The federal government's plan to open international borders next month has resulted in a flurry of Australians booking flights overseas, but flying back is likely to be more expensive.
Qantas announced it would restart international flights a month earlier than planned, on November 14, quoting fares from $1869 return for Sydney to London and $1662 return for Sydney to Los Angeles.
However, fares available are now significantly more expensive due to the cost of the return leg.
Airlines hope domestic travel demand will return to pre-pandemic levels early next year. Credit:James Brickwood
Outbound flights to London are available for about $760 in economy class for late November, climbing to between $1200 and $1600 for early December.
But return flights are currently about $2200 for November and December, making the cheapest available return flights during the pre-Christmas period close to $3000.
Victoria administered 96,337 doses of COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, more than all the other state and territories combined.
It could be partly explained by the fact NSW and Queensland had public holidays, and also that NSW is running out of vaccine candidates given its higher coverage rates.
Among yesterday's numbers was a record number of Victorians who received their second vaccine dose
Health department data shows a total of 51,378 people aged 16 and over statewide became fully vaccinated on Monday, breaking the state's previous record by more than 5000.
Or, to put it another way, 53.57 per cent of Victorians aged 16 and over have received their second vaccine dose, up from 52.62 per cent yesterday.
Now that the time between Pfizer vaccine shots has been reduced from six weeks to three weeks at state government vaccine hubs, Victoria has reached the stage where more second doses than first doses are consistently being administered each day.
Dominic Perrottet is officially the new premier of NSW after he was sworn in at a ceremony at Government House in Sydney this afternoon.
His deputy is Stuart Ayres and the new treasurer is Matt Kean. (Note that Mr Ayres is deputy of the Liberal party, not the deputy premier. That title is held by the leader of the Nationals and a vote for that position will be held tomorrow after John Barilaro also resigned.)
Below are some photos from the ceremony. For more details on how the day unfolded, you can read this separate live blog we're running on the NSW leadership vote.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is sworn in by NSW Governor Margaret Beazley.Credit:AAP
Freshly crowned NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and deputy Liberal leader Stuart Ayres after the ceremony this afternoon. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
Western Australia will mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in the mining, oil and gas industries.
Premier Mark McGowan said anyone working on a mining site will be required to have a first dose by December 1 and be fully vaccinated by January 1.
WA Premier Mark McGowan could be eligible for up to $250,000 a year under an old pension scheme.Credit:Trevor Collens
"We want to protect workers and the wider community," he said at a press conference, noting more than 100,000 workers are affected by the mandate.
Mr McGowan congratulated Dominic Perrottet on being appointed NSW Premier today, but said he hasn't spoken to him personally because he doesn't have his number.
Mr McGowan said the NSW government has been "very poor financial managers" as he took a stab at Mr Perrottet's "appalling" record as Treasurer.
Dozens of people have caught COVID-19 from the CFMEU Victorian office cluster, triggering an angry response from the union's state secretary John Setka.
Seven people who work at the office, which was targeted by a mix of protesters angry with vaccine mandates and lockdowns last month, have now tested positive for the coronavirus along with dozens of their family members.
Tempers frayed outside the Melbourne office of the CFMEU last month.Credit:Chris Hopkins
Mr Setka laid the blame at the feet of the protesters.
“These protesters are just selfish idiots with absolutely no care for anyone other than themselves," Mr Setka said in a statement.
"They have caused enormous stress and heartache for members families’ who were just doing their job on the day of the protest.
“While we welcome construction opening back up to 25 per cent today, these members won’t be going back to work and along with their families will be in quarantine for two weeks with the added stress of so many family members being very sick and some hospitalised."
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan is providing a COVID-19 update. Watch live below:
The Reserve Bank has held official interest rates steady and remained committed to its gradual wind back of its quantitative easing program as it waits on large parts of the economy to re-open from COVID-19 lockdown.
At its regular monthly meeting today, the RBA board held the official cash rate at 0.1 per cent where it has been since November last year. The decision was in line with market expectations and forecasts from economists.
RBA governor Philip Lowe.Credit:James Brickwood
It also stuck with its decision to wind down purchases of government bonds to $4 billion a week, holding them at that rate until at least mid-February next year.
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There are now COVID-19 infections at five prisons in Victoria, with 36 prisoners testing positive for the virus.
Corrections Victoria said 16 prisoners tested positive at the Melbourne Assessment Prison, 11 at the Metropolitan Remand Centre, five at Ravenhall Correctional Centre, three at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre and one at Port Phillip Prison.
“Of these cases, 31 prisoners have been managed under quarantine arrangements since their arrival into custody and are being held in isolation units in accordance with established operational processes,” the authority said in an update.
The five prisoners infected at Ravenhall Correctional Centre were in the general prison population.
There were also 15 active COVID-19 cases among staff members – five at Metropolitan Remand Centre, five at Ravenhall, two at Port Phillip Prison, and one each at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Maribyrnong Community Residential Facility and Barwon Prison.
Corrections Victoria helped the health department with contact tracing, and all in-person visits to Victorian prisons were suspended.
As of October 1, 73 per cent of adult prisoners had received their first dose of a COVID vaccine, and 52 per cent were fully vaccinated.
Meanwhile, an early learning centre has been added as a tier-1 exposure site this afternoon.
The Emerald Learning Centre, south-east of Melbourne, became an exposure site after a case attended the venue on Monday and Tuesday last week. Anyone who has visited the centre between 9am-6.30pm on September 27 and 9am-6.30pm on September 28 must get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days.
This follows comments from Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton yesterday that the listing of tier-2 sites, which are lower-risk locations visited by a COVID-positive person, will be “progressively” scaled back over the next few days."
If you're just joining us, here's a summary of today's news after a busy morning:
- Dominic Perrottet will become NSW Premier after winning the support of his Liberal Party colleagues to become the party's leader following the resignation of Gladys Berejiklian on Friday. Mr Perrottet, who will be sworn in this afternoon, is the state's youngest premier at 39. Follow the live coverage and read more about how he ascended to the position.
- Victoria recorded a new national high of 1763 cases of COVID-19 but Premier Daniel Andrews reaffirmed the state's road map to exit lockdown and open back up in line with the vaccination targets.
- Qantas will place a multibillion-dollar order for more than 100 new jets to replace its ageing domestic fleet of aircraft. The airline is deciding between Airbus A320s and Boeing 737 MAXs to replace the existing 737s that form the bulk of the carrier's domestic operations.
- Queensland has appointed Krispin Hajkowicz to be the new Chief Health Officer when he takes over from Jeannette Young who will become the state's Governor in November.
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