Australia stay information updates: NSW data 34 Covid deaths and Victoria 14; states await return to highschool plans

A search and rescue operation will resume for a fisherman lacking because the early hours of Saturday after he was thrown from a ship together with one other man and a canine on Sydney’s North Harbour, AAP reviews.

The lads, aged 25 and 49, launched their 3.5-metre runabout from Northbridge about 9pm on Friday earlier than working into tough seas and capsizing about 3am on Saturday.

They clung to the boat earlier than the 49-year-old man drifted away.

The youthful man was noticed by a neighborhood fisherman within the water close to Dobroyd Head at Balgowlah Heights shortly earlier than 5am.

He was rescued by surf lifesavers on jet skis and brought to Little Manly Seaside the place he informed police their boat flipped along with his good friend and a canine additionally on board.

The canine was discovered alive at close by Cave Seaside about 10.30am after the boat’s gas tank and rubber mats have been earlier recovered about 3.7km off the coast.

The older man, who has no mounted handle and resides in a camper van on the north shore, had not been discovered as of Sunday morning after an air, sea and land search was halted in a single day.

A NSW police spokesperson stated the search will resume afterward Sunday morning.

Let’s take a better take a look at these numbers which have simply come out of NSW and Victoria.

First up, in NSW 2,712 individuals are in hospital with Covid-19, and 34 folks have sadly died. This is a rise on 30 Covid-19 associated deaths recorded within the state yesterday.

In Victoria, 1,002 folks in hospital have the virus, and 14 folks with the virus have additionally tragically died. The state recorded 20 Covid-related deaths yesterday.

Round 31 per cent of Victorians over the age of 18, and 32.8 per cent of individuals in New South Wales, have acquired their booster photographs.

Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley denied reviews that Novak Djokovic is suing his organisation.

He additionally unilaterally declared on ABC Information this morning that Djokovic will likely be returning to Australia subsequent yr to attend the Australian Open.

Clearly I feel he’s obtained to play out this yr however that will likely be his intention. On the finish of the day he’s the No 1 participant on this planet and he loves the Australian Open.

Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley is talking with ABC’s sports activities reporter Catherine Murphy in regards to the Novak Djokovic saga.

Murphy pointed to letters from the federal authorities addressed to Tennis Australia which stated that prior an infection with Covid-19 wouldn’t be grounds for a medical exemption to journey and play in Australia unvaccinated. Murphy asks Tiley what modified to make Tennis Australia assume the exemption can be legitimate.

Tiley:

I feel once more it’s vital to know now we have all the time tried to do the proper factor. And the setting, the altering setting and even seeing it as we speak, even simply previously week since issues have modified in relation to the response to the pandemic. We have been initially of Omicron and that’s why we have been consistently in search of readability and there was a number of complexity and contradiction of data earlier than, after and it continues to be all over …

Anthony Area (Blue Wiggle) is up on ABC Breakfast speaking in regards to the band’s shock Triple J Hottest 100 win.

He stated that the band have been planning on doing a devoted cowl of Tame Impala’s Elephant, however ended up deciding to mash it up with their authentic Fruit Salad.

And Nick Webb and Natalie Waller from ABC music have been form of advising as a result of that is all new space to me … They usually stated, it appears like a canopy band. It’s a must to toss something in that claims Wiggles. I assumed ‘Okay, let’s throw Fruit Salad’. It has an incredible riff and we swung it. Strolling round Darling Harbour yesterday, folks have been coming as much as me, all ages coming as much as go, mate we voted for you. We’re so blissful for you. It simply felt nice. I don’t know why, and can by no means occur once more.

Requested whether or not he adopted the Hottest 100 yearly, Anthony laughed and stated:

No. I’m 60 years outdated. Even when it began I wasn’t listening. It’s the final yr. Final yr. Which was fairly unbelievable. My daughter was having a celebration for one, as a result of it’s lockdown, after which that was the primary time I heard about it. And I stated subsequent yr I’ll social gathering with you with this factor. After which who knew what was going to occur.

In case you missed it, The Wiggles (sure, the famed kids’s band) took out first place on the Triple J Hottest 100 yesterday with their model of Tame Impala’s Elephant.

The Wiggles carried out the quilt final yr for the station’s Like a Model collection final yr. It’s the primary time {that a} Like a Model has gained the Hottest 100.

The Wiggles’ cowl did blow up final yr. The tune hit 1.3m performs on Spotify, over 3m views on YouTube, and was shared on TikTok.

The band beat out enormous worldwide pop stars who have been tipped to win, like The Child Laroi and Olivia Rodrigo, and native favourites like Gang of Youths.

Keep by The Child Laroi and Justin Bieber took out the quantity two spot on the chart, making The Child Laroi the very best inserting Indigenous artist on the Hottest 100.

Anthony Area (Blue Wiggle) informed Triple J that it was “one of many greatest issues that has ever occurred to us”, including it was up there with the band’s Madison Sq. Backyard efficiency.

It’s Justine Landis-Hanley right here, able to carry you the information as we speak, Sunday 23 January.

Let’s dive straight in:

The NSW authorities will announce that college students and workers at authorities and non-government colleges might want to full speedy antigen assessments (RATs) twice every week in the course of the first 4 weeks of time period one.

The NSW premier, Dominic Perrottet, will focus on how the technique will likely be applied in a press convention due at 10am this morning.

A spokesperson for the premier informed Guardian Australia about 6m RATs are being despatched to NSW colleges forward of the beginning of time period.

The Victorian authorities may additionally define its plan to assist workers and college students return to highschool because the Omicron variant continues to brush throughout the nation.

AAP notes that Victorian public and low-fee impartial colleges have been promised 51,000 air purifiers previous to lessons resuming with 10,000 nonetheless but to be offered.

A state authorities spokesperson stated bettering air flow with a $190m package deal would scale back the virus’s unfold when college students return to school rooms.

“We’re on observe to have 51,000 air purifiers to varsities for day one in every of time period one 2022 with about 2,000 being delivered every day,” they stated.

Victoria’s colleges blueprint is also introduced on Sunday, the nationwide newswire reviews.