Australia Covid news updates: Victoria records 76 new local cases; health services under pressure as NSW braces for rise in cases – live

We’ve got to implement the national plan, that’s why it’s so important. And I know, across Queensland where cases, you know, particularly up north, they’ve been very few and far…

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Australia Covid live update: Victoria records 24 local cases; states and territories on edge as more than 13 million under lockdown

1.28am BST01:28 Anne Davies Analysis - If you find the daily 11am press conferences from Gladys Berejiklian frustrating, there’s a simple reason. After the headline numbers on cases and deaths,…

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Australia politics live: Morrison hails UK free trade agreement; Victoria records five new local Covid cases

I rise this evening to speak in relation to the need to ensure that Australia’s democracy remains a pluralistic, liberal and inclusive democracy which values freedom of thought, worship, association…

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Australia coronavirus live update: four new Covid cases in Victoria and one in Queensland; wild weather hits eastern states

Because I believe this risk is actually a little bit lower, I haven’t asked all of our vulnerable facilities to go into lockdown at this stage. So, you would know…

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Australia coronavirus live update: Josh Frydenberg considers Victoria Covid lockdown support as more NSW exposure sites added

Well, the pandemic is not over, and neither is the support from the Morrison government. Last night I had a constructive conversation with my Victorian counterpart, treasurer Tim Pallas. The…

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Coronavirus Australia live update: Victoria records three more Covid cases amid speculation over lockdown extension

12.34am BST00:34 Rachel Siewert asks Richard Colbeck whether he has heard reports aged care workers are being asked by some providers (their bosses) to get vaccinated on their day off.…

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