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Watch live: ABC boss appears before Senate estimates
By Broede Carmody
ABC managing director David Anderson is set to appear before a budget estimates committee this morning.
Watch live below.
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ABC boss David Anderson back in estimates hot seat
By Lisa Visentin
ABC managing director David Anderson is back in Canberra this morning to face questions at a Senate estimates hearing about the ABC’s recent settlement with Industry Minister Christian Porter.
Mr Anderson will also be quizzed about his decision to delay the airing of a Four Corners episode exploring Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s ties to a QAnon conspiracy theorist.
ABC managing director David Anderson at a Senate estimates hearing last month. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
Meanwhile, staff at Four Corners are pushing for the episode to air within the next fortnight.
Read this curtain-raiser ahead of today’s hearing, which you’ll be able to watch live.
Berejiklian reiterates push for dedicated NSW quarantine facility
By Daniella White
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has made it clear the federal government would have to build and run a standalone facility if it wants more quarantine capacity in NSW.
She said the federal authorities needed to think about what quarantine will look like once most people are vaccinated and international borders begin to reopen.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian wants a dedicated quarantine facility.Credit:Nick Moir
“We don’t know how long the pandemic is going to be with us and I just say to the feds 5000 [people in quarantine] is all we can do in NSW at any one time,” Ms Berejiklian told radio station 2GB a short while ago.
“You’d have to build 10 of those quarantine facilities you’re building in Melbourne to even match what the NSW government’s doing now.”
The Premier said hotels could not be used for quarantine indefinitely because they would be needed as accommodation when international borders begin to open up. Last week, the Morrison government confirmed it would fund a dedicated quarantine facility in Victoria after weeks of speculation.
“We need to think about the future, we need to think about when the vast majority of our population is vaccinated and international travel resumes... presumably quarantine will look a bit different than what it does now,” Ms Berejiklian said.
“The feds do have to consider what does that mean for the future facilities and I’m in the business of supporting everyone during a pandemic.
“The federal government, if they want extra capacity in NSW they’re going to have to build and run it themselves … we’re not in the business of operating a federally-built quarantine facility.”
Turnbull flags support for vaccine passports
By Abbir Dib and Broede Carmody
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says domestic and international vaccine passports will be crucial in helping Australia emerge from the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison flagged the possibility of domestic vaccine passports last month to help those who are vaccinated bypass state lockdowns. However the idea received a frosty reception from the NSW and Queensland premiers.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has thrown his support behind vaccine passports. Credit:Steven Siewert
But Mr Turnbull said vaccine hesitancy is a major issue and Australians should have a vested interest in ensuring everyone is vaccinated.
“I know people will say this is tough this is non-libertarian,” he said on RN Breakfast. “[But] we need to be able to have good records so people can authoritatively and accurately say whether or not they have been vaccinated.
“Australians have to be tough about this and make it very clear that there are some things you will not be able to do if you are not vaccinated. Similar to no jab no play.”
Mr Turnbull said he understood that you can’t force people to be vaccinated.
“But if you want to work in healthcare, if you want to work in aged care [and] if you want to get on an airplane, if you want to go to a cinema, we are entitled to say you can’t do it to protect the rest of the community,” he said.
Mr Turnbull added that Australia needs to develop more resilient health and economic systems for future pandemics.
“A virus can spread at the speed of a jet airplane. So we cannot treat this as just a one in 100 year event. We’ve got to make sure we we don’t waste this crisis.”
NSW should receive its ‘fair share of the vaccine’: Premier
By Daniella White
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says states should be receiving vaccinations based on their population, in response to the federal government’s decision to provide Victoria with an additional 100,000 Pfizer doses.
Ms Berejiklian said the COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria appeared to be under control and it was only fair NSW received its “fair share”.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian received her second vaccination last week. Credit:Jeremy Piper
“Anything we can do to help we should,” she told 2GB on Monday morning. “[But] I think fair is fair and we should just receive based on the size of every state.
“We are taking in lots of bodies every week through the airport and we do it because it’s the right thing to do. We have a lot on our shoulders as well. I think it’s only fair that we get our fair share of the vaccine.”
The Premier added that NSW has dealt with similar outbreaks and, for the most part, managed to keep parts of the state open.
“NSW has had similar if not larger outbreaks and we’ve dealt with things as we’ve seen fit,” she said.
“I just think moving forward we just have to offer states an incentive for doing the right thing, offer states an incentive for getting on top of things and I hope that’s the way things happen in the future.”
Vaccine rollout has ‘knocked’ PM around: Lambie
By Broede Carmody
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s approval rating has dropped from 58 per cent to 54 cent, according to the latest Newspoll.
While all political polls should be taken with a grain of salt, especially after the 2019 federal election, it comes as Melbourne is in lockdown and Labor ramps-up its criticism of the vaccine rollout.
Senator Jacqui Lambie.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Senator Jacqui Lambie was speaking on the Today show a short while ago. She said these results should be a wake-up call for the PM given an election is due by the first half of 2022.
“If this hasn’t been a kick up the backside, I don’t know how else to get him to better manage COVID,” she said. “He needs to stop saying it is the states or the premier down here or whatever. Start taking responsibility for your lack of actions.”
However the independent politician, who represents Tasmania, gave the PM some credit for regularly visiting her state.
“He does a lot of visits down here because we have marginal seats,” she said. “So you do see him. There is no doubt.
“I just don’t think he has been on top of his game since he got in. COVID has knocked him around. I don’t think he has handled it as well as what he probably could have. It’s like they can’t chew gum [and walk at the same time].”
Train line among Victoria’s new exposure sites
By Abbir Dib
A key train line to and from Melbourne’s north has been added to the long list of Victorian exposure sites overnight.
A passenger infected with COVID-19 travelled on the Upfield line from Merlynston Station, in Coburg North, to the CBD last week from Wednesday to Friday around 6am and 4pm.
A large construction site in Melbourne’s CBD was also added as a tier 1 exposure site on Sunday afternoon after a worker tested positive on Saturday.
Other new exposure sites over the weekend include a high-rise city building and a shopping centre in Melbourne’s north.
Check out our interactive list below.
Qantas infiltrated by organised criminals: intelligence report
By Nick McKenzie, Joel Tozer and Fergus Hunter
Crime agencies believe Qantas has been infiltrated by bikies and other organised crime groups to facilitate drug importation and other activities that pose a risk to national security.
A classified federal law enforcement intelligence operation code-named Project Brunello has determined that a “significant” number of Qantas staff – up to 150 – are linked to criminality. The operation describes suspected wrongdoing that is “serious and represents a very high threat to the Australian border”.
Qantas has allegedly been infiltrated by senior organised crime figures.Credit:Composite
The revelations raise serious questions for both the airline and the federal government.
Delta spread key to easing Victoria’s coronavirus restrictions
By Paul Sakkal and Aisha Dow
Victoria’s acting Premier and Deputy Chief Health Officer say they expect Melbourne’s lockdown to be eased as planned on Thursday, but the suspicion of an undetected spread of the more-infectious Delta coronavirus variant could still extend the city’s stay-at-home orders.
Health authorities said it could take weeks for a full picture to emerge about whether there is a hidden spread of the variant, which is now centred on positive cases in North Melbourne and West Melbourne.
Professor Allen Cheng and Health Minister Martin Foley.Credit:Scott McNaughton
They said widespread testing will be crucial to their decision-making to assure them the variant hasn’t spread undetected throughout the state, as they work to contain at least 70 locally acquired COVID-19 cases.
Read the full story here.
This morning’s headlines at a glance
By Broede Carmody
Good morning and thanks for your company. I’m Broede Carmody and it’s Monday, June 7.
It’s set to be a busy day, with a high-stakes defamation trial kicking-off in Sydney and Melburnians bracing for extended stay-at-home orders. Before we jump into our rolling coverage, here’s what you need to know:
- Victoria’s coronavirus restrictions are expected to linger in some form beyond Thursday due to the spread of the highly-infectious Delta variant. It comes after a nurse and a resident at an aged care home were identified among yesterday’s positive cases.
- In Sydney, Victorian Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith is set to have his day in court. The highly-decorated soldier is suing The Age and Sydney Morning Herald over a series of articles that allege he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. He strongly denies the allegations.
- The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have named their new baby girl after the Queen and Princess Diana. The couple named the baby Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.
- And in sports news, Roger Federer has withdrawn from the French Open after knee surgery. It comes as Serena Williams was knocked out of the tournament due to a fourth round loss.
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