NSW records 11th death of outbreak – as it happened

NSW records 177 local cases, lockdown extended four weeks; single bubbles now allowed in greater Sydney; those on welfare support now eligible for federal disaster payments, NSW premier says; Victoria records eight local cases overnight, and a new local, non-quarantined case today. This blog is closed

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10.27am BST

And with that, we'll be closing the blog for today.

Thanks as always for reading, and thanks to Matilda Boseley for running the whole thing for the first half of the day.

9.35am BST

A man has been seriously injured by a shark in Western Australia, according to the state's SharkSmart site.

A male fisher has received injuries after being bitten by a Lemon shark at approximately 8.00 pm on Tuesday 27 July," it said.