More than 32,000 new Covid cases recorded nationwide – as it happened

NSW hospitalisations rise 18% in one day to 1,066 as state records 18,278 cases and two deaths; Victoria records 7,172 cases and three deaths, Queensland 3,587 cases, South Australia 2,298, the ACT 506 and Tasmania 404. This blog is now closed

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University of NSW epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws with some thoughts on the supply of rapid antigen tests this morning.

Fast rail linking Sydney and the Hunter will be prioritised under a Labor government, opposition leader Anthony Albanese says.

Australia is the only inhabited continent on earth not developing high-speed rail.

Fast and high-speed rail will be an important element of Labor's smart regionalisation plan that recognises that decentralisation is critical for Australia.