There will be only five reasons for Victorians to leave their homes during this snap lockdown. Everyone in the state over 40 will also be eligible for vaccination.

COVID-19 testing clinics are struggling to cope with a surge in patients across Perth.

The hospitality, events and retail sectors were frantically responding to the new rules on Thursday and preparing for the first lockdown without JobKeeper for any business.

An investigation by WA’s top corruption and crime watchdog found Senior Constable Valleenkanthan had used excessive force when restraining the man.

Victoria is plunged into a seven-day lockdown, NSW Premier warns Melburnians not to exploit her state’s good will, and eight students celebrate a partial win in a landmark case brought against the Environment Minister.

The eviction notice against a disabled woman is also yet to be withdrawn three years after it was issued, Sunnyfield’s chief executive conceded.

There are currently 26 active COVID-19 cases in Melbourne that were locally acquired. This map shows which postcodes currently have at least one active case.

Mark Follington arrested Anya Bradford at Liverpool in Sydney’s south-west in May 2019. A magistrate found the officer’s account of the incident was ‘implausible and flimsy’.

Many Melburnians are seeking refuge from the latest restriction by heading to regional Victoria or bringing forward interstate holiday plans, as those from interstate rush to beat new border rules.

A Gold Coast factory has been gutted by fire on Thursday afternoon, as multiple firefighters responded to calls of an explosion.

Until the population is vaccinated Australia cannot let the virus get out of control.

Federal Court Justice Tom Thawley said there was a risk of misuse of confidential information in ordering that Sue Chrysanthou SC be restrained from acting for the federal Liberal minister.

Two Sydney men have faced court after police allegedly seized five kilograms of cocaine posted into the country.

The crash occurred about 4.10pm on Thursday at the junction of Gillingham and O’Keefe streets in Woolloongabba.

A public servant who allegedly rigged government contracts in return for lavish kickbacks has told a corruption inquiry that he had to use a gun safe to store more than $1 million cash.

A surge of calls to make appointments for vaccinations caused the state’s coronavirus hotline to temporarily crash.

The first repatriation flight from India to Melbourne has touched down early, several hours before the Victorian government’s seven-day snap lockdown begins.

Some want to cancel the Tokyo Olympics. But why not go one step further and, after 125 years, consign the whole modern Olympic movement to history?

Today on Please Explain, The Age’s city editor Bianca Hall joins Nathanael Cooper to explore the latest lockdown measures and what brought Victoria to this point.

As of 1am on Friday, anyone who has been in Victoria in the past 14 days and tries to enter Queensland will be turned around or go into hotel quarantine.

Victorians have a lot of questions about the looming seven-day lockdown. We’ve done our best to chase down the answers based on the latest information available.

Many were scepitcal, but now the US President wants to know whether the original coronavirus was made in a Wuhan laboratory - then accidentally leaked.

3M produces in the region of 50 billion Post-it notes every year.

Kevin Sobels was a fifth-generation descendant of an influential German immigrant wine family.

Health officials say anyone travelling to NSW who has been in Victoria after 4pm on Thursday will be required to spend the next seven days in lockdown.

Thirty-eight recommendations were tabled by the Queensland government in its review of the bushfire that razed 87,000 hectares of the World Heritage-listed island.

Your guide to the rules for life under Victoria’s latest lockdown.

Victoria will go into a circuit-breaker lockdown for seven days from midnight after the state recorded 12 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

The man was charged with offences including stalking, strangulation or choking, and deprivation of liberty.

Melbourne lord mayor Sally Capp says city businesses will be particularly hard hit by the looming lockdown in the absence of JobKeeper payments, and has called on the state government to provide direct financial support to businesses.

WA Premier Mark McGowan and Health Minister Roger Cook will provide an update on the COVID-19 situation in Victoria at 9.15am.

A detection dog identified the suitcases at the arrival baggage area.

Lawyer Campbell MacCallum’s car was bugged by anti-corruption officers. He was later charged with a string of offences.

The developers behind a contentious development in the heart of Subiaco are using a COVID planning unit to bypass the local council.

A “cocky” young sexual predator with a predilection for fire-lighting and animal cruelty was let loose to groom his female victims he met while living in government-run residential care homes in Perth.

We’ve had our false starts, but the nation is ready for this reckoning.

Eighty-year-old dementia patient Len Smith was sold a phone plan he didn’t need or want. His daughter has spent more than a year trying to recoup the cash.

A source close to the government, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the confidential decision, said cabinet was set to confirm final details of the lockdown on Thursday morning before announcing the public health measures.

Sydney’s problem-plagued River Class ferries are at risk of running up to 18 months late after even more issues were discovered with the overseas-built vessels.

Opponents are arguing the industrial facility is at odds with the government’s ambition to turn nearby White Bay into a waterfront destination.

The boys are back in the ALP as they attempt to force Jodi McKay out of office.

The ban followed an incident at the front desk of the Chairman’s Lounge in Melbourne.

“We want Queenslanders to tell us what’s working, what isn’t working and what needs to change,” taskforce lead Margaret McMurdo AC said.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Hidden power stations, ticket machines for trams and buses, and women’s cricket not nice 

The funeral of notorious crime figure Robert Trimbole was marred by violence as mourners physically attacked members of the media outside St Benedict’s Church, Smithfield.

Sydney was treated to some of the best views in the world of the super blood moon.

COVID-19 cases visited the MCG and RMIT while infectious as the list of exposure sites grows to include a country pub and hair salon.

That’s what’s in a name.

As Victoria’s annual duck hunting season began on Wednesday, opponents in State Parliament want to talk money.