It’s getting late on a Friday afternoon, which suggests it’s time for us to finish up the 9News live blog site for the day– and week.
This is what made headings on a hectic Friday:
The Bell questions, which analyzed Scott Morrison’s secret ministerial visits of Scott Morrison at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, launched its report today, which was scathing of the previous PM’s actions.
Morrison’s follower, Anthony Albanese, stated the federal government will accept all 6 suggestions of the report. When it comes to the previous prime minister himself, he stated he invited the report and was grateful the matter has actually now concluded.
The guy implicated of killing 24-year-old Queensland lady Toyah Cordingley 4 years back, Rajwinder Singh, has actually been apprehended in India. Queensland Authorities Commissioner Katarina Carroll stated the day was “a long period of time coming”, while federal Attorney-General stated Singh’s extradition was a “high top priority” for the federal government.
A Sydney scaffolding business has actually been fined over a collapse that killed a young apprentice in 2019, however the tradie’s household has actually knocked the charge as “absurd”.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Opposition Leader Matthew Guys have actually made their last pitches to citizens as locals prepare to go to the surveys in tomorrow’s state election.
All drive-through PCR screening websites for COVID-19 will close in South Australia by January 8, although complimentary fast tests will be readily available for anybody in the state at collection points up until completion of the year. It comes as cases throughout Australia increase when again, however at a far more steady rate than in previous weeks.
And Clive Palmer’s prepared Waratah thermal coal mine in Queensland need to be turned down since it “dangers undesirable environment modification effects”, a court has actually discovered.
