Queensland to reopen border to ACT

NSW, WA and Qld to raise cap on international arrivals; Victoria reports 45 new cases and five deaths and NSW reports six cases; Queensland to reopen ACT border from 25 September. This blog is now closedFollow our global coronavirus live blogFlight caps fight looms at national cabinet as Morrison pledges pandemic health funding‘A moment of cheer’: 100-year-old Victorian man leaves hospital after surviving coronavirus fight‘I volunteered to be a human guinea pig for a Covid vaccine. Now I’m having second thoughts’10.03amBSTThat ’s it for our live coverage of the coronavirus and other big developments for today. Thanks for being with us.Ourlive coverage of the global pandemicis available if you haven ’t had enough. The UK could be facing a second national lockdown. Global cases have gone above 30 million.9.07amBSTThe Morrison government will be down a number in the lower house when parliament returns in October, with the resignation of Queensland Liberal National party MPJohn McVeightriggering a by-election.McVeigh, the member for Groom in Queensland ’s Toowoomba region, said today he would leave parliament for family health reasons.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Australia news Coronavirus outbreak Scott Morrison New South Wales Infectious diseases Science Australian politics Victoria Queensland politics Source Type: news