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A man is tested in Beijing. China reported more than 100 new COVID-19 cases for a seventh day on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus updates LIVE: Australian Open crisis continues as Victoria records no local COVID-19 cases for two weeks; international travel off the cards for 2021

Australian Open organisers say some players may have "brushed off" advice that 14-day hard quarantine was on the table if they were close contacts of positive COVID-19 cases.

  • by Pallavi Singhal
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Coronavirus pandemic

Greater Brisbane '100 per cent' on track to see restrictions lifted

  • by Lydia Lynch
Independently-run school set to become second-biggest sector in NSW
Private schools

WA private schools lead nation in freezing fees amid COVID-19, with one in 10 dropping their prices

  • by Lauren Pilat
A flock of Red Tailed Black Cockatoo s, a native bird to Western NSW launch into the blue winters sky. The Red Tailed Cockatoo pairs up in Spring. Walgett, NSW. Today 3rd of July, 2008. SMH.NEWS. Photo by KATE GERAGHTY
Biodiversity

Three years until Carnaby's cockatoo starvation starts, BirdLife warns

  • by Emma Young
Bradley Edwards has been convicted of murders of Ciara Glennon and Jane Rimmer.
Claremont killer trial

Detectives believe Claremont killer visited victim's grave but avoided CCTV trap, new book reveals

  • by Heather McNeill

Healthcare

Alan Neuss was 40 when he discovered via an ancestry DNA test that the man he considered to be his Dad was not genetically related to him.
Genetics

'It just makes sense': How a chance DNA test upended Alan's identity

Alan Neuss is one of many Victorians who discovered through commercial DNA testing that his biological father was not who he grew up believing he was.

  • by Wendy Tuohy
Many modern Australian hotels have windows that cannot be opened.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic

To fight coronavirus, we all need a breath of fresh air

Locking people in quarantine rooms without access to fresh air is not just bad to their mental health – it may make them more vulnerable to COVID-19.

  • by Tim Moore
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic

Not all face masks are created equal 

  • by Alice Clarke
Without specialist judges, Family Court matters are at risk of being mishandled.
Coronavirus pandemic

Suicides in Victoria dip as calls to mental health hotlines spike

  • by Tammy Mills
Biosecurity and airport staff in PPE and masks are seen around the chartered flight QR7176 after it arrived in Melbourne carrying Australian Open players.
Coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus as it happened: Australian Open crisis deepens; Victoria downgrades some Greater Sydney LGAs from red to orange

  • by Angus Thompson and Pallavi Singhal
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Victoria’s horror year for drownings continues with the body of a man retrieved by police after his tinnie capsized in waters off Gippsland overnight.
Water safety

Man dies after tinnie capsizes as Victoria breaks drowning records

  • by David Estcourt
Coronavirus pandemic

Victoria achieves two weeks of zero local COVID cases, three more in quarantine

  • by David Estcourt
Education

Victorian private schools record lowest fee rises in Australia

  • by Madeleine Heffernan and Craig Butt

Queensland

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Coronavirus pandemic

Greater Brisbane '100 per cent' on track to see restrictions lifted

  • by Lydia Lynch
Coronavirus pandemic

PM to visit as Queensland councillors fear fallout of quarantine proposal

  • by Lydia Lynch
Biodiversity

How pandemic proved the 'bin chicken' doesn't need humans for a feed

  • by Stuart Layt

Western Australia

Independently-run school set to become second-biggest sector in NSW
Private schools

WA private schools lead nation in freezing fees amid COVID-19, with one in 10 dropping their prices

  • by Lauren Pilat
Biodiversity

Three years until Carnaby's cockatoo starvation starts, BirdLife warns

  • by Emma Young
Claremont killer trial

Detectives believe Claremont killer visited victim's grave but avoided CCTV trap, new book reveals

  • by Heather McNeill

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