Coronavirus Australia live update: border restrictions return as NSW fights outbreak of Sydney…
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Christmas travel plans up in the air after Sydney cluster grows to 17 and Qld, WA, Victoria and Tasmania announce new quarantine measures

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Coronavirus live news: people line up for Covid-19 testing at Mona Vale hospital. The northern beaches cluster of Covid cases rose to 17 on Thursday, as Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia imposed new quarantine restrictions on visitors from all or part of NSW. Photograph: Dean Lewins/EPA

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Thu 17 Dec 2020 23.12 GMTFirst published on Thu 17 Dec 2020 20.27 GMT

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Here is another piece analysing what our economic recovery could look like next year

Australia’s outlook for 2021 is improving but we don’t expect normal life any time soon

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Just a reminder that this is what the federal government had to say yesterday about the economy — before the full extent of the northern beaches cluster was known.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and finance minister Simon Birmingham insisted this morning they do not believe the cluster will have a dramatic impact on these forecasts.

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21m ago22:52

Christopher Knaus

Airport crews a ‘weak link’ in Australia’s quarantine arrangements: epidemiologist

The northern beaches outbreak has prompted renewed scrutiny of the way aircrews are treated in Australia’s quarantine system.

Health authorities say one confirmed case — not currently linked to the northern beaches cluster — was an airport driver who worked exclusively for aircrews. Most states and territories allow aircrews to skip the government-mandated quarantine and quarantine at home or at accomodation of their employer’s choosing.

I’ve just spoken to Prof Adrian Esterman, a biostatistician and epidemiologist at the University of South Australia. Esterman was the SA government’s principal epidemiologist and has worked in the field for the World Health Organization.

A crowd at the pop-up testing location at Avalon Recreation Centre on Friday. Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images

He says the quarantine arrangements for aircrews must be strengthened.

“It definitely is a weak link and needs to be tightened nationally. Aircrew are a bit different in that they are constantly flying in and out of the country, but none-the-less, while in Australia, they should be in secure quarantine until their next flight.

“There is also a role for rapid antigen testing pre-departure and on arrival, which might allow a more relaxed quarantine regimen for aircrew.”