{"id":131623,"date":"2021-07-08T21:16:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T21:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=131623"},"modified":"2021-07-08T21:16:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T21:16:36","slug":"australia-news-live-nsw-covid-19-cases-and-exposure-sites-continue-to-grow-police-descend-on-south-west-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/australia-news-live-nsw-covid-19-cases-and-exposure-sites-continue-to-grow-police-descend-on-south-west-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID-19 cases and exposure sites continue to grow; police descend on south-west Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have made our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic free for all readers. Please consider supporting our journalism with a subscription.<\/p>\n<h3>Key posts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><time class=\"_2_zR-\" dateTime=\"2021-07-09T06:46:37+10:00\">6.46am<\/time><\/span>\u2018This isn\u2019t a crime emergency, this is a medical emergency\u2019: Western Sydney mayor<\/li>\n<li><span><time class=\"_2_zR-\" dateTime=\"2021-07-09T06:39:36+10:00\">6.39am<\/time><\/span>This morning\u2019s headlines at a glance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span>1<\/span> of <span>1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Flight Centre boss backs Queensland Premier\u2019s Tokyo trip<\/h2>\n<p>Flight Centre boss and outspoken travel ban critic, Graham Turner, has backed the Queensland Premier\u2019s upcoming Tokyo trip despite her recent moves to further cap international arrivals and a growing online petition.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to halve the number of plane seats available into the country, made by national cabinet, was a separate matter and a non-appearance from Annastacia Palaszczuk could be detrimental to Queensland should it not secure the 2032 Olympics, Mr Turner said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.223%2C$multiply_0.4431%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_202%2C$y_63\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/2f32980da468b30d3c7f967163ea05e35ca55ab9\" height=\"224\" width=\"335\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Flight Centre co-founder and chief executive Graham Turner.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>Attila Csaszar<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>More than 80,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Ms Palaszczuk to be denied an exemption to leave the country. <\/p>\n<p>The full story is available here. <\/p>\n<h2>Senior NSW ministers consider letting Delta circulate in community<\/h2>\n<p>In case you missed it, the NSW government is facing its most difficult decision of the pandemic with senior ministers cautiously canvassing abandoning a zero local transmission strategy and accepting the Delta strain of COVID-19 will circulate in the community.<\/p>\n<p>Three senior ministers, who would not speak publicly due to cabinet confidentiality, have acknowledged the state has reached a \u201cfork in the road\u201d where it must choose between a lockdown to eliminate COVID or living with the virus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.136%2C$multiply_0.4431%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/ced49be150bb507696feadc1e4b0356769770973\" height=\"224\" width=\"335\"><\/p>\n<p><span>A man is tested in Fairfield in Sydney\u2019s west on Thursday after he was informed he was a close contact of a COVID-19 case. <\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span> Kate Geraghty<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>The discussions will intensify in the coming days as NSW battles to contain the growing outbreak in south-west Sydney, which has much lower rates of vaccination in its elderly population than the rest of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story here. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018This isn\u2019t a crime emergency, this is a medical emergency\u2019: Western Sydney mayor<\/h2>\n<p>As we mentioned earlier, additional police are set to descend on south-west Sydney this morning to enforce the city\u2019s coronavirus restrictions. <\/p>\n<p>The mayor of Fairfield, in Sydney\u2019s west, was interviewed on Nine\u2019s <em>Today <\/em>show just moments ago for his reaction to the crackdown. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.679%2C$multiply_0.4431%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_251%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/d34ef7161e39cf099be2abebb1b9600fddb1d727\" height=\"224\" width=\"335\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Fairfield mayor Frank Carbone. <\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>Nine<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what he had to say:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think people feel they have been mistreated. I think people don\u2019t like it when people push their hand to push people down. People want a hand that lifts them up and I think there\u2019s been a real poor narrative when it comes to this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI welcome more police but also welcome more doctors and pop-up clinics. This isn\u2019t a crime emergency, this is a medical emergency. There should be more pop-up clinics, more testing places. I think that people should be treated with respect and I think it doesn\u2019t happen out here in western Sydney.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>One in 10 NSW COVID patients in hospital as system plans for surge<\/h2>\n<p>Sydney\u2019s hospitals are standing by to mobilise COVID-19 surge plans in preparation for the possible influx of people needing urgent care, as the number of cases in ICU climbs.<\/p>\n<p>More than 10 per cent of the state\u2019s 395 cases are now in hospital, prompting the Australian Medical Association to warn that the system will be overwhelmed if NSW eases Greater Sydney\u2019s lockdown before spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant is contained.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.136%2C$multiply_0.4431%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/e640037b37526585d4d7cdf3238f5623db492b52\" height=\"224\" width=\"335\"><\/p>\n<p><span>St Vincent\u2019s Hospital is preparing its surge capacity in light of a possible jump in cases.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>Kate Geraghty<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Read the full story here. <\/p>\n<h2>This morning\u2019s headlines at a glance<\/h2>\n<p>Good morning and thanks for reading our live coverage. It\u2019s Friday, July 9. I\u2019m <strong>Broede Carmody<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NSW police are descending on south-west Sydney this morning to enforce coronavirus restrictions as senior state government ministers cautiously canvass abandoning a zero local transmission strategy. Yesterday, NSW recorded 38 locally acquired infections. <\/li>\n<li>Today is the first day Melburnians won\u2019t have to wear a mask in the office (unless they have customer-facing roles). Density limits have also officially eased for Melbourne\u2019s cafes, bars and restaurants. <\/li>\n<li>Ash Barty will be the first Australian woman to contest a Wimbledon final in 41 years. The World No. 1 beat German Angelique Kerber in straight sets overnight as part of their semi-final clash. <\/li>\n<li>Former prime minister John Howard, who committed Australian troops to Afghanistan, has added his voice to the push to give special visas to interpreters who helped our armed forces. He says Australia has \u201ca moral obligation to help\u201d those whose lives are at risk after the withdrawal of American troops. <\/li>\n<li>And in overseas news, the Japanese government has declared a state of emergency. It means spectators will be banned from attending Olympic events in Tokyo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span>1<\/span> of <span>1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Most Viewed in National<\/h2>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/australia-news-live-nsw-covid-19-cases-and-exposure-sites-continue-to-grow-police-descend-on-south-west-sydney-20210709-p5887x.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have made our live coverage of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":131622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID-19 cases and exposure sites continue to grow; 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