Coronavirus live: Bec Judd slams 'Dictator Dan' for lockdown

Footy WAG Bec Judd has slammed "Dictator Dan" over the ongoing stage four lockdown keeping her cooped up in her $7.3 million mansion.

High-profile footy WAG Bec Judd has slammed "Dictator Dan" over the ongoing stage four lockdown keeping her cooped up in her $7.3 million Brighton mansion.

The social media influencer made the comments in an Instagram story promoting a pair of children's cubby houses from novelty store The Little Cardboard Co.

"Perfect for iso and upcoming school holidays as it seems Dictator Dan will be locking Victorians in our homes even longer," she wrote, with a rolling eyes emoji.

It comes as Victorian Premier Dan Andrews prepares to reveal the roadmap out of lockdown this weekend, after the state on Friday recorded 81 new cases and 59 deaths.

Fifty of those deaths were not in the past 24 hours, however, but occurred between July and August and have been reclassified.

Our live coverage for the day has ended. Here's how it played out. 

Updates

7:17 pm September 4, 2020 Highlight

Yacht captain charged by police

The captain of a luxury superyacht used by a Melbourne property magnate Mark Simonds to sail to the Gold Coast has been charged by Queensland Police.

The multi-millionaire and his family set sail from Melbourne on board the Lady Pamela on August 9 for a 15-day jaunt along the east coast, arriving on the Gold Coast on August 24.

The yacht and its seven occupants were initially granted a travel exemption but it was revoked by Queensland authorities following community outrage.

Last week a $4003 fine was issued to the skipper for allegedly providing false information.

The Gold Coast Bulletin now reports the captain has been issued a notice to appear in Southport Magistrates Court for making a false declaration to Queensland Health.

Police will reportedly allege the captain gave false information about not leaving the yacht in NSW, when he had actually left the yacht.

The paper says the captain and other occupants of the boat are also under investigation by NSW Police and could face further charges.

6:58 pm September 4, 2020 Highlight

New Queensland virus venues

Queensland Health has listed three more venues where confirmed COVID-19 cases have visited, all three on Saturday August 29.

– Johnny Furniture in Booval from 9.30am to 10am

– Spotlight in West Ipswich from 10am to 10.20am

– Fantastic Furniture in West Ipswich from 11am to 11.10am

Here is the full list of current contact tracing alerts.

6:21 pm September 4, 2020 Highlight

MP says followers harassed

Outspoken Liberal MP Craig Kelly says unidentified "fascists" are contacting people on his Facebook page and "threatening them".

Mr Kelly, who has railed against the Victorian government and promoted the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, said he had referred the matter to the Australian Federal Police.

"(I) have been advised that people on my Facebook are receiving unsolicited calls from fascists, claiming to be 'concerned citizens' defaming me and making implied threats," he wrote on Facebook on Friday.

Picture: Gary Ramage/NCA Newswire

"These fascists have one aim – to silence free speech, by shutting down any debate on the lockdowns and the information on the effectiveness of HCQ."

Mr Kelly published a partial phone number, saying anyone who received a call from a woman calling herself "Susan" or anyone else to "please record the conversation".

"To 'Susan' or whoever you are, or whatever insidious group you belong to – the AFP have been contacted and are they are now tracking you, and my lawyers are preparing defamation action against you," he said.

"If you think you are going to get away with this Australia, you have a rude awakening coming."

5:28 pm September 4, 2020 Highlight

Alert for Sydney cocktail bar, gyms

NSW Health has issued a public alert after an inner-west cocktail bar was visited by a confirmed COVID-19 case.

"People who attended Kuleto's Cocktail Bar at 157 King Street, Newtown, between 6.30pm and 9.30pm for at least one hour on Friday August 28 must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days since they were there," NSW Health said.

That means they must isolate until midnight on September 11, and must "stay isolated for the entire period, even if a negative test result is received".

Kuleto's Cocktail Bar has been closed for cleaning.

Picture: Mike Roberts

Meanwhile, NSW Health says it is also "assessing potential exposure" for people who attended Bondi Platinum Fitness First at Bondi Junction on Monday August 31 between 7am and 5pm.

"Attendees will be contacted and advised whether they are casual or close contacts," NSW Health said.

"Anyone who attended Bondi Platinum Fitness First at this time who develops the slightest symptoms of COVID-19 should immediately isolate and get tested."

Similarly people who attended Randwick Fitness First – on Sunday August 30 between 10am and 2pm, Monday August 31 between 11am and 4pm, and Tuesday September 1 between 8am and noon – are potentially exposed.

NSW Health will contact attendees.

"In addition, anyone who attended Randwick Fitness First from Sunday August 23 to Tuesday September 1 should be alert and get tested for COVID-19 if they have even the slightest symptoms and isolate until results are available," NSW Health said.

4:26 pm September 4, 2020 Highlight

Bec Judd slams 'Dictator Dan'

High-profile football WAG Bec Judd has slammed "Dictator Dan" over the ongoing stage four lockdown (hat-tip Pedestrian).

The social media influencer, who lives in a $7.3 million Brighton mansion with her former AFL star husband Chris Judd, made the comments in an Instagram story promoting a pair of children's cubby houses from novelty store The Little Cardboard Co.

"Perfect for iso and upcoming school holidays as it seems Dictator Dan will be locking Victorians in our homes even longer," she wrote, with a rolling eyes emoji.

It's a bit of a change of tune from Ms Judd, who just a month or so ago was condemning Australians who refuse to self-isolate, wear a mask or download the COVID app.

In July, the 37-year-old was responding to news around the loophole that allowed people self-isolating to leave home for exercise.

“FFS Victoria (eye-roll emoji). It’s a pandemic," she wrote in her Instagram story at the time. "COVID-positive people should not be allowed to leave their houses. Just like in all the other states (facepalm emoji)."

Clearly mansion life is taking its toll.

3:41 pm September 4, 2020 Highlight

'Nice night for a drive': Man fined

Victoria Police have released their daily update on COVID-19 infringements.

Over the past 24 hours 163 fines were issued, 21 for failing to wear a mask, 27 at vehicle checkpoints and 55 for curfew breaches.

Here's today's sampling:

– Three men intercepted in a vehicle in Darebin during curfew hours who stated they had been at a friend’s house for dinner.

– A man located driving in Port Melbourne who had travelled to visit a mate in Greenvale, then to the beach during curfew hours and stated it was “a nice night for a drive".

– Three men located hiding in a shed at a property in Wyndham after police were called to a noise complaint. One of the males stated he was visiting friends at this address and did not live there.

2:59 pm September 4, 2020 Highlight

Victoria Police statement on 'toilet' arrest

Here's a statement from Victoria Police regarding the man who filmed his own arrest this morning.

"Police executed a search warrant in Taylors Hill this morning following an ongoing investigation into the organisation and encouragement of protest activity in the CBD this Saturday," Victoria Police said.

"As a result of the search warrant, police seized several devices including a mobile phone and laptops, as well as five samurai swords."

The 27-year-old man was charged with incitement, possession of prohibited weapons and two counts of resisting police. He has been bailed to appear at Sunshine Magistrates Court on 5 May 2021.

2:47 pm September 4, 2020 Highlight

'They rely on us': WA Premier's rant

WA Premier Mark McGowan says an outbreak in WA that led to the disruption or closure of the mining industry would result in a "devastating reduction" in tax revenue flowing to the Commonwealth.

"It wouldn't just impact WA and WA jobs," he said.

"They rely on us. You know, where do they think their money comes from? Where do they think, in some places, all the money comes for services and hospitals, and schools, and police forces and public servants? It comes out of Western Australia. So, for them to demand that we bring down our borders and then, potentially, impact major income-generating industries in the state is not in their interests."

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He added that "by almost any measure, Western Australia is in an enviable position in the new COVID world". "We've worked so hard to achieve this and we must do everything we can to maintain it," he said.

A hot spot model "relies on factors outside our control", he said.

Asked what kind of goals or KPIs he was looking for, Mr McGowan said the health advice "would take into account the elimination of community spread in the east".

"That's what would have to occur," he said. "And so, if the health advice provides says that that has occurred, well then, that allows us to move towards removing the borders."

WA has now gone 146 days with no community transmission cases and now has just two active cases, both in hotel quarantine soon to return to their home states.

2:38 pm September 4, 2020 Highlight

'People would die': WA stands firm

WA Premier Mark McGowan in unapologetic about refusing to commit to reopening the state's borders at today's National Cabinet meeting.

"It was a productive discussion but I made it clear that Western Australia will not be agreeing to a hot spot model or a hot spot definition which replaces our successful border controls," he told reporters.

"Western Australia has always avoided setting an arbitrary deadline on borders. A date will be set when our health advice recommends it, but that might be some time away."

Mr McGowan said opening and closing borders "just causes more confusion and it isn't a good outcome for the state's economy".

Picture: Colin Murty/The Australian

"The Prime Minister and other states respect and understand our decision given the unique factors for Western Australia and the very positive direction our economy is heading," he said.

"Unlike the rest of the country, WA is not currently in a recession. So we won't be prematurely reopening our borders. If we went too soon it could be deadly, and there would be economic devastation. That would result in the re-introduction of restrictions. That would possibly mean reintroducing, again, a hard border. It would mean people would die."

Mr McGowan said WA "does not have border communities so we don't face the associated social disruption seen on the eastern coast".

2:28 pm September 4, 2020 Highlight

Gladys pleads for border 'compassion'

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged her Queensland counterpart to "consider carefully" the impact her tough border closures are having on people who live either side.

The two leaders have been trading barbs as Annastacia Palaszczuk defends her tough stance, despite stories of hardship including a Ballina woman who lost one of her unborn twins.

"During a pandemic you have to look at this issue from a compassionate perspective, a human perspective and appreciate that people with medical challenges, with compassionate reasons or just to get to work need to be considered," Ms Berejiklian told reporters on Friday.

Picture: Jeremy Piper/NCA Newswire

"I urge the Queensland Premier to consider all of those issues moving forward, especially given where NSW is in the pandemic and what we've demonstrated."

Speaking after the National Cabinet meeting, Ms Berejiklian added she was "quite excited about the prospect of New Zealand joining onboard by Christmas in terms of travel arrangements".

"NSW would be very happy to consider that as soon as possible, in fact, the Prime Minister and other states wanted to be more ambitious about that," she said. "I'm very excited about what that could mean."