Victoria's hotel quarantine inquiry has demanded another statement from the state's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.
It comes after new evidence was provided to the inquiry, including phone records from key decision-makers and emails from the Health Department that questioned when Professor Sutton found out private security was being used in the botched program.
Here is a summary of other coronavirus news from Tuesday:
- Daniel Andrews said regional Victoria's hard border could be lifted next month
- Owners and connections of horses running in the Cox Plate carnival will be allowed on course under strict health and safety protocols
- South Australia opened its borders to New Zealand and recorded zero new cases
- There were two new locally acquired cases in NSW
- Victoria recorded one new local coronavirus case. There were no deaths
- There were no new cases recorded in Queensland
- A political row erupted over the handling of a COVID outbreak on the Al Messilah livestock carrier docked at Fremantle
- There was one new imported case of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand
Look back at Tuesday's events as they unfolded in the blog below.
