One case remains unidentified as officials race to contact trace.
The state saw a record day of testing on Thursday with 36,169 tests conducted in a 24-hour period. Image: News Corp Australia
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Sky News Australia recognised for journalistic excellence at Kennedy Awards | Sky News AustraliaSky News Australia has been recognised for its outstanding television news and political coverage earning a series of nominations at the prestigious 2020 NRMA Kennedy Awards.\n\nThe Sky News team – led by Chief Anchor Kieran Gilbert and Political Editor Andrew Clennell - have been nominated for the Harry Potter Award for Outstanding Television for their coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early days of the crisis.\n\nAs the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, Sky News was quick to set the agenda and Kieran Gilbert and Andrew Clennell revealed live on air that NSW and Victorian economies were to be shutdown.\n\nSky News proceeded to repeatedly break developments in this arena and explained to people the ramifications of what shutting down two of Australia’s largest states would mean.\n\nPolitical Reporter Annelise Nielsen has also been nominated for Outstanding Political Reporting for her powerful interview with reality television Scott Cam about his $347,000 taxpayer funded role with the Federal Government.\n\nOne month on from the interview Scott Cam gave up his remaining salary as Careers Ambassador, with the Federal Government saying the COVID-19 pandemic had changed what he was able to achieve in the role.\n\nThere was no attempt to adapt or change his role in response to the pandemic. There’s no doubt that his interview with Annelise on Sky News brought an early end to his ambassadorship.\n\nSky News Australia was honoured for journalistic excellence last year by claiming the gong for Outstanding Political Reporting at the 2019 NRMA Kennedy Awards. Ah-huh Must be joking
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COVID-19 kills another five, infects 403 in Victoria | Sky News AustraliaVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced five more deaths and another 403 cases of COVID-19 in the state. \n\n“I am very sad to have to report to you that 49 people have now died, that’s five additional fatalities due to this virus since yesterday,” Mr Andrews said. \n\nThe five deaths include three connected to aged care – a woman in her 70s and two men aged in their 80s and 90s – along with a man in his 50s and another in his 70s not linked to aged care. \n\n“We send our best wishes and our support to each of those families, this will be a terribly challenging time for them,” he said. \n\nMr Andrews reminded Victorians there was financial incentive to stay home from work when sick. \n\n“A payment of $300 will be available to anybody who has taken a test and then needs to isolate until they get their test result, [for anyone] in work but does not have sick leave that they can fall back on,” he said. \n\nOf the 403 new cases, 69 are connected to known outbreaks and 334 are still under investigation. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia DanielAndrewsMP How many tested in last 24 hrs? DanielAndrewsMP Sack the twat danthedictator twat how people still have his back is beyond me. Allowed thousands to gather in protests but 1-2 weeks prior couldn’t see your mum for Mother’s Day, some was their last Mother’s Day 😢 and now back into lock down!! DanielAndrewsMP And it’s all your fault DanielAndrewsMP
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Sydney aged care worker tests positive to COVID-19 | Sky News AustraliaA staff member at a Sydney nursing home has tested positive for COVID-19 after dining at the Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill Park. \n\nAll Ashfield Baptist Home residents and staff will be tested for the virus today in a bid to prevent an outbreak at the aged care facility. \n\nThe staffer who tested positive to coronavirus dined at the Thai Rock restaurant on July 12 before working three shifts at the aged care facility. \n\nThe Sydney Local Health District said the risk to other staff and residents was considered to be very low as the staff member wore masks, gloves and gowns when working and did not work while symptomatic. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Yeah blame the restaurant. Scare mongering cnnts How sad . Sky news Australia is widely believed to be a pretty reliable source but then u come out with more of this ‘covid’ nonsense . Plz guys , stop the BS and actually report . why wasn't this person isolating as they have been told. 14 days if you have there regardless of a positive or negative test.
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Don’t be ‘conned’ into pinning budget debt on COVID-19: Chalmers | Sky News AustraliaShadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers is warning Australians not to be “conned” into believing debt in the budget set to be announced today is a consequence of COVID-19 alone. \n\n“Clearly, the COVID-19 health crisis has damaged the budget, we’re not contesting that, the point that I’m making is two-thirds of the debt had accumulated before we even heard of coronavirus,' he said. \n\n“Before the bushfires and all the rest of it, it’s not the first deficit. \n\n“Don’t be conned today into believing that all of the problems in the economy and all of the problems in the budget are a consequence of seven months, the last seven difficult months.”\n\nImage: News Corp Australia JEChalmers Indeed. JEChalmers It was in the shitter long before covid came into effect... Fact Auspol JEChalmers Oh, dear
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Australia's COVID-19 caseload fast approaching 4,000 | Sky News AustraliaAustralia's COVID-19 caseload is ballooning as a result of Victoria's outbreak, with numbers increasing in the southern state from 125 to 3,511 in just one month. \n\nVictoria recorded another 404 coronavirus cases and five deaths today, bringing the national death toll to more than 130. Tick tock GladysB tick tock. You only have yourself to blame Only since the branch stacking was discovered. Funny how that happened. Bullshit. The numbers can always be manipulated.
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President Trump ‘changes his tone’ on COVID-19 | Sky News AustraliaUS President Donald Trump has adopted a different tone in his recent daily coronavirus briefings, according to Sky News host Chris Kenny.\n\nThe US president, speaking at a COVID-19 briefing at the White House on Tuesday evening, went on to encourage Americans to wear masks when social distancing, as he said: 'Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact.'\n\n'I'm getting used to the mask.'\n\nMr Kenny said the President is now urging realism and stoicism instead of dismissing or downplaying the pandemic.\n\n“After mocking people for wearing masks and refusing to wear one himself, now he's issuing sensible advice”.\n\nMr Kenny said with 104 days until the US presidential election, Donald Trump “has much ground to make up but is far from done”.\n\nImage: AP realDonaldTrump Yeah...he’s publicly wishing child sex Trafikers good wishes 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ realDonaldTrump TrumpVirus realDonaldTrump THE WORST LEADER IN HISTORY...
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