Covid booster shots will be available from 8 November after Atagi approval, the federal health minister, Greg Hunt, announced.After 18 years of service, she says it is time for her to spend more time with her family. Julie Owens, the federal MP for Parramatta, announced her retirement.He said he “encouraged” her to take a “close interest” in grants to his electorate. Daryl Maguire, the former NSW MP for Wagga Wagga, appeared at the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearings into the conduct of the former premier Gladys Berejiklian.The president of the Victorian Bar, Christopher Blanden, has described the state’s new pandemic laws as “appalling”, as criticisms mount over the proposed legislation.New South Wales recorded 293 local cases and two deaths. Victoria recorded 1,923 Covid cases and, soberingly, 25 deaths – the state’s deadliest toll during the current Delta outbreak.Morrison is expected to meet with the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Rome. Scott Morrison is jetting off to Europe this evening to sell Australia’s climate “plan”, leaving the nation in the capable hands of Barnaby Joyce for a week.Here are today’s major news developments: If you’re in Melbourne, stay dry tonight. On that note, we’ll wrap up the blog for this evening.
