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. >> some stern criticism for scott morrison, the men who succd mr. minister three years ago. you can see the two men are from the same party but perhaps no love lost beeen them. scott morrison was the winner in a power struggle that saw mr. turnbull rejected by his own mp's. more than half of australia's population have been in lockdown in rt weeks, although some states are beginning to ease. victoria is lifting restrictions from wednesday after reporting just 10 new infections among people already in quarantine. south australia is doing the same after reporting zero cases in the past 24 hours. all eyes are on new south wales, which is expected to extend its lockdown after recording 172 cases. the state premier had this to say ahead of the announcement. >> we have seen around the world when you have too many people being infectious in the community and you open up to early, countries that have claimed to have done so well with covid and have higher vaccination rates than ours have failed with the delta because they opened up too quickly. we don't wan

scott morrison was the winner in a power struggle that saw malcolm turnbull ejected by his own mps.gh some states are now easing back. victoria is lifting restrictions from wednesday after recording just ten new infections amongst people already in quarantine. south australia is doing the same after recording zero cases in the past 2a hours. all eyes are on new south wales, however, which is widely expected to extend its lockdown after recording 172 cases. the state premier had this to say ahead of the announcement. we've seen around the world that when you have too many people who have been infectious in the community and you open up too early — countries that have claimed to have done so well with covid which have much higher vaccination rates than ours have failed with delta because they opened up too quickly. we know we've put in a hard five weeks and we don't want to waste all the great work we've done by opening too early, and then having the virus spread again. australia had based its vaccination strategy on astrazeneca — but due to its association with extremely rare blood c

scott morrison there. you can reach me and the team on a social media.of the country, apart from a few showers which developed later in the afternoon across southern england. for friday, though, it looks like we could see a few more showers around generally. but that said, there should still be quite a bit of sunshine around. it'll feel quite warm too. so we're in between weather systems for friday. this area of low pressure, though, will be moving in just in time for the weekend. it could bring quite a bit of rain at times and even some thunderstorms. so we start this morning off rather cloudy for many, bit of mist and fog around. that should tend to melt away quite quickly, and then there will be plenty of sunshine as we head on into the afternoon, but a scattering of showers will develop. some of them could turn out to be heavy and thundery. i think the focus of them towards central and eastern parts of the country. some areas avoiding them completely and staying dry, and it will be quite warm too — top temperatures around 2a degrees. those showers co

in australia, scott morrison is helping and increasing vaccination rate will mean an end to the lockdownsend of the year after sydney announced stay-at-home restrictions are extended as virus cases continue to climb. georgina mckay has the latest. what does this newest extension look like? take a look at the graph in terms of the steadily climbing numbers and i am just wondering if we have an extension but nothing changes, what their hopes are that we will be able to get back to zero. >> good morning. while fellow cities have exited their most recent lockdowns, sydney's has been extended for a third time manas set to go for nine weeks and not do to end until the end of august. with cases continuing to rise and the premier setting ambitious vaccination targets before returning to a pre-covid life, many are saying that this lockdown could bill well into september. cases reached a new high yesterday with 177 cases reported and a large portion of these cases were still in the community so the current extension has increased restrictions on movement. now, they cannot leave unless it is for aut

haidi: scott morrison has apologized for the slow rollout of australia's vaccination program.tralia reported its worst daily numbers. paul allen following the latest developments. we had 124 new cases on thursday, an alarming amount of data out in the community and today is expected to be even worse. paul: because of that alarming number, 48 of those 124 cases were around the community before they figured out they were positive for covid-19 so that is a real problem and until that member starts to get closer to zero, restrictions are likely to remain in place. more than 360 mystery cases now that contact tracers have their work cut out for them here. the lockdown was do end on july 30. that is hard to imagine that happening. the new south wales premier says there will be an update on the future of that within the next few days, but she says restrictions on the to remain in place in some shape or form until the majority of the population has been vaccinated. that is well behind schedule. 12% of the country fully vaccinated at the moment. scott morrison has said he regrets sayin

with scott morrison offering future freedoms for vaccinated people in an effort to lift australia's sluggish vaccine rollout. just about 8 million jabs administered so far. the australian government wants to give a chance to every australian eligible for a vaccine to get one before the end of the year. >>> in rome, italian health authorities are concerned about a surge in covid-19 cases tied to the contagious delta variant in some european countries. they've seen increases in the united kingdom and portugal, where they've had to reinstate the curfew to try to stem the contagion rate. the world health organization warned the european football championship tournaments which are being held in 11 countries across the region have played a role in the spread of the delta variant. this comes especially worrying to countries like italy, where vaccination levels are low, only 38% of the population has received two doses of any sort of vaccine. this also comes on the back of reopening of the economies and opening of international tourism that could leave many countries vulnerable. >>> in jerusalem, is

on friday prime minister scott morrison announcing in an effort to keep out the virus, the number ofould be halved from 6,000 to about 3,000. some good news, however, with scott morrison offering future free toms for vaccinated people in an effort to lift australia's sluggish vaccine rollout. about 8 million jabs administered to far. the australian government wants to give a chance to every australian eligible for a vaccine to get one before the end of the year. >> i am in rome where italian health authorities are concerned about a surge in covid cases tied to the contagious delta variant in some european countries. now, they have seen increases in the united kingdom and in portugal where they have to reinstate the curfew. the world health organization warned this week that the european football championship tournament, which are being held in 11 countries across the region, have played a role in the spread of the delta variant. now, this comes especially worrying to countries like italy where the vaccination levels e are low. only 38% of the population has received two doses of the

prime minister scott morrison signaled there was light at the end of the tunnel through vaccinations.> every single vaccine will take us closer to achieving each of these steps. in australia, we have to take each step together, and that starts with walking in the door of that vaccine clinic. >> after a sluggish start, 18% of adults in australia are vaccinated. the government hopes to has this raised to 70% by the end of the year and says it will reop the country's borders once that goal is reached. >> if you are vaccinated, your present less of a public health risk. you are less likely to get the virus. you are less likely to transmit it. you are less likely to get a serious illness and be hospitalized, and you are less likely to die. >> soldiers have arrived in sydney and will help enforce isolation orders. the city has become one of the hardest hit in the country, and health experts are calling for even stricter measures. >> now is not the time for compromise, for balanced lockdowns, for thinking about the economy versus the health advice. julia: israel has become the first country

prime minister scott morrison told reporters...ou'll remember, there's long been concerns about the potential risk of rare blood clots in younger people. under current national guidelines, no—one under the age of 60 can receive the astrazeneca vaccine, a decision that was upheld on monday by the national panel of experts advising the government on vaccinations. but due to the outbreak in sydney, new south wales health has lowered its age limit. now local residents a0 and above can receive an astrazeneca jab if they are briefed on the risk of potential blood clots by their gp. those age limits have meant there's an over—reliance on pfizer to vaccinate the majority of the country. that is the other vaccine approved in australia. the distribution of pfizer vaccines has been sluggish. but there's hope the pace could soon improve. last week, the government and pfizer agreed to ramp up the delivery of vaccines, bringing millions of doses that were planned to arrive in september forward to august. latika bourke, london—based journalist fo

we also heard from the prime minister scott morrison who really changed his tune on lockdowns. say that lockdowns could be a last resort, but now what he's saying is that given the low rate of vaccinations in australia, the snap lockdowns in different areas are going to be the way forward to deal with the delta variant. a couple of weeks ago, victoria and south australia have come out of their snap lockdowns. now south—east queensland is going in and of course, here in new south wales where i am, another high day of cases, 210, as the lockdown here in new south wales, in sydney and the surrounding areas is extended for another four weeks. shaima khalil in australia, thank you very much. turning to the olympics now — and we've reached the middle weekend of the games. here's the medal table as it stands at the moment — china is on top with 19 gold medals followed by host nation japan with 17. with me is our reporter, tanya dendrinos — and we've just had news, us gymnast simone biles has withdrawn from further events? it is very sad news for her, richard, and of course all of the

scott morrison says the government will only consider letting people in and out if 80 percent of adults i've had 2 doses of a current, a virus vaccine. you didn't set a timetable to hit that target, and australia only has 14 percent of its population fully max. and i said right now italy has fully vaccinated more than half its population over the age of 12. but hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants been left out at ready reports from rhode. on a recent evening in rome, a couple of dozen people get their jabs had a pop up covey 19 center. some are homeless. others are immigrants, clinics like this are the only chance they have to get vaccinated. below the final thought and design the visit. you can't get a vaccine appointment. a health card will visit a doctor if you'd like me and your residency isn't sorted out from anybody. across italy, there are more than 600000 people who live in work without documents, many of them migrant farm workers from asia and africa. and for months, italy has struggled to find a way to reach these communities. it was made more difficult because the

we also heard from the prime minister scott morrison who really changed his tune on lockdowns., we heard him say that lockdowns could be a last resort, but now what he's saying is that given the low rate of vaccinations in australia, the snap lockdowns in different areas are going to be the way forward to deal with the delta variant. a couple of weeks ago, victoria and south australia have come out of their snap lockdowns. now south—east queensland is going in and of course, here in new south wales where i am, another high day of cases, 210, as the lockdown here in new south wales, in sydney and the surrounding areas is extended for another four weeks. shaima khalil in australia, thank you very much. more than 1,600 pregnant women have died in brazil since the beginning of the pandemic. the bbc has obtained exclusive footage from the only intensive care unit for pregnant women with covid—i9 in sao paulo. bbc brasil�*s nathalia passarhino reports. sings along with music. 23—year—old laryssa has always dreamt of being a mother. just a year ago, she was 35 weeks pregnant with twin

we also heard from the prime minister scott morrison who really changed his tune on lockdowns.wns could be a last resort now what he is saying is that given the low rate of vaccinations in australia, snapped lockdowns in different areas are going to be the way forward to deal with the way forward to deal with the delta variant. this a couple of weeks ago, victoria and south australia have come out of their snap lockdowns. now south—east queensland is going in and of course, here in new south wales where i am, another high day of cases, 210, as the lockdown here in new south wales, sydney and the surrounding areas extended for another four weeks.— another four weeks. thank you very much- _ a covid outbreak first discovered in the chinese city of nanjing has spread to eight provinces and beijing. state media say it's the most extensive outbreak since wuhan. almost 200 people have been infected since the virus was first detected at the city's busy airport on 20 july. all flights from nanjing airport will be suspended for the next two weeks. well, earlier i spoke to dr xi chen abou

scott morrison says the government will only consider letting people in and out. if 80 percent of adults have had 2 doses of a corona, virus vaccine. but he ends at a time table for that target. and right now a straight he's only vaccinated, fully vaccinated, 14 percent of its population due to a slow rollout. conversely, israel is now started offering a 3rd shot as the finds a cove at 19 vaccine. president isaac, saga and his wife the 1st to receive that booster. the extra shot will be for people above the age of 60 who received the 2nd dose more than 5 months ago. israel launched one of the world's most successful vaccination drives early this year, using mostly the finds a shot and an internal report from the us centers for disease control and prevention says the delta variance is now as contagious as chicken pox and a copy of the document obtained by us media shows the variant is more transmissible than the viruses that cause the bowler. the common cold, seasonal flu, and smallpox analysis also indicates people infected with the delta vary, carry large amounts

and the australian prime minister scott morrison said we shall not be through. we shall not respond to threats. so yes, google threatened it, facebook did it, and i think yes, you're absolutely right. these forms, they want to get their way and they can pull down the services any day. there's no law that says they can't pull down the services, and i believe they will because they know the immense power and the merits reach. they have all be sort of or, well a and they can do it. yeah, it's when those big tech companies start actually flexing their power, the countries start to get a little bit concerned. now i want to touch on another thing that you mentioned, which is the u. k. agreeing to take steps to remove it's 2 per cent tax on digital services. so amazon dealt with that tax by increasing its prices that it charge for its products in the country. is it likely that these companies will treat the new taxes in a similar way by making the consumer pay more in order to pay up? oh, absolutely, rachel, that's what they do. i tested this a while back. what about t

scott morrison says the government will only consider letting people in and out if 80 percent of adults have had 2 doses of a current of virus vaccine. but he didn't set a time table to hit that target. australia has only fully vaccinated 14 percent of its population due to a slow rollouts. and israel is the world's 1st country to offer a 3rd shot of the code. 1900 vaccine presidents, isaac kurtz. org and his wife are the 1st to receive the booster. the extra shot will be for people above the age of 60 who got their 2nd dose more than 5 months ago. it's an attempt to curb infections caused by the delta variance and internal report by the us centers for disease control and prevention says the delta variance is contagious. as chicken pox, a copy of the documents obtained by u. s. media outlets shows the variance is more transmissible than the viruses that cause ebola. the common called the seasonal flu and small paul analysis also indicate people infected with the delta vary and carry large amounts of it in their nose on throats regardless of vaccination status. dr. gloria tele, on, he ha

scott morrison says the government will only consider letting most people in and out when 80 percent of adults have received 2 vaccine doses. but he didn't set a time table to hit that target. the figure stands at 14 percent at the moment off the roll out. that's been criticized as to slow us president joe biden has announced a new post to get more americans vaccinated. there'll be new rules for federal government, employees and cash incentives for others. she returns the reports from washington. just a few weeks ago the white house was counting what it said would be a summer of joy and freedom. things have changed. this american tragedy. people are dying and will die. who don't have to die throughout their own vaccinate. you don't have to die view as president announced a mixture of incentives and requirements. employers will be reimbursed for paid sickly, given to employees to get vaccinated and bite and urged. local authorities use emergency federal aid to offer the unvaccinated $100.00 to get their shots. in addition, federal government, employees, and contract as will be require

that the countries at the back of the queue for getting pfizer vaccines, the prime minister, scott morrison. i said it's really is at the front of the queue for all of that. the government's pro vaccination campaigns in coming in for some stick. how much of a problem is the messaging and all of this? well we, we've obviously been playing by a number of challenges with our national immunization strategy. so, thinking about in the 1st instance, supply has been a problem. we've been fortunate to have the capacity to mike astrazeneca here in australia, about the size of supply, of course, is coming from the global supply, which every countries having trouble getting enough of the vaccine. the 2nd problem we've had is actually developing a national immunization workforce and also capacity, because it's something that we didn't have proud of this pandemic, and something that's been rapidly developed over the last number of months. and the 3rd one is because we haven't had much disease here, there's been a lot of complacency or lack of urgency from leadership all the way down to the general public

new leader drew congratulations from new zealand's prime minsterjacinda ardern and australia's scott morrisonthat had gone almost three months without a clear leader. fiame naomi mata'afa has taken office as samoa's first female prime minister. her party won the country's election in april, defeating her predecessor who had been prime ministerfor 22 years. a constitutional crisis followed when the hrpp party refused to hand over power. in unusual scenes, fiame was sworn in in a tent outside samoa's parliament in may after the doors to the legislature were locked. the caretaker government argued that the ceremony was illegal. the political impasse came to an end last week when samoa's court of appeal ruled that the swearing in ceremony was lawful. how is a female leadership going to be different? i would like my leadership to be one where i work with a team, very mindful that, you know, going forward, we need to enable upcoming leadership. another priority will be navigating a post covid world. samoa is covid free after locking its borders soon after the pandemic was declared but its economy h

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scott morrison said earlier this year that the rollout was not a race.oming back to haunt him now, this reliance on a zero covid strategy. shery: it is such a race, globally, trying to get your hands on those vaccinations. is this outbreak starting to affect other australian states? are they at risk? paul: sadly, yes. there is evidence it is spreading outside the state of new south wales. the state of victoria recording new cases. masks will be mandatory indoors again. that state has had a long history of grueling lockdowns but the government saying they are not looking at that option yet anyway. this was brought to victoria by a group of people who drove a truck from sydney and then were vague about where they had been and what they had done and it turns out they had broken a series of rules and drove on to south australia, where cases are emerging as well. health authorities are none too pleased with this group of people, saying books will be thrown when the time is right. for now, the priority is trying to get this on the control. shery: paul allen wi

kathleen: what does this mean for scott morrison?reasurer of australia saying he expects a 1% hit to gdp in the second and third quarters. what is the implication on the government side, the spending side? gareth: they will probably the revising that figure quite a bit, given the lockdown. it is hard to put a figure out there, what gdp will be, if you don't know how long the lockdown will go on for. i think one of the highlights is the economy is going to need ongoing support from the government. in a lot of ways, they can't do anything to cushion the gdp, that is just a national -- natural consequence of telling his gnosis to stay-at-home. -- telling businesses to stay-at-home. but what they can do is make sure when restrictions are eased, economic activity resumes quickly. so that things rebound quickly. we were successfully doing that last her, which is why we got such a strong recovery in the economy. i think the government will be cognizant about wanting to provide as much support as they can so we snapped back quickly. you can'

scott morrison saying he plans to set new vaccination targets for the country.ealand will get trade data in about 15 minutes time. we will bring you those as they get to us. and australia has succeeded in efforts to prevent the great barrier reef being listed as endangered by the united nations, it would have triggered additional conservation work. canberra has rejected this action, saying it is already making improvements through an investment program. that has been widely controversial in question. lots more ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: the education tech sector has become the latest target of china's sweeping regulatory crackdown. companies that teach school subjects can no longer make profits, raise capital, or go public under the new rules, jeopardizing the 100 billion dollar industry. let's cross to our executive editor for a greater china. what do we know about this latest crackdown and is it basically just wiping out the industry altogether? >> over the weekend, we got the detailed official rules. they have been reported on earlier last week and al

prime minister scott morrison saying it would disrupt the vaccination program for the rest of the country indonesia is without doubt now the epicenter of the pandemic here in asia, overtaken india in regards to being ground zero. the cases are exploding. the health ministry says over the past month they recorded a million new cases of covid-19 and they are blaming the delta variant. the death toll as it stands at the moment is more than 80,000. but the experts say that's vastly underreported the true number is much, much higher. >>> anna coren in hong kong. thank you. >>> hungary's prime minister raises the stakes in a battle over a controversial lgbtq law. but in a couple of hours his opponents will take a stand against it on the streets. that's ahead. >>> plus wildfires are rage ago cross the western united states. why some people thousands of miles away are experiencing the effects. smoother skin you can lovingly embrace. renew the love for your skin with dove body wash. managing type 2 diabetes? on it. on it. on it, with jardiance. they're 22 million prescriptions strong. meet the peo

prime minister scott morrison saying it would disrupt the evacuation program for the rest of the countryhout doubt indonesia has become the epicenter of the make here in asia overtaking india. the official death count stands at over 80,000. but experts believe that the true number is much higher. >> anna corrine, thank you. >>> new data from israel's health ministry suggest the pfizer vaccine has limited efficacy against the delta covid variant. it's 39% effective in general but 91% effective in preventing severe disease. experts say it's still too early to draw any firm conclusions from that, and other studies have suggested pfizer is far more effective against the variant. as we report, delta is creating a new challenge for israel. >> reporter: 26,000 fans flooded into bloomfield stadium in tel aviv this week to see legends on the field. the excitement and revelry overshadowing an underlying possibility that such a crowded event could lead to a spaike in coronavirus cases. >> it's everyone, you can't stay at home. but here we are protected now. >> i'm kind of nervous, but i'm trying to

prime minister scott morrison saying it would disrupt the vaccination program for the rest of the countryanna coren, cnn, hong kong. >>> we'll move on to hundreds of protesters blocking slovakia's parliament on friday as deputies debated a new bill on covid vaccinations. the protesters chanting the word "gestapo" and held a banner that said "stop corona fascism." police later deploying tear gas. the proposed bill would give vaccinated people easier access to public events and spaces. >>> now, hungary is planning to hold a referendum on a newly adopted law that would keep schools from discussing homosexuality and transgender issues with children. the announcement of the coming vote came just before the country's annual pride parade, which kicks off in just a few hours. lgbtq activists are expected to speak out against the law as they did a few weeks ago when it took effect. let's bring in cnn's melissa bell joining me now live from budapest. hungary is now actually being faced with infringement proceedings by brussels over this. what is the feeling on the ground? >> reporter: well, it is a

australian prime minister scott morrison laying out a staged plan to break the back of the coronavirus>> australians, we have to take each step together, and that starts with walking in the door of that vaccine clinic and seeing that g.p., that pharmacist, the state hub, and getting that vaccine. >> reporter: so what does the government say is the way out? phase a, suppression of the virus. it's where the country is now and for the near term will continue to be, with parts of the country with high infection rates going in and out of lockdowns to contain outbreaks. phase b will be reached when 70% of adults in the country are fully vaccinated. morrison hoping this can be achieved by the end of the year, saying, those who get the shots will be subject to fewer covid-19 restrictions. >> so if you get vaccinated, there will be special rules that will apply to you. why? because if you're vaccinated, you present less of a public health risk. >> reporter: morrison says international borders will begin to reopen in phase c, when 80% of that population is fully vaccinated. but getting people to

because down there, the prime minister, scott morrison, is actually apologized for the slow rollout ofaccination. and that really is one of the big stories that we're focusing on here, in asia. how fast or slow is the vaccination program going? in australia, it's too slow, for the population. still, at least half of them are under lockdown. and we all know, because it's made global headlines, the number of problems that australia had with getting its hands on supply. but even now, the rollout is just too slow for what people would like. let's jump to indonesia where there was a lot of public resistance about getting vaccinated until we started seeing cases of the delta variant, in particular, causing spikes in cases. running at tens of thousands of cases in indonesia, every day. the times newspaper here in singapore was featuring pictures of people lining up to get vaccinated in indonesia, describing it as a scramble to get vaccinated. and meanwhile, in malaysia, you have actually got the government coming out this week and saying they'd like to see that rise from 400,000 jabs a day to

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. >> scott morrison has also called on asean to work more closely with the security partnership.more cooperation between asean and the quad? will: they are very complementary. australia has a long-standing relationship with asean. we were the first partner back in 1974. it is literally our region so it is important that australia continues to have southeast asia at the center of our foreign policy, which we do. the quad is an arrangement of like-minded countries similarly inclined to ensure that trade is open and free, that international rules-based order is adhered to, and that our broader region remains stable and secure, so they'll complement you and they very much meet our objectives here in southeast asia. >> high commissioner, going back to the virus, to singapore treating it more as an endemic rather than pandemic, that will be key in opening up singapore even more and it is obviously going to be incredibly important for this region. your thoughts on that and i guess whether or not we see australia take that stance. will: that is australia's policy position given the prime

about 12% of the australian population has been vaccinated and the prime minister scott morrison hasstered recently. -- has said a million doses a week have been administered recently. the health minister has recently revised his recommendation for adults over the age of 18 in sydney, saying anyone should seriously consider getting the astrazeneca vaccine as the delta variant spreads across the community. shery: georgina mckay in sydney with the latest on the coronavirus outbreak. coming up next, we get the latest views from goldman sach'' andrew tilton. and some of those forecasts for third-quarter growth, given the spread of the delta variant. this is bloomberg. ♪ (announcer) back pain hurts, and it's frustrating. you can spend thousands on drugs, doctors, devices, and mattresses, and still not get relief. now there's aerotrainer by golo, the ergonomically correct exercise breakthrough that cradles your body so you can stretch and strengthen your core, relieve back pain, and tone your entire body. since i've been using the aerotrainer, my back pain is gone. when you're stretching y

australia's prime minister scott morrison has said that almost all of the country's adult populationeeks. that not many people have gone for it for weeks. also remember, this is a country where for the longest time, life had gone back to near normal. as recently as may. there was not that push in the beginning to get people to get vaccinated because people felt there wasn't an urgency. now of course with the situation in new south wales going from bad to worse, there is a big push from the government to get people vaccinated but numbers are nowhere near when they need to be, only 17% of the population is vaccinated. here in new south wales, we have seen the biggest spike yesterday, 239 cases in one day. that is the biggest not just in this outbreak, but since beginning of the pandemic for new south wales. today it is about 170 but this is after five weeks of lockdown, which has been extended to another four weeks. on top of that, there are eight areas in the west and south—west of sydney that have been identified as hotspots. this is going to be where the police and the army presence

we had from scott morrison, the prime minister, about an increase in the coronavirus disaster funds for are saying it is not enough. we were hearing about the australian triumphs in the olympics and the prime minister said, like the olympics he went for gold, australia can beat this. australia's gold medals are lifting spirits. this is putting a big dampener on it in sydney, that is for sure. dampener on it in sydney, that is forsure. i dampener on it in sydney, that is for sure. ,, dampener on it in sydney, that is forsure. ., dampener on it in sydney, that is forsure. , dampener on it in sydney, that is forsure. for sure. i saw you posted a clip on twitter of the _ for sure. i saw you posted a clip on twitter of the famous _ for sure. i saw you posted a clip on twitter of the famous sydney - for sure. i saw you posted a clip on i twitter of the famous sydney harbour bridge normally bustling and busy, it was virtually empty. looks as though people are complying with the restrictions, is that the case? many --eole, restrictions, is that the case? many peeple. especially _ restrictions,

new leader drew congratulations from new zealand's prime minsterjacinda ardern and australia's scott morrisony won the country's election in april, defeating her predecessor who had been prime minister for 22 years. a constitutional crisis followed when the hrpp party refused to hand over power. in unusual scenes, fiame was sworn in in a tent outside samoa's parliament in may, after the doors to the legislature were locked. the caretaker government argued that the ceremony was illegal. the political impasse came to an end last week when samoa's court of appeal ruled that the swearing in ceremony was lawful. how is a female leadership going to be different? i would like my leadership to be one where i work with a team, very mindful that, you know, going forward, we need to enable upcoming leadership. another priority will be navigating a post covid world. samoa is covid free after locking its borders soon after the pandemic was declared but its economy has struggled without tourism. i'm joined now by lagipoiva cherelle jackson, an independent samoan journalist. lovely to have you with us, she

the prime minister scott morrison has been explaining the new restrictions.f the virus. while the reduction of those caps will certainly, right across the system, take some pressure off, as we have observed over the course of the past 18 months, that alone does not provide any fail—safe regarding any potential breaches. we have seen breaches occur, predominantly as a result of infection control procedures, human error and so on and those issues need to continue to be strengthened. the australian prime minister. our correspondent in sydney, shaimma khalil is following developments. the idea, the prime minister said, is to ease the pressure on the quarantine system. this has been one of australia's biggest defence is to control the spread of covid—19. this and the tight border restrictions. but virus leaks from hotel quarantine systems have been the reasons behind a number of outbreaks here and as the country to the government scrambles to control the delta variant that has spread across the country, with the biggest cluster being here in sydney where i am, we