Australia Covid live news update: Victoria extends Melbourne lockdown as curfew introduced; NSW records 478 cases, seven deaths

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9.07am BST

Latest vaccine update: 15.3m doses administered, up by 94,497 in 24 hours. Now 9.9m people have had one dose and 5.4m are fully vaccinated. Of adults over 16, 48 per cent have had one dose and 26.2 per cent are fully vaccinated

8.48am BST

The Victorian Liberal leader, Michael O'Brien, doesn't support the new curfew announced in Melbourne.

He's also opposed to the decision to close playgrounds.

Labor's decision to close down playgrounds is heartless and cruel.

Many kids don't have a backyard. They've been kept from school. And now Labor is stopping them even going to a playground.

The mental health toll of Labor's COVID response will be horrific and long lasting.

In 2020 the Labor Govt admitted in the @SCVSupremeCourt it had no evidence that curfews worked against COVID.

Now Labor's curfew is back. Making a criminal of someone putting the bins out at 9.05pm.

It is appalling overreach - punishing the innocent because Andrews has no plan. https://t.co/hRsicgb2A8