Sky News contributor Nicholas_Reece says it is important to remember Victoria’s lockdown restrictions, as tough as they are, have proven effective in driving down COVID-19 case numbers.
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Sky News contributor Nicholas Reece says it is important to remember Victoria’s lockdown restrictions, as tough as they are, have proven effective in driving down COVID-19 case numbers. “Let’s not forget a significant majority of Victorians still believe Daniel Andrews is doing a very good job,” Mr Reece told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
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Daniel Andrews takes a ‘sledgehammer to a nail’ on COVID | Sky News AustraliaVictorian shadow Police Minister David Southwick says the opposition hopes to convince Labor Party members to realise Daniel Andrews is “taking a sledgehammer to a nail” on COVID and to vote no confidence in him.\n\nThe Victorian Opposition will move a bill of no confidence in the premier citing his overreaction to the state’s second wave due to failures in hotel quarantine and contact tracing.\n\n“We need to keep the pressure up, and hopefully the Labor Party will understand that Daniel Andrews is a liability to them,” Mr Southwick told Sky News host Chris Kenny.\n\nMr Southwick said the premier is not easing up on his restrictions because he “wants to blame all Victorians for his mess”.\n\n“Daniel Andrews isn’t accepting responsibility for anything, he’s doubling down,” he said.\n\n“As we’re coming down in terms of numbers, he wants to increase the powers to give authorised officers the opportunity to detain people, to arrest people, to kick in people’s doors.\n\n“Daniel Andrews has taken a sledgehammer to a nail when it comes to managing COVID.\n\n“He’s failed at every single hurdle here.”\n
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PM wrote personally to Daniel Andrews several times offering ADF assistance | Sky News AustraliaIt has been revealed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in July personally wrote to Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews several times in the space of a week to offer the services of ADF personnel in Melbourne’s hotel quarantine program.\n\nThe Australian has reported a submission into the Melbourne hotel quarantine inquiry from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Defence Department revealed the Prime Minister reached out to Mr Andrews repeatedly in regards to the offer.\n\nSky News host Peter Gleeson said this revelation is “game, set and match for Daniel Andrews.”\n\n“I think he should resign … to so nakedly, and obviously, and transparently be telling mistruths is extraordinary and as such he disqualifies himself from being premier of Victoria.”\n\nImage: Getty
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NZ Treasury forecasts 16 per cent GDP contraction as nation enters technical recession | Sky News AustraliaNew Zealand’s Treasury is forecasting a sobering 16 per cent contraction in GDP for its June quarter due to the impact of tough coronavirus lockdown rules.\n\nBy comparison, Australia recorded a seven per cent contraction over the same three-month period.\n\nGovernment debt was forecasted to peak at $200 million or 55 per cent of GDP while unemployment would likely peak at 11 per cent in 2022.\n\nOpposition Leader Judith Collins raised concerns the nation's recession would result in the migration of skilled people to Australia.\n\nHowever, Minister for Finance Grant Robertson said New Zealand’s unemployment figures would likely remain lower than those in Australia, and growth moving forward was likely to be better.\n\n
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Police shut down protest at Sydney University | Sky News AustraliaPolice have shut down a protest at Sydney University yesterday as groups gathered in small numbers to protest education cutbacks and increased fees.\n\nProtesters remained in small groups below 19 and were socially distanced. \n\nA 34-year-old man was issued a $1000 fine for unlawful gathering after he was given several warnings to leave the area but did not comply.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia
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