New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia will increase the number of returned travellers they receive each week in a new agreement reached at today's National Cabinet, but the change won't happen as quickly as the PM flagged yesterday.
Here's a summary of what happened on Friday:
- WA to take 500 extra overseas arrivals per week, but delays full increase till end of school holidays
- Queensland Premier says travel cap lifted after breakthrough on airline information
- NSW takes up COVID-19 pandemic disaster payment
- Telehealth services to be extended to end of March 2021
- Six new cases in NSW, five in hotel quarantine
- Queensland will lift ACT border restrictions on September 25
