With 24,000 expected to descend on the SCG for the third Test on Thursday, the Australian Medical Association says people would be better off watching at home on television.
Here is a summary of what happened on Saturday:
- "Watch the third Test on TV", says the Australian Medical Association about crowds at the SCG
- Tasmania bans visitors from nine sites in Victoria amid COVID-19 outbreak
- Masks will be compulsory in some indoor settings in Greater Sydney from midnight
- Seven cases of community transmission recorded in NSW
- Pair who allegedly fled from Melbourne Airport to NSW each face a $19,000 fine
- One new overseas acquired case recorded in Queensland
- Victoria records 10 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases
Look back at how Saturday's events unfolded in the blog below: