Article 5N3DF Australia Covid live news update: Moderna vaccine approved; Byron Bay to enter lockdown; NSW records 283 new cases, Victoria 11 and Qld four

Australia Covid live news update: Moderna vaccine approved; Byron Bay to enter lockdown; NSW records 283 new cases, Victoria 11 and Qld four

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Josh Taylor (now) and Amy Remeikis (earlier)
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Sixty-four of NSW cases were infectious in community; Victoria reports 11 new infections while regional areas to come out of lockdown tonight and state expands access to AstraZeneca; Business Council of Australia says vaccinations should be highly targeted. Follow all the day's news

9.43am BST

We will leave it there for today.

Here's what made the news for today:

9.21am BST

And some responses to the IPCC report from Save the Children and School Strike 4 Climate:

Paul Mitchell, principal climate change advisor, Save the Children:

Today's report really should shock everyone, and particularly the Australian government. If this damning indictment isn't the catalyst for a fundamental shift in Australia, I truly dread to think what it might take.

Australian children, just like millions around the world, are already living with the consequences of too little action over too many years. Children are already suffering the shocking impacts - bushfires, floods, drought - of the climate crisis.

We need climate action, and we need it now. That is the message young people and marginalised voices at the front line of the climate crisis have been preaching for many years.

Now, the IPCC report has clarified the detrimental climate position the world is currently in, and the crucial need for action. We need this report to be heard, understood and recognised by politicians and people in power with the sense of urgency it desperately deserves.

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