That's where we'll leave the blog for Saturday May 23. We will be back on Sunday morning. Here's a wrap of the key developments today:

• The NSW health government has flagged the "imminent" re-opening of gyms and beauty salons as the state over the next two weeks prepares for a landmark easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
• WA Premier Mark McGowan said on Saturday he would not back down on the hard border with the eastern states.
• SA premier Steven Marshall said the "more flexible" guidelines for his state will be released on Monday.
• A nurse who continued to show up to work at an aged-care home with symptoms of COVID-19 has been referred to Queensland's anti-corruption body.
• The more than a century old car rental firm Hertz filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday.
• Victoria has confirmed another death from coronavirus, with a man in his 60s dying in hospital.
• The number of Americans who will have died from the COVID-19 virus is poised to top 100,000 within days.
• Brazil has become the world No. 2 hotspot for coronavirus cases, overtaking Russia and becoming second only to the United States.