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Frank Chung is a senior journalist at news.com.au covering topics including local and international breaking news, politics, culture, media and technology. In his previous role as finance editor he wrote about economics, retail, industrial relations, small business, consumer affairs and real estate.

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Police officers and soldiers patrol a popular running track in Melbourne on August 4, 2020 after the state announced new restrictions as the city battles fresh outbreaks of the COVID-19 coronavirus. - Melbourne is now enduring the country's most restrictive virus-control measures, including an overnight curfew, forced closure of non-essential businesses and mandatory mask-wearing as hundreds of new cases are recorded daily. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Aussie border to remain closed

The Australian border will remain closed to international arrivals “for some months”, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.

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Motorists queueing in their cars at a police border checkpoint

‘Thousands’ of fed-up Victorians fleeing interstate

Thousands of fed-up Victorians are using a loophole to flee the state’s stage four lockdown – and many will likely never return.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 13: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media at a press conference at Treasury Theatre on July 13, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell shire are in lockdown following the rise in COVID-19 cases through community transmissions. The new restrictions came into effect on Thursday 9 July, with residents in lockdown areas under stay at home orders for the next six weeks. People are only able to leave home have for exercise or work, to buy essential items including food or to access childcare and healthcare. Gatherings of groups of more than two or more than a household group are not permitted while school holidays have been extended by a week so children remain home. Retail can remain open and markets are permitted to open for food and drink only. Cafes, restaurants, pubs, clubs and bars are back to takeaway only. Eight public housing estates that have been under hard lockdown have reopened subject to stage 3 COVID-19 restrictions in line with the rest of Melbourne, while the tower at Alfred Street remains under hard lockdown while health authorities continue COVID-19 testing. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

‘I don’t know the answer’: Dan Andrews grilled

As expected, Daniel Andrews’ press conference has descended into a testy back-and-forth with journalists over the hotel quarantine issue.

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Empty city streets on the eve of huge restrictions locking down metropolitan Melbourne, due to Covid-19. Police patrolling along Bourke st mall. Picture: Alex Coppel.

‘Terrified’: Vic’s brutal new $100,000 fines

Victoria’s work permit scheme has now begun, with fines of $100,000 for businesses and $20,000 for workers who try to cheat the system.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 4, 2020 : Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announcing latest restrictions with the stage 4 lockdown of Greater Melbourne as COVID-19 spreads across the state in a second wave. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Can I visit my partner in Victoria?

The Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has clarified the rules around whether or not you can visit your intimate partner during lockdown.

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An upset woman (2nd R) speaks to medical workers at the entrance of the Epping Gardens aged care facility in the Melbourne suburb of Epping on July 30, 2020, as the city battles fresh outbreaks of the COVID-19 coronavirus. - Australia on July 30 reported a record number of new coronavirus infections and its deadliest day of the pandemic so far following a spike in cases at elderly care homes. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Victorian woman fined for make-up trip

A Victorian woman who travelled to a shopping centre more than 5km away to purchase makeup is among 155 people fined for breaching health orders in the last 24 hours.

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Former Federal Labor Senator Sam Dastyari arrives by bicycle to the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing in Sydney, Thursday, August 29, 2019. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

‘Not popular’: Call for tax hike

Former Labor senator Sam Dastyari has called for a 1 per cent tax on all Australians to pay for Victoria’s post-coronavirus recovery.

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A man mows the lawn. Picture: Jim's Mowing

‘Appalling’: Jim’s boss slams Premier

Jim’s Mowing founder Jim Penman has vowed to defy Victoria’s stage four restrictions to keep his business running, saying he will pay the fines of any contractors caught out.

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Virus closes Woolies warehouse

Hundreds of workers at a Woolworths distribution centre in Melbourne’s west walked off the job yesterday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.

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Pokemon Go player cops fine

Victoria Police have issued 172 fines for breaches of health orders over the last 24 hours.

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