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12.53am GMT

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12.42am GMT

More from Australia's health minister Greg Hunt. He's nudging state governments to ease internal border restrictions as he declared the removal of the last Covid-19 hotspot in Australia.

He told reporters in Melbourne on Sunday the federal government's priority remained on helping Australians stranded overseas to return home, but also ensuring that Australians who are within our own borders are able to reunite with their families as soon as possible".