Australia politics live news update: NSW records 753 Covid cases as woman in 30s dies at Sydney home; Victoria extends Pfizer to under 40s
by Elias Visontay (now) and Amy Remeikis (earlier) from on (#5NP9P)
NSW reaches 6m vaccinations as 753 new Covid cases are recorded; 40 of Victoria's new local cases linked, with state to extend Pfizer eligibility to 16-19-year-olds; 30 new cases in ACT, two in Queensland. Follow updates live
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10.07am BST
With that, we will close the blog for the day.
Here's a quick run through of the day's biggest events:
10.03am BST
The senate is having another go at forcing the government to disclose how much jobkeeper money companies have gotten in jobkeeper - and there's a fair chance that it might stick this time.
Labor is this evening moving an amendment to some treasury legislation that would require the Taxation Office to publish jobkeeper receipts for any entity with a turnover of $10m or more.
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