What happened on Thursday 30 June, 2022
That was quite an eventful end to the day, and with that, we’ll be wrapping up our live news blog. Here’s a summary of the main news developments:
- Former New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro has stepped down from a controversial $500,000-a-year trade role based in New York, days before he was set to begin, amid an inquiry into his appointment.
- Channel Seven is seeking a court declaration to allow them to terminate a multimillion dollar Test cricket and Big Bash League broadcasting rights deal with Cricket Australia. The governing body reacted with astonishment to the move from its broadcast partner on Thursday and vowed to vigorously defend its position.
- Witness accounts that Lynette Dawson was seen bruised before she vanished in January 1982 were small pieces of a larger picture showing she was murdered by her husband Chris Dawson, prosecutors have told a court.
- The aged care sector is warning almost half of the nation’s home care providers will be increasing fees by up to 20% after a new two-hour minimum shift for carers comes into force on Friday, prompting complaints from older Australians and advocates.
- The winter dry spell is set to end this week with the east coast of Australia set to receive a deluge leading up to the weekend, while record-breaking rainfall is expected for parts of northern Australia.
- The Albanese government has ordered an independent review into Australia’s existing procurement contracts for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments “to ensure that they are fit-for-purpose” now and into 2023 as new subvariants emerge, as 60 deaths from Covid-19 were recorded across Australia on Thursday. Meanwhile, the TGA has given provisional approval for children aged between six months and five to receive the Pfizer Covid vaccine.
Thanks for following along.
We’ll be back to do it all over again tomorrow, a day which marks the start of a new financial year. Happy new year to all those who celebrate, and have a pleasant and sensible evening seeing out the financial year that was!
Just following on from that news that John Barilaro has stepped down from his controversial trade role based in New York.
Amy Brown, the chief executive of Investment NSW who was responsible for filling the role, has released a statement. It says:
This evening Mr John Barilaro notified me that he is withdrawing from the role of Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner Americas, effective immediately.
I request that his privacy be respected at this time.
Investment NSW is assisting the Department of Premier and Cabinet and NSW Legislative Council Inquiry in reviews of the Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner Americas recruitment process, and as such it is not appropriate to make any further comment.”
You can read more about the latest developments in this saga here:
