Live news updates: Jacinda Ardern says Anthony Albanese’s election offers chance to ‘reset’ Australia-NZ relations

Update: it’s sounding as though it will be more like 15 minutes or so before we hear from the two leaders, we’ve been informed.

Updated at 21.35 EDT

The PM and Jacinda Ardern are due to hold a press conference in Sydney shortly. We’ll bring you the updates here.

Stay safe out there if you’re hitting the roads in NSW for the long weekend.

‘No one wants to be in a queue but it’s better than being locked up at home’

Dominic Perrottet has thanked travellers for their patience at Sydney airport, where people experienced major delays this morning.

He said labour shortages that were contributing to the issues would be top of the list when he travelled to Canberra to speak with the new prime minister next week:

I thank everyone for their patience this morning. I know that there were long queues at the airport this morning. But on the flip side, isn’t it great that everyone is back … I accept that no one wants to be in a queue but it’s better than being locked up at home. Labour shortages need to be addressed and they can’t be addressed necessarily at a state level. It needs to be nationally led.

Updated at 21.21 EDT

NSW announces it will give $28m to multicultural groups

The New South Wales government will invest $28m over the next two years into multicultural communities across the state, including more money for events and translation services.

Speaking in Eastwood on Friday morning, premier Dominic Perrottet also announced the establishment of a religious communities advisory council:

We should not have any environment where people of faith do not feel comfortable. This advisory council will provide insights to the government about ways in which we can improve ways in which our faith-based communities across NSW feel safe and secure in the practice of religion.

Multiculturalism minister Mark Coure said its “first order” of businesswould be to make sure people of faith felt comfortable practising their religion. Of the $28m for multicultural groups, $10m will go to boosting cultural events and $16m will go to increasing translation services – a need he said had been highlighted during the pandemic.

Perrottet:

Our community here in NSW is incredibly rich and diverse, and multicultural communities play an important role in enabling our great society here in our state to flourish.

Updated at 21.15 EDT

Queensland Health has released today’s Covid update.

There have been 3,786 new cases detected and one further death.

There are 301 people being treated in hospital with the virus, including nine people in ICU.

Updated at 21.02 EDT

Warning of floods in northern NSW

From the BoM:

Moderate to heavy local rainfall in mid May, combined with floodwaters from Queensland, have caused renewed and prolonged flooding along the Culgoa, Birrie, Bokhara and Narran Rivers.

Along the Culgoa River, moderate flooding is occurring at Brenda, where river levels peaked at the major flood level on Sunday. Small, renewed rises are possible this weekend from a second peak past Woolerbilla.

Minor flooding is occurring at Weilmoringle, where major flooding is likely from Sunday. These floodwaters may also cause major flooding downstream at Kenebree around the end of next week.

At Hebel, river levels peaked on Saturday and are contributing to renewed moderate flooding along the Birrie and Bokhara Rivers at Goodooga, where a moderate flood peak is occurring.

Major flooding continues at Angeldool.

Updated at 21.04 EDT

The Shangri-La Dialogue line-up has been released.

Richard Marles, Australia’s defence minister, will appear in the third plenary session with Malaysia and Qatar on developing new forms of security cooperation.

A prime minister and New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern shake hands and share a chuckle.

Queensland commission into police responses to domestic violence to sit

Queensland’s commission of inquiry into police responses to domestic and family violence is set to hold its first sitting in Brisbane today, AAP reports.

The independent commission, announced by premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in response to the women’s safety and justice taskforce recommendations, started work on 30 May.

It will examine whether “cultural issues” within the Queensland police service negatively affect investigations of domestic and family violence.

The commission will look at the over-representation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system and the police’s capability, capacity and structure to respond to domestic and family violence.

The way complaints against police are handled will also be examined. The deadline for submissions to the independent inquiry has been extended to 24 June.

The commission of inquiry, expected to take four months, is due to report by 4 October and has a budget of $3.4m.

Updated at 20.55 EDT