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Summary
- There are now more than 6.9 million COVID-19 confirmed cases worldwide. The global death toll now stands at more than 400,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally
- Federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said that tens of thousands of people who protested against Indigenous Australian deaths in custody were selfish in that they risked sparking a second coronavirus outbreak
- Asian Australians have reported almost 400 racist attacks since the beginning of April
- Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk may soon commit to a date to reopen the border. Ms Palaszczuk had planned to wait until Victoria and NSW had gone 28 days without recording a new coronavirus case, but this benchmark may be rolled back
- A new survey shows some Americans have gargled bleach and applied it to their skin in an effort to ward off coronavirus. The survey was conducted after US President Donald Trump's comments on the use of bleach
Free childcare to end on July 12
By Fergus Hunter
Education Minister Dan Tehan has announced the end of fee-free childcare for Australian families.
The childcare relief package will end on July 12, Mr Tehan said, restoring the old model that combines government subsidies and fees from families.
He said Australia's success at containing COVID-19 had sent people back to work and school, causing demand for childcare spots to rebound.
"The system was designed for when demand was falling, now we are seeing demand increase. And we think we have got the balance right," Mr Tehan said.
"Services are keen to expand their offering to support more families."
From July 13, the old child care subsidy will be reintroduced. The government will also put in place transition measures to protect centres and families whose incomes have been harmed.
The government will provide extra government funding through the shift back to the old model. The government will also alter the work activity test for eligible parents to help them afford fees.
From July 20, centres will also lose access to the JobKeeper wage subsidy.
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Easing of work activity test when free childcare ends
By Fergus Hunter
Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has pushed back against concerns that a reintroduction of fees will be unaffordable for many families who have lost work during the coronavirus crisis.
He said the relief package was always going to be temporary and the government had consulted widely about the shift away from fee-free childcare.
Mr Tehan said the easing of the work activity test would give eligible families who have lost income 100 hours of subsidised care a fortnight.
"This will assist families to return to the level of work, study or training they were undertaking before COVID-19," he said
.Fees will be "minimal" and return to previous levels but families with reduced incomes will only pay fees covering the gap between the subsidy and the cost of care, Mr Tehan said.
There will also be additional subsidies provided by the government which the minister said would help with affordability.
Asked about the possibility demand would drop when fees were reintroduced, Mr Tehan acknowledged there may be an impact.
"We can't guarantee the demand won't go backwards," he said.
"But what we can guarantee through this package is that we have done everything we can to support the sector transition, that we have consulted with the sector, listened to what they have said will be needed to make sure that demand will continue to grow and we think that we have a package that will work."
No decision made on early finish to JobKeeper: Tehan
Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has said a decision has not been made about the future of JobKeeper payments, after announcing the childcare sector would be losing theirs from July 20.
"No decision has been made in that regard and they are decisions for the government," he said.
"The government said that there will be a review in June so I am sure that the Prime Minister and the Treasurer after that review will have more to say."
Speaking about the weekend's protests, Mr Tehan said protesters – including large numbers of university students – took "great risk" by taking part in demonstrations.
"What those demonstrators should have done is thought about was how, within the guidelines, could they protest rather [create] than the risk now, the potential risk now that has been put in place in terms of increasing the spread of the virus," he said.
Mr Tehan said an absence of a spike in cases after the protests would have no bearing on his decisions regarding university operation, saying he had been encouraging universities to work with their state and territory governments to find ways to operate face-to-face learning but would ultimately be deferring to health advice.
Free childcare to end on July 12
By Fergus Hunter
Education Minister Dan Tehan has announced the end of fee-free childcare for Australian families.
The childcare relief package will end on July 12, Mr Tehan said, restoring the old model that combines government subsidies and fees from families.
He said Australia's success at containing COVID-19 had sent people back to work and school, causing demand for childcare spots to rebound.
"The system was designed for when demand was falling, now we are seeing demand increase. And we think we have got the balance right," Mr Tehan said.
"Services are keen to expand their offering to support more families."
From July 13, the old child care subsidy will be reintroduced. The government will also put in place transition measures to protect centres and families whose incomes have been harmed.
The government will provide extra government funding through the shift back to the old model. The government will also alter the work activity test for eligible parents to help them afford fees.
From July 20, centres will also lose access to the JobKeeper wage subsidy.
WATCH: Education Minister Dan Tehan gives an update on childcare
New Zealand reports no active cases
New Zealand's final remaining active case of coronavirus has recovered, its health ministry has announced this morning.
The country has not reported a new case of the virus in 17 days.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's strict lockdown has paid off.Credit:Getty
During the pandemic, New Zealand has recorded 1154 confirmed cases and 22 people have died.
After embarking on one of the world's strictest lockdowns earlier in the pandemic, New Zealand appears to be now reaping the rewards.
The country had previously said they were expecting June 15 to be the date they eliminated the virus.
Kiwis will receive a particularly tailored return on their investment when they become the first country in the world to resume professional rugby union games next weekend.
Three new cases in NSW, one under investigation
Three new cases of coronavirus cases have been diagnosed in NSW, from 5950 tests in the latest daily reporting period.
That brings the total number of cases in the state since the start of the pandemic to 3112. The number of recoveries has risen to 2724.
Two of the cases are returned travellers in hotel quarantine, and one is under investigation.
NSW Health epidemiologist Dr Christine Selvey repeated calls for anyone in the state with the mildest symptoms to come forward for testing.
Resident at regional Victorian aged care home tests positive
By Paul Sakkal
Residents at an aged care facility in Victoria’s north-east are in quarantine after a resident contracted COVID-19.
A resident at Hawthorn Village in Bright was one of two new cases recorded in the state overnight.
The person was diagnosed in hospital after being admitted for an unrelated condition.
About 25 residents of the home are in quarantine and the Victorian Health Department has contacted affected families and begun tracing close contacts.
All residents and staff will be tested.The other new case was a returned traveller in hotel quarantine, taking the total number of people who have been infected since the outbreak begun to 1687.
Neither of the new cases had an unknown source of transmission.
About 543,000 tests have been processed, only 1000 more than had been processed on Friday, according to the Health Department.
Mexico's case numbers keep climbing, government admits underestimate
Mexico's health ministry reported 3484 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 188 additional fatalities on Sunday, bringing the total in the country to 117,103 cases and 13,699 deaths.
The government has said the real number of infected people is significantly higher than the confirmed cases.
In the past month, Latin America has emerged as the new hot spot for coronavirus cases worldwide.
Two Vietnamese citizens returning from Mexico who were quarantined on arrival were also diagnosed with coronavirus on Sunday, Vietnam's health ministry said.
The south-east Asian country has gone 53 days without a domestically transmitted infection and has a total of 331 cases, with no deaths. Over 90 per cent of its confirmed cases have recovered.
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Parents and visitors now welcome at WA schools
Parents and visitors are now allowed on school grounds in Western Australia as the state government moves to lift more coronavirus restrictions.
Under the changes, events and activities such as assemblies, excursions, choirs and examinations can resume providing schools abide by a limit of 100 people indoors and 300 people outdoors.
School camps will also be permitted for up to 100 people.
"Thanks to the hard work and diligence of school staff, parents and students, we're able to make these changes and get schools closer to their usual operations," Education Minister Sue Ellery said.
"Parents and carers play a big part in school communities and it's great that schools will be able to welcome them back on-site to meet with staff and attend assemblies and events, in line with physical distancing guidelines."
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Marches put our virus progress at risk: immunologist
Immunologist, and emeritus professor of medicine at UNSW, Professor John Dwyer has written this morning that the weekend's protest marches put Australia's virus progress at risk.
"From a public health point of view, an emotional, large crowd of protesters, while admittedly providing a very important message, could provide the ideal circumstances for cross-infection," he writes.
Sydney's Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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