Victorians have a premier who will not tell the truth. He told his host, Peter Coroneos: We don’t want there to be conflict in the region between anybody let alone between China and the United States, and I don’t think it’s at all inevitable – I think that’s quite misconceived, frankly. All rights reserved. Trial gets underway Monday. There were four new cases in NSW and none in Queensland, Daniel Andrews apologised at the hotel quarantine inquiry, as he said he was disappointed no one could say who made a crucial decision to employ private guards, Josh Frydenberg confirmed net debt at $491.2bn. We think one of these outbreaks may be attributable to people sharing a cigarette lighter, something as innocent as that.”. Andrews is asked what he was referring to when he said there were mistakes in the program. All kinder in Victoria will be free for Term 3, and children will be supported to learn from home thanks to a relief package to support early childhood services through the pandemic from the Victorian Government. The University of Adelaide articulated its concerns well in its submission with the bill assessed to deliver: … a 9% increase in Hecs charges [for the students] … a 15% reduction in federal support [for the university] … a very significant cut to core funding for university research. Australian politics live with Amy Remeikis, Daniel Andrews tells hotel quarantine inquiry: I am sorry, Daniel Andrews did not know who made decision on hotel quarantine program, Daniel Andrews faces Victorian hotel quarantine inquiry, Daniel Andrews faces hotel quarantine inquiry at 2.15, Vincent Namatjira wins Archibald for Adam Goodes portrait, Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email, Centre Alliance is negotiating with the government. Hundreds of thousands of jobs lost. Andrews has failed his most fundamental duty to the people of this state. The package will provide TAFEs, dual sector TAFEs, Learn Local providers and AMES Australia across Victoria funding certainty until at least the middle of the year. The funding will be available for not-for-profit services, including community-based, local government and school providers that are offering sessional programs and are not already receiving JobKeeper payments. Sheldon, a former Transport Workers’ Union boss, is angry about Qantas’s practice of not passing on the full jobkeeper payment to workers owed overtime money for work done in a previous fortnight. Thanks for reading. Free Kinder For Families Through Coronavirus August 9, 2020 All kinder in Victoria will be free for Term 3, and children will be supported to learn from home thanks to a relief package to support early childhood services through the pandemic from the Victorian Government. More than 14,000 thermometers will be distributed to schools in the state’s 32 locked-down local government areas, Education Minister James Merlino announced on Thursday. I want to make it very clear to each and every member of the Victorian community that I am sorry for what has occurred here. I am not in a position to detail individual errors or mistakes or inefficiencies. Any amendments to the bill which addressed some funding issues would not solve the problems with student costs and the reduction in research funding. He also agrees the documents show the need for what Ellyard describes as “appropriate workforce, workforce with the skill sets and support that make them the right one for the job that needs to be done in a hotel quarantine”. Andrews won’t give a view on what specifically went wrong. You have looked through 200,000 pages of different documents and heard from many, many witnesses. Early childhood care and education services in regional and rural Victoria can continue to operate as normal under Stage 3 restrictions, with appropriate safety measures in place. Millions of Victorians locked down. I am referring to the fact this was a program designed to stop this wildly infectious virus from returned travellers into the community. Andrews says, leaving aside the cross-examination: “The fact that there is no agreement between agencies and departments is not desirable in any way.”, Available for everyone, funded by readers. But Andrews won’t give a view specifically on what went wrong. He was found dead in his cell 8.15am on Friday. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Ellyard notes the fact – which has been quite stunning at times – that different government departments have been cross-examining each other during the inquiry. Minister for Education James Merlino today unveiled the official names for 12 new schools, following consultation with local communities. BREAKING: substantial parts of secret government data relied on to extend Melbourne's curfew MUST be handed to lawyers challenging the measure, the Supreme Court has ruled.