Enterprise agreements that last for the life of a mining project, regardless of changing economic conditions, are one of the options under consideration as part of the Coalition’s industrial relations changes, Christian Porter has confirmed. .
Greenfield mining projects, which include gas, an industry the government is keen to see boosted in the post-lockdown age, are considered a key discussion point. Porter said industrial agreements for the construction projects usually come up for partway through the project, delaying construction and decreasing productivity.
Instead, the government is hoping agreements which stretch for the lifetime of the project will be considered as part of the discussions, even though it strips workers of negotiation powers if economic conditions improve.
“It just makes sense. Particularly as we’re going to rely so much on construction, mining, oil and gas projects to help drive our economy out of the very difficult circumstances we find ourselves in.
“… Whether or not it’s an absolute term-of-project agreement, or whether there’s a cap on it, or whether or not there’s some exceptions to the term-of-life agreement, these are the things we want to talk about.â€
Porter said Boot was one of the issues under consideration, but would not be drawn on whether he wanted it scrapped.
Labor, which does not have an official seat at the working group table, greeted Morrison’s announcement of a working group IR reform process with scepticism, a theme the shadow treasurer, Jim Chalmers, continued on Sunday.
“… These are the same characters who for seven years have been dividing the community,†he said in an interview with Sky News.
“If it if it ends up that there are good outcomes, sensible outcomes to deal with some of these issues, we will support it. But the answer to seven years of insecure work and stagnant wages isn’t more insecurity at work or more downward pressure on wages. We want to make sure that workers have a voice in the industrial relations system and that we get better outcomes going forward than we’ve had in the recent past.â€
“Yes, of course, there has to be a proper dialogue and discussion about how you share the wealth of any industry sector, but if an industry sector has been devastated and we as the government can’t find ways to help it, what are we arguing about?†he said.
Trevor Noah on Friday argued that “police in America are looting Black bodies†during an impassioned, lengthy monologue on the death of George Floyd and the nationwide protests that have erupted in response.
In an 18-minute commentary released online, “The Daily Show†host asked “what vested interest†the demonstrators had in maintaining the idea that “society is a contract†when those in power were not upholding their end of the deal.
“Try to imagine how it must feel for Black Americans when they watch themselves being looted every single day,†said Noah. “Because that’s fundamentally what’s happening in America. Police in America are looting Black bodies. And I know someone might think that’s an extreme phrase, but it’s not.â€
Noah highlighted what he believed “a lot of people don’t realise,†which was the death of Floyd in Minneapolis on Monday, after a white police officer knelt on the unarmed Black man’s neck, only “became so big†because he had died.
“How many George Floyds are there that don’t die? How many men are having knees put on their necks? How many Sandra Blands are out there being tossed around?†asked Noah. “It doesn’t make the news because it’s not grim enough. It doesn’t even get us anymore. It’s only the deaths, the gruesome deaths, that stick out.â€
“But imagine to yourself if you grew up in a community where every day someone had their knee on your neck?†he added. “If every day someone was out there oppressing you, every single day, you tell me what that does to you as a society, as a community, as a group of people and when you know it’s happening because of the colour of your skin.â€
MINNEAPOLIS — State and local officials had a strong message for Twin Cities residents heading into another night of expected unrest following the death of George Floyd: “Stay home.”
An 8 p.m. curfew would be strictly enforced, major highways would be closed and those on the streets Saturday night will be subject to arrest, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Saint Paul Mayor Melvin Carter said Saturday night.
“Don’t go out of your homes; don’t make things more difficult,â€Â Walz said.Â
The officials joined a number of federal leaders who distinguished between peaceful protestors and “extremists.” But after nights of escalating violence, Frey said even peaceful protests weren’t welcome after curfew.
Earlier Saturday, the governor and mayor alleged many of the protesters inciting violence and causing destruction were from outside the state.
However, a civil arrest list provided by the public information officer of the St. Paul Police Department shows 12 of the 18 people arrested from Thursday through 6 a.m. Saturday were from Minnesota. Five of them are from St. Paul, three are from Woodbury (part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area), two are from Minneapolis, one is from Mankato and one is from St. Louis Park. Four are from out of state and two did not have cities of residence listed.Â
The mayor later acknowledged the majority of arrests so far have been of Minnesota residents.
Local officials’ increasingly strict stance comes after days of violence in the city, with Thursday night’s unrest being the most chaotic as protesters breached a police precinct building and set it on fire.
Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer kept his knee pressed into his neck for more than eight minutes, sparking dozens of protests against police brutality across the country.
Thousands of people took to the streets nationwide and hundreds were arrested Friday and into early Saturday morning, resulting in injuries to protesters and officers. By sunrise, at least three people had died amid the protests.
Demonstrations continued throughout the day Saturday in dozens of cities, and more protests were planned and curfews issued for Saturday evening.
Follow USA TODAY reporters Trevor Hughes and Tyler Davis for reports from the scene. Our live blog will be updated throughout the day. Here are the latest developments:
Minnesota Department of Transportation announced multiple highway closures in the Twin Cities, starting at 7 p.m. Saturday. “Routes will remain open for motorists to exit downtown areas,” the department tweeted.
The Pentagon said Saturday it was ready to provide military help to authorities scrambling to contain unrest in Minneapolis. Walz has not requested federal troops.
Protests across America turned violent as demonstrators expressed anger over George Floyd’s death by police.
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As grocery stores close in Minneapolis, volunteers offer help
Volunteers on the north side of Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon turned parking lots into makeshift markets to combat a dearth of grocery stores in the area.
At the intersection of West Broadway and Emerson avenues, about 250 people filled the lots at U.S. Bank and Episcopal Church in Minnesota to drop off and pick up donations from members of the community.
Amanda Kelli, 18, has relatives who live on the north side and said it’s been a struggle to find food the past few days.
“My family has been looking for somewhere to go grocery shopping — my mom, my dad my grandma,†she said, as she held her baby and chowed on pizza. “But we couldn’t find nothing so we came here.â€
All businesses along Broadway appeared to be closed as of Saturday afternoon due to violent protests the past two nights.
Breyonne Golding, a community planner, called the donation effort “healing†for a low-income area usually starved of resources, but even more so now.
“On the north side, there’s only three grocery stores. All of them are boarded up,†said Golding, a native of Connecticut. “It’s about to be the first of the month, where are they gonna get food?â€
Omar to Minneapolis residents: ‘Stay home tonight’
Rep. Ilhan Omar asked Minneapolis residents to stay home Saturday night in an effort to isolate “agitators” she says are destroying minority owned business during protests over the death of Floyd.
Omar, D-Minn., represents the district where Floyd was killed.
“Right now, our grief and pain is being exploited. People primarily from outside our city are destroying black and minority-owned businesses in our city,†Omar said. “We can’t let them. Let us all prioritize justice for George Floyd, police reform, alongside the safety of our community and the prevention of more violence. I urge people to stay home tonight so we can better target and isolate these agitators.â€
– Sean Rossman
Minnesota National Guard plans to deploy as many as 10,000 soldiersÂ
Meanwhile, the Pentagon offered to assist Minnesota with active-duty troops. So far, Walz has not sought help from federal troops, according to a statement from Jonathan Hoffman, a Defense Department spokesman.
Walz said this morning that he had spoken with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on Saturday, as well as with mayors across the country, and was “fully mobilizing” the state’s National Guard for the first time in Minnesota’s history.
Walz alleged that the protests were fueled by elements of domestic terrorism, ideological extremists and international destabilization.
‘Stay home tonight,’ officials and community leaders plead
In an afternoon news conference, Minnesota officials asked residents to forgo protests and stay home after 8 p.m. Saturday night so that law enforcement could “remove those folks who are harming us.” Community and faith leaders – including reverends, rabbis, imams and representatives of the state’s Latino, Asian, and Native American communities, as well as the uncle of Philando Castile – encouraged residents to observe the curfew.
“We need to create the space for people to be able to grieve, to come together, to mourn the loss of George Floyd,” Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said in an afternoon news conference. “We cannot do that until community can gather safely … Stay home tonight so that we can remove those folks who are harming us.”
Flanagan said that some of the protesters were “detractors,” “white supremacists” and “anarchists.”
“They are not from our state, and they’re coming from the outside,” and Sen. Amy Klobuchar. “We cannot move forward when people are burning down our city.”
Volunteers begin cleaning up
Across Minneapolis, groups of volunteers spontaneously appeared to begin cleaning up the damage Saturday morning.
Leaning on her shovel while talking, social worker Kara Vangen, 58, said no one should mistake the cleanup as a criticism of the protests themselves.
“I’m supporting the protesting, completely. And this is my neighborhood, so this is part of the healing,” she said, over the scrape of shovels clearing rubble from a burned-out Walgreens.
Wearing face masks, Anton Reuter and Beno Boda, both 17, picked up trash strewn in the street.
The two, who live nearby, said they had heard reports that troublemakers from outside downtown Minneapolis have been flooding into the area last night causing damage. They wanted people to know that those who live here care about this neighborhood.
“It’s not going to get better waiting on the government,” Boda said.Â
Morning in Minneapolis: Firefighters put out blazes, clear rubble
As Saturday morning dawned in Minneapolis, authorities had moved back into some formerly contested areas, and firefighters with the Minneapolis Fire Department poured water onto a still-smoldering gas station in the Hiawatha area as a small crowd watched. No police were present.
Over on Lake Street at Columbus Avenue, members of the Minnesota National Guard controlled access to the streets, their Humvees and trucks blocking the road as firefighters and public works officials tried to shut off leaking gas lines and clear rubble from the road.
Because some areas lost power, drivers collided yesterday when speeding through stoplights that weren’t working, and their abandoned crashed cars were then set ablaze. Broken glass from shattered windows and bus stops crunched underfoot.
“This is sad. It’s very emotional right now. I just had to come down and see it,” said Brian Ledin, 58, who lives in a nearby suburb but was born in the area.
Smoke rose from an O’Reilly Auto Parts store and CenterPoint energy workers searched for broken gas lines.
Report: Military police could be dispatched to Minnesota
The Pentagon on Saturday ordered the Army to put military police units on alert to head to Minneapolis on short notice at President Donald Trump’s request, the Associated Press reports, according to three people with direct knowledge of the orders who did not want their names used because they were not authorized to discuss the preparations.
According to the AP report, soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been ordered to be ready to deploy within four hours if called. Soldiers in Fort Carson in Colorado and Fort Riley in Kansas have been told to be ready within 24 hours.Â
Derek Michael Chauvin, 44, was arrested Friday and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in connection to Floyd’s death. He was booked into the Ramsey County Jail.Â
A criminal complaint that references body cameras worn by the four now-former officers involved in the incident sheds additional light on what happened on Memorial Day in the moments before and after Floyd’s death.Â
The Hennepin County Attorney’s complaint said Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, including two minutes and 53 seconds after Floyd was non-responsive. Read more.
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‘I don’t feel that as a G7 it properly represents what’s going on in the world,’ Trump says.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday he is postponing the G7 summit until September and plans to invite four additional non-member nations including Russia.
The president, speaking to reporters aboard an Air Force One flight back to Washington from Kennedy Space Center, said he plans to expand the annual meeting of the world’s most economically advanced nations to include Australia, India, Russia and South Korea, according to a pool report.
“I don’t feel that as a G7 it properly represents what’s going on in the world,†Trump said. “It’s a very outdated group of countries.â€
The group included Russia until its membership was suspended in 2014 over its annexation of Crimea in Ukraine.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday declined Trump’s invitation to attend a Washington summit rescheduled for June, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, POLITICO reported.
The meeting was supposed to take place via videoconference after Trump in March scrapped a planned in-person summit at Camp David due to the pandemic.
Trump, however, had indicated he wanted to hold portions of the June gathering in person at the White House and Camp David.
Earlier Saturday, Trump spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss progress on convening the group, according to a White House readout.
This a photo of my great-grandfather, Booker Howze.
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The author’s great-grandfather, Booker Howze, as a young man.
I never met him. In fact, my dad never met him either. He passed away when my grandad was barely a teenager. Over the past few years, I’ve spent some free time trying to discover as much about my family history as possible, connecting dots of information across yellowed, torn sheets of paper that contain snippets of the people who came together and thus produced me.
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A copy of the author’s great-grandfather’s prison record, via Ancestry.com.
On one of the sheets of paper shown above is my great-grandfather’s name. A Mississippi native who went North during the Great Migration, he was arrested in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (greater Pittsburgh), at the age of 24. His crime? “Suspicious person.â€
Let’s pause for a moment and take that in.
My great-grandfather, at an age where most of us have barely graduated a college or snagged a decent job, was taken to prison because somebody felt he looked like a dangerous, dishonest young man.
When it comes to matters of race, I used to focus on how to fix it. My thoughts always consisted of things like, How do we solve it? Is there something new we could try? If everyone did one little thing, it could create a ripple effect. I grew exasperated at older relatives and neighbors and even peers who had grown “jaded†by the system, believing that they simply were choosing not to look on the bright side, insisting that their “complaining†and apathy was not how civil rights were “won.â€
A photo the author took at the “The Mere Distinction of Colour” slavery exhibit at James Madison’s Montpelier in 2018.
I discovered how modern policing has itsroots in slave patrols and not gun-slinging sheriffs in old Westerns as I’d once believed. Through research like the1619 Project and the â€Mere Distinction of Color†exhibit at Montpelier, I finally realised that Africans were enslaved long before ― hundreds of years before ― the Constitution was even written, which means, of course, that when it was “signed, sealed and delivered,†it was a lie. White supremacy is just America’s big brother. Although they’re always trying to be better than him, they learned everything they know from his example.
When I realised these things, my feelings changed.
I no longer want the system fixed. I just don’t want the system at all.
Black Americans have consequences for our actions that are almost always potentially equal to our life. Try to pay for groceries with a counterfeit bill in the middle of a pandemic that’s left half the nation economically deprived and you end up dying in the street for the world to see. Play for your music too loud with your friends and a random guy can shoot you in broad daylight.
Yet on the other hand, calling the police on someone who’s done nothing illegal and who hasn’t harmed you could lead a white person to lose their job, take a hit in their reputation, and have people say that’s gone too far. To think that threatening or harassing someone based on race or prejudice should not have consequences is ludicrous. And it’s privilege.
Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old EMT who was shot and killed by police in her apartment this March, did nothing to merit consequence. The police were looking for a man who had already been arrested earlier that day. They allegedly entered Breonna’s apartment without announcing themselves (known as a no-knock warrant) in the middle of the night and shot her eight times. Her boyfriend ― thinking the officers were intruders ― fired back in an attempt to protect them and was charged with attempted murder. It took weeks for those charges to be dropped.
I keep thinking about this young woman, my age, with dreams and aspirations, who probably had a long day at work and was finally in the comfort of her own home, with the person she loved. Who went to sleep thinking about all the things she had to do the next day, probably hoping she didn’t catch COVID-19 at work, but instead ended up shot dead in her own bed. By men who are sworn to protect and serve the community. And for what reason? That could’ve been me, a friend, a relative. Why would that ever be OK?
We, Black people, do the work of fighting for justice because we care about one another. We defend our humanity the way your gun-toting neighbors defend their rights at every moment’s notice. But ultimately, I now see that this is not our battle alone.
We can seek justice after the fact. We can march for integration into communities that would rather move out of their homes than live across the street from us. And yes, we might change a few words in a few laws.
But marching doesn’t end racism. Smiling, speaking the King’s English, getting fancy degrees, pulling our pants up ― none of it ends racism.
Racism exists because white colonists decided hundreds of years ago to dominate a land full of native people who were minding their own business and then to kidnap people from another continent to labor mercilessly without compensation for their economic gain. And every turn of events since, every snippet of progress thereafter, has been twisted to maintain the economic and social hierarchy that existed the day America became America.
I admit it, the idea of America is super cool. It really sounds amazing and yes, it’s a geographically and culturally influential and beautiful place. But America isn’t really America. Anyone who’s paid two seconds of attention to history knows America does not live up to its own standards, and its ideals of things like unalienable rights certainly don’t apply if you’re not white. Where were the rights of all the men, women and children throughout history whose lives were taken for nothing?
If America was indeed America for everyone, we wouldn’t have to beg for our life in the street only to have it taken anyway. We wouldn’t have to argue on Twitter about whether or not someone deserved to live based on what they did during a 2-minute or 10-minute video.
Today I am not tired, disappointed or hurt. I am angry. And I’ve been thinking a lot about what to do with that anger. I’ve been thinking a lot about what to say to white friends who are reaching out and to people on social media who want to be an ally. In the past I would’ve thought it’s time to educate, but I am not in a period of my life where I feel compelled to do so. I’m sharing as much love as I can, appreciating the support, but I know everyone has to do this work for themselves.
So if you are a white person looking at a Black person like, How do I join the fight? I want you to know that joining the fight is just the beginning. There will be conflict, but it’s worth it. This is a long haul. You will need to take the mantle in spaces in which we have little influence. You need to make this your priority. It’s your turn to be angry. It’s your turn to be dissatisfied. You need to hate racism and inequality. You have to take the time to understand exactly what those things are and how you play a part. You need to pull up, read the books and check your people when opportunity arises.
If you’re thinking, “I’m not racist, I’m not prejudiced, I’m not biased.†You are. On some spectrum. And here is how I know.
I grew up surrounded by Black history. I was homeschooled and stayed largely untouched by the more direct effects of racism and prejudice in the educational system. I was raised by two educated, involved Black parents who taught me to be proud of my race. And I still left home with stereotypes and prejudices about Black people. With ideas passed down to me by mainstream media and relatives and images that taught me to think a certain way about “kinds†of Black people, based on their hair or their name or what they listened to on their iPod, as if that somehow told me their story or correlated with their intelligence. Thankfully, my interactions with people shattered all those assumptions.
But if I thought that way about my own people, how much more does a white person in a white American family feel about my people?
Courtesy of Candace Howze
The author standing next to a log that slaves cut down at a South Carolina rice plantation.
It’s time to dig down and open up so you can heal and help others to heal. I’m proud of everyone who’s already doing that.
If you’re Black and you’re reading this and needed to hear that too, it’s OK. You may not find yourself receiving a gold star for doing this at first, because it’s a bare minimum to advocate for human respect. But it’s appreciated.
Otherwise, we’ll just be over here telling our kids and grandkids what to do around police, how to be prepared for their white friends to say something insensitive, urging them not give up on life or God or their future because of what they see on the news. Black people will keep doing that 100 years from now and white people will keep saying, “Oh, wow, this is still happening.â€
We do not live in separate worlds, although it often feels like we do. We live in the same country with the same news, it’s all a matter of whether you choose to take action.
If you want this to stop happening and you’re white, this is your fight too.
This requires your courage and conviction.
This is your demon to kill.
What you do in times of crisis reflects your truth.
Candace Howze is a North Carolina-based writer, podcaster and multimedia artist. In her spare time, you can find her listening to music, baking or online shopping. Find her on Instagram and Twitter.
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Saturday she was “shaken†by President Donald Trump’s threat about unleashing “vicious dogs†on people protesting the death of George Floyd, saying it called up associations of segregationist violence.
On Saturday morning, Trump tweeted that protesters at the White House Friday night would have been met with the “most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons†if they had managed to breach the fence. “That’s when people would have been really badly hurt, at least,†he wrote.
In response, Bowser called Trump’s comments “an attack on humanity†and “an attack on Black America.â€
Bowser said at a press briefing that Trump’s reference to “vicious dogs†was “no subtle reminder to African Americans of segregationists who let dogs out on women, children and innocent people in the South.†Bowser said she and others are “just shaken that an American president would utter such words about his fellow Americans.â€
“What used to be heard in dog whistles, we now hear from a bullhorn,†she said.
People are “tired, sad, angry and desperate for change†amid America’s continuing racism, she said. “We need leaders who recognize this pain, and in times of great turmoil and despair can provide us a sense of calm, and a sense of hope.â€
Instead, what the White House offered was “the glorification of violence against American citizens,†Bowser added.
Protests and demonstrations have occurred across the U.S. this week after Floyd, who was Black, died in the custody of Minneapolis police on Monday. A white police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes as Floyd struggled to breathe. The officer was fired and, later, arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Trump called protesters “THUGS†in a tweet this week and warned that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.†It was the same language a Miami police chief used in 1967 when threatening violence against Black males. Twitter veiled Trump’s message for “glorifying violence.â€
Trump also claimed that Bowser, who is Black, failed to mobilize metro police to aid the Secret Service in protecting the White House, which was briefly shut down during Friday’s protests. “The D.C. Mayor, who is always looking for money & help, wouldn’t let the D.C. Police get involved,†Trump tweeted.
Trump’s own Secret Service contradicted his accusation. Officials issued a statement saying that both the “Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Park Police were on the scene†during Friday’s protest.
Bowser said local police “were doing their jobs from the start†and coordinated with the Secret Service as well as U.S. Park Police. She emphasized that “at no time was the chief of police concerned about losing control of protest activity.â€
D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said he supplied Secret Service officers with equipment they did not have, including riot helmets.
Check out Bowser’s comments on Trump’s tweets in the video up top. Her reaction to his tweets, in response to a reporter’s question, begins at 14:15.
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SpaceX and NASA make history by launching two astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station, the first crewed spaceflight to take off from US soil in nearly a decade.
In Australia, the New South Wales state government will walk away from its planned AU$810m (US$540m) redevelopment of the former Olympic stadium in Sydney as the state grapples with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
On Sunday the premier, Gladys Berejiklian, will announce that the state government will dump the stadium redevelopment, a key but controversial plank of its election pitch last year, instead announcing a AU$3bn fund for smaller, “shovel-ready projectsâ€.
In a statement issued to media before a formal announcement, Berejiklian said the decision to dump the stadium redevelopment was part of a wider plan to increase the state’s infrastructure spend to about $100bn.
Lockdown to be eased for England’s most clinically vulnerable
The more than 2 million people who have been “shielding†from Covid-19 in England because they are deemed to be clinically extremely vulnerable will be allowed to spend time outdoors from Monday for the first time in 10 weeks.
Boris Johnson praised their resilience as their particular lockdown measures are set to be eased. The communities secretary, Robert Jenrick, will confirm the move on Sunday.
In case you missed this earlier, in Australia, residents in the country’s most populous state, New South Wales, are enduring one more day of tight Covid restrictions before pubs, beauty salons and museums reopen and intrastate holiday travel is permitted, AAP reports.
For the first time in almost three weeks, zero Covid-19 cases were reported in NSW on Saturday, from 9500 tests.
A marketing campaign spruiking NSW as a tourist destination will target NSW, Victorian and ACT residents as coronavirus-related travel restrictions ease.
A worker disinfects hand rails in Sydney, Australia, May 20, 2020. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock
The state government on Sunday said a major tourism marketing push would coincide with the restriction changes.
Travellers from interstate will also be able to visit NSW under the changes, but must comply with the rules of their home state when returning.
The next phase of the “now’s the time to love NSW†campaign – first announced earlier this year after bushfires devastated the state – will include a new television commercial and social media video series, and international digital advertising to keep the state in overseas visitors’ minds.
“Interest in NSW road trips has jumped with a 125% increase in page views on VisitNSW.com in the past week,†Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres said in a statement on Sunday.
There are signs that thousands of Australians used the coronavirus shutdown to give up smoking, AAP reports.
Federal health Minister Greg Hunt says between January and May this year, the My Quitbuddy app was downloaded more than 24,000 times, a staggering 310% increase over the same time last year.
“These figures are very encouraging and I congratulate those who have taken the first step,†Mr Hunt said in a statement on Sunday, coinciding with World No Tobacco Day.
“Quitting is not always easy, but assistance is available and the benefits are significant.â€
He said there was growing evidence that smokers were more likely to develop a severe case of Covid-19 if they contracted the virus.
The Australian government aims to reduce smoking to less than 10 per cent by 2025 through its 10-year National Preventive Health Strategy and has committed $31.6 million over four years from 2019/20 to reduce smoking prevalence.
This includes $20 million over three years to develop a new National Tobacco Campaign to encourage smokers to quit.
Brazil has nearly 500,000 cases, after a record one-day increase.
Brazil registered a record 33,274 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, its health ministry said, raising the total to 498,440 in a country with one of the world’s worst outbreaks.
The death toll in Brazil from Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus, increased to 28,834, with 956 new deaths in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.
The world has passed the milestone of six million confirmed coronavirus cases, with 6,048,384 confirmed infections worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker.
The US is the worst-affected country in terms of cases and deaths, with 1,769,776 infections and 103,685 fatalities.
The ten worst-affected countries in terms of cases are:
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Global cases have passed 6 million, with 6,048,384 confirmed infections, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, which relies on official government data. The true number of infections and deaths, which currently stand at 368,711, are likely to be higher, as a result of delays, differing testing rates and definitions, and suspected underreporting.
The sombre milestone comes as Brazil, the second-worst affected country in the world after the US, is nearing 500,000 cases, after it registered a record 33,274 new infections on Saturday. The current total at confirmed cases stands at 498,440. The death toll is 28,834.
Global cases passed 6 million. The world has passed the milestone of six million confirmed coronavirus cases, with 6,048,384 confirmed infections worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker.The US is the worst-affected country in terms of cases and deaths, with 1,769,776 infections and 103,685 fatalities.
Brazil cases neared 500,000 after record increase. Brazil registered a record 33,274 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday, its health ministry said, raising the total to 498,440 in a country with one of the world’s worst outbreaks. The death toll in Brazil from Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus, increased to 28,834, with 956 new deaths in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.
Pope Francis implored world leaders to provide social and economic relief for the many workers who have lost jobs, and called for the enormous sums of money used to grow and perfect armaments be instead used to fund research to prevent similar catastrophes in the future.
Britain’s top public health leaders warned Boris Johnson that trust in the government has been shattered by the Dominic Cummings affair and now poses real danger to life when lockdown measures are lifted this week. Cummings, Johnson’s top aide, has been embroiled in a scandal after he was seen in Durham, 264 miles from his London home, despite having had coronavirus symptoms.
Romanian prime minister Ludovic Orban paid a 3,000 lei fine ($690) for breaking his own coronavirus restrictions by not wearing a face mask and smoking indoors. A picture which went viral on social media shows Orban in his office, sitting around a table with several other cabinet members, smoking a cigarette while none of them wore masks.Russia to start vaccine trial within two weeks
Russian scientists plan to start clinical coronavirus vaccine trials within two weeks, the health minister was quoted as saying on Saturday as authorities approved the country’s first anti-Covid-19 drug, Avifavir.
Greece will conduct coronavirus tests on visitors arriving from airports deemed high-risk by the European Union’s aviation safety agency EASA when it opens its airports to tourism traffic on 15 June. The list currently includes 13 airports in the United Kingdom, all those in 22 US states and those in the Ile de France region surrounding Paris.
Frontline workers in Mexico City’s hospitals are planning a national march to demand appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). Nurses and other health workers account for about a quarter of all of Mexico’s coronavirus infections, government data shows, one of the highest rates in the world.
South Africa’s infection cases now exceed 30,000, the country’s health ministerZweli Mkhize said on Saturday. The country reported 1,727 new cases, taking the cumulative total to 30,967. The death toll increased by 32 to 643.
Pakistan has reported 78 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, a single day record since the pandemic arrived in the country in March. The country has recorded 135 deaths in the past two days, and over 5,000 new cases, with health experts warning of a steep rise in the number of infections in coming days.
Colombia is to lift quarantine measures in parts of the country, but issued new measures to control the spread of coronavirus in three of its most affected cities on Saturday, including the capital Bogota. The country has reported more than 26,600 coronavirus cases and 853 deaths.
New York state governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill granting death benefits to the families of police officers, public health workers and other frontline workers who have died of the coronavirus. “You gave your lives for us, we will be there for your families going forward,†Cuomo said as he signed the legislation.
US President Donald Trump led his remarks on the country’s first manned rocket launch in nearly a decade with some harsh words for civil rights protesters around the country demanding police accountability.
“My administration will stop mob violence, and we’ll stop it cold,†Trump said from Florida hours after ordering the Pentagon to put military police on alert for potential deployment to the demonstration sites.
“Radical left criminals, thugs and others, all throughout our country and throughout the world, will not be able to set communities ablaze,†Trump said.Â
Civil rights protests, most of them peaceful, have taken place all week in cities across the country following the death of George Floyd, a Black man, while in police custody; four police officers were later fired. One of the officers — seen in a video of the incident pinning Floyd to the pavement with his knee — has been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Some of the larger demonstrations have turned violent in recent days. Protesters in Minneapolis managed to force police officers to retreat as they set fire to a police station, as well as several businesses in the area. Damage to police vehicles has also been documented in other cities.Â
Local and national leaders of both parties have lamented the property damage. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in a press conference early Saturday morning that he understood the “rage†but not the “wanton destruction.†Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he was “reeling†after Floyd’s death but stressed that “there is no honor in burning down your city.â€
Critics, however, are pushing for a better and more widespread understanding of the issues underlying the anger, including police brutality and a justice system that all too often appears biased in favour of white people.Â
Trump has expressed disbelief at the video of Floyd’s death while calling for ever more aggressive policing tactics in clear opposition to protesters’ demands. He tweeted threats to the protesters early Friday morning, writing, â€[W]hen the looting starts, the shooting starts,†a phrase used by a racist Miami police chief during the height of civil war protests in the 1960s. Twitter slapped a content warning over the president’s message for the second time this week, saying it glorified violence.
On Saturday, Trump claimed the violence was “being led by Antifa and other left-wing groups who are terrorising the innocent, destroying jobs, hurting businesses and burning down buildings.†But Minnesota officials are reportedly investigating whether white supremacy groups were behind the violence.Â
“I will not allow angry mobs to dominate. Won’t happen,†Trump said. “It is essential that we protect the crown jewel of American democracy: the rule of law.â€
Later, he voiced support for law enforcement. Â
“We support the overwhelming majority of police officers who are incredible in every way and devoted public servants,†Trump said. “They keep our cities safe, protect our communities from gangs and drugs, and risk their own lives for us every day.â€
Protests are expected to continue into Saturday night.Â
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