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Australia PM tours flood-hit Victoria state; evacuations, sandbagging underway
SYDNEY, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday toured flood-hit parts of Victoria state, including the city of Melbourne, as three southeastern states continued to grapple…
Australia’s two largest states trial facial recognition software to police pandemic rules
Australia's two most populous states are trialling facial recognition software that lets police check people are home during COVID-19 quarantine, expanding trials…
Australia’s Victoria extends COVID-19 lockdown by seven days
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state extended its COVID-19 lockdown by seven days until July 27 as officials sought more time to…
Australia’s Victoria posts lowest rise in daily COVID-19 cases in a week
Australia's second-most populous state, Victoria, reported its lowest rise in new COVID-19 cases in more than a week on Thursday, a day…
Australia’s Victoria state sees fewer new COVID-19 cases on first day of lockdown
Australia's Victoria state reported fewer new local COVID-19 cases on Friday, the first day of a one-week hard lockdown imposed to contain…
Australian state has biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 cases in 7 months
Australia's second most populous state reported on Wednesday its biggest single-day rise in COVID-19 cases in more than seven months and warned…
Australia’s Victoria state investigates two likely COVID-19 positive cases
Australia’s second most populous state Victoria on Monday said it was investigating two suspected positive COVID-19 cases in Melbourne, which if confirmed…
Once Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot, Victoria goes 28 days without an infection
Australia's second-largest state, Victoria, once the country's COVID-19 hotspot, said on Friday it has gone 28 days without detecting any new infections,…
Australia’s coronavirus hotspot relaxes curbs
Australia's second most populous state, the epicentre of the country's COVID-19 outbreak, will relax restrictions after recording its ninth consecutive day with…
Australian state of New South Wales to ease Covid-19 restrictions
Australia’s most populous state announced that it will ease restrictions despite reporting the biggest one-day jump in new Covid-19 cases in six…