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The federal government is planning to use credit card payments to track coronavirus outbreaks - despite already encouraging diners to check-in at restaurants, bars and cafes with QR codes.  Australia's contact tracing methods were analysed by chief scientist Alan Finkel in the National Contact Tracing Review, which was shared with the National Cabinet on Friday.  The report provided a series of recommendations to continue to proactively fight the global health crisis.  While registering at public venues is already expected at most establishments, the report said the government could also use technology to track hotspots through bank statements. Australia's contact tracing methods were analysed by Chief Scientist Alan Finkel in the National Contact Tracing Review, which was shared with the National Cabinet on Friday. Pictured: Pedestrians walk through Flinders Street Station on November 6 The government is planning to use credit card payments to track coronavirus outbreaks (stoc

Thieves sped off with England captain Harry Kane's £100,000 Range Rover after repeatedly driving past it in broad daylight, insiders claim. The luxury vehicle was taken near to an address in Chingford, East London, in October after CCTV footage showed a car driving past it repeatedly. The car belonging to Tottenham Hotspur striker Kane - who earns £200,000-a-week - was opened using an electronic device, reports suggest.  A source told The Sun: 'Harry feels he has been targeted by a gang who focus on footballers.  Thieves sped off with England captain Harry Kane's £100,000 Range Rover after repeatedly driving past it in broad daylight, reports suggest (Kane pictured) The luxury vehicle was taken near to an address in Chingford, East London, in October after CCTV footage showed a car driving past it repeatedly 'The way the robbery played out didn't feel like a coincidence.' They added: 'Obviously Harry is just happy no one was harmed and that they didn't g

Rishi Sunak wants to shelve the foreign aid target as he struggles with the crisis in public finances, the Mail can reveal. The Chancellor and the Prime Minister will meet next week to decide the fate of the country’s overseas handouts ahead of the Spending Review. The UK is legally committed to spending 0.7 per cent of national income on aid, with the controversial bill surpassing £15 billion for the first time last year. Ministers could scrap the target altogether, decide not to meet it on a temporary basis, or rewrite the rules so more government spending is counted as aid. Foreign aid and military spending are understood to be the last remaining issues to be resolved ahead of the announcement of the review on November 25. Rishi Sunak wants to shelve the foreign aid target as he struggles with the crisis in public finances, the Mail can reveal A move to ditch the target permanently would prove highly controversial as the Conservatives committed to keeping it in their 2019 general el

Nurses are being allowed to visit care homes to see residents without being tested for coronavirus, in what has been branded an unfair and risky loophole. The alarming discrepancy means health workers can walk in and out of different homes every day without any need to prove they are not infectious. Even inspectors from the Care Quality Commission watchdog have the right of entry to residential homes for the elderly without being tested regularly. It means that across the 11,000 care homes in England, there will be hundreds of thousands of contacts every week between residents and visiting health staff who have not been tested. Nurses are being allowed to visit care homes to see residents without being tested for coronavirus, in what has been branded an unfair and risky loophole File By contrast, relatives who are granted exceptional ‘end of life’ visits to see a dying loved one have to take tests and have their temperature checked before they are let in. And staff have to take tests e

Libertarian billionaire Charles Koch says he now regrets funding Tea Party-aligned groups because it deepened partisan tensions in the United States.  'Boy, did we screw up!' the 85-year-old Koch says in a forthcoming book, according to The Wall Street Journal. 'What a mess!'  The Tea Party rose to prominence in the run-up to the 2010 midterm elections, as a response to the election of Democratic President Barack Obama in 2008.  Charles Koch, the 85-year-old libertarian billionaire known as a big funder behind Republican causes, says he now regrets funding Tea Party-aligned groups because they were unsuccessful and also created a more partisan atmosphere  Tea Party supporters gather outside the Lincoln Memorial in August 2010. The Tea Party was a response to the election of Democratic President Barack Obama, with the stated aim to shrink the national debt  The Tea Party is often seen as the precursor of President Donald Trump, but not because he made the national debt a

One of nearly two dozen women who have accused porn star Ron Jeremy of sexual crimes ranging from harassment to rape filed suit against the actor over an alleged assault that took place in a Los Angeles hotel in May. Charity Carson-Hawke filed papers in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday alleging that Jeremy pinned her against a bathroom wall, grabbed her breasts, and tried to force her to touch his penis against her will. ‘Plaintiff was frantically screaming and struggling to get away from plaintiff throughout the encounter,’ the lawsuit cited by Variety states. ‘Eventually, Plaintiff was able to break loose and flee the room.’ Jeremy has denied allegations of sexual misconduct.  Carson-Hawke, a Florida resident who works in property management, writes in court papers that during their 25-year friendship, Jeremy, 67, never made any sexual advances toward her. Property management worker Charity Carson-Hawke said that she had been friends with porn star Ron Jeremy for years

New elected Tommy Tuberville has already committed a number of flubs botching such critical subjects as the U.S. ideological enemy of World War II and the structure of American government – and he hasn't even been sworn in as a senator yet. Tuberville, the retired football coach, defeated incumbent Doug Jones, an attorney and prosecutor who helped put away Klan members for the 1963 church bombing. Although he was a hero at Auburn, Tuberville must have made faculty at numerous departments cringe with his series of flubs.  Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville of Alabama botched the three branches of government in an interview where he also wrongly said the U.S. fought against socialism in World War II In the first, after attending orientation for new lawmakers, he botched the famed three branches of government, which is central to the structure of American governance.  'I don't care if you're a Republican or Democrat,' he told the Alabama Daily News. 'Our government was

A man and woman whose bodies were uncovered by a snowplow on a remote stretch of US 395 in the eastern Sierra Nevada earlier this week have been identified as a married couple from Southern California with a criminal past. The bodies were found before dawn Monday on the shoulder of the highway by a Cal Trans snowplow driver clearing the lanes about 10 miles north of the tiny community of Bridgeport. The victims on Thursday were positively identified as William Adrian Larsen, 35, and Yesenia Larsen, 30, from Burbank, the Mono County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.  William Larsen was reportedly involved in the disappearance of 26-year-old Jered Stefansky, from Redding, California, who vanished in June after an alleged $400,000 marijuana deal.  A Cal Trans snowplow driver on Monday discovered the bodies of William and Yesenia Larsen who had been murdered on the shoulder of US 395 outside Bridgeport, California   William Larsen has been linked to the June disappearance of Jered S

An international gang flew into the UK to carry out a burglary spree on the homes of the rich and famous including Formula 1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone, a court heard. The alleged thieves stole £26million in jewellery and cash in the 13-day blitz which also targeted footballer Frank Lampard and the billionaire owner of Leicester City. The team of eight are said to have blown some of the cash on luxury goods and champagne in the shadow of their victims’ homes in west London before fleeing Britain. The jury in the trial of a mother, son and two others accused of aiding the Italy-based gang heard how they hit the jackpot in the raid on the 55-room mansion where Miss Ecclestone and husband Jay Rutland live. They netted a £25million haul after breaking in unnoticed – with one security guard having popped out to Tesco – through the back garden of the home in Kensington’s ‘Billionaires’ Row’. The burglar alarms were turned off – leading Miss Ecclestone, who was away with her family at the time

Matt Hancock last night offered families hope on care home testing – but was told by campaigners to move much faster. The Health Secretary has vowed to ring-fence a supply of coronavirus swabs for family visitors in the run-up to Christmas. And he said a pilot scheme at 20 sites would end the need for ‘prison-style’ plastic screens and other restrictions. But care home bosses warned the trial did not go far enough or fast enough. They pleaded with ministers to roll out rapid tests to all sites immediately. Campaigners say the health of many residents in the nation’s 12,000 care homes is quickly deteriorating and they cannot wait another day to see loved ones. ‘Every day without tests is another lost opportunity for people who haven’t got long left in life to see their families,’ said Nadra Ahmed of the National Care Association. Matt Hancock last night offered families hope on care home testing – but was told by campaigners to move much faster The Health Secretary has vowed to ring-fen