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A cluster linked to at least five positive COVID-19 cases in South Australia – prompting a SA Health alert, the closure of a western suburbs school and forcing 1100 people and Opposition leaders into self-isolation – was sparked by self-isolation at a Walkerville hotel that went awry. Stephanie Richards tracks what happened.
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South Australia has two new COVID-19 cases, but the government says there will be no resulting tightening of restrictions due to the state’s high testing uptake.
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Premier Steven Marshall has been called out for allegedly “abusing” a radio producer amid the fallout from last night’s controversial Liberal Party gathering at Adelaide Oval that saw his moderate faction garner an overwhelming strategic victory.
It has taken a global pandemic to reverse the decades-long trend of working-age South Australians leaving the state for opportunities interstate and overseas. But will they stay once the crisis is over?
The majority of Adelaide University’s union members have backed a deal to have their pay cut by 3.5 per cent to save about 200 jobs following huge losses to the university’s pandemic-smashed budget.
Two men accused of planning an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne have had their homes raided and been arrested.
A webinar organised by Events SA to brief local event operators on COVID-19 health requirements had to be abandoned yesterday after someone used the widely distributed Zoom log-in details to interrupt proceedings with hard-core pornography.
Welcome to your serving of the day’s breaking news from South Australia, the nation and abroad. Follow this post for breaking news through the day.
UPDATED | Around 70 young South Australians will be placed into immediate quarantine at a city “medi-hotel”, and another 1100 people told to self-isolate until mid-August, as SA Health took dramatic action after a fifth COVID-19 case emerged late today in a cluster associated with a school in Adelaide’s inner-west.
EXCLUSIVE | South Australia’s most senior federal Liberal has dropped a bomb on his party’s “factional cronies”, accusing them of “pathetically and shamefully” exploiting the Coronavirus pandemic to “undermine democracy within our party” – while defending a controversial meeting of hundreds of Liberal members that has suddenly become the epicentre of the SA party’s internal war.
Facebook has taken down a post by US President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus.
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“About 3000 jobs will go at Virgin Australia under a trimmed-down vision of the carrier, which has been hit by the turmoil in the aviation market caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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The state’s anti-corruption watchdog is conducting “live investigations” into potential criminal misconduct within SA Health, which Commissioner Bruce Lander has told parliament involve cases “at the more serious end of the spectrum”.
SA Health has issued an urgent warning about three northern suburbs businesses after they were visited by one of two new confirmed cases of COVID-19, as Premier Steven Marshall foreshadows further restrictions to prevent a second wave of coronavirus in the state.
Retail spending has posted its worst quarterly performance since the introduction of the GST 20 years ago, and the risks are it could worsen as Victoria locks down in its fight against the coronavirus.
A South Australian charity which provides essential supplies to children entering the child protection system or escaping domestic violence says demand for its service has doubled during the pandemic due to an “unprecedented” rise in the number of young people fleeing dangerous living situations.
Victoria has recorded 439 new cases of coronavirus and 11 more deaths as its stage four lockdown kicked in, while research showed earlier the stage three lockdown potentially saved hundreds of lives.
