Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott wants state and federal leaders to reopen domestic borders by Christmas and focus on local containment of COVID-19.
Here's a summary of what happened on Thursday:
- Victorian health officials say there was confusion about when a boy was allowed to return to school after some members of his family had been cleared of coronavirus, but others were supposed to stay in quarantine.
- Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says a decision on whether her state will open its borders to all of NSW will be made before the state election on October 31.
- Victoria Police have reassured the public about plans to use drones to enforce coronavirus restrictions over the state's AFL grand final long weekend, promising it will not be using them to spy on private homes.
- WA Premier Mark McGowan says NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian's claim WA needs to cough up the cost of her state quarantining its returned citizens is outside the "agreement and spirit" of National Cabinet.
- An investigation into a Victorian health department employee who allegedly leaked a top secret document has been labelled a "witch-hunt" by the State Opposition.
- Cricket Australia says the Indian national cricket team will quarantine in Sydney instead of Brisbane after Queensland Health delayed approvals. Deputy Premier Steven Miles said it was "quite likely" one of the tourists would have COVID-19.
