Australia Covid live update: Victoria records 392 new cases; NSW health minister flags easing outdoor restrictions

Brad Hazzard supports more freedoms for outdoor activity saying ‘fresh air safest place to be’; Australia set to break more records on coronavirus cases

Federal opposition frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has called for the NSW premier to release the modelling concerning the state’s outbreak, implying she might not be following health advice to the letter.

Plibersek is speaking with the ABC Insiders program now:

I know people are desperate for New South Wales to reopen... I would be much more confident about the 70% target if it was clear that the premier was getting health advice that backed it and that it was clear that those other things that the Doherty modelling talks about, like tracking, tracing, the capacity of our hospital system to cope with the number of sick people - if those things were taken care of.

But we are not going to get answers to those questions because the Premier has suspended Parliament and cancel the daily press briefings that she was giving...

Federal health minister Greg Hunt has released Australia’s latest vaccine campaign, where residents are encouraged to think about all the things they can do once they are vaccinated.

The Australian Government's "First Things First" campaign will air from tonight and encourages Australians to get vaccinated so we can start enjoying the things we are missing or to keep enjoying the things we love. pic.twitter.com/0TGPEH35Hx

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/sep/12/australia-covid-live-update-nsw-health-minister-flags-easing-outdoor-restrictions-victoria-braces-for-more-cases-coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-lockdown-sydney-melbourne-gladys-berejiklian-daniel-andrews

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