{"id":157887,"date":"2022-05-19T21:28:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T21:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=157887"},"modified":"2022-05-19T21:28:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T21:28:23","slug":"election-2022-live-updates-scott-morrison-anthony-albanese-embark-on-final-day-of-campaign-across-the-nation-kooyong-candidate-mounts-legal-challenge-for-covid-positive-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/election-2022-live-updates-scott-morrison-anthony-albanese-embark-on-final-day-of-campaign-across-the-nation-kooyong-candidate-mounts-legal-challenge-for-covid-positive-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2022 LIVE updates: Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese embark on final day of campaign across the nation; Kooyong candidate mounts legal challenge for COVID-positive voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Key posts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><time class=\"_2_zR-\" data-testid=\"datetime\" dateTime=\"2022-05-20T07:01:17+10:00\">7.01am<\/time><\/span>Kooyong candidate challenging Commonwealth rules for COVID-infected voters<\/li>\n<li><span><time class=\"_2_zR-\" data-testid=\"datetime\" dateTime=\"2022-05-20T06:56:41+10:00\">6.56am<\/time><\/span>Aged-care \u2018totally unsustainable\u2019 with study finding 60,000 staff vacancies<\/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>Prime Minister starts election eve media blitz<\/h2>\n<p>Tomorrow is polling day, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison is leaving nothing to chance &#8211; lining up no less than 10 radio and television interviews across the country this morning.<\/p>\n<p>His first appearance was on 2GB with Ben Fordham. He was asked about the Australian Electoral Commission\u2019s COVID-19 plan which means people who tested positive for coronavirus before 6pm on Tuesday cannot vote unless they applied for a postal vote by Wednesday.<\/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\/8e37fe034537038418537fc3ef7cede5dbe297f2\" height=\"224\" width=\"335\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday. <\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>James Brickwood<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, we want to see that people have the opportunity to vote,\u201d he said, adding it was up to the Australian electoral commissioner to adjust the rules and recommendations, free from political interference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll be aware of all the issues that relate to this and what is in the best interests of running a fair election, which maximises the opportunity for everybody to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morrison said the majority of Australians will be voting tomorrow, segueing into the Coalition\u2019s election pitch.\u201cIt\u2019s about changing gears, and the opportunity that is ahead,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Kooyong candidate challenging Commonwealth rules for COVID-infected voters<\/h2>\n<p>Lawyers for Kooyong independent Monique Ryan are expected to head to the Federal Court today to challenge the Commonwealth over rules disallowing some COVID-infected Australians from voting by telephone.<\/p>\n<p>The legal team was on Thursday night finalising the Federal Court bid after it was revealed tens of thousands of people may not be able to cast a vote on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.216%2C$multiply_0.4431%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/e7049792ad5ef07c9b0e54eda3384d4c106567b9\" height=\"224\" width=\"335\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Independent Kooyong candidate Monique Ryan.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit:<\/span>Penny Stephens<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed people who contracted COVID-19 before 6pm on Tuesday, but who didn\u2019t register for a postal vote, might be unable to cast their ballot. The suit will argue the laws breach an implied right to vote in elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>ABC RN Breakfast <\/em>on Friday morning, she said the legal challenge was being launched because some people in her electorate were \u201creally distressed\u201d by not being able to vote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI and my team felt that someone had to stand up and do something about this, that we could not let it go through to the keeper,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is that it could potentially result in my electorate, but also a number of other close electorates around Australia, and I think the last thing that the people of Australia want is for these elections to be challenged on this basis.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The federal court action will be brought against Special Minister of State Ben Morton who has oversight of the relevant legislation, with the challenge to be launched before 9am Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Ryan confirmed the legal bid when speaking to more than 100 supporters at her campaign office on Thursday, saying it could affect a significant number of Kooyong residents and have a material effect in the event of a tight outcome.<\/p>\n<p>The Kooyong candidate said they had received $126,000 in donations within a few hours for the court action, with more than 1200 signatures received on her petition. <\/p>\n<h2>Aged-care \u2018totally unsustainable\u2019 with study finding 60,000 staff vacancies<\/h2>\n<p>The aged care sector needs almost 60,000 workers to plug the national staffing gap, with providers calling for prioritised childcare for workers and migration incentives, such as help with school and housing placements, to draw people back into the haemorrhaging workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Catholic Health Australia (CHA), the country\u2019s largest aged care body, compiled the sector-wide figures with the University of Notre Dame and a consultancy, Evaluate, to illustrate to whoever forms government after May 21 the enormity of the shortages that risk the collapse of facilities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hospitals and aged care providers just cannot go on with this acute understaffing. The situation right now is totally unsustainable,\u201d CHA chief executive Pat Garcia said. \u201cIf these numbers don\u2019t shock the new federal health minister, I don\u2019t know what will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The study found a total of 82,156 vacancies in hospitals and aged care and Garcia said the \u201cstartling figures\u201d could be even higher because the study\u2019s researchers applied their modelling conservatively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story here. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>This morning\u2019s headlines at a glance<\/h2>\n<p>Good morning and thanks for your company.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Friday, May 20. I\u2019m <strong>Ashleigh McMillan<\/strong> and I\u2019ll be anchoring our live coverage for the first half of the morning. <strong>Latika Bourke <\/strong>will be on later to cover the blow-by-blow of the election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you need to know before we get started.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The aged care sector needs almost 60,000 workers to plug the national staffing gap, with providers calling for prioritised childcare for workers and migration incentives, such as help with school and housing placements, to draw people back into the haemorrhaging workforce.<\/li>\n<li>Lawyers for Kooyong independent Monique Ryan are preparing to file a Federal Court challenge against the Commonwealth over the rules disallowing some COVID-infected Australians from voting by telephone.<\/li>\n<li>Australia\u2019s major news organisations have revealed this morning who they are endorsing in tomorrow\u2019s federal election. In an editorial this morning, <em>The Sydney Morning Herald <\/em>said on balance, \u201cthe nation needs a change\u201d to an Albanese government, while <em>The Age\u2019s <\/em>editorial says more of the same delivered by a Morrison government \u201cwould be the greater risk for the country\u201d. <\/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\/election-2022-live-updates-scott-morrison-anthony-albanese-embark-on-final-day-of-campaign-across-the-nation-kooyong-candidate-mounts-legal-challenge-for-covid-positive-voters-20220519-p5amu0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key posts 7.01amKooyong candidate challenging Commonwealth rules<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":157886,"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>Election 2022 LIVE updates: Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese embark on final day of campaign across the nation; 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