Coronavirus Australia update: borders, airlines and outdoor gatherings on the agenda as national cabinet meets – politics live
Queensland continues to cop brunt of federal pressure to reopen borders, but closures remain in place for WA, SA, Tasmania and the NT. Follow live
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10.20pm BST
More protests are planned for this weekend.
In NSW, police have declared the planned Black Lives Matter event ‘unauthorised’ and said they would be upholding the health control orders.
10.14pm BST
It’s a sitting day and national cabinet, so aren’t we lucky ducks.
Yesterday, both the prime minister and the treasurer turned up the heat on states to re-open the borders (while also condemning Black Lives Matter protesters for setting back the easing of restrictions and ignoring any contradiction in what they were saying)
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