Australia records highest number of new cases in a day – as it happened

Gladys Berejiklian reports record high case numbers and Victoria extends lockdown statewide. This blog is now closed

• Victoria sent into statewide lockdown as Shepparton cluster rises to 17
• NSW records 825 new cases, the worst total of any state during pandemic
• Anti-lockdown protesters violently clash with police in Melbourne
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• Victoria's restrictions; Victorian hotspots
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9.03am BST

We're going to close off this blog for today, thanks very much for your company.

Here's a helpful summary from Graham Readfearn - who did most of the hard slog today - and myself:

8.35am BST

Freedom" appears not to be free.

That's more than $1.2 million in fines pic.twitter.com/lfQJmbIPrb