After Prison Show Vs Lockdown 23 and 1 Beef
The ACT's border restrictions on those arriving from NSW will remain until after Christmas, with health authorities indicating they may not be relaxed until next year.
Acting ACT health minister Chris Steel told the ABC he understood the challenges people were facing, but that the risk was just too great.
I know that this will be disappointing news for many people who wanted to see family and friends over the Christmas period. The reality is the virus and the pandemic are far from over, and the virus still poses a risk to the Canberra community.
We've been through this earlier this year and, once again, Canberrans are responding incredibly well to health directions that we've put in place.
The current restrictions mean all travellers who have been in Sydney, the Central Coast, the Blue Mountains or Wollongong must isolate themselves for 14 days if they enter the ACT.
Greg Hunt labels Albanese's push for faster vaccine rollout 'irresponsible'
Health minister Greg Hunt has criticised opposition leader Anthony Albanese for pushing for a faster vaccine rollout.
Hunt said the government will work to ensure the "safety, delivery and proper assessment" of the vaccine isn't "compromised".
The single greatest risk to the vaccine program is any concern that the vaccines have been rushed for political reasons. Yet that is exactly the deeply concerning and irresponsible path Mr Albanese has chosen. We will, by contrast, continue to follow the advice of the best medical experts and regulators in the world.
Hunt says the government will be sticking to its guns, reiterating the Therapeutic Goods Administration won't be rushed, and that the vaccine is on course to be made available by early 2021.
Hunt goes on to point out that other countries that have begun vaccinating against the virus have only done so in a very limited capacity, under emergency use authorisations.
It comes after Albanese called for the vaccine rollout to be brought forward in light of the outbreak on the northern beaches in Sydney.
Stranded Australians are pleading for help after Singapore and Hong Kong banned flights from the UK due to the new strain of Covid-19 spreading there.
Australia's high commission in the UK said on its Facebook page it was working to find alternatives routes home for "a significant number" of stranded Australians in the UK.
We are absolutely aware of the disruption these measures have caused, and we understand the significant numbers of people it has impacted — our team will be providing support.
Foreign minister Marise Payne also released a statement addressing the issue, saying the government will consider "further facilitated flights" for the stranded Australians.
Our global diplomatic network is assisting Australians who have been affected by flight restrictions put in place by Singapore and Hong Kong in response to the new Covid-19 strain in the United Kingdom. This includes help to rebook on alternative flights, including Australian government facilitated flights.
Singapore Airlines has said people who had been in the UK in the past two weeks would not be allowed to travel through Singapore.
A professor of epidemiology has called NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian's decision on restrictions "a bit emotive" and "don't make any sense from an outbreak management perspective".
Prof Mary-Louise McLaws spoke to Sky News earlier today, and said she understood why Berejiklian hasn't implemented stricter restrictions over the Christmas break, but thought more was needed.
The virus doesn't know it's Christmas, and you're giving it three days to potentially spread. And if this had been any other time, we would be under restrictions. There is still the potential they could have further clustering.
Police have charged a Perth man with inciting a terror act.
AAP has the story:
A Perth man has been charged with terror offences over allegations he was inciting a politically motivated terror attack overseas.
Counter-terror police began investigating the 52-year-old in February after coming across an online video-sharing account calling for politically motivated violence overseas.
His home was first raided in April when officers seized electronic devices. A second search on Tuesday resulted in four terror charges being laid against the man.
He's due to face Perth magistrates court on Wednesday.
It's alleged he was intending to incite politically motivated acts in a foreign country.
WA's counter terrorism and emergency response commander Pryce Scanlan called for vigilance around online content advocating for terrorist acts.
"We have seen the devastating impacts that such online radicalisation and incitement can result in," he said.
Qantas medical director Dr Ian Hosegood has released a statement on the cabin crew member who tested positive, saying Qantas is working with authorities to work out how he contracted the virus.
He travelled as a passenger on a domestic flight from Darwin back to Sydney on Friday and has been in self-isolation at home since. This was in line with government approved protocols. Since then the protocols have changed and operating crew won't be travelling on normal domestic flights after operating international repatriation flights.
Hosegood said the crew member didn't have symptoms when operating the repatriation flight from Paris, or when travelling domestic, and was wearing a mask on both flights.
He also said Qantas was also not aware of any compliance breach to the safety protocols for airline crews in France.
The crew member worked on the QF176 Paris-Darwin repatriation flight, before flying to Sydney on Friday and isolating at home, where he developed symptoms.
Authorities are racing to work out how he caught the virus, and where.
The ACT has reported another day of zero new cases in the past 24 hours, with only one active case in the capital.
The UK is having a difficult lead up to Christmas, and I think it is probably best encapsulated by this footage:
The footage is of lorry's parked at Dover, waiting for the border with France to open.
The Department for Transport in the UK has announced the border will reopen to those who've tested negative, sparking a mass testing program for the drivers.
You can read more on the story here:
The number of Covid infections in Antartica has risen to 58, after a Chilean base reported 36 cases yesterday.
The health minister for the Biobio region in Chile reported 21 new infections involving some aboard a supply vessel that had serviced their Bernardo O'Higgins base between 27 November and 10 December.
Another case was reported in Las Estrellas' village in Antarctica, where civilian personnel who work at Chile's Lieutenant Rodolfo Marsh Martin Air Force Base live.
The continent had, until yesterday, been the only place on Earth that was Covid-free.
Australia's trade surplus drops amid ongoing tensions with China
Australia's trade surplus has dropped heavily due to ongoing trade tensions with China.
AAP has the story:
Australia's trade surplus for goods has dropped to its lowest level in more than two years after China stopped buying a range of exports.
The goods trade surplus for November was $1.9bn after exports rose just one per cent, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures published on Wednesday.
The surplus was $4.7bn in October.
China's decision to stop buying Australian coal caused a slump of eight per cent, or $254m, in exports of the commodity.
The Chinese government has put tariffs on $20bn worth of Australian exports including barley, beef, cotton, seafood, timber and wine.
The action follows Australia's calls for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus, believed to have started in the Chinese province of Wuhan.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2020/dec/23/australia-coronavirus-northern-beaches-christmas-covid-hotspots-nsw-victoria?page=with:block-5fe2d9b58f08dd27861d02e5
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