Queensland has slammed shut its border to more than six million people in NSW as ­concerns mount over the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant.

Couples who lose a baby through miscarriage early in pregnancy are close to getting two days’ paid bereavement leave as draft legislation is introduced in federal parliament on Thursday.

The state government’s ­revenue haul from vehicle registration duty is tipped to soar by more than 25 per cent in just one year, as demand for cars climbs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Big child care providers would have to publish their profits and all child care centres getting subsidies would have to publish their fees in “real time” online under an Albanese government, the Opposition leader will announce on Thursday.

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