They were put forward to me by the council asking to upgrade the car park, encouraging the use of public transport. In an interview with the ABC, Wilson insisted the six car parks built in his electorate were “meritorious projects”. On Monday, the Australian National Audit Office released its report into the program, which found that not one of the 47 commuter car park sites promised by the Coalition at the 2019 election was selected by the infrastructure department, with projects worth $660m handpicked by the government on advice of its MPs and candidates. ![]() Tim Wilson, the Liberal MP for Goldstein, has defended the Morrison government’s controversial commuter car park program that delivered six car parks for his Melbourne electorate. The concierge also had contact with three other hospital workers. One of the hospital worker’s close friends and two of her family members are also ill now and are awaiting test results. She was also out and about in Brisbane before heading north for the family holiday, with Brisbane airport and a Woolworths at Sandgate among the exposure venues. The 19-year-old tested positive on Monday after she and her family left their home at Sandgate in Brisbane and flew to Townsville, visiting the city’s Sunday markets, numerous dining venues, and Magnetic Island. The premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has expressed disbelief after learning the young woman was not vaccinated but continued to work shifts as a concierge stationed just outside Prince Charles hospital’s coronavirus ward. Late on Tuesday, authorities confirmed she has the Delta variant, which is twice as contagious as the original virus and can be spread through fleeting contact that lasts just seconds. ![]() Millions of Queenslanders have been plunged into another snap lockdown amid fears a hospital worker from Brisbane may have spread the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 to north Queensland, reports AAP. Land clearing in New South Wales has continued to rise since the Berejiklian government relaxed vegetation laws, prompting the opposition, the crossbench and environment groups to call for an urgent overhaul of the legislation.The aged care industry and unions say a new staff vaccine mandate will do little to solve the long-standing problems caused by the government’s “completely failed” rollout, labelling Monday’s announcement an exercise in “blame-shifting”.Sydney’s Covid-19 outbreak has derailed Ben Roberts-Smith’s war crimes defamation trial by at least a month – and possibly longer – with concerns raised for the safety of four Afghan witnesses waiting in Kabul to give evidence, amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan.Meanwhile, the Northern Territory has recorded two more Delta variant coronavirus cases – the wife and daughter of a worker who left the Granites mine in the Tanami desert on Friday.New South Wales authorities announced 19 new cases of Covid-19 had been reported, as the Berejiklian government unveiled a business support scheme for the locked down areas of Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong.In Western Australia, Perth and Peel begun the first day of their four day lockdown, as the state recorded no new cases of Covid apart from a new case on Monday night that was a key factor behind the snap lockdown.The state announced two cases on Tuesday. Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced a three-day lockdown for south-east Queensland, as well as Townsville, Magnetic Island and Palm Island, after a hospital worker who travelled while infectious to the regions was diagnosed with the Delta strain of Covid-19.The expanded vaccine access prompted younger Australians seeking the vaccine despite blood clot concerns to call GPs in droves, catching clinics off guard. The comments followed a Monday night announcement from Scott Morrison that under 40-year-olds could access the AZ vaccine. Australian Medical Association president Dr Omar Khorshid says he does not endorse the prime minister’s announcement that anyone under 40 can receive the AstraZeneca vaccine from their GP, adding it took him by surprise.Here are the main developments of the day: ![]() 09.51 BST What happened today, Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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