Australia news LIVE Cleo Smith found alive and well Victoria records 941 new local COVID-19 cases eight deaths NSW records 190 new cases four deaths COP26 Glasgow summit continues
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Lawyers for a group of Victorian workers who are challenging vaccine mandates have argued that the directions contravene the state’s human rights charter as they coerce people into medical treatment without their “full, free and informed consentâ€.
Workers, including nurses, other healthcare professionals, teachers and emergency services responders, are among 130 plaintiffs who are challenging Victoria’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the Supreme Court.
Simon Harding is the lead plaintiff in the challenge against mandatory vaccinations in Victoria.Credit:Chris Hopkins
They have accused the state’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton and his colleagues of failing to give proper consideration to the state’s Human Rights Charter when they imposed vaccine mandates over several industries, in what is in effect a no jab, no work policy.
The mandate requires authorised workers to prove they’d had their first COVID-19 vaccination by October 15 and would have a second by November 26.
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NSW Health has confirmed 215 of the state’s health staff have resigned as a result of COVID-19 vaccine mandates after first doses were made compulsory by September 30.
As of October 25, at least 97 per cent of the NSW public health workforce had received their first dose and 94 per cent had received two doses.
Under the public health order, employees are required to be double-jabbed by November 30.
“NSW Health can advise that of its entire workforce of more than 140,000 people, just 0.1 per cent have resigned due to their vaccination position,†a spokesperson said.
“While any resignation is obviously disappointing, Local Health Districts have management plans in place to limit potential disruptions to service delivery due to staff not being vaccinated.
“All vacancies in the NSW Health workforce are prioritised for recruitment, including any positions arising from staff members refusing a COVID- 19 vaccination.â€
The state’s vaccine mandate only covers public health staff, with GPs, dentists, pharmacists and other private health practitioners currently exempt from the rule.
Despite calls by the nation’s peak health advisers earlier this month for a blanket health worker vaccine mandate to protect patients, national cabinet has made no formal recommendation.
Body worn camera footage released by police shows Cleo holding on tight to a detective as she is being walked out of the house.
Senior Sergeant Blaine introduces himself to her.
“My name’s Cameron, how are you?†he asks.
“We’re going to take you to see your mummy and daddy, OK? Is that good?â€
Cleo shyly nods her head to both questions.
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Just before 1 o’clock this morning, West Australian police broke into a locked house in the coastal town of Carnarvon to find missing four-year-old Cleo Smith.
It was a remarkable, happy ending to the search for the young girl, after she disappeared from the family’s tent during a trip to the popular blowholes campsite north of Carnarvon more than two weeks ago.
That Saturday morning, mum Ellie Smith, step-father Jake Gliddon and baby sister Isla woke in the family’s tent to find the zipper open and Cleo and her sleeping bag gone.
The search began immediately, involving local officers, federal police and volunteers all desperate to find Cleo safe and well.
WAToday reporter Peter De Kruijff has been closely following this case and all its twists and turns. He joins Rachel Clun to bring us the latest.
Nine News has captured the first images of the man police have in custody in relation to Cleo Smith’s abduction.
First images of the 36-year-old man in custody after Cleo Smith was rescued. Credit:Nine News
He was transferred from the Carnarvon police station to hospital around midday (local time) in an ambulance. He is understood to be suffering a head injury.
The man can be seen with bandages wrapped around his head as an officer uses a blanket to shield him from the camera.
One of the officers who entered the Carnarvon house and found Cleo Smith has described the moments after he first saw the little girl.
Homicide squad Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine was one of the four officers that entered the house and said he had to ask her what her name was three times before she answered.
The moment police rescued Cleo Smith from a house in Carnarvon.Credit:WA Police
“I want to be absolutely sure it was her so I said, ‘What's your name?’ And she didn't answer and I said ‘What's your name?’†he said.
“She didn't answer again so I asked her a third time and she looked at me and said, ‘My name is Cleo’ and that was it.
“So then we turned around and walked out of that house and not long after that got into the car and the officer I was with Detective Sergeant Hutchinson, who was the Family Liaison Officer, called Cleo’s parents and said 'We've got someone here that wants to speak to you'.â€
Mr Blaine said the girl was reunited with her mother Ellie Smith and stepfather Jake Gliddon shortly after.
“To be able to give them that news and then say, 'Please start making your way to the hospital, we’ll meet you there' was fantastic,†he said.
West Australian Police Commissioner Chris Dawson says police could be in Carnarvon for up to a fortnight as they work through what happened to Cleo Smith.
Speaking outside Carnarvon police station, Mr Dawson thanked the huge taskforce and the public for their efforts during the 18-day search.
The house where Cleo Smith was found.Credit:Josh Dawe/Nine News Perth
“There's 140 [people] in this team. Many of them are still working here right now and there's a whole bunch of them back in Perth,†he said.
“We will be working through this for the next week or two at least. There's much more work yet to be done.â€
Mr Dawson said he was the proudest police commissioner in the world right now.
Police Minister Paul Papalia also praised the tireless work of police.
“This rescue wasn't the result of an accidental sighting or a suspicious event. It was the result of hard police grind,†he said.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne says she had a "constructive" in-person meeting with French ambassador to Australia Jean-Pierre Thebault on Monday.
Speaking on Sydney radio station 2GB this afternoon, in her first interview since the sparring escalated between the world leaders in Rome, Ms Payne said she understood the scrapping of the $90 billion submarine deal had been "deeply disappointing for France".
"As the Prime Minister has said, it is not true in terms of the comments which have been made about lies, and particularly in relation to the Prime Minister," she said.
"I don't go into my conversations with diplomatic representatives and with my counterparts."
Foreign Minister Marise Payne. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Asked whether she was disappointed with the ambassador's comments today that Australia's actions amounted to a "stab in the back", she said it was "language that has been used in the past in relation to this".
"But importantly for Australia, we are never going to compromise on decisions that we need to take in Australia's national interests," Ms Payne said.
As for her reaction to French President Emmanuel Macron's claim Prime Minister Scott Morrison was a liar, Ms Payne said Mr Morrison had "swiftly" clarified that and made Australia's position clear.
"The Prime Minister has set out the timeline and the discussions which were had," she said.
"I do think what both countries need to do now, and the ambassador referred to this also today, is to work together in the Indo-Pacific.
"I understand and I know that there are discussions continuing between Australia and France but this is the region in the world [with] the most dynamic strategic challenges."
Ms Payne was also asked about former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's comments that Prime Minister Scott Morrison "has always had a reputation for telling lies".
"Comments like those are for others to make but they are not ones with which I agree or support," she replied.
Ms Payne also stressed the significance of the AUKUS arrangement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States goes beyond nuclear-powered submarines and includes shared capabilities "that are going to equip us and prepare us for the very, very significant strategic and security challenges potentially of the decades and decades ahead".
An image of Cleo Smith in hospital with an orange icy pole has been released by West Australian police hours after she was found alone in a Carnarvon home.
The little four-year-old can be seen waving with a big grin on her face holding up the treat.
WA Police posted the image to Facebook saying it's the "miracle we all hoped for".
Tasty treat after a long ordeal.Credit:WA Police
West Australian Police Commissioner Chris Dawson and Police Minister Paul Papalia will speak to the media in Carnarvon at 4pm (AEDT) about the rescue of Cleo Smith who police found in a home this morning after she was missing for nearly three weeks.
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