Australia news live: major flooding hits north-west Sydney; nation passes 10,000 Covid deaths
Thousands urged to evacuate in NSW amid deluge and Warragamba dam spills; flooding hits north-west Sydney; Victoria reports 22 new Covid deaths and NSW two; NSW reports century-first diphtheria case; Victorian Labor MP Jane Garrett dies from breast cancer. Follow all today’s news, live
- Toddler diagnosed with first case of diphtheria of the throat in NSW in a century
- Sydney flooding: communities evacuated and residents rescued
- Ten thousand Covid deaths and counting … the road to Australia’s grim milestone
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