Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos Resigns
The Victorian Minister for Health, Jenny Mikakos, has resigned.
Mikakos announced her resignation in a statement posted on Twitter at 9.32am. The statement appears below.
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PM – 20th Anniversary Program
The ABC radio program PM has been a staple program since I was a schoolboy.
Morrison National Cabinet Meeting Briefing: Bringing Australians Home
This is Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s press conference following today’s meeting of the National Cabinet.
As with previous National Cabinet meetings, the States and Territories have reserved the right to detemine their own timetables for allowing more overseas Australians to return home.
John Fahey, Former NSW Premier and Howard Finance Minister, Dies, 75
John Fahey, the former Liberal Premier of NSW, and Finance Minister in the Howard government, has died, aged 75.
Hard Quiz: Scomo and Big Mac
One of the questions on tonight’s edition of “Hard Quiz” evoked memories of a different time and the original “Big Mac”.
1982 Video Flashback: Fraser Challenged by Peacock; Cain Labor Government Takes Office in Victoria
This video is a recording of the ABC News in Melbourne on Thursday, April 8, 1982.
On that day, Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, in office for 6 years and 5 months, beat off a challenge from his former Foreign Minister, Andrew Peacock. Fraser defeated Peacock by 54 votes to 27 in the Liberal partyroom. Treasurer John Howard was chosen as deputy leader, replacing Phillip Lynch.
Morrison and Hunt Announce Vaccine Deal; Call For Improvements to Victorian Tracing and Testing
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt today announced a $1.7 billion agreement for the supply and production of more than 80 million vaccine doses.
“Australia needs some hope today,” Morrison said when announcing the agreement at a Canberra press conference.
Morrison Government Says Victorian COVID-19 Measures Are Hard And Crushing News
The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and senior ministers Josh Frydenberg and Greg Hunt have criticised COVID-19 measures announced today by the Victorian government as “hard and crushing news”.
Whilst generally supportive of measures to rid Victoria of the virus, the three men said that “the proposed roadmap will come at a further economic cost.”
Daniel Andrews Announces Slow Road Out of Lockdown for Victoria
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a “roadmap” out of the current COVID-19 restrictions.
The Stage 4 restrictions introduced a month ago, and scheduled to end next weekend, will be extended for another two weeks. The curfew that came into force a month ago has been extended until the end of October, although it will now apply from 9pm until 5am.
Statement on National Cabinet Discussions
The National Cabinet met today via videolink.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison released this statement on National Cabinet discussions and decisions.
Later, Morrison held a press conference to outline the National Cabinet discussions.