Australia coronavirus live: NSW records eight new Covid cases as Avalon cluster grows to 90

Victoria reports one Covid case as number of new infections in NSW falls for a second day, and 350 people released in South Australia after being incorrectly quarantined. Follow the latest updates

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8.11am GMT

And with that, we come to the end of today's live blog. Here's what went down today:

7.54am GMT

Senior figures in Victoria police are puzzled as to why the Australian Defence Force can't support the NSW border closure.

The Age is reporting that a significant number of the officers manning the border are homicide and counter-terrorism officers, and that more than 700 officers have been recalled from holidays or deployment so they can man the border.

This is a significant community safety challenge for us. None of us want to go into stage-4 lockdown again.