BREAKING: There have now been 53 coronavirus cases recorded in the locked-down public housing towers in North Melbourne and Kensington, Victorian Premier DanielAndrewsMP says. Yesterday there were 27 cases associated with the towers.
Melbourne community legal centres have set up a dedicated phone number for tower residents in lockdown who need legal information and advice.
Speaking at his press conference earlier this morning, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said the closure would be policed on the NSW side of the border, which has more than 50 crossings, due to resourcing strain on the Victorian force.Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton just wrapped up their press conference. Here are the key points:. It will be enforced on the NSW side of the border.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, will be addressing the media at 12pm alongside NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller.The keenly watched ANZ measure of job ads soared by a record 42 per cent in June as the economy was re-opened from many of its coronavirus restrictions, but the jobs market is still a long way from recovery.
ANZ senior economist Catherine Birch said there had been solid week-on-week increases through June as the economy reopened."After an initial bounce, we expect the recovery will be a lot slower," she said. The ANZ report follows new forecasts from Deloitte Access Economics which on Monday predicted a lift in the general economy out of the virus would not be accompanied by a surge in employment or wages.Premier Daniel Andrews has addressed concerns the hard lockdown of the public housing towers in Melbourne’s north would last up to a fortnight.
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