Uncertainty over jobs data due to Omicron as nation records at least 47 virus deaths – as it happened

Construction workers are seen working at the Roma Street Station on the Cross River Rail project in Brisbane. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the January labour force report on Thursday. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

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What happened – Sunday 13 February, 2022

With that, we’ll wrap up the live news blog for today.

Here were the day’s main news developments:

• The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has ordered the evacuation of the Australian embassy in Kyiv, warning the situation in Ukraine has reached a dangerous stage.
• The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, has labelled his government’s byelection results “disappointing across the board” after earlier vowing to win back voters who handed Labor the seat of Bega in Saturday’s byelection.
• There were 47 Covid deaths announced across Australia on Sunday, as Western Australia’s premier Mark McGowan warned that Covid rules could tighten further.
• Shoes, women’s fashion and stationery are just some of the goods Australian shoppers face difficulty finding on shelves as an international shipping crisis sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic shows little sign of abating.
• Olympian Jemima Montag has broken a longstanding Australian record in the 20km walk.
  

Thanks for following along. Have a great evening.

Updated at 6.52am GMT

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Ken Wyatt marks anniversary of Stolen Generations apology

Today is the anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen Generations.

To mark the occasion, I shared breakfast with survivors of Kinchela Boys Home this morning.

I listened to their stories of pain, torment and abuse. Of separation from family, land and culture. pic.twitter.com/LwXi9jSNNj

— Ken Wyatt (@KenWyattMP) February 13, 2022

Tomorrow I will deliver a Ministerial Statement in Parliament to mark the Apology, and reflect on these difficult chapters as we forge a more reconciled future, together.

— Ken Wyatt (@KenWyattMP) February 13, 2022

Updated at 6.33am GMT