UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock says lockdowns will remain in place in the British city of Leicester following a spike in coronavirus cases.
Mr Hancock advised Leicester residents to remain home for all but essential travel purposes. He said the government was prepared to take further actions to implement social distancing measures if required. The city recorded more than 800 new infections in the past two weeks. Image: AP
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Vic records nearly 100 new COVID-19 infections in weekend testing blitz | Sky News AustraliaVictoria has recorded 90 new cases of the coronavirus at the weekend in a suburban testing blitz where 40,000 people were subjected to testing. \n\nAuthorities considered reinstating lockdown measures on suburbs identified as hotspots, but Premier Daniel Andrews said he would not make a decision until the testing blitz was completed. \n\nA world first saliva test – developed by Victoria’s Doherty Institute – will be rolled out on Monday to make the testing process more comfortable.\n\nA government crackdown on the hotel quarantine system would also see all returned visitors tested for the virus or be in quarantine for an additional 10 days. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Testing blitz would have been helpful before all the poormans versions of BLM protests they had. Labor Govt Victoria ‘A laughing stock’ over the handling of COVID-19 crisis Put people in hotel quarantine back on the street without testing Testing with tainted kits no wonder
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Inquiry to be launched into spike in attacks on police officers | Sky News AustraliaNSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says the Police Minister is considering launching in inquiry into police assaults following a rise in attacks against officers. \n\nAuthorities recorded a spike in the number of assaults carried out against NSW police forces with 20 officers assaulted over a six-day period ending last week.\n\nMr Fuller told Sky News some of the injuries sustained by officers on the job are life lasting due to their physical and psychological nature. \n\nHe said officers who had been assaulted were often placed in a difficult position because their use of force was heavily scrutinised. \n\n“I think we need to come up with some sort of structure that gives some sense of fear in these criminals that are assaulting police that there are consequences,” he said. \n\n“We’re really looking closely at what sort of sentencing these type of people are getting and we’ll feed that information back to the Police Minister who is planning to hold an inquiry into it.\n\n“But we also need to get into the psyche of these people and what drives people to assault a police officer. \n\n“We just need to make sure we’ve got a handle on exactly what’s happening in some of our communities where in the past that we’ve seen people come to the rescue of police in difficult situations, where now we have people turning on police or spending their time filming the incident rather than calling 000.”\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n They should No inquiry needed. It's a result of the reprehensible reporting by the media of the BLM protests. Most outlets were happy to go along with the fuckthepolice narrative while bizarrely ignoring the actual in-your-face statistics plainly indicating the police AREN'T the problem. Police are there to enforce the laws. They don’t make the laws. They are not punching bags. If you are given an instruction by police obey it. They deserve to be treated with respect, the same respect we all like.
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Reining in debt and deficit just as important as fixing Victoria’s COVID spike | Sky News AustraliaGovernments always have to be careful about new spending programs even during a crisis as they immediately develop a vocal constituency urging to keep them in place according to Sky News host Peta Credlin.\n\nMs Credlin said the budget deficit for 2020 is likely to amount to close to $100 billion, while the government debt will likely top $1 trillion in the next few years.\n\n“Reining in debt and deficit is every bit as important as reining in Victoria’s spike in corona cases”.\n\nThe current iteration of the JobSeeker payments is forecast to cost the Australian taxpayer nearly $10 billion, while the JobKeeper program will come in at close to $10 billion per month.\n\n“However, justified they were then, the problem was always going to be taking them away, given that both businesses and job seekers, inevitably were going to become dependent on them”.\n\n“The instant they're there, they develop a massive, and vocal constituency, to keep them.”\n\nImage: Getty There will be huge changes coming to the financial system if I had to guess. The main change I can see is that education and media will be overhauled.
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There's a 'real suspicion' Queensland's borders will remain shut to all | Sky News AustraliaSky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says there's real suspicion Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will not re-open her state borders as planned on July 10th.\n \nQueensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed the final decision on reopening state borders on July 10th will be made tomorrow. \n \nThe worsening outbreak in Victoria remains a major concern, threatening to delay the lifting of restrictions.\n \nMr Clennell told Sky News host Andrew Bolt keeping the borders closed 'really has come massive economic consequences'. \n \n'I also expect tomorrow Daniel Andrews to announce some certain suburbs and hot-spots will be just shut down hard'.\n aclennell AnnastaciaMP Of course she will - does not care about the 1000 jobs lost and $147m hit to the Qld economy each wk. Polling in key seats must support keeping borders closed - this is about trying to sure up the oct election. aclennell AnnastaciaMP And so she should well done aclennell AnnastaciaMP Qld needs a snap election now to get rid of this crazy premier.
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While relations worsen 'China's demand for Australia's iron ore rises' | Sky News AustraliaThe Australian’s Dennis Shanahan says the demand for Australian iron ore has risen in China at a time when worsening relations between the two nations has continued since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. \n\n'All the way through the COVID crisis we've had worsening relations with China ... (yet) all that time, from the beginning of the COVID crisis, that iron ore demand in China has risen,' Mr Shanahan told Sky News host Peta Credlin. \n\nHe said it should be remembered Brazil, 'which was our biggest competitor with Chinese market, has suffered a huge loss because of COVID'. \n\n'We will just see the relations with China continue as a Dichotomy, but will continue to do business'. \n\n'We will have to get used to being dumped on while they're doing business with us'. Double the price
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Victoria ‘completely stuffed up’ Australia’s COVID-19 recovery: Bolt | Sky News AustraliaThe Victorian government is now wondering how to combat the coronavirus pandemic and whether it will revert back to devastating lockdown measures that “smashed the economy” says Sky News host Andrew Bolt. \n \nVictoria has recorded an uptick in COVID-19 infections, with 75 cases being recorded on Monday alone. \n \n“Victoria has completely stuffed up the whole country's recovery from the coronavirus panic,” Mr Bolt said. \n \n“Totally mismanaged its system of quarantining people who are sick”. \n \n“And Victoria now, which had the toughest virus laws in the country, is now wondering what now”. \n \nMr Bolt said the public are over the suggestion of going back into a government imposed lockdown while businesses and the economy continue to be impacted. \n \n“People have had it hiding in their homes”. \n \nImage: Getty \n \n Renowned epidemiologist Professor Andrew Bolt.... ahh who am I kidding. He's already established himself as a monumental fuckwit. Don't bother. There is no pandemic. 104 something deaths in 6 months? Are you all stupid? That's not a pandemic people. No matter how you manipulate it imagine the problem if he wouldve listened to Morrison open up rubbish, the walking cockup..
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