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Two Melbourne vaccination centres have shut down after staff were spat on by people who were part of a mob that's been violently disrupting the CBD for days.

In a dramatic end to the third day of protests in Melbourne, police have fired non-lethal rounds into a crowd of hundreds of protesters gathered at the Shrine of Remembrance.

Melbourne was shocked by a powerful earthquake that rocked the city but a geologist has explained why we shouldn't be surprised.

The country registered 1,882 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, with 1,331 of them in New South Wales. Australian authorities had issued a warning against the protests, saying participants could be arrested and fined.

Queenslanders in home quarantine will need to answer a randomly-timed text message within 10 minutes or risk a visit by the cops, as part of strict new Covid compliance laws announced this morning.

Several federal cabinet ministers were called to a top-secret meeting in Canberra on Wednesday ahead of a major international development expected out of the United States on Thursday morning.

Residents in apartment blocks locked-down by NSW Health are having their alcohol deliveries policed as part of a policy to limit the number of drinks being consumed each day.

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'This is in addition to the one hour allowed for exercise'

Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed Victoria's sixth lockdown will be extended past Thursday, but it is too early to say which settings will be in place and how long the restrictions will last.Victoria recorded 92 new locally acquired cases of COVID-

Melbourne lockdown is now in its fourth week, and it comprises a curfew, playground closures, and tight exercise restrictions. Melbourne recorded 92 new cases.

The airline said it was considering using Darwin for the route when it expects 80 per cent of Australians to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and the international border to re-open.

The infants almost certainly" would have benefited from on-site surgery, said one doctor. But because of state travel restrictions and the absence of their own cardiac center, the infants failed to receive treatment that could have saved their lives.I shall leave it to you to imagine the profound

A world-first trial on a possible "next-generation" Covid-19 vaccine will soon begin in Queensland, with scientists hoping they will be able to provide better protection against the virus.

A Sydney man has been fined $500 for not wearing a mask after police officers claimed his activity wasn't 'strenuous enough' while he was walking his dog in Sydney's Inner West.

The Australian Office of Local Government in New South Wales has launched an investigation following reports the new COVID-19 lockdown resulted in the shooting of rescue dogs to prevent volunteers from leaving their homes.

Sky News host Rita Panahi says Australia looks like a "social experiment" to the rest of the world as the military is brought in to enforce Sydney's lockdown while people overseas are beginning to resume their lives. "Some are laughing, so

Australia went more than six months with almost no covid-19 cases and zero deaths, but is now battling an outbreak of the delta variant amid low vaccination rates

A growing number of health experts are calling on the NSW government to introduce a range of new restrictions — including mask wearing outdoors — to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in the city.

Australians in their 50s who had been reluctant to get the AstraZeneca vaccine say they are "relieved" to be given access to Pfizer doses instead.