![]() ![]() While Higgins has been won by the Liberal party since it was created in 1949, and was held by the former treasurer Peter Costello for 19 years, it is now held by Allen on a slender 3.9% margin.ĭescribing the next election as a “watershed election” for the country, Ananda-Rajah said voters would cast judgment on the two key issues of climate change and the pandemic recovery when they went to the polls. Like Allen, Ananda-Rajah is also a doctor, and she says the government’s pandemic response – and the pandemic recovery – will be front and centre as voters go to the polls, with an election expected early in the new year. Labor’s candidate for the Melbourne seat of Higgins, Michelle Ananda-Rajah, says the government’s lack of action on climate change will be a decisive issue for voters at the next election, as she eyes winning the seat off the Coalition for the first time in more than 70 years.Īnanda-Rajah, who will take on the sitting Liberal MP, Katie Allen, says climate change is the “number one” issue raised with her by voters, and will be a key part of Labor’s campaign as it targets progressive voters in the affluent inner-city seat. When asked about NSW’s plan to open stadiums to up to 5000 people who are fully vaccinated, she said “big events, that is a risky situation because big events we don’t do any screening and there’s a greater chance of transmission.” As you get more and more people vaccinated, that link gets broken.” Your total number of cases has a direct impact on hospitalisations and deaths. I think the biggest challenge for NSW at the moment is keeping an eye on the burden on the healthcare system. That’s why this slow exit from the lockdown is probably going to be important. When you don’t have optimal TTIQ then you’ve got to bring in public health measures. Lewin suggested NSW does not have an optimal test, trace, isolate and quarantine regime at the moment. We will see interpretations that will vary around the country and I think that is going to cause confusion.” Lewin was asked about state and territory leaders interpreting the Doherty modelling in different ways, and she said she would “love to see the interpretation of this, what you can do at different levels, far more streamlined across the states”. Of the plan to reopen at 70% double vaccination in NSW, Lewin told ABC’s The Drum: “I think the with situation in NSW, I’d be going slowly, slowly”. Prof Sharon Lewin, director of the Doherty Institute that has provided modelling for Australia’s reopening plan agreed to by national cabinet, has responded to NSW’s roadmap to freedom that was unveiled this week. ![]() Have a great evening and a pleasant weekend. The blog will be back tomorrow to bring you all of the day’s news.
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