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Ally is Youth Editor at news.com.au and has been working as a news reporter for news.com.au since 2017. She graduated with a Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) from Charles Sturt University that same year and started working at news.com.au as an intern during her final year of studies. Since landing a spot on the team, Ally has written about a multitude of different topics from online dating scams and road rules to the COVID-19 pandemic and breaking news.

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South Australian Premier Steven Marshall speaks to the media at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The State Government is looking at using hotelsl for temporary accommodation for frontline staff during the health crisis. (AAP Image/David Mariuz) NO ARCHIVING

SA announces $1bn support package

The South Australian government has announced it will be providing $1 billion to support households and businesses across the state.

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Microscopic view of influenza virus cells. 3D medical illustration

Are some people immune to COVID-19?

Queensland scientists are determining whether some people may have developed an immunity to coronavirus and what role they could play in ending the pandemic.

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Expert’s warning: ‘Blood on your hands’

A professor of intensive care has warned Australians “you will have blood on your hands” if you fail to self-isolate and spread the disease.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 23: A note to customers is stuck on the window as restaurants close their businesses on March 23, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. From midday Monday, venues such as bars, clubs, nightclubs, cinemas, gyms and restaurants, along with anywhere people remain static would be closed. Schools remain open but parents have the option to keep children at home if they wish while Victoria is bringing forward school holidays from Tuesday. There are now 1353 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia and the death toll now stands at seven. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

All the virus news from the past 24 hours

It has been another frantic day of coronavirus developments in Australia. Here’s everything you need to know about how it will affect you.

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is seen during a press conference at Parliament House in Brisbane, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. A shutdown of non-essential services as well as domestic and international travel restrictions are in effect Australia wide in a bid to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

Dozens catch virus after birthday party

Four staff members and 24 guests have been diagnosed with coronavirus after attending a birthday party at a Queensland restaurant.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: Peopler queue to enter Centrelink on March 24, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Non-essential travel has been banned in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Australia while venues such as bars, clubs, nightclubs, cinemas, gyms and restaurants, along with anywhere people remain static are now closed. Schools are currently open but parents have the option to keep children at home if they wish. There are now 1887 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia and the death toll now stands at eight. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

All the virus news from the past 24 hours

It has been another frantic day of coronavirus developments in Australia. Here’s everything you need to know about how it will affect you.

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AU_1904967 - *EXCLUSIVE* East Sydney, AUSTRALIA - A doctor from Bourke Street Medical Clinic conducts a roadside Covid19 test in East Sydney to patients in a BMW at the roadside near clinic. Note: All editorial images subject to the following: For editorial use only. Additional clearance required for commercial, wireless, internet or promotional use.Images may not be altered or modified. Matrix Media Group makes no representations or warranties regarding names, trademarks or logos appearing in the images. Pictured: coronavirus BACKGRID Australia 24 MARCH 2020 Phone: + 61 419 847 429 Email: sarah@backgrid.com.au

Roadside virus testing set up in Sydney

Roadside coronavirus testing is now under way in Sydney, just weeks after the first drive-through testing centre was set up in Adelaide.

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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks to the media during a press conference in Sydney, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The state of NSW has shut down all non-essential services to slow the rapidly spreading coronavirus, but schools remain open for now. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi)

‘Don’t care’: Gladys hits back at criticism

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has hit back at the suggestion she caused an “unacceptable” level of confusions over what was happening with schools.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy during a press conference in the Blue Room at Parliament House on March 24, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. There are now 2146 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia and the death toll now stands at eight. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

PM reveals tough new restrictions for Aussies

Australians will face even tougher restrictions on social interactions due to the deadly coronavirus after a National Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday evening.

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Nurse Canan Emcan wears a mask and protective clothes at the isolation ward of the Uniklinikum Essen university hospital in Essen, western Germany, on March 9, 2020. - The number of coronavirus cases in Germany has passed 1,000, official data from the Robert Koch Institute disease control centre showed. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP)

‘Time bomb’: Alarming warning we ignored

A study published in 2007 predicted a SARS-like outbreak re-emerging in China, with researchers warning people not to ignore the threat.

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