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4.08am BST

The department of home affairs has responded to the Australian Human Rights commission report into the covid risk in Australia’s immigration detention centres (it’s high, and it’s something the government has been previously warned about) and has disagreed with five of the recommendations.

Including one of the main ones – which was reducing the number of people in the detention centres, to lower the risk and allow for more social distancing.

The Department acknowledges the Commission’s concerns regarding capacity within IDFs.

The Department notes recommendations two, and disagrees with recommendations three and four, maintaining that IDF infrastructure supports both the ongoing health and welfare needs of detainees, and the good order and safety of the facility, including during COVID-19.

4.03am BST

Essentially, what Brett Sutton is saying there is we have nowhere near enough people fully vaccinated yet.

And the community in Australia, by and large, seems to have become used to low case numbers.

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Source: The Guardian