Australia Covid live news update: NSW records 452 new cases, Victoria 24; nation on edge as more than 13 million under lockdown

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9.36am BST

Australia's former deputy chief medical officer making some pointed comments directed at Victoria, I believe.

Amazing how certain among us can unpick the effects of mandatory outdoor mask wearing from a bundle of interventions and then be incapable of unpicking the effect of a curfew from the same bundle. Now that is science at work #auspol #covid19 #GetVaccinatedNow #eightypercent

9.19am BST

Here's a bit more on the cancellation of public transport night services on Friday and Saturday in Melbourne during curfew, via AAP.

Melburnians are currently banned from leaving their homes between 9pm and 5am under the extended sixth lockdown.