Covid Australia live update: $600 a week support payments for NSW workers and up to $10,000 for businesses in Sydney lockdown

A man in his 70s from Sydney's east has died of coronavirus; Queensland keeps border open for now; support package for NSW to include increased payments for people who have lost work. Follow the latest updates live

• Two apartment blocks in hard lockdown in Sydney and Melbourne
• New Covid assistance package for Sydney businesses and residents
• NSW restrictions; NSW hotspots; Vic hotspots
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9.23am BST

And that's where we will leave things for this evening. A lot happened today, so here are the main events:

9.08am BST

Vic Govt are happy NSW is receiving federal support but are angry about the double standards of the PM after it had to fight to get any support for affected biz and residents, which it has said was not enough @abcmelbourne