Restrictions ease across some parts of Australia for NSW and Greater Brisbane

Greater Brisbane's three-day snap lockdown to stop the spread of the UK COVID-19 variant has been lifted, with some restrictions to stay in place until mid-January.

The Northern Territory and the ACT have revoked their hotspot declarations for Greater Brisbane, and Victoria has reopened its border to regional New South Wales but remains closed to Greater Sydney.

Monday's highlights included:

• The Greater Brisbane lockdown ended at 6:00pm
• The partner of the Brisbane hotel cleaner diagnosed with the UK variant of coronavirus tested positive
• Victoria introduced a traffic light permit system for border restrictions
• The state's hard border to regional NSW eased
• WA Premier Mark McGowan urged NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to eliminate the virus from Sydney after NSW recorded three new cases

Look back at how events unfolded on Monday.