LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
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* Victoria has recorded 134 new infections on Wednesday, increasing its active cases to 860, with more than one million tests conducted since screening began.
* Australia has 147 new cases including three linked to the Melbourne outbreak in the ACT, breaking Canberra's month-long run of no infections. NSW has eight new cases and Western Australia two.
* NSW health authorities failed to screen passengers as they disembarked a Melbourne to Sydney flight on Tuesday night, with 48 people leaving the airport before they could be checked.
* A 34-year-old Victorian man was arrested allegedly trying to cross the NSW border at Wahgunyah without an exemption. Meanwhile, a Sydney man has been fined $4003 for allegedly lying about his need for medical care and carrying a fake ID to get into Queensland.
* Tasmania is banning all Victorian travellers from midnight Wednesday except for people returning home.
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ECONOMICS
* Banks are offering to extend six-month home loan deferrals for another four months, but only for customers in genuine need.
* The federal budget has taken a $61 billion bigger hit than expected in May with lower company and income tax dollars causing revenue to drop $9.7 billion, growing the deficit to $64.9 billion.
* The Melbourne lockdown is expected to cost Victoria's economy $1 billion a week and increase the nation's economic woes, as Victoria produces a quarter of Australia's economic output.
* Scott Morrison has confirmed there will be further income support once coronavirus welfare programs expire in September.
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SPORT
* Tickets for the Raiders NRL clash with Melbourne in Canberra on Saturday have been put on hold after ACT's chief minister flagged a slow-down in re-opening due to three new virus cases.
* Melbourne's A-League teams remain in limbo as they wait for the NSW government to approve a travel exemption.
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EASING OF RESTRICTIONS
KEY DATES
* July 10 - Queensland to reopen borders to all visitors except people from Victoria - including returning Queensland residents - who will be put in hotel quarantine for two weeks at their own expense.
* July 17 - NT to reopen its borders to all visitors, except Victorians.
* July 18 - WA to lift all remaining virus restrictions except border closures.
* July 20 - SA may lift mandatory quarantine for people from NSW and ACT.
* July 24 - Tasmania to reopen its borders to all the mainland except Victoria.
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AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS
* Australia has recorded 8,886 cases in total, with 1,293 active cases and 7,487 people recovered.
* The national death toll is 106: NSW 51, Victoria 22, Tasmania 13, WA 9, Queensland 6, SA 4, ACT 3. (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states)
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GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS
* Cases: at least 11,829,602
* Deaths: at least 544,163
* Recovered: at least 6,447,656
Data current as of 1800 AEST July 8, taking in federal government and state/territory government updates and the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 World Map.
Australian Associated Press
