Article 5945W Coronavirus Australia live updates: Victoria reports six new cases and no deaths

Coronavirus Australia live updates: Victoria reports six new cases and no deaths

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11.05pm BST

Senior NSW ministers are circling the wagons around premier Gladys Berejiklian.

NSW transport minister, Andrew Constance, was on Channel Nine's Today Show this morning and said Berejiklian was in for another tough day".

Today is a tough day. There is no denial of that and we will move on from there. But she is a great person, a great leader.

I am not nervous because I know Glad has done nothing wrong. She is an incredible leader.

She has been dragged into this. Not of her making. Very innocently, I mean, she was in a close personal relationship with him. She didn't know the extent of his activities like we all didn't.

She is the best premier in Australia. We have seen a one-in-100-year Covid pandemic. She has handled that magnificently.

This Icac investigation is into Daryl Maguire, it's not into Gladys Berejiklian. She is not a person of interest. There is no allegation made by Icac against her, that she has breached any statute or any ministerial code.

10.53pm BST

Did you know that today is global handwashing day? It's true. It's not just one day of 2020: global handwashing year.

Says ChildFund Australia's chief executive, Margaret Sheehan:

While we await the development of a safe vaccine, washing our hands with soap and water is one of the most important tools we have at our disposal to keep ourselves safe from Covid-19.

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