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9.19am BST
ABC is reporting the Queensland Supreme Court has granted an order banning a planned refugee protest on Brisbane's Story Bridge on the weekend.
The protest, against the detention of around 120 asylum seekers in the Kangaroo Point hotel, was deemed too risky with social distancing not being able to be enforced if police had to remove people from blocking traffic on the bridge.
9.05am BST
I was in the Melbourne CBD last week for this story, and you never really get used to the quiet.
Little Collins st and block place.
Peak hour in lockdown. @7newsmelbourne pic.twitter.com/4WTQvRCvH4