Genomic testing finds Victoria’s new cases linked to traveller from Adelaide hotel quarantine; and Senate estimates also continues today with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Follow live updates

• Victoria’s latest Covid-19 hotspots and exposure sites
• Covid vaccine Australia data tracker: how the rollout is progressing
• Melbourne Covid restrictions: new rules explained

6.26am BST

Again, this is not satire

@jennymcallister asked the most basic question about the Government’s waste of taxpayer money on a new gas-fired power plant.

Watch the Government’s “answer” pic.twitter.com/C5RnHYJDc6

6.23am BST

The Covidsafe contact tracing app has now found 567 close contacts not found through manual contact tracing methods, the Digital Transformation Agency has told Senate Estimates.

This is a significant increase on the 17 close contacts previously reported, and on Monday night the DTA’s chief digital officer, Peter Alexander said the new number was determined through agreements made between the federal and state health departments on the correct figure.

It’s not our decision to make, but we are able to do that, and there are provisions in place for us to do the necessary deletion of data to ensure that people’s privacy is protected.”