What we know is that an outbreak, an infection in one place can very easily lead to more infections. We have to, as a nation, be prepared to do whatever is necessary to minimise the risk of infections.
And what
Coronavirus Australia live update: Sydney Black Lives Matter protest appeal dismissed as Victoria reports six deaths and 532 Covid-19 cases | World news
The NSW court of appeal has effectively upheld an earlier ruling that the protest is a prohibited public assembly under current public health regulations.
Demonstrators will now risk arrest and fines if they breach coronavirus
Gordi fills an empty Sydney Opera House with her magnetic presence and expansive songs | Australia news
“I did think the first time I’d be here there would be a few more people in the crowd, but I’m imagining you all like an NRL match – cardboard cutouts.”
The Canowindra-born, Sydney-based singer-songwriter Gordi, AKA Sophie Payten, sits
Coronavirus Australia: Victoria records three more Covid-19 deaths and 217 new cases as PM postpones parliament | Australia news
Victoria has recorded 217 new cases of Covid-19 and three more deaths, as the prime minister, Scott Morrison, announced parliament would be postponed due to the health risks of MPs travelling to Canberra from Melbourne and south-western Sydney.
Victoria’s
What has Australia learned about how to contain Covid-19 outbreaks?
Victoria is in the midst of grappling with a surge in coronavirus infections that has now spread into NSW, forming a cluster of cases linked to one pub in Sydney. Melbourne bureau chief Melissa Davey and infectious diseases expert Professor …
Coronavirus Australia live update: all Victorian AFL teams to be based in Queensland as Victoria reports 238 new Covid-19 cases | World news
Australia has done far better than was expected only a few months ago in suppressing the virus, allowing businesses to keep supplying households and providing jobs and in easing restrictions. The Victorian experience should not be seen as a reason
Villawood detention centre staff in isolation after attending Sydney party at coronavirus hotspot pub | Australia news
The Australian Border Force has confirmed reports that staff at Sydney’s Villawood immigration detention centre are self-isolating after attending the pub at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak.
“Staff employed at [Villawood] who have recently been to the Crossroads Hotel
Three dead after boat capsizes in waters off Sydney’s south | Australia news
Three men have died after their boat capsized off Sydney’s southern coastline.
Emergency services were called to La Perouse about 12.30pm on Sunday following reports a boat had capsized near the lighthouse.
Three men – who have not been formally
Ocean swimming has been my greatest discovery of the coronavirus pandemic | Alison Rourke | Opinion
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little freaked out the first time I saw a shark on my swim out of Sydney’s Manly Beach. Time almost stood still as the sleek figure weaved below me. Disbelieving,