That concludes our live coronavirus coverage for the day.
Here are some of the key developments:
- Victoria recorded just one new case of coronavirus overnight. The infected person is a parent of a child at a school in Preston that is part of a cluster in Melbourne's northern suburbs although the government was cautious about drawing a direct link;
- Premier Daniel Andrews described the result as a "good one" that would pave the way to easing further restrictions on the weekend. Prime Minister Scott Morrison repeated his calls for the state to accelerate the rolling back of its lockdown;Loading
- The Prime Minister announced that national cabinet had agreed to a target of opening internal borders by Christmas - with the exception of Western Australia;
- The first Australians repatriated from Britain arrived back in the country as Mr Morrison said corporate or at-home quarantine may be used to help get 26,000 stranded overseas Australians home by Christmas;
- NSW recorded no new locally acquired infections and 7 cases in returned travellers; and
- Hundreds of protesters have held a rowdy demonstration in Melbourne resulting in 16 arrests. 61 fines and three injured police officers.