The Malianuskas government has announced that it will set up a $ 100 million Economic Recovery Fund to support business development, ahead of next week’s state budget.
Treasurer Stephen Mullighan has announced a new $ 100 million business recovery fund. Photo: Thomas Kelsall / InDaily
The government will launch an economic recovery fund
The Malianuskas government has announced that it will set up a $ 100 million Economic Recovery Fund to support business development through various rounds of grants.
The fund, announced Thursday before next week’s state budget, will support grants to companies for the next four years and allow the government to make “strategic investments” to bring domestic and international companies to SA.
“The Economic Recovery Fund will provide an opportunity for SA-based companies looking to create jobs, while also supporting development opportunities in our state,” said Prime Minister Peter Malinauskas.
“We are supporting SA companies to help drive the economic recovery of our state following the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The government will also spend an additional $ 4.2 million to establish InvestSA, which will be responsible for selling South Australian credentials nationally and internationally.
Treasurer Stephen Mullighan said InvestSA would make sure South Australia actively seeks interstate and overseas investment.
Mullighan will deliver the first budget of the new Labor government on June 2.
SA registers 3837 new cases, one death
South Australia has reported one death from COVID-19 and 3837 more cases.
Today’s cases are slightly lower than the 3975 reported on Wednesday. PCR testing also fell 3.4% in the last 24 hours.
The number of people hospitalized with the virus remains stable at 238, up from 236 on Wednesday, with nine people in intensive care.
SA Health said an 80-year-old man who tested positive for the virus has died.
There are 22,524 active cases statewide.
Labor acknowledges Sturt’s defeat
An “extremely disappointed” Sonja Baram has acknowledged defeat in the Labor challenge by Sturt’s blue seat, marking the end of the last ongoing federal election competition in South Australia.
The incumbent Liberal MP, James Stevens, has supported a 5.89% change against him in the Liberal Bastion of the Eastern Suburbs, but a strong pre-poll and postal vote has led him above of the line.
He currently leads by 1888 votes with the preferred two-party count in just under 51-49 percent.
Labor was helped by a sharp increase in the vote in the primaries of Greens candidate Kate McCusker, which raised the party’s share of the vote by 4.48 per cent.
Baram acknowledged the result on Facebook Wednesday night.
“In February, we started our campaign in this blue bow seat, occupied by the Liberals since 1972. We were the underprivileged and faced a difficult battle from day one,” Baram said.
“Now, Sturt is likely to be one of the most marginalized seats in the country. , their families and their communities.
“Although I am extremely disappointed that our campaign in Sturt seems to be falling short, I know that a Labor government of Anthony Albanese will improve the lives of the people of Sturt through its plan for a better future.
“I congratulate James Stevens on his re-election as Sturt’s Member of Parliament and wish him all the best for the next term in Parliament.”
The result means that Stevens will be the only federal deputy in the Liberal Party of Metropolitan Adelaide.
The results of South Australia’s 10 federal voters are now certain, with only one seat, Boothby, changing hands from Liberal to Labor.
Labor now has six federal constituencies in SA compared to three of the Liberals, while independent Rebekha Sharkie was comfortably re-elected in May.
Much of Sturt is superimposed on Bragg State Headquarters, which faces upcoming by-elections following the resignation of MP Vickie Chapman.
More details on the Texas shooting come out
Flowers and candles placed outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Photo: Jae C. Hong / AP
The Texas gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers barricaded himself in a classroom with an AR-15-style assault rifle, says Gov. Greg Abbott, as heartbreaking details continue to emerge. about the shooting, including the gunman’s use of social media. media before the attack.
The gunman, identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, wrote a message on Facebook saying he would shoot his grandmother and another confirming that he had done so, Abbott told a news conference. Her grandmother, whom Ramos shot in the face shortly before attacking the school, survived and called police.
Ramos ran away from the house he shared with his grandmother and crashed his car near Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. He entered the school through a back door carrying an AR-15 assault rifle and with tactical equipment.
He barricaded himself in a fourth-grade classroom, authorities said, and killed students and teachers before a U.S. Border Patrol officer shot him dead, Abbott said. Another 17 people were injured and their lives were not in danger.
Abbott also claimed that the gunman posted on social media that he was going to shoot at an elementary school about 15 minutes before he was run over.
He said the posts were made on Facebook, but spokesmen for Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, said they were private messages discovered after the shooting.
The company declined to say who received the messages or which of Meta’s platforms, such as Messenger or Instagram, was used to send them.
The online messages were the only warning, Abbott said, adding that Ramos, who dropped out of high school, did not appear to have a criminal record or a history of mental health problems.
Ramos bought two rifles and 375 rounds of ammunition in March, according to authorities.
The attack, which came 10 days after a confessed white supremacist shot 13 people at a supermarket in a predominantly black Buffalo neighborhood, has rekindled a national debate over U.S. gun laws.
In a wake-up call, Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic candidate who challenged Abbott in a November election, interrupted the press conference to confront Abbott to loosen, rather than restrict, the laws of Abbott. state weapons.
Texas has some of the most permissive firearms laws in the country.
In a high-profile address on Tuesday evening, President Joe Biden called for new arms control measures.
But it seemed unlikely that new legislation would be passed in Washington. Virtually every Republican in Congress opposes the new gun restrictions, and there was no indication that the massacre would alter that position.
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Pathologists are concerned about taking COVID reinforcement
Pathologists are sounding the alarm over the low absorption of reinforcements from the COVID-19 vaccine, as the national immunization group suggests a fourth dose for some Australians.
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia says third doses are especially low in Queensland and NSW, even as COVID-19 cases increase.
Western Australia has the highest third-dose absorption at around 83.2%, while Queensland is the lowest at 62.8%. Nationally, about two-thirds of eligible Australians have received reinforcement.
South Australia is at the center of the package with a 73.1 per cent stake.
“With the onset of winter, it’s important that everyone is up to date with all the relevant vaccines,” said RCPA Professor William Rawlinson.
“The RCPA recently pointed out that we are very likely to experience many more cases of influenza in Australia this winter. This, combined with the current and growing trend in COVID-19 cases, is likely to put extraordinary strain on the healthcare system.”
On Wednesday, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization extended eligibility for a second reinforcement to people with health problems or a disability.
Previously, the fourth dose was only available for people 65 years of age or older, people caring for the elderly or disabled, severely immunocompromised, or indigenous people over the age of 50.
Acting Health Minister Katy Gallagher urged eligible Australians to take their fourth chance.
A convicted report reveals the scope of the UK Partygate scandal
Demonstrator protests against Downing Street parties in front of parliament in London, Britain, May 25, 2022. Photo: Andy Rain / EPA
A “humility” Boris Johnson says he assumes full responsibility but will not resign after a doomed official report details a series of illegal alcohol-fueled parties at the British Prime Minister’s Downing Street office during the VOCID blockades. 19.
Johnson has faced repeated calls to resign from opposition politicians and …