NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has defended his government's decision-making during the pandemic, as the federal government tries to shift this weekend's protest anger in the nation's capital towards the states.
The ACT has recorded no more deaths and 500 new cases of COVID-19, as the territory government extended its public health emergency declaration by 90 days and "low-level" restrictions for a further two weeks.
NSW has recorded 10,698 new COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths, as hundreds of school staff test positive in the first week of children returning to classrooms.
A man in his 90s has died with COVID-19 in the ACT and there are 65 patients in hospital, one of whom is in intensive care, as the Territory recorded 449 new cases in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Sixty-three patients are in ACT hospitals with COVID-19, one of whom is being ventilated in intensive care, as the ACT recorded 529 new cases in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday.
Hundreds of students across three Perth schools are being forced into 14 days of isolation as West Australian Premier Mark McGowan doubles down on his hardline COVID-19 rules.
A storm cell moved through the ACT earlier this afternoon, impacting the Tuggeranong, Weston Creek and Belconnen regions, causing minor flooding, leaking roofs and downed trees.
