Coronavirus live updates Australia: Clive Palmer adds Queensland to high court border challenge

Speaking to promote the British cricket charity Chance to Shine, Morgan said: “I’d be surprised if it goes ahead.

Fraudsters have again targeted the Covid-19 early access to super scheme.

The fraud was detected through the federal government’s early access to super scheme, which many people have been using to financially survive the coronavirus crisis.

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority deputy chair, Helen Rowell, has told a Senate inquiry the Australian Taxation Office’s SuperMatch tool has been suspended.

The tool helps people find all of their super accounts so they can be merged into one.

Fraudsters were using the tool to see what other accounts people had.

“We made the decision (with the ATO) to close the system down in order to engage with industry to tighten up the requirements around member account creation,” Rowell said on Thursday.

The Australian federal police is working with the Department of Home Affairs, telecommunications companies and other agencies on how best to “deliver a stronger punch into the dark web”, commissioner Reece Kershaw told a parliamentary committee on Thursday

It’s quite disturbing,” he said

The rise in sharing child pornography has alarmed police and Kershaw said there had been a definite increase during the virus period because more people were using the dark web and spending more time there

“We’re not alone – the rest of the western world has a real issue,” he told the committee

“It’s not so great in some of our other (neighbouring) countries nearby, which is interesting in itself, but (offenders) have certainly taken advantage of those vulnerable communities offshore

Kershaw said the AFP and overseas police forces had shared intelligence that while organised crime and international syndicates had gone quiet as movement was curtailed, they were planning multiple operations once freedom was restored

“We’re taking advantage of this Covid-19 and we’re coming after all these groups,” he said

Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher really don’t want people to forget what the RBA governor just said about the potential need for the stimulus packages to be extended beyond September:

The federal government has launched an inquiry into food prices and food security in remote Aboriginal communities, amid regular reports of people going without food and essentials, and having to pay exorbitant prices

The inquiry terms of reference include investigating situations where prices are considered unreasonable and whether there is price gouging in remote community stores

“There have been significant reports of very high food and grocery prices in remote communities and issues around the secure supply of fresh food,” committee chair Julian Leeser said

“The inquiry will look at the situation in remote Indigenous communities, and the effect of supply chains and local businesses on the cost of food

The inquiry will also look at the role of regulators in dealing with the situation.”

“I strongly encourage Indigenous people and people in the food and grocery industry to make a submission to the inquiry.”

The committee will consult with communities, community stores and supply chain businesses, Government agencies and other stakeholders to determine Indigenous communities have access to reasonably priced healthy food

The committee will present its final report by the end of October

While it sounds stupid, the border challenges could have some pretty far-reaching implications if the high court decides states can’t actually close down their entry points, particularly when it comes to protecting Indigenous communities from these sorts of viruses