NSW allied health staff to join vaccine rollout as state records 124 new cases and Victoria 26 – as it happened

Two people have died following a first AZ dose; NSW residents will learn lockdown fate this time next week'. This blog is now closed

• NSW premier warns case numbers will keep rising after state records 124 new infections
• Scott Morrison says sorry for sluggish vaccination program

9.37am BST

With that, we'll be closing the blog for today. Thanks for reading, and thanks to Matilda Boseley and Nino Bucci for their work running it earlier today.

Here's what happened today:

9.03am BST

Liquidators of the company that sits atop the failed global finance empire formerly run by Bundaberg sugar farmer Lex Greensill (with advice along the way from Julie Bishop and David Cameron) have released a new report.

The new report covers the affairs of Greensill Capital, which is an Australian company that owned the company's subsidiaries overseas, including its main trading entity in the UK and a bank in Germany.