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New Zealand delays election process as it plunges back into coronavirus lockdown

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday delayed a key step toward next month's general election, as the country was plunged back into lockdown after the discovery of the…

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First case of local transmission of coronavirus in 100 days prompts New Zealand PM to order lockdown

New Zealand has announced its first locally transmitted coronavirus infections in more than 100 days, leading the country's prime minister to immediately issue a stay-at-home lockdown order for the country's…

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Australian PM extends lead as country’s most preferred leader

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has extended his lead as the country’s most preferred leader, a poll showed on Monday, boosted by his government’s coronavirus wage subsidy scheme and efforts…

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Australia says COVID-19 outbreak shows signs of peaking

Australia recorded its biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 deaths on Monday although a slowdown in new cases gave hope that a second wave of new infections in the state of…

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New Zealand sees 101st day without community transmission

New Zealand has reported its 101st day in a row with no recorded community transmission of Covid-19 from an unknown source. All 21 active cases of the coronavirus have been…

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Australia borders to stay shut as COVID-19 daily deaths reach record

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said internal border closures were unlikely to lift before Christmas, as the country on Monday reported a record single day rise in COVID-19 deaths. There…

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Australia’s Victoria reports deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic

Australia’s second-most populous state, Victoria, reported its deadliest day of the COVID-19 outbreak on Sunday, with 17 people dying, although new infections showed signs of easing. Victoria, at the centre…

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New Zealand hits 100 days without community transmission

New Zealand marked 100 days without a domestic transmission of the coronavirus on Sunday, but warned against complacency as countries like Vietnam and Australia which once had the virus under…

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Ardern launches her ‘CoVid-19 election’ campaign

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday launched her re-election campaign promising a “laser-like” focus on boosting jobs and economic growth hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The charismatic 40-year-old…

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Australia’s Victoria state reports 471 new coronavirus cases

Australia's second most populous state of Victoria said on Thursday eight people have died from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, after reporting its deadliest day of the pandemic…

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Melbourne enters strict new coronavirus lockdown

Australia's second-biggest city of Melbourne began the first day of a six-week total lockdown on Thursday with the closure of most shops and businesses raising new fears of food shortages,…

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Virgin Australia to slash workforce

Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd plans to cut a third of its workforce as part of an overhaul to focus on being a domestic and short-haul international Boeing Co 737 operator…

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Photo Story: Missing sailors on Micronesia island saved by SOS message in the sand

A handout photo made available by the Australian Department of Defence shows an Australian Army ARH-90 Tiger Helicopter landing on Pikelot Island in the Federated States of Micronesia, where three…

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Australia’s Victoria reports deadliest day of coronavirus pandemic, Queensland shuts state border

Australia's second most populous state of Victoria on Wednesday reported its deadliest day of the coronavirus outbreak with 15 fatalities in the last 24 hours and a record daily rise…

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Australia to introduce pandemic leave disaster payment

Australia will introduce a pandemic leave payment for workers who have run out of sick leave but need to be quarantined because they have been directed to stay at home…

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Australian state of Victoria declares a state of disaster, orders large parts of economy to close

Australia's second most populous state will close retail shops, limit construction projects and curtail manufacturing around the city of Melbourne in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, the state…

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New Zealand reports two new cases of coronavirus

New Zealand has reported two new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, both diagnosed in travellers returning to the country who are quarantined in government-managed facilities. It has been 94 days…

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Victoria’s state Premier declares state of disaster, imposes curfew

A state of disaster was declared in Australia's Victoria on Sunday, with the local government implementing a night curfew as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain the coronavirus.…

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Nearly 400 of Australia’s Covid cases in hospital

There are 399 people in Australian hospitals, including 50 people in intensive care units and 28 on ventilators, Australian authorities said. Australia’s deputy chief medical officer, Prof Michael Kidd, told…

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Australia’s Victoria flags strict new steps to control surging COVID-19 cases

Australia's Victoria state recorded its second-highest day of new COVID-19 infections on Friday as its premier rebuked residents for evading lockdown and flagged the prospect of more rigorous steps to…

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Polls show New Zealand’s Ardern on track to win Sept election

Support for New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern rose during July, a poll showed on Thursday, keeping her Labour party on track to win a general election in September. The…

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Australia reports record daily coronavirus cases, 13 deaths

Australia recorded its worst day in the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday as the country's second-most populous state reported more than 700 new infections and 13 deaths. The previous national record…

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Coronavirus Australia: Victoria reports record 532 new cases

The state of Victoria in Australia posted a daily record of 532 new coronavirus cases on Monday. The State's government warned that a lockdown in the city of Melbourne will continue if…

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New Zealand PM Ardern’s ratings sky high ahead of election

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s party raced ahead of rivals in the latest opinion poll, putting the charismatic 40-year-old leader on track for a comfortable victory in the elections…

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New Zealand reports zero new cases for third straight day

New Zealand has reported another day with no new cases of Covid-19 – the third day in a row. All of the country’s 21 active cases of the virus were…

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Australian state of Victoria records daily virus record, warns of lockdown extension

Australia's Victoria state on Monday reported the country's highest daily increase in coronavirus infections, prompting the authorities to warn a six-week lockdown may last longer if people continue to go…

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Weed-killer glyphosate found in New Zealand’s manuka honey

Traces of the controversial weed-killer glyphosate have been found in New Zealand honey, prompting concern for our high-value manuka industry. The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) found the…

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Australia police win halt to Black Lives Matter protest amid COVID-19

An Australian court on Sunday ordered a halt to a Black Lives Matter protest for this week, accepting police concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, but the organiser vowed to appeal.…

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86 days without any community transmission of coronavirus in New Zealand

There were also no new cases of the coronavirus according to the latest bulletin, and it has now been 86 days since any community transmission in New Zealand. There remain…

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Australia reports jump in daily new cases, record deaths

Australia's second-most populous state, Victoria, recorded 459 cases of the new coronavirus, the second-highest daily total and up from 357 cases the previous day, the state's leader said on Sunday.…

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Coronavirus in Australia leads to mental health emergency

In Australia mental health emergency has erupted in the months since Australia launched its unprecedented response to coronavirus, with anxiety and depression rates skyrocketing. News.Com.Au reports that assuming the current coronavirus…

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Carnival’s Princess Cruises to extend some voyage suspensions until December

Carnival Corp's Princess Cruises said it would extend the suspension of select voyages through Dec. 15 as it looks to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Princess Cruises also…

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Australia’s Tasmania opens travel bubble for COVID-free states

Australia's southern island state of Tasmania will next month begin accepting tourists from other areas of the country that have seen significant periods with no fresh cases of coronavirus, state…

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Australian state to send in the army to check on COVID-19 cases

Australia's Victoria state will send in the army to question people who have tested positive for COVID-19 as it battles to control an outbreak that claimed a record number of…

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Australia’s Victoria has highest daily death toll from coronavirus

Australia's second most populous state of Victoria said on Friday six people died from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the highest daily toll since the pandemic began. Three…

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Australia forecasts biggest postwar fiscal deficit on virus-driven stimulus

Australia reported its biggest budget deficit since World War Two on Thursday as the coronavirus crisis knocks the country into its first recession in three decades. The budget balance swung…

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Australia reports highest coronavirus deaths in 3 months, infections climb

Australia reported its highest daily number of coronavirus-related deaths in three months on Thursday as new infections continued to climb in its second most populous state. Victoria state said it…

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New Zealand’s Ardern dismisses minister over inappropriate relationship claims

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern dismissed Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway on Wednesday over allegations he had an inappropriate relationship with a former staffer. “The minister has shown a lack…

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Last Qantas 747 departs Sydney for Mojave retirement

Qantas Airways Ltd chief executive Alan Joyce signed the carrier's last Boeing Co 747 jet at Sydney airport on Wednesday, shortly before it was due to fly to the Mojave…

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Australia’s Victoria state reports record new cases of coronavirus

Australia's second most populous state of Victoria reported on Wednesday two new deaths from the coronavirus and logged a record daily increase of 484 new cases compared with 374 cases…

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Australian houses on the brink of collapse as wild seas batter the coast

Some beachfront homes on Australia's east coast have come closer to slipping into the sea after wild storms lashed the coastline, residents said on Friday. Residents of Wamberal, about 90…

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Australian researchers invent 20-minute coronavirus blood test in world first

The South China Morning Post is reporting that researchers in Australia have devised a test that can determine novel coronavirus infection in about 20 minutes. Using blood samples in what…

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Australia posts surge in new COVID-19 cases

Australia’s Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing, singing and mingling at weddings as authorities…

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Tsunami warning issued after 7.3 magnitude strikes off Wau in Papua New Guinea

A warning for "hazardous tsunami waves" was issued briefly for coastal regions within 300 kms (186.41 miles) of Wau in Papua New Guinea's northeast, after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck…

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Faced with COVID-19, highest number of Australians tap retirement funds since April

Australians asked to pull out more than A$5 billion ($3.5 billion) from their pension funds in the first week of July, the highest since the government granted early access to…

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Australian pub cluster adds to second-wave coronavirus fears

Australia's most populous state reported 14 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, with a growing cluster at a pub used by freight drivers travelling the country adding to fears of…

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Australia’s Victoria state continues registering increases in infections

Australia’s Victoria state reported 273 new cases of the coronavirus and another COVID-19 death on Sunday, marking a week of triple-digit increases in infections, as state authorities battle fresh outbreaks…

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New imported case of coronavirus in New Zealand

One new case has been reported in New Zealand, a woman in her 20s who flew in from Rome, via Doha and Sydney, last week. The ministry of health said…

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Teenager killed in shark attack at NSW Australia

A 15-year-old boy has died after being attacked by a shark on the NSW mid north coast despite fellow surfers “bravely” trying to fend it off. News.Com.Au reports witnesses telling police…

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Sydney residents on high alert amid second-wave fears

Sydney is on high alert as large scale COVID-19 testing regimes place residents on standby for a potential second wave. A slew of Sydneysiders lined up in their cars in…

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Photo story – Policing in Melbourne

Police walk dogs belonging to residents of the Alfred Street public housing tower which remains under tight lockdown over to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,…

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Australia’s Victoria reports record daily number of coronavirus cases

Australia's second most populous state of Victoria said on Friday the number of its new coronavirus infections had hit a daily record. State Premier Daniel Andrews, who said 288 new…

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Australia considers slowing return of citizens amid virus spike

Australia’s national cabinet met on Friday to discuss slowing the number of citizens allowed to return to the country from overseas, as authorities grapple with a COVID-19 outbreak in the…

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Australia to release most from COVID-19 high-rise lockdown despite surge

Australia's second-most populous will relax restrictions on many of the 3,000 people locked down in nine public-housing towers despite surging numbers of COVID-19 cases, state premier Daniel Andrews said on…

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Australian PM suspends extradition treaty, extends visas for Hong Kong citizens

Australia said on Thursday it was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and announced measures to attract people and businesses from the Asian financial hub, after Beijing imposed…

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