Australia has secured 2000 courses of an anti-malaria drug that are to be shipped here and available for doctors and hospitals to use on coronavirus cases, federal health minister Greg Hunt told Sky News Australia this morning.
Lifeguards at Bondi Beach called police this morning when a man refused to leave the closed beach. The man then spat on police and claimed to have COVID-19. LIVE COVERAGE
A man has been charged after a four-hour standoff with the bomb squad on a busy road overpass, which forced the closure of major arterial roads in Sydney’s northwest this morning.
One of the Sydney hotels housing potentially infected airline passengers is still taking bookings from guests without warning them of the potential danger.
Deputy chief medical officer Paul Kelly has confirmed national COVID-19 cases hit 3400 today, with the US and the European regions, particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, the source of the majority of travel-related infections in Australia. FOLLOW ALL TODAY’S UPDATES LIVE
If you, like many Australians – and those across the globe – are stuck indoors as we battle to control the deadly coronavirus, we’ve got a handy list of options to keep you occupied, from streaming dramas to sesnational podcasts, handy kids shows to blockbuster movies earlier than you expected.
He’s a hyperactive rescue dog with superior intelligence and a “never-say-die” attitude – the perfect pooch candidate to be trained to sniff out koalas for rescue after the devastating bushfires. Aptly named Bear, he is the star of an emotional new Foxtel documentary.
Neighbours is set to take a dark and dramatic turn as it celebrates its 35th birthday, with three fan favourites killed off in a week of special episodes. And if that’s not enough there are even more surprises in store for fans this week.
Judy O’Brien is one of Australia’s most trusted connections to the spiritual world but for years she hid her gift for fear of being “locked up” by those who didn’t understand.
The access given to a documentary team would have been laughed out of the room just a few years ago
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