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11.15pm GMT
Three returned travellers quarantining at the Howard Springs camp outside of Darwin have tested positive for Covid-19.
The new cases are a four-year-old girl, a 39-year-old woman, and a 58-year-old man who arrived on a repatriation flight from New Delhi.
11.11pm GMT
Attorney general Christian Porter has announced the appointment of Grant Donaldson as Australia’s fourth Independent National Security Legislation Monitor.
Donaldson has been acting INSLM since July.
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