Mandatory respectful workplace training this year for federal ministers
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Federal ministers will be required to receive training on recognising and responding to sexual harassment and bullying before the end of the year and other politicians will be encouraged to take part, with their attendance recorded in a public register.
Parliament will also set up an independent body within six weeks to deal with allegations of assault, sexual assault, sexual harassment and serious and systemic bullying after the government adopted all recommendations from a review by one of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s top public servants.
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Seven people are in hospital, and of those two are in intensive care.
More than 43,000 test results were received in the 24 hours to midnight Thursday, while 14,302 vaccine doses were administered at state-run sites over the same span.
Victoria s current set of restrictions are set to be eased on 27 July, but Mr Andrews said health authorities wanted to have as much data as possible before deciding when the lockdown would end.
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Also on Friday, Police Commissioner Shane Patton revealed an Echuca publican had been arrested and fined nearly $22,000 for openly flouting health directions.
Trevor Andrews of the Pastoral Hotel Echuca has been opening to patrons for three days, serving meals and drinks in defiance of the state s fifth lockdown.
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South Australia has recorded one new COVID-19 case as the state enters its first full day of lockdown and the list of potential COVID-19 exposure sites linked to a new cluster continues to grow.
SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said on Wednesday morning the case is a person who went to the Burnside Village shopping centre in Adelaide s west.
The new case brings the total number of infections to six, and will be included in the daily numbers announced later on Wednesday.
It comes after five cases were reported in the emerging cluster by Tuesday afternoon, with officials declaring the next 24 to 48 hours crucial to prevent virus infections running wild.
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