What we learned today, Saturday 30 April
With that, we will wrap up the blog for the evening. Have a lovely night readers, we’ll be back tomorrow morning for day 21 of the campaign.
Here were today’s major developments:
- Australia has recorded its highest daily death toll from Covid in 59 days, with 53 pandemic deaths reported across the nation today. Victoria recorded 19 deaths, while New South Wales recorded 20 deaths overnight.
- Labor has announced it will launch a royal commission into the robodebt scheme if it wins government, with the aim of determining who was responsible for implementing the discredited program. The prime minister called the move “hypocritical” despite the fact the Coalition introduced robodebt four years ago.
- Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison will face each other in a second election debate to be broadcast on free-to-air network Nine on Sunday 8 May. The National Press Club, the ABC and Channel Seven have also been pushing to host a debate.
- And the Australian Olympic Committee will support Ukrainian athletes seeking to resettle in Australia on humanitarian grounds. It comes as Ian Chesterman has been elected as president of the committee, beating out Mark Stockwell to succeed John Coates, who has stepped down after 32 years in the role.
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South Australia Health is scaling back the Novavax vaccine rollout to pharmacies and general practitioners.
From 1 May, the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine will only be available at GPs and pharmacies.
— SA Health (@SAHealth) April 30, 2022
Novavax will not longer be available for new appointments at the Adelaide (Myer Centre), Elizabeth and Noarlunga SA Heath COVID-19 vaccination clinics.https://t.co/rKcC5ULnfM pic.twitter.com/tqk92n4mDo
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