that were involved in that exposure,” public health acting director Dr Scott McKeown told reporters on Saturday. The contractor worked below deck on both Spirit of Tasmania vessels on Monday and Tuesday while infectious. Sailings to and from Melbourne and Devonport were cancelled on Friday night when the positive case emerged among a TT-Line employee. The Apple Isle appears to have avoided a Covid-19 outbreak after a Melbourne-based contractor working on Spirit of Tasmania ferries tested positive. The protests began on Monday in opposition to mandatory vaccinations for the construction sector and the closure of building site tea rooms but have morphed into a wider anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine movement. “I can’t imagine what people overseas are thinking about us now.” “We’ve seen some horrible images in the last few days,” Southwick said. The shadow CBD recovery minister, David Southwick, said he was pleased there had been no repeat of the large-scale protests on the West Gate Freeway and Shrine. They signed off about 3pm with vague plans for more protests on Sunday. Stick around for a bit longer and see what happens.” “ No groups gaining tractions that we know of,” organisers posted on an encrypted messaging app at 1.45pm. But the planned sixth day in a row of disruption did not take off. Organisers urged their followers to “show no fear” and said anyone who received a fine from police would be reimbursed. Hundreds of police lined St Kilda beach and arrested dozens of people on Saturday as protesters initially gathered at Luna Park. Police have snuffed out a sixth day of anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine protests in Melbourne, dispersing and arresting would-be demonstrators. Follow our AFL grand final live blog with Geoff Lemon here:Ī planned sixth day of protests in Melbourne was a flop but more are planned for tomorrow, AAP reports. Police arrested dozens of protesters at St Kilda in the sixth day of protests in Melbourne.The ACT recorded 32 new cases, including 10 more linked to an aged care home.Western Australia has upgraded its travel ban against Victoria to ‘extreme risk’, the same category as NSW, meaning that only a limited group of people including members of parliament will be granted permission to travel – and even they will have to do 14 days of hotel quarantine.The surf coast region of Victoria will get out of lockdown at 11.59pm tomorrow night, but no decision has been made about greater Geelong and the Mitchell shire, which are due to get out at the same time.It has been promised about 2.6m doses of Pfizer to state hubs and GP clinics in October. Victoria is not on track to meet its target of 80% first doses by tomorrow – but will get there early next week.NSW recorded 1,007 cases and 11 deaths, including three people who died in their homes and were diagnosed with Covid-19 after their deaths.Victoria recorded its highest ever day of Covid cases, with 847 cases and one death.You can follow our live coverage of the AFL grand final here and our coverage of the NRL preliminary final here. This is where we’ll leave our live coverage of news for today. 25 Sept 2021 08.50 BST What we learned today, Saturday 25 September
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