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Australian of the Year pushes for uniform consent definition
By Katina Curtis
Australian of the Year Grace Tame is launching a campaign to get all governments across Australia to adopt the same definitions of consent, grooming, the age of a child, and sexual intercourse.
Ms Tame, an advocate for survivors of sexual assault, intends to lobby all attorneys-general for nationally consistent definitions across a range of laws.
Grace Tame will campaign for all jurisdictions to adopt uniform definitions of consent and grooming.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
“Currently we have nine jurisdictions with nine very different definitions of consent … we have nine different definitions of the age of consent to sex, and we have nine different definitions of sexual intercourse itself,” Ms Tame told the national women’s safety summit.
Read the full story here.
Victoria records 221 new cases of COVID-19
By Broede Carmody
Victoria’s daily coronavirus numbers are in.
The state has recorded 221 new, locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and zero in hotel quarantine.
That figure is down from yesterday’s tally of 246 local cases.
The Department of Health says that of today’s 221 new cases, 98 are linked to known outbreaks. That means there are, at this stage, 123 mystery cases.
Authorities have not yet said how many people were isolating for their entire infectious period. We’re expecting to learn more at this morning’s press conference.
There are now 1920 active cases of COVID-19 across the state.
Today’s numbers are off the back of yesterday’s 42,429 coronavirus tests.
Melbourne cameraman concussed while filming illegal gathering
By Rachel Eddie
A cameraman filming an illegal gathering at a synagogue in Melbourne’s south east has been in hospital with a concussion after he says he was assaulted by a man on Tuesday night.
An all day stand-off between worshippers and police ended after 8pm last night when a group of people gathering to mark Jewish New Year were fined. Police had been in the area since about 4.30am yesterday.
During the afternoon, a few people gathered near the entrance and at times confronted police and media.
A cameraman filming the scene said he was assaulted by a man with a blow to the head and had been in the Alfred Hospital with concussion.
The cameraman told this masthead the alleged perpetrator was one of those standing outside the place of worship, rather than one of the people leaving the synagogue.
Victoria Police said late on Tuesday evening that they had spoken to several people who attended the Ripponlea address, and all of them – except for some children – would be fined $5452.
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HSC bosses, universities at odds over late January results date
By Jordan Baker
Universities and HSC bosses are at odds over the timing of HSC results, with the authority in charge of exams pushing for them to be released at the end of January while universities say they cannot stretch their deadline for ATARs beyond the middle of the month.
The Higher School Certificate exams, which have run every year since 1967, have been delayed until November 9 on health advice, but increasingly stressed students are still waiting on the timetable and a decision on whether all subjects will be examined.
Universities and HSC authorities are at odds over when results should be released.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
The NSW Education Standards Authority’s COVID-19 response committee this week recommended to the government that all written HSC examinations be held this year, multiple sources confirmed to this masthead on the condition of anonymity.
Crisis cabinet is expected to consider the timetable and timing of results later today.
More on this year’s HSC exams and what that means for universities here.
PM hasn’t been transparent about his travel ‘on a number of occasions’, Labor MP says
By Broede Carmody
Federal Labor MP Josh Burns, whose electorate of Macnamara encompasses the suburb where there was an illegal gathering at a Melbourne synagogue last night, has just appeared on ABC News Breakfast.
The MP stressed the overwhelming majority of Melbourne’s Jewish community are doing the right thing.
“It’s really disappointing to see people ignoring the public health rules,” he said. “We are all equal before the law.”
The Labor politician was also asked about the PM’s recent trip to and from Canberra to see his family in Sydney, despite the ACT being in lockdown until at least the end of this month.
“Of course the Prime Minister wants to see his family,” he replied.
“But I think what is a little bit unusual about this scenario [is] the Prime Minister on a number of occasions has been not very transparent with his travel arrangements.
“His office tried to hide the fact he went to Hawaii during the bushfires, and then they were a bit coy about the fact he went on a pub tour to see some family history [in the UK]. He didn’t mention the fact he flew back to Sydney on his [recent] Facebook post about being with his family on Father’s Day.
“No one begrudges the Prime Minister for wanting to be with his family. But Australians can expect the Prime Minister to be open and transparent about his movements and to be open and transparent with the Australian people.”
The PM’s flight from NSW to Canberra was approved by the ACT’s Chief Health Officer because the ACT government considers federal politicians to be essential workers.
‘Very disheartening’: Melbourne mayor addresses illegal gathering
By Broede Carmody
Melbourne lord mayor Sally Capp has addressed last night’s illegal gathering in Melbourne’s south east.
As we mentioned earlier, police will hand down a dozen or so infringement notices after a group of people gathered at a synagogue to mark Jewish New Year.
Melbourne lord mayor Sally Capp. Credit:Joe Armao
Scenes outside the place of worship turned ugly when a group of people berated journalists for reporting on the unfolding situation. A cameraman was taken to hospital with a suspected concussion.
Here’s what Ms Capp had to say about the matter on Seven’s Sunrise earlier this morning:
It is really so disappointing when the majority of people are doing the right thing.
We are all making sacrifices at the moment to be able to suppress the spread of the virus and to see scenes like this is very disheartening. Not just from a health perspective, of course – that is vital – but also in all of the efforts to get our city to reopen as soon as possible.
These sorts of incidents really set us back.
It is very selfish because every day people are making sacrifices. They are finding ingenious ways to go ahead with services, to bring congregations together, to make sure they can continue to provide community support and get people involved without physically coming together.
We are so close to the finish line now ... please stay strong and stay focused.
‘Just ridiculous’: Liberal MP calls for loosening of restrictions in Sydney suburb
By Daniella White
A federal Liberal MP is calling for her locality to be removed from NSW’s list of areas of concern, labelling the curfew rules ridiculous.
In the last month, there were 45 cases in Burwood, in Sydney south west, while in the City of Sydney, which is not a local government area of concern, there were 474 new cases. In Randwick, in the city’s east, there were 246 cases.
Liberal MP Dr Fiona Martin. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
It’s prompted questions about why Burwood remains an LGA subject to the strictest rules, including curfews, while others with greater case loads are not.
“It’s very difficult to understand,” Member for Reid Fiona Martin told radio station 2GB earlier this morning.
“In Burwood, the rates are just not adding up to being a risk justifying the [very difficult] lockdown in Burwood, especially as the vaccination rates continue to increase.”
Dr Martin said there was limited evidence curfews were effective.
“They’re just ridiculous,” she said.
“Over the last couple of weeks they have proven ineffective.”
Earlier in the outbreak, some police had been calling for curfews on the basis that it would make their enforcement duties easier.
Andrews asks for 340,000 extra Pfizer doses after figures confirm NSW got more
By David Crowe
A federal government tally has revealed NSW received more Pfizer vaccines than its share of the population over the past seven months as Premier Daniel Andrews demanded 340,000 extra doses from Canberra to rectify the “secret” and “under the table” arrangement.
Health Minister Greg Hunt acknowledged that NSW had received urgent help to deal with its outbreak and said the Commonwealth would redress the balance “very quickly” to make sure all states received their fair share.
Premier Daniel Andrews was unimpressed with a ‘national plan to vaccinate Sydney’.Credit:Chris Hopkins
With new figures confirming that more Pfizer doses went to NSW, including a significantly greater volume to hundreds of GPs and primary care clinics, Mr Andrews and other Labor premiers accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of favouring his home state.
“I signed up to a national plan to vaccinate our nation, not a national plan to vaccinate Sydney,” Mr Andrews said.
Tough restrictions, vaccination have saved thousands of lives in Sydney, modelling shows
By Lucy Cormack and Alexandra Smith
Sydney’s lockdown and vaccine roll-out has prevented almost 5000 deaths and almost half a million COVID-19 infections, modelling shows, and the death toll in hotspots could have been as high as 5800 without targeted vaccination and harsher restrictions.
Modelling from the Burnet Institute, a medical research organisation, reveals the extent to which the 11-week lockdown in Greater Sydney and a surge in vaccinations has prevented far more case numbers and deaths.
Mass vaccination in Sydney has saved lives, modelling shows. Credit:Brook Mitchell
The modelling suggests the harsh restrictions in south-west and western Sydney and half a million extra Pfizer doses have thwarted more than 580,000 cases and 5808 deaths between June and December.
The 530,000 Pfizer doses sourced from Poland alone prevented 24,267 infections and 254 deaths, as outlined by the modelling simulating the 12 areas of concern and the rest of Greater Sydney.
Australia issuing vaccine passports within weeks to prepare for flights resuming
By Rachel Clun
Australians will begin using an international vaccine passport within weeks to prove their immunisation status overseas and on their return as the Prime Minister flags home quarantine will be key to reopening borders.
Scott Morrison is also asking state and territory leaders how they plan to integrate vaccination certificates into existing check-in apps and for their timelines on introducing home quarantine.
Australians will have access to an international vaccine passport from next month.Credit:James Brickwood
The federal government will start issuing international COVID-19 vaccination certificates from October and is also in talks with other countries to work out which vaccines will be recognised in international travel bubble arrangements.
The Australian vaccine passports for international travel will be available either on travellers’ phones or in printed form. Mr Morrison has previously promised overseas travel can resume more broadly when states reach the 80 per cent full vaccination threshold.
So far 39 per cent of the eligible population – or more than 8 million Australians aged 16 and over – are fully vaccinated.
More on this story here.
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