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South Australia has recorded 4474 new COVID-19 infections – the highest daily caseload in two months – and another three deaths, just days after authorities relaxed restrictions including density caps ahead of the long weekend.
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Former Liberal Prime Minister John Howard has been brought in to shore up Premier Steven Marshall’s fortunes, with the pair today visiting the state’s most marginal electorate in the face of polling predicting a landslide government defeat on Saturday.
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A new subvariant of COVID-19 will likely lead to a doubling of South Australia’s daily cases, a leading local epidemiologist warns, with authorities not discussing the strain yesterday when agreeing to lift density limits and other restrictions from midnight tonight.
Bickering over funding responsibility continues to cloud the future of a dilapidated Aboriginal health clinic in Ceduna, with Labor accusing the Marshall Government of misrepresenting the building’s ownership, while the Premier says it’s not the state’s job to fund an upgrade despite SA Health owning the current site.
All venue and home density caps will be removed, singing and dancing will be allowed and some COVID-positive cases will only have to quarantine for seven days under a raft of restrictions changes to come into effect from midnight Saturday.
Premier Steven Marshall says his deputy Dan Van Holst Pellekaan had the “best of intentions” when he sent a text message to a firefighter telling her to “spare a thought” for a former colleague who lost a bid to keep his job after allegedly grabbing her neck and pushing her to the ground.
Premier Steven Marshall says he wants more young women to pursue careers in the space industry, but his ambition doesn’t extend to the top space job in politics.
