1 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Tuesday, 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: the thirtieth of March. My name is Sam Kozlowski, and 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: helping me make sense of today's news is Zara Sidelock. 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:17,160 Speaker 1: Making news today, Brisbane in lockdown, cabinet reshuffle, some good 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: news about vaccines in the US, and. 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 2: A breakdown of Queensland's COVID outbreak. Here's today's Daily Digest. 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: Greater Brisbane entered a three day lockdown at five pm 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: yesterday after four new locally acquired COVID nineteen cases were reported. 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: For the duration of the lockdown, schools will be closed, 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: while residents of Greater Brisbane are only allowed to leave 11 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: their house for essential reasons that includes exercise, grocery shopping 12 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: and medical requirements. A list of exposure sites in Byron 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: Bay on the other side of the border has been 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: provided by New South Wales Health after two women with 15 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen traveled into New South Wales while unknowingly. 16 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 2: Infected and now on two Federal politics again. Prime Minister 17 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 2: Scott Morrison has announced a major cabinet reshuffle. Both Linda 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 2: Reynolds and Christian Porter, both of whom are coming back 19 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: from leave this week have been removed from their current portfolios, 20 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 2: but they'll both remain in cabinet. Porter has moved from 21 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: Attorney General to Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, which 22 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 2: many viewers a demotion, while Reynolds moves to Government Services 23 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: and NDIS. Other major changes include Peter Dudden moving from 24 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 2: Home Affairs to Defense Minister, Michaulia Cash replacing Porter as 25 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 2: Attorney General, and Industry Minister Karen Andrews replacing Dudden as 26 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 2: the Minister for Home Affairs. 27 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: There is yet another sexual harassment allegation in Federal Parliament, 28 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: with Victorian Nationals MP and Webster lodging a complaint alleging 29 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: she was sexually harassed in the building. The MP stated 30 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: she would not go into detail about the alleged harassment, 31 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: but said she had spoken to the person and he 32 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: assures me it won't happen again. Doctor Webster is contributing 33 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: to an inquiry into Parliament's workplace culture that was triggered 34 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: by sexual assault allegations from former Liberal staffer Britney Higgins. 35 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,760 Speaker 2: Over to the good News, over twenty six percent of 36 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 2: Americans have received their first COVID nineteen vaccine dose. Our 37 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 2: fourteen point three percent are now fully vaccinated. The good 38 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 2: news comes after the US set a new vaccine daily 39 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 2: record administering three point four million doses in one day. 40 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,959 Speaker 2: President Joe Biden has now set a more ambitious vaccine 41 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: goal of two hundred million doses to be administered in 42 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 2: his first one hundred days in office. Now, Sam, this 43 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: is a very convenient segue into today's deep dive. 44 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: So, for the second time in twenty twenty one, Greater Brisbane, 45 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: which includes the Logan Ipswich, Redlands and Morton Bay council areas, 46 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: they're in lockdown. What we thought we'd chat about today 47 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: is how Brisbane so quickly got to this stage and 48 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: some of the complicating factors around this lockdown that's being 49 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: talked about in the news. So Queensland Health first became 50 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: aware of this latest outbreak when a twenty six year 51 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: old man tested positive on Thursday night to the UK 52 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: strain of COVID nineteen. Since then, two of the twenty 53 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: six year old's colleagues in Landscape have both tested positive 54 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: as well. Additionally, a nurse who worked at the COVID 55 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: nineteen ward at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in South Brisbane 56 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: has tested positive. 57 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 2: Everyone's first thought when they heard that a nurse had 58 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: contracted COVID nineteen was why hadn't she been vaccinated? And 59 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 2: in this instance there's a very clear answer. I believe 60 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 2: she was on leave at the time when her colleagues 61 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 2: were receiving the vaccination. But more than that, it goes 62 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 2: to a larger issue that seems to be arising in Australia, 63 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 2: which is that we are significantly behind schedule when it 64 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: comes to administering COVID nineteen vaccinations. So the government at 65 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 2: this point had said an expectation that four million Australians 66 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 2: would be vaccinated by today seemingly so yesterday we got 67 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: figures that five hundred and forty one thousand Australians have 68 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: been vaccinated, and that's a pretty stark difference. Five hundred 69 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 2: thousand versus four million is a big difference. So the 70 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 2: government has attributed this delay to issues in Europe, but 71 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 2: it really does show, as does this Brisbane case, why 72 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 2: we do need to be vaccinated, even if there aren't 73 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 2: massive COVID outbreaks going. It's not sustainable to continue having 74 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: lockdowns for three day periods, especially just before public holidays 75 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 2: and just a day after job keeper ends. 76 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,679 Speaker 1: So the nurse that we talked about previously, she actually 77 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: went on a holiday to Byron Bay with her sister 78 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: and as a result, the Byron Bay area is also 79 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: on high alert for COVID nineteen. The pair visited two 80 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: really really popular venues in Byron the Beach Hotel and 81 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: the Farm and as a result, the Byron Bay Shire 82 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: Council and New South Wales Health are working through a 83 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: massive QR tracing effort to work out who was exposed 84 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: and where. 85 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 2: I think it's important to add here that those two 86 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 2: women were both unknowingly infected and there's often stories in 87 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 2: the media of people doing the wrong thing. This is 88 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: not one of those cases. 89 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: When she spoke to media yesterday, Queensland Premier Anastasia Palichet 90 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: put a massive emphasis on asking people not to panic buy. 91 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: It's crazy that even a year in two to this pandemic, 92 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: we seemingly are not used to snap lockdowns and we 93 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: inevitably think that supermarket supplies are going to run out. 94 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: That meant that Coles issued a statement yesterday reminding people 95 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: in the Brisbane area that they are not going to 96 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: run out, and a lot of supermarkets reported some massive 97 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 1: lines ahead of the three day lockdown. Until we have 98 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: most of the country vaccinated, we are going to have 99 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: these snap lockdowns. And Premier Palichet drilled into Queensland as 100 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: yesterday how successful the one in January was and reminded 101 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: them that if there's compliance across the board, it's very 102 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,919 Speaker 1: likely they're going to emerge out of the three days 103 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,239 Speaker 1: with a managed outbreak. Most states and territories have asked 104 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: their citizens to not travel to Greater Brisbane over the 105 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: Easter break, which is going to be on the agenda 106 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: of many as they visit family and friends over the 107 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: long weekend. In South Australia, they've closed the borders to 108 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: incoming people from the Greater Brision area. Victoria have classified 109 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: Greater Brisbane as a red zone, which has major implications 110 00:05:58,200 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: on the way that people can get in and out. 111 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 2: WA and Tasmania have also reacted and closed their borders 112 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 2: to Queensland, while the Northern Territory has asked anyone who's 113 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 2: come from those areas to self quarantine and get a 114 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 2: COVID nineteen test in the next seventy two hours. Here's 115 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: to hoping that the snap lockdown works as effectively as 116 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 2: it did last time and that everyone can go ahead 117 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 2: with their Easter plans. That is all from us for today, 118 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 2: but in the meantime, please catch up on the day's 119 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 2: news at the Daily Oz. Sam made a very punny 120 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 2: joke yesterday on Instagram that he would like you to 121 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 2: all go look at It's where over ninety five thousand 122 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 2: Australians get their news throughout the day and we would 123 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 2: love you to become part of the community. Adios.