Summary
- Victoria has recorded just one new coronavirus case and no deaths as hundreds of people connected to Melbourne's northern suburbs outbreak remain in isolation and the government is urging anyone associated with an affected school get tested even if they have no symptoms.
- The first of more than 30,000 Australians stranded oveseas after the federal government capped quarantine places have boarded a plane in London and will touch down in Darwin today.
- The war of words between NSW and Queensland has intensified, with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian issuing a stern message to Queensland over hotel quarantine expenses, saying it was time it "coughed up" the millions owed to NSW for doing the heavy lifting.
- Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has become the biggest challenger to Prime Minister Scott Morrison's agenda in a national debate over the pandemic. While Andrews puts a priority on shutdowns in the name of saving lives, Morrison puts a premium on opening up the economy.
Latest updates
NSW allows protests of up to 500 people
By Natassia Chrysanthos
Five hundred people are now allowed to march in political protests in NSW, following concerns that the hard policing of some outdoor demonstrations had been out of step with other loosened restrictions.
The Public Health Order was updated on Friday to extend the number of people allowed to protest outdoors, which was previously 20, provided the organiser has a COVID-19 safety plan and groups abide by the four-square-metre rule.
University protests have been met with a particularly heavy-handed police response. NSW Police say those protests can now go ahead under the relaxed restrictions.Credit:Rhett Wyman
The relaxed restriction will make way for protests to go ahead without meeting a heavy-handed police response, which was widely condemned earlier this month when students and staff were pushed to the ground during a University of Sydney demonstration against changes in the higher education sector.
NSW Police have issued more than 100 personal infringement notices of $1000 at protests held throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
It comes as NSW recorded no new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the most recent 24-hour reporting period, and seven cases were detected in overseas travellers in hotel quarantine.
Read the full story here.
Virus a key theme in presidential debate
America's handling of the coronavirus pandemic was predictably one of the key themes of today's presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Trump declared early in the debate that a vaccine was going to be announced within weeks and would be delivered quickly using the US military.
When the moderator Kristen Welker noted Trump's own officials had said a vaccine would not be available until well into 2021, he shrugged his shoulders and said he thought his "own timetable will be more accurate".
Biden had a major moment after Trump said the United States was learning to live with the pandemic. He warned of a "dark winter", then said: "People are learning to die with you".
The former vice-president then looked down the camera and continued: "Folks will have an empty chair at the kitchen table this morning. That man or wife going to bed tonight reaching over to try to touch their wife or husband who is gone."
You can read our wrap up of the key moments here.
Protest winding down
By Rachael Dexter
A police officer was kicked in the kidneys during a confrontation between police and protesters at a petrol station on Kings Way in Melbourne.
A Victoria Police media spokesperson said the male protester was arrested and taken into custody but most people processed at the United fuel station would be fined for either being more than 25km from home or not wearing a mask without good reason in breach of lockdown restrictions.
Relative order is now restored, with outbound traffic moving again and the riot squad leaving the scene.
By 5.40pm there were just one or two protesters still having their details taken.
That looks to be the end of the protest for the day.
International cases dwarf locally acquired NSW cases
The number of cases in New South Wales that were acquired overseas by returning travellers now comfortably exceeds the number of local cases in the past fortnight.
Over the past two weeks there have been 42 local cases with either known or unknown sources but the state has been averaging just one local case a day since Monday.
In that same two-week time period, there have been 59 cases over international travellers returning back to NSW, with 28 of those coming in the past five days.
Nearly 14,000 tests were carried out in the past 24 hours, with the department encouraging anyone with even mild symptoms to come forward. It was the second time this week that the state had reported zero local cases.
Protest closes Kings Way
By Rachael Dexter
There are chaotic scenes on Kings Way, one of Melbourne's main arterial roads into the city, as protesters swarm the road holding up lanes of traffic.
Police are moving in but it's hard to see what the method of containing the protest is. Here's some footage to illustrate the scene.
Protesters are intentionally moving erratically yelling "disperse, disperse". The rain is also getting heavier.
Protest heads through South Melbourne
By Rachael Dexter
As the crowd snakes through the South Melbourne streets, residents are coming out to show their support and disgust. The crowd stopped traffic as it crossed the normally busy Kings Way.
While there are some claps and cheers from high rise balconies, one female resident of 35 years told a young male protester she thought the rally was "shameful".
"They should be down on their hands and knees thanking the Premier for saving their life," she said after giving a piece of her mind to the young man.
Another lockdown protest a few weeks ago followed a similar pattern starting at the shrine before working through South Melbourne and Albert Park.
Pictures of protest
The Age photographer Chris Hopkins has been down covering the protest in Melbourne and here is a selection of some of the shots he has filed.
Police and protesters clashed at the 'Freedom Day' protest outside the NGV.Credit:Chris Hopkins
Protester at the Shrine of Remembrance.Credit:Chris Hopkins
Protesters chanting in Melbourne on Friday.Credit:Chris Hopkins
Protesters scuffle with police at the Shrine of Remembrance.Credit:Chris Hopkins
Police move on protesters
By Rachael Dexter
Things are moving quickly at the protest.
A large line of police pushed the group back from the Shrine and they're now headed towards major road Kings Way.
Flares have been set off but it's not clear where they came from.
Six new cases in Western Australia
There are 52 active cases of COVID-19 being monitored by WA Health, with six new cases detected in the state overnight.
All of these new positive cases are men aged between 26 and 54 who returned to Perth from overseas.
One man is receiving treatment in hospital.
Two more crew of the livestock ship Al Messilah were taken off the vessel overnight after becoming symptomatic and are in hotel quarantine. One crew member remains in hospital and there are 14 crew on-board the vessel.
Eight Key Integrity crew remain in hotel quarantine with two of these confirmed COVID-19 cases, and 12 crew remain on-board as essential crew.
The Department of Health continues to work with the shipping agent, Fremantle Ports and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on the management of both vessels.
Looking after blog
Hello readers, it's Mathew Dunckley here taking over the blog for a while.
We have sent Rachael from her post down to cover the protest at the Shrine of Remembrance where there's still several hundred people.
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