WATCH: Daniel Andrews addresses the media
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is due to speak at 10.30am. He is joined by Deputy Premier James Merlino.
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NSW records seven new local cases as links for mystery cases found
By Mary Ward
NSW has recorded seven new local coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour reporting period, after a household believed to provide the missing link for a number of cases previously without a known source tested positive.
Of the seven new cases, two were the Lakemba GPs who were reported in the media yesterday afternoon.
The five other local cases were members of the same household who health authorities believe link nine other cases which were under investigation.
"NSW Health can now also advise the five new cases provide a link between the previously four unlinked cases that include a nurse from St Vincent’s Hospital, and a previously reported cluster of five people in south-western Sydney linked with Liverpool Hospital," NSW Health said.
"This means 14 people reported between 8 October to today are now linked."
One member of this household is a disability worker who worked at three small group homes in south-west Sydney with seven clients. Interviews and contact tracing is under way.
Another member of the household attended the Great Beginnings childcare centre at Oran Park in Sydney's south-west on October 1, 2, 8, and 9 while infectious. The centre has been closed for cleaning and contact tracing is under way.
The state also recorded six new cases in hotel quarantine, bringing the NSW total case total to 4106.
Andrews and Sutton insist contact tracing and outbreak management are up to scratch
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says the state is recording its current level of daily cases because the state’s contact tracing system is standing up under pressure.
Both Mr Andrews and Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton are defending the Health Department’s handling of recent clusters at Chadstone, Kilmore, Frankston and Box Hill hospital.
Professor Brett Sutton says the contact tracing and outbreak management teams are up to scratch. Credit:Justin McManus
The two leaders said a more aggressive approach to outbreak management - including asymptomatic testing at high-risk sites and testing of any person who travelled through exposure sites - would be a feature of Victoria’s response to future outbreaks.
“Those outbreaks have been handled very well, or we would not be reporting 12 cases a day, or an average of 10, we would be reporting a good number more than that,” Mr Andrews said.
“But these things do change. They evolve. The stuff in Kilmore is not something that we've done before. But I think you'll find that's going to be a feature much more - a much more common feature of outbreak management.”
Professor Sutton said asymptomatic testing for large cohorts, for example, anyone who attended any part of Chadstone shopping centre would not provide “value for money”.
He said it was more appropriate to encourage testing for people who travelled through specific shops or public spaces within the shopping centre.
"I would say we're following at a minimum the national guidelines for outbreak management and contact tracing. And we're going above and beyond that," he said.
Restrictions that were not in Victorian roadmap may ease on Sunday
By Paul Sakkal
The state government will not ease the full set of restrictions that were due to be lifted on Sunday but the government may make changes that were not foreshadowed in the state's reopening roadmap.
Premier Daniel Andrews again reiterated rules would not ease as significantly as planned and changes would focus on social interaction rather than business settings.
“We will choose those items on that list of things proposed to happen this coming Sunday. Those that are safe, we will proceed with,” he said.
“And there may be some others that we believe are safe that were not necessarily foreshadowed at that time. This is a changing thing. I know that's frustrating, that not all questions can be answered.”
As flagged on Monday, Mr Andrews stated the daily case thresholds for loosening restrictions were being actively reviewed.
“If upon that further analysis, five is the new zero, and ten is the new five, then we'll have to factor that in,” he said.
“I can't answer all the specifics around when that judgement would be made, or what that might allow, or not allow. It will make the task of keeping a lid on this virus harder.”
'Great to be back': Trumps says he is in good health at Florida campaign rally
Just a week after his release from the hospital, President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Monday for the first time since contracting the coronavirus as he tries to stage a late comeback in the election's final stretch.
President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Orlando Sanford International Airport on Monday.Credit:AP Photo/Evan Vucci
“It’s great to be back in my home state, Florida, to make my official return to the campaign trail," Trump declared in front of a crowd of thousands of supporters, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, mostly without masks, despite the ongoing pandemic.
“I am so energised by your prayers and humbled by your support," he said.
President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Orlando Sanford International Airport on Monday.Credit:AP Photo/Evan Vucci
President Donald Trump has declared he was in good health, saying he felt “powerful” and he felt well enough — and contagion-free enough — to dive into the crowd “to kiss the guys and the beautiful women.”
The president was sidelined from the campaign trail for more than ten days after he tested positive for the virus on October 2.
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Thousands of tutors to be deployed across Victorian schools
By Kate Lahey
The Victorian government will deploy more than 4,100 tutors across schools in 2021 to ensure students are not left behind after the coronavirus pandemic.
At a cost of $250 million, it will be the single biggest boost to individual learning support in the state's history, the government says.
Victorian Education Minister James Merlino says they will recruit more than 4000 tutors. Credit:Eddie Jim
It is urging pre-service teachers, teachers on leave, casuals and retired teachers to sign up as tutors.
Most Victorian students spent much of term two and term three learning remotely. Almost all year levels returned to classrooms on Monday. Years 8-10 are yet to return to school.
Education Minister James Merlino said 80 per cent of the tutors would be women.
"We need to recruit a lot of people - more than 4000. We know that they're out there," he said.
"Currently, there are about 5,500 teachers who are either recently retired or on a long-term leave. There are 4000 pre-service teachers, there are 3000 to 3600 casual relief teachers.
"We need more than 4000 of them to put their hand up. So, my message to retired teachers, pre-service teachers, casual relief teachers: We want you, and our kids need you.
"And my message to parents and carers, if your child has fallen behind, we will bring them back up to speed."
Geelong resident tests positive for second time after being cleared of COVID-19
By Paul Sakkal
Premier Daniel Andrews has begun his daily media briefing by confirming 12 new cases and one additional death in the past 24 hours.
The 14-day statewide moving average has increased from 10.3 to 10.4. An average of five daily cases is required to move to the next phase of the state’s reopening plan, but some restrictions will be eased on Sunday and Mr Andrews said daily case thresholds may be revised.
Premier Daniel Andrews.Credit:Jason South
The one death was a man in his 70s who was an aged care resident.
Eleven of the 12 cases have been provisionally linked to family clusters and known cases.
One case is a person in Geelong who was previously cleared of COVID-19 and has retested positive for the virus. The case is under review and may or may not be registered as a positive test which would take the total number of active regional cases to 6. The other five cases reside in the Mitchell Shire.
Two cases have been added to the total number of mystery cases in the past two weeks, taking the total to 13.
The cases come after 11, 14, 12 and 15 cases in the past four days.
There are now 30 active cases in aged care facilities.
About 8,200 tests were received in the past 24 hours, about 2000 fewer than Monday.
“Those numbers are still strong. They're well above the World Health Organisation [guideline] range,” Mr Anrews said.
“But we'd always call upon every single symptomatic Victorian, please come forward and get tested as soon as those symptoms register. It is incredibly important.”
Maskless trio leaving friend's house after watching a movie among 64 fined in Victoria
Three men from different households who said they had just been at a friend's house to watch a movie were among 64 people fined by police in Victoria in the past day.
Police intercepted a vehicle in the Monash area and found the trio travelling together.
They were all from different addresses and none of them were wearing face masks. They told officers they had just visited a friend’s house to watch a movie and all received a fine.
There were also multiple examples of people intercepted in cars further than five kilometres from home, who told police they were just out for a drive.
Of the 64 fines issued, 14 were for failing to wear a face mask and 17 were at vehicle checkpoints.
Data released by Fines Victoria on Monday night revealed that the state has issued more than $27.8 million in coronavirus-related fines since the start of the pandemic, but only 845 of the more than 19,000 penalty notices have been paid.
WATCH: Trump speaks at campaign rally in Florida
Donald Trump is speaking at a campaign rally, hours after the White House doctor said the US President had tested negative for COVID-19 on consecutive days.
The rally in Sanford, Florida, is the first since he became infected with COVID-19. Watch it live here:
Andrews government 'falling apart', says opposition
By Sumeyya Ilanbey
Victorian opposition leader Michael O’Brien says the Andrews government “is falling apart at the seams”, as he urged Labor MPs to cross the floor and vote in support of their ‘no confidence’ motion.
But Public Transport Minister Ben Carroll and the Green’s Melbourne MP Ellen Sandell labelled it a “stunt” and declared they would not be supporting the Opposition’s motion.
Victorian Opposition Leader Michael O'Brien.Credit:Darrian Traynor
“Victorians deserve better than a government that is so focused on themselves, so focused on covering up a mutual protection racket that they’ve actually forgotten to their day jobs,” Mr O’Brien said at Parliament House on Tuesday morning.
“The government has actually forgotten why it was elected - it was elected to look after the people in this state. We need a plan out of lockdown, we need a plan to get back to work with a plan to get our lives back.”
The Opposition’s move is set to fail in the lower house where Labor commands a majority 55 seats out of 88. But Mr O’Brien urged Labor MPs who are disgruntled with the leadership of Premier Daniel Andrews to cross the floor and make a “very simple decision”.
“Are they going to vote to protect Daniel Andrews’ job, or are they going to vote to protect Victorians’ jobs, because that’s what today’s choice is all about … you can’t do both.”
The Opposition can only move a ‘no confidence’ motion once each parliamentary term. If it had succeeded, the Legislative Assembly would have had eight days to pass the motion before the house was dissolved, triggering an election.
Ms Sandell said while she understood Victorians were “frustrated” with the current coronavirus situation, and that the Andrews government had made “many mistakes” during the pandemic, she said the Greens would not be voting with the Opposition on their “political game”.
“The Liberals are using this no confidence motion as a stunt to play political games with the pandemic, they want Andrews’ scalp,” Ms Sandell said.
“And right now, we think Victorians want politicians more to focus on how we actually get through this pandemic and out of restrictions.”
Mr Carroll said: “Today is obviously a political stunt, we know it will fail.”
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