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Foley signs off with “see ya in sunny Port Melbourne again some time soon”.

In about half an hour from Kirribilli House. He’s come under fire for making no public appearances for the past five days (he did tweet last night about the Olympic flagbearers).

He’s been asked about sea dragons too. It is sunny both literally and in disposition in Melbourne, I tell ya what.

Foley is asked about a Covid-19 cleaner driving around in a truck with a numberplate COV-19, for some reason.

Foley is asked about the NSW push for more federal government income support, and starts to warm up.

He says there is a view the federal government is “Sydney-centric”, and he’d be frustrated if more support was available for NSW than was made available to Victoria during its most recent lockdown.

But he says that ultimately should NSW succeed in receiving more support it would benefit all states.

“I’d be disappointed if there was a different situation put in place in NSW that was not put in place for every other state.

“No one wants [lockdowns] to be in place, but if we don’t have them … then the implications are bad for all Australians.

“[The federal government] have a role here, they just can’t keep outsourcing all their responsibilities to the state.”

An interesting story developing in NSW (even if it is school holidays). Education minister says return to class next week should not be impacted.

I’m not sure if this is a signal to someone somewhere, but in most press conferences Foley has the right collar of his shirt hanging out over his jacket. Maybe it’s an attempt at some Boris-style unkemptness.

Foley fairly collegial here. No overt NSW bashing. “Their fight is our fight, and we want to work with NSW to do whatever we can to assist.”

On the WA approach of shutting down, he says it’s a matter for them, but he reiterates that Victorians should try to avoid NSW travel (unless they’re near the border).

Foley is asked whether he thinks NSW will “have this cleaned up in a week”.

He basically gives a non-answer: “I don’t have any advice as to whether NSW will be able to mop this up in a week or so, obviously I hope that they do.”