The Cocos Emergency Management Executive have received a further briefing from the Bureau of Meteorology this afternoon in relation to Tropical Cyclone Mangga and have agreed not to upgrade the cyclone warning level from Condition Blue.

In recognition of the Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) of Christmas Island (CI) and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands" (CKI) ongoing vulnerability to the risks posed by COVID-19, I have extended the current state of emergency in both territories.

This decision has been made to protect the remote IOT communities, which currently have no known cases of COVID-19. Again, this extension was supported by the CI and CKI Emergency Management executive.

As Chair of the Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) Regional Development Organisation (RDO), I am pleased to announce further new initiatives funded by the Australian Government to support job creation and tourism development on Christmas Island (CI), as part of the island's economic recovery from COVID-19.

The Australian Government is implementing a number of relief measures to support electricity customers in Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) households, businesses and community groups on Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, as part of the ongoing response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and its economic impacts.