Article 5PXNK Australia Covid live news update: new offshore processing agreement with Nauru; NSW records 11 deaths, Victoria one

Australia Covid live news update: new offshore processing agreement with Nauru; NSW records 11 deaths, Victoria one

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Mostafa Rachwani (now) and Matilda Boseley (earlie
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New agreement between Nauru and Australia on offshore processing; NSW records 1,043 local cases and 11 deaths; more than half of over-16s now vaccinated; Victoria records 733 new local cases and one death; WA records one new case, ACT records 19 new cases, zero cases in Qld. Follow all the day's news

10.04am BST

And with that, the week and this blog comes to an end. Here's what we learned today:

9.33am BST

Victoria police have confirmed they have arrested 215 people in the fifth day of unrest in Melbourne's CBD and inner-north.

There were 31 people arrested in the inner-northern suburb of Northcote. Police said a group of up to 80 demonstrators attended at a park on Separation Street and a nearby shopping centre this afternoon" in breach of public health orders.

Police responded quickly as small groups of protestors gathered throughout the afternoon in various locations.

In total, 215 people will be issued with penalty notices for breaching the CHO [Chief Health Officer] directions.

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