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Extra $25 dining vouchers for NSW residents
By Josh Dye
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced extra “dine and discover” vouchers and a permanent extension of outdoor dining as the government seeks to revive the state’s economy post-lockdown.
All adults will be eligible for two $25 vouchers in December to help boost spending in restaurants and cafes.
“This is all about driving summer trade,” Mr Perrottet said at a press conference this morning.
“People go out and they spend more than $25. That’s injecting more money into the economy.”
Restaurants, bars and cafes will be offered $5000 in grants and be able to expand alfresco dining into their car parks and gardens.
“We’re also offering up to $500,000 grants to councils right across the state to improve their high streets or improve amenity,” the Premier said.
He said the measures were a way of cutting red tape and “getting government out of the way”.
“We want our businesses to be free and to flourish.”
The vouchers are expected to cost the state budget $250 million and the al fresco package will cost $66 million.
Australia will need surge in renewables, electric vehicles to meet UN emissions goal
By David Crowe
Australia will need a surge in renewable power and a dramatic shift to electric cars to meet a call from the United Nations to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison tries to quell fresh fears from the Nationals over a deal on climate change.
A new analysis shows the federal government will have to deepen its carbon cuts to 47 per cent by 2030 to meet the goal set on Tuesday for nations attending a UN climate summit that begins on November 1, stepping up demands on Mr Morrison while he considers whether to go.
But senior Nationals ministers are warning against stronger action on climate ahead of a party room meeting this Sunday, despite assurances from Energy Minister Angus Taylor that industries such as mining and gas will not suffer in the policy to be revealed next week.
Read the full story here.
Watch: NSW Premier’s press conference
By Broede Carmody
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and Treasurer Matt Kean are holding a press conference at a Sydney cafe right now.
As flagged earlier this morning, they’re making a COVID-19 recovery announcement.
Watch live below. Please note the press conference has already started.
Crowd boost for Matildas matches in Sydney
By Josh Dye
The Australian women’s soccer team has been given an exemption to host a crowd of 22,500 people at two friendly matches in Sydney later this month.
The Matildas host Brazil at Commbank Stadium in Parramatta on October 23 and 26.
The stadium’s capacity is 30,000 patrons, but under NSW public health orders crowds are capped at 5000.
The state government this morning announced an exemption for the venue. It will be able to host crowds at 75 per cent capacity for the two matches.
“We’re all desperate to see Sydney regain its rightful crown as the sporting capital of Australia and I can’t think of a better showcase than the upcoming Matildas versus Brazil blockbuster games,” NSW Sports Minister Natalie Ward said.
Yesterday, men’s national coach Graham Arnold appealed to the NSW government for large crowds at the Socceroos’ home World Cup qualifier next month.
The Matildas game will occur during the 14-day quarantine period after players arrive from overseas.
More COVID-19 exposure sites in regional Victoria
By Alison Cassar
In case you missed it, authorities identified several new COVID-19 exposure sites in regional Victoria late last night.
There are several tier-1 or close contact exposure sites in Geelong, including (but not limited to):
- The Groove Train restaurant at the Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre for October 8 from 10.40am to 12.15pm and October 9 from 1.30pm to 3pm;
- Pilates, yoga and boxing centre Upstate Studios for October 7 between 9.10am and 10.45am and again from 4pm to 6.45pm; and
- The Village Cinema screening of Candy Man on September 30 from 9.15pm to 11.40pm.
Meanwhile, in Ballarat, the Body and Soul Genesis 24/7 Gym in the regional city’s southern suburbs was listed as a tier-1 exposure site for October 5 between 10.06am and 11.46am.
And in Shepparton, IGA Caf at Fairley’s Supa IGA was listed as tier 1 for September 30 between 11am and 12.15pm.
Anyone who has been at any of these venues at these times must get tested immediately and isolate for 14 days regardless of the result.
More Victorian exposure sites, including in Torquay, Warrnambool, Warragal, Swan Hill and Bendigo, can be found on the state government’s website here.
The $66 million plan to revive Sydney’s outdoor dining
By Tom Rabe and Alexandra Smith
Restaurants, bars and cafes will be offered $5000 in grants and be able to expand alfresco dining into their car parks and gardens this summer as part of a government package to revive the NSW hospitality industry post-lockdown.
As foreshadowed by this masthead last month, outdoor dining exemptions on footpaths for small bars and pubs will also be made permanent under the government’s $66 million Alfresco Restart Initiative, set to be announced by Treasurer Matt Kean on Thursday.
From left: NSW Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello, Premier Dominic Perrottet and Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes.Credit:Renee Nowytarger
The government will also provide two new “dine and discover” vouchers to the public in an effort to spur economic growth after the 2021 Delta-lockdown, which cost the NSW economy billions.
Under the new dining plan, the first 5000 hospitality businesses to successfully apply for the new government grant will be given $5000 to expand or make improvements to their alfresco areas.
Victorian renovation rescue with sector set to get back on the tools next week
By Paul Sakkal and Michael Fowler
Victorians will be able to resume home renovations as early as next week, as health authorities consider allowing home visits earlier than planned if hospitalisations and case numbers allow.
While much of the industry has already returned from a two-week shutdown announced last month, industry leaders say they were told indoor home renovations would be banned until the state reached its 80 per cent double-dose COVID-19 vaccination target.
Home renovations are set to be permitted earlier than scheduled.Credit:James Brickwood
However, the government has confirmed the industry will reopen once 70 per cent of people over 16 are fully vaccinated, according to two industry sources who spoke anonymously because the government was yet to make the decision public. There had previously been confusion as to whether renovations fell into the 70 or 80 per cent reopening phase.
Government forecasts suggest the state will reach the 70 per cent milestone as early as Friday next week rather than Tuesday, October 26 which was the date earmarked in the reopening road map.
Qld woman allegedly posed as doctor, handed out COVID ‘exemption certificates’
By Cloe Read
A woman who allegedly pretended to be a doctor and handed out more than 600 fake exemptions for COVID-19 testing, vaccinations and mask wearing has been charged with various offences.
On Wednesday, police searched a Gold Coast property and charged the 45-year-old Darling Heights woman with five counts of taking a title indicating a person is a health practitioner.
The woman allegedly told police she had issued false certificates exempting people from receiving a COVID jab, among other things. Credit:iStock
She is the first person in Queensland to be charged with this offence. She is scheduled to appear at Southport Magistrates Court later today.
More on this story here.
This morning’s headlines at a glance
By Broede Carmody
Good morning and thanks for your company.
It’s Thursday, October 14. I’m Broede Carmody and I’ll be anchoring our live coverage for the first half of the day.
Here’s everything you need to know before we get started.
- The NSW government is preparing to unveil a $66 million plan to revive outdoor dining. Restaurants, bars and cafes will be offered $5000 in grants and be able to expand alfresco dining into their car parks and gardens. The government will also provide two new “dine and discover” vouchers to the public in an effort to spur economic growth. Yesterday, NSW recorded 444 new local cases of COVID-19 and four deaths.
- Victorians will be able to resume home renovations as early as next week, as health authorities consider allowing home visits earlier than planned if hospitalisations and case numbers allow. The change will likely occur when Victoria reaches its 70 per cent double-dose vaccination target, according to industry sources. Yesterday, Victoria recorded 1571 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 deaths (the state’s highest death toll all year). This morning, residents of the Mitchell Shire – a local government area north of Melbourne that encompasses towns like Seymour – are waking up out of lockdown.
- In Queensland, police have charged a 45-year-old woman who allegedly posed as a doctor and handed out more than 600 fake exemptions for coronavirus tests, vaccines and mask-wearing. The Sunshine State recorded no new cases of coronavirus yesterday.
- Australia will need a surge in renewable power and a marked shift to electric cars to meet a call from the United Nations to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a new analysis has revealed. It comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison attempts to quell fresh fears from his coalition partner the Nationals over a deal on tackling climate change.
- The ACT is just a few days from exiting lockdown. The territory recorded 51 new, locally acquired cases of COVID-19 yesterday. There were no new cases in WA but, in Tasmania, authorities reported one case yesterday. The infection was detected in a traveller who allegedly escaped hotel quarantine and later tests positive. The 31-year-old man will be fined just over $3000.
- And in international news, 90-year-old Star Trek actor William Shatner has blasted into real-life space for the first time. Mr Shatner was among four passengers onboard the New Shepard, a rocket built by billionaire Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin. And in Norway, several people have been killed and others injured after a man used a bow and arrows to carry out attacks in athe country’s south east, according to police.
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