision to allow thousands of protesters to take to Sydney’s streets as part of the global Black Lives Matter movement this weekend.
Less than 24 hours after Premier Gladys Berejiklian green-lighted Saturday’s planned protests, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the fact it was going ahead was “indefensible” and “ridiculous”.
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet.Credit:James Brickwood
“When people are making enormous sacrifices right now, I think situations like this and protests like this on the weekend clearly shouldn’t go ahead,” Mr Perrottet told 2GB on Friday morning.
“You can’t defend the indefensible, I think it’s ridiculous.”
Thousands of people are expected to take to Sydney’s Town Hall on Saturday as part of the Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of African American man George Floyd last month.
Primary school in Melbourne's north shuts after prep student tests positive for COVID-19
By Paul Sakkal
A primary school in Melbourne's north has closed after a student contracted COVID-19, one of three new cases recorded in the state overnight.
A prep student at Newbury Primary School in Craigieburn attended school last Friday, May 29, while they were infectious but asymptomatic. The child developed symptoms on the weekend and were kept home from school for the duration of this week.
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.Credit:Eddie Jim
Authorities do not know who the student contracted the virus from and Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said on Friday that there were hotspots of community transmission in the inner-north and western suburbs.
The school will be closed on Friday as the Victorian Health Department attempts to determine close contacts of the student. The school is being professionally cleaned and will reopen sometime next week.
The other two cases were returned travellers in hotel quarantine.
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