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What exactly is genomics? A handy guide
Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young has put the focus back on genomic testing this morning by confirming coronavirus cases found in a Brisbane detention centre are the same viral strain as cases contracted in Melbourne.
If you want to know exactly what that means, our handy pocket explainer on genomics may be able to help.
No new cases in Queensland
By Matt Dennien
Queensland has recorded no new cases of COVID-19 overnight, with a link drawn between the first case of the Brisbane detention centre cluster and an earlier one sparked by two women who returned from Melbourne.
Chief health officer Dr Jeanette Young said additional genomic testing over the next 24 to 48 hours would giver further information.
"It looks like this cluster has the same viral strain as one of the young women who went down to Melbourne," Dr Young said.
Dr Young said she had been doing serology testing on young people who are and had been in the detention centre to try and determine whether one of those may have passed the virus on to staff at the centre.
"There's a missing link between the two."
Andrews doesn't have the numbers: Crossbench MP
By Marissa Calligeros
Victorians crossbench MP Fiona Patten, leader of the Reason Party, does not see how Premier Daniel Andrews will have the numbers in Parliament to extend the state of emergency.
"From the conversations I had last night I can't see where he's going to find the magic 20 votes that he needs to pass this," Ms Patten told radio station 3AW a short time ago.
Reason Party leader Fiona Patten says the Premier will have to compromise to get state of emergency legislation through the upper house. Credit:Wayne Taylor
Mr Andrews needs the support of at least four crossbench MPs to extend the state of emergency by 12 months.
Ms Patten said she would not support the move without some compromise.
"This sets in stone the ability for a government to call a state of emergency for 18 months, 18 months," she said.
"At the moment I'm opposing it. I can't see any way to support this, however, I agree ... that we do need a government that can be nimble, that can respond to this quickly, but a state of emergency is not what's needed right now.
"It means the government can make any rule about restricting your behaviour, restricting your activities [and] restricting your movement. The Premier was quite clear that it doesn't include things like curfews, that's in state of disaster legislation.
"But it also means that you can be detained without charge. They could close down the courts, they could close down the Parliament. At the moment, the Chief Health Officer's advice is for regional members not to attend Parliament, so it does have extraordinary powers."
Ms Patten said her view might change "if there was some compromise".
"If there was some reworking of this ... then you might bring the crossbenchers to the table, but at the moment they're not there," she said.
Victoria records 148 new cases, eight deaths
Today's figures are out, and Victoria has recorded 148 new cases of COVID-19, and eight overnight deaths.
It comes after the state recorded 116 cases yesterday, the lowest daily tally since July 5.
We'll have more information soon.
Ansell profit jumps as demand soars during pandemic
By Darren Gray
Personal protective equipment manufacturer Ansell will lift its dividend for the 17th year in a row after intense demand for its products in the face of COVID-19 pushed up its sales and net profit.
The ASX-listed manufacturer recorded sales of $US1.61 billion ($2.25 billion) for the 2019-20 financial year, up 7.7 per cent, and well ahead of market consensus of $US1.56 billion. Statutory net profit for the year rose 5.2 per cent to $158.7 million.
The company, which has manufacturing operations around the world, is a leading maker of chemical body suits and rubber gloves, and demand has soared for these products since the coronavirus pandemic worsened dramatically earlier this year.
The company declared a final dividend of US28.25 cents per share for a full year dividend of US50 cents. The full year dividend is up 7 per cent on last year.
Read more: Ansell profit jumps as demand soars during pandemic
Bill Shorten says Andrews needs to 'calm the farm'
By Marissa Calligeros
Former opposition leader and Member for Maribyrnong, Bill Shorten, says he received a "deluge of emails from concerned constituents" yesterday about Premier Daniel Andrews' plan to extend Victoria's state of emergency.
"I think all he wants to do with it is to be able to still have some powers to get people to wear masks and make sure workplaces have safety plans," Mr Shorten told Nine's Today show a short time ago.
"But I think it would be handy if he cleared it up today. I think that figure of the 12 months had everyone freaking out last night. I think the explanation is a lot more benign, but [it's] probably time for 'Dan the Man' to put his explaining skills on display today and just calm the farm."
Shut down cities to save border communities: McKenzie
By Mary Ward
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie has called on state premiers to move towards city-based restrictions in order to reopen their borders, saying regional communities face "severe and long-term economic, social and health impacts" from border closures.
"We need the premiers to have the guts to shut [cities] down swiftly and securely and let the rest of the state get on with doing business without having to bear the brunt," the Wodonga local said on ABC News Breakfast this morning.
Ms McKenzie said people from Victoria's border communities were just as concerned about people from Melbourne bringing the virus into their town as other states were about the virus crossing the border.
"They're being waved through on major arterials," she claimed, adding it did not "give [her] the confidence that Daniel Andrews can protect us from COVID".
The senator criticised the NSW-Victoria border permit system, saying many locals faced losing their jobs because they did not qualify."We're a nation and we have been for 120 years. I think it's incredibly disappointing that over that 120 years, we've developed national supply chains of food, of workforce, of education systems, etc. And that's all at risk now."
Yesterday, Ms McKenzie told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age "city-centric parochialism" was hurting regional communities through the application of coronavirus restrictions only needed in large cities.
From the front page
Fast spreading mutation now Australia's most common strain of COVID-19
By Jewel Topsfield
A mutation of the coronavirus which appears to increase infectivity is now the most common form of the virus in Australia.
International researchers found a newer strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, was more infectious in laboratory tests but did not make patients sicker.
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Credit:AP
The mutation, known as D614G or the G-variant, is now the most prevalent form of the virus in Australia according to the Bedford lab, which pulls together global genomic data on COVID-19 through the platform Nextstrain.
University of Sydney Professor Edward Holmes - one of the world’s leading experts on the virus - said the evidence showed the mutation increased infectivity when tested on cell cultures under laboratory conditions.
But Professor Holmes – who was not involved in the research – did not believe the impact of the mutation would be as significant in the human population as it was in the laboratory.
Read more: Fast spreading mutation now Australia's most common strain of COVID-19
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