Greater Brisbane has woken up to its first day of a three-day lockdown, after a hotel worker was in the community while infected with the virulent UK strain of COVID-19. Federal and state authorities have tightened protocols for international arrival...

Experts say there needs to be more done to improve air quality in restaurants and other venues, warning that social distancing will only go so far.

Positive COVID news in NSW sparks hopes that stranded Victorians could be heading home soon while Queensland and the Commonwealth both defend Victoria's hotel quarantine management.

The advice was going to be unpopular but it was crystal clear: in the absence of widespread coronavirus restrictions in NSW, a border closure was the only option.

Garry White has been making coffee from his floating cafe for sailors and swimmers in Middle Harbour for 20 years. He counts captains of industry and former prime ministers, including Paul Keating, among his customers.

The Australian flying fox was recovered from the Anstead Bushland Reserve, about 30 kilometres south-west of the city, on December 30 and later tested positive to the deadly virus.

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Specialist Queensland Health contact tracers are investigating possible south-east community links to a COVID-19-positive UK traveller.

Northern beaches prepare for an influx of visitors when lockdown ends.

The Labor leader credited advances in car safety technology for saving his life, saying "If this accident was 10 years ago I wouldn’t be speaking to you here".

Victoria has recorded no new locally acquired cases of coronavirus and one new case in hotel quarantine - an international airline crew member.

Annastacia Palaszczuk on Saturday again called for shoppers to be calm.

Two men have died while fishing for abalone off the Perth coast on Saturday morning amid rough sea conditions marked by unusually strong currents. 

NSW recorded one new locally-acquired case on Saturday, linked to the Berala cluster in western Sydney.

A draft management plan for the Grampians created by Parks Victoria and Indigenous groups was released in November and contained a proposal to restore 'locally extinct and culturally significant wildlife' such as the dingo.

During the COVID-19 shutdown, people stopped going to the dentist. A range of serious health consquences are expected.

A Victorian girl has died after a 10-metre fall from a clifftop in remote bushland north-east of Hobart in Tasmania.

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At least a dozen flights landed from Brisbane into Melbourne on Saturday with passengers allowed to isolate at home – despite the Department of Health closing borders to Greater Brisbane at midnight Friday.

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The woman first tested positive while in Victorian hotel quarantine, completed her isolation period, cleared her symptoms, and was allowed to travel to Queensland.

NSW will start managing cases of COVID-19 among overseas travellers differently in light of the new COVID-19 mutations around the world.

Queensland Health authorities are trying to trace people on Jetstar flight JQ 570, which flew from Melbourne to Brisbane on January 5.

Greater Brisbane's entertainment and dining areas were no-go zones overnight as the city began its three-day lockdown to clamp down on the more virulent COVID-19 strain discovered on Friday.

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Greater Brisbane's three-day lockdown has been described by health experts as a chance for contact tracers to ensure they have found all virus cases in the community.

Four members of a family have become Australia’s first COVID-19 cases carrying a highly contagious mutation from South Africa as Brisbane begins a three-day lockdown.

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Northern Beaches mayor Michael Regan says there are concerns about a potentially large influx of outsiders to the beaches this weekend.

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The man, who cannot be named, was jailed during family law proceedings and later strangled and bashed in custody, it is alleged in court documents.

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Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says the COVID crackdown could be extended if the best-case scenario doesn't play out over the next three days.

A Melbourne-based DJ who flew to Brisbane and completed quarantine for a now-postponed gig was among those caught out as restaurants, cafes and bars closed their doors to patrons.

The Federal Government will apply more stringent requirements to international arrivals, including those coming from the UK where a more infectious strain of the virus is rampant.

Victorians attempting to return home from Greater Brisbane have been told they will not be allowed to enter the state.

Cedar Meats, the site of Victoria's first major COVID-19 outbreak, denies that it could be sold off amid claims the company walked away from an $11.3 million loan.

A spokesman said Mr Albanese was "heavily shaken but he is okay" after the incident in Marrickville on Friday.

Police will allege Luke Lythgoe, 33, posed as a potential buyer before taking the car for a test drive and failing to return it.

People in the NSW Central West town have felt more than their fair share of pain.

The deaths of Sheldon and Shane Shorey have put the spotlight on a town that has faced a long line of heart-rending tragedies.

The emergence of a more contagious variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 underlines a need to maintain strong border defences, experts say.

Residents can go home but are being told to watch the skies for smoke as firefighters may be only halfway through fighting the fire that has raged six days.

With Brisbane in lockdown and Sydney also still a 'hotspot', states and territories have been reviewing border arrangements. Here is the current state of play.

Airlines have been flooded with queries after Victorian health officials said recent arrivals from Brisbane should get tested and isolate at home until Monday.

Michaels Camera store in Melbourne's CBD is closing its doors for the last time on Friday evening due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Despite the coronavirus pandemic disrupting their preparations, International Baccalaureate students achieved results in line with previous years.