Thank you for reading today’s blog. Here is a wrap of the headlines from tonight:

-- Health Minister Greg Hunt says measures introduced to protect remote communities in the Northern Territory during the COVID-19 outbreak will be extended.

-- Scott Morrison has been accused of dog whistling to anti-vaxxers after he took issue with Queensland’s strict vaccine mandate for venues, and did not unequivocally condemn the anti-government protests in Melbourne.

-- Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has joined the growing war of words over vaccination mandates in Australia, slamming the Queensland government for a “two-state solution” on compulsory jabs.

-- Victoria’s controversial pandemic laws have been delayed as the Andrews government scrambled to secure numbers to get it through the upper house. Protests are set to continue at Spring Street.