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Guy’s backers believe they will snare one third of Liberal party room vote
By Sumeyya Ilanbey and Paul Sakkal
Former state opposition leader Matthew Guy arrived at the Victorian Liberal Party headquarters with an entourage just before 7.30am, looking jubilant, but he did not give away which way he thought the party would vote.
Me Guy and his backers believe two thirds of the party’s 31 MPs support a change in leader.
“Give us an hour or so and we’ll let you know,” Mr Guy said. “You’ll find out [who emerges as leader] as I will, in an hour.”
Mr Guy looked cheery and arrived with a large group of his backers, in contrast to Michael O’Brien who came alone.
MPs Ryan Smith and David Southwick, who are in the mix for deputy, arrived together but did not comment to waiting media.
The party’s current deputy, Cindy McLeish, did not say whether she would contest the deputy position.
Upper house MP Bernie Finn said he “always supports the leader”, while Edward O’Donohue said “I think Michael O’Brien has done an amazing job”.
Upper house leader David Davis declined to comment on the ballot and said the party needed to focus on providing good government for Victorians.
Mr Davis is one of the key MPs who is expected to switch support away from Mr O’Brien.
Frontbencher Matthew Bach said: “l’ll do my talking in the party room.”
Energy spokesman Brad Rowswell also did not comment on the ballot and said his focus was on looking out for his community and providing an alternative to the Labor Party.
Victorian Liberals arrive ahead of leadership vote
By Sumeyya Ilanbey
Victorian Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien has arrived at state Liberal Party headquarters ahead of a meeting expected to force him out of the top job.
Mr O’Brien said he was unable to provide comment to waiting journalists.
Victorian MPs Matthew Guy, left, and Michael O’Brien, right, spent Sunday night on the phones persuading fellow Liberals to vote for them.
Upper house MP Craig Ondarchie, a supporter of former opposition leader Matthew Guy, arrived shortly after and said it “was time for change”.
The Victorian Liberals are meeting at 7.45am to bring on a motion to spill the leadership of the parliamentary party. Mr Guy is expected to emerge victorious.
We’ll bring you more details as soon as they come to hand.
Morrison back in Canberra after crossing border to visit Sydney
By David Crowe
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has returned to Canberra from a visit to his family in Sydney after gaining an exemption from health authorities to cross the border with NSW.
With state borders closed across the country, Mr Morrison needed approval from the Australian Capital Territory’s Chief Health Officer to make the visit after being in Sydney for Father’s Day on Sunday.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison travelled to Sydney from Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
The arrangement allowed him to return to Parliament House on Monday morning to join Social Services Minister Anne Ruston at a summit on women’s safety and to speak with national security officials face-to-face for a cabinet committee meeting.
Read the full story here.
NSW schools closed after COVID-19 cases reported
By Daniella White
Two NSW schools have been forced to close after COVID-19 cases were reported.
A NSW Education spokesperson said Crawford Public School, in western Sydney, and Cringila Public School, in Wollongong, will be shut today to allow for contact tracing and cleaning. A member of both school communities has tested positive to COVID-19.
All staff and students have been asked to self-isolate and follow NSW Health advice and protocols.
“The NSW Department of Education will continue to work closely with NSW Health to ensure the health and safety of all students and staff is maintained,” the spokesperson said.
Woolworths, Port Melbourne office among Victoria’s latest exposure sites
By Rachel Eddie
A Woolworths supermarket in Melbourne’s south east and offices in Port Melbourne have been added to Victoria’s growing list of tier-1 exposure sites.
In Victoria, “tier 1” means you are considered a close contact and need to isolate for 14 days if you visited a site at the times listed.
The tier-1 sites added late last night include:
- The Woolworths at 31-33 Bath Street, Chelsea, on Saturday, September 4 between 12.30pm and 1.30pm;
- Plummer Street buildings one and two in Port Melbourne for all of last Tuesday, August 31, last Wednesday, September 1, and September 2, 3, 4 and 6;
- Kong Chinese Bistro on Somerton Road in Roxburgh Park, in Melbourne’s north, on Friday, September 3, between 6.15pm and 7.20pm;
- The Highlands Medical Clinic in Craigieburn, also in the northern suburbs, for Friday, September 3, 9.40am to 10.40am;
- The Yarra Youth Centre in Fitzroy for August 27, 1pm to 5.10pm; and
- Simultech Australia (an equipment supplier) in Lilydale, in Melbourne’s north east, for Thursday, September 2, between 8.30am to 4.30pm.
Many new tier-2 sites have also been listed online, requiring anyone who visited to immediately test and isolate until returning a negative result.
Those can be viewed here.
New exposure sites in regional NSW
By Daniella White
In case you missed it, NSW Health released a couple of new exposure sites in regional NSW last night.
Anyone who visited the following venues is a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days:
- The Reject Shop on Galena Street in Broken Hill for August 29, between 10am and 5pm, and September 4 between 11am and 5pm; and
- The Dubbo IGA on Victoria Street for August 31, between 5.45am and 6am.
A number of new casual-contact venues across NSW that are associated with confirmed cases of COVID-19 have also been added to the exposure list.
They are available to view here.
GPs urge Victoria’s unvaccinated not to wait for Pfizer
By Aisha Dow and Farrah Tomazin
Doctors are urging Victorians not to wait for the Pfizer vaccine, warning that many people who have had blood clots or strokes still wrongly believe the AstraZeneca vaccine is unsafe for them.
On a day when Victoria recorded 246 new coronavirus cases, the highest number since August last year, Health Minister Martin Foley revealed that most people who are sick with COVID-19 in Victorian hospitals had not received any vaccine, despite being eligible.
People queue at the Royal Exhibition Building vaccination centre in Carlton on Saturday.Credit:Joe Armao
General practitioners say there is still a lot of misinformation about who cannot get the AstraZeneca vaccine, meaning vulnerable people with underlying conditions that put them at much higher risk of dying of coronavirus were unnecessarily waiting for the Pfizer vaccine.
They say the number of people who could not have the locally manufactured AstraZeneca jab for medical reasons was actually “very small”.
NSW hospitals prepare emergency plans for ICU operations to reach ‘overwhelming’ status
By Alexandra Smith, Lucy Cormack and Mary Ward
Sydney’s worst-affected COVID-19 areas will have 2000 cases a day by next week as hospitals prepare to implement emergency plans to call back nurses from vaccination hubs and turn operating theatres into intensive care units.
New modelling from Melbourne’s Burnet Institute shows projections for the next three months in Sydney’s COVID-19 hotspots, but Premier Gladys Berejiklian has not made public the full modelling.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the health system’s “surge capacity, we estimate, is in excess of what we will need”.Credit:Edwina Pickles
Instead, she has released “worst-case scenario modelling” for only the 12 local areas of concern, which projected rising case numbers based on mask-wearing, social distancing and increased vaccination rates.
Read the full story here.
New Zealand to relax restrictions outside of Auckland
By Chris Zappone
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the widespread easing of COVID-19 restrictions across New Zealand as the nation appears to have largely contained its Delta outbreak.
From tonight, all of New Zealand outside Auckland will move from level 3 to level 2 restrictions, allowing people to return to work and school.
“We’ve done so well to get this outbreak under control,” Ms Ardern said.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.Credit:AP
Auckland will remain at the most restrictive level 4 setting, which allows people to leave their home only for essential work and to buy essential supplies, until at least next Thursday.
This morning’s headlines at a glance
By Broede Carmody
Good morning and thanks for reading our live coverage.
It’s Tuesday, September 7. I’m Broede Carmody and I’ll be on deck for the first half of the day.
Here’s everything you need to know before we get started.
- Sydney’s hospital system is preparing for coronavirus cases to peak as early as next week. The city’s hotspots could have 2000 cases a day by the middle of this month, according to modelling released by Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Yesterday, NSW recorded 1281 new cases of COVID-19.
- Victoria reported 246 new coronavirus cases yesterday, the highest daily number in more than a year. The state is set to hit its 70 per cent first dose vaccine target in less than a fortnight, with expectations that this will lead to not only lead to a 10km travel radius but perhaps some additional outdoor freedoms.
- The ACT recorded 11 new, locally acquired cases of COVID-19 yesterday. On the vaccination front, 70.6 per cent of Canberrans have now received their first jab.
- Both Queensland and WA reported zero local cases yesterday. WA Premier Mark McGowan says states without local coronavirus cases will want to “stay as COVID-free for as long as we can” and that the rest of Australia should welcome his tough border measures because it has helped the national economy.
- New Zealand yesterday reported 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the community for the third day straight. Later today, everywhere outside Auckland will shift to alert level 2 – which means people can once again gather indoors with capacity limits, but masks will remain mandatory in settings such as public transport.
- And in non-COVID news, Victoria could have a new opposition leader today. Former leader Matthew Guy, who lost the 2018 state election to Dan Andrews, hopes to topple his replacement Michael O’Brien (who is from the party’s moderate faction) in a vote to be held as soon as this morning. Victoria is due for a state election next year.
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