Tracking devices for virus rule breakers
South Australians who breach self-isolation or quarantine orders during the coronavirus pandemic could be forced to wear a tracking device.
Australia
‘Don’t come’: Border deadline warning
WA Premier Mark McGowan has issued a grim warning ahead of the state implementing Autralia’s toughest border restrictions at midnight.
Lonely Aussies drive pet adoption surge
The RSPCA has witnessed a surge in adoptions as people desperately seek companionship. And the process is about to become easier than ever before.
‘Everybody out’: Manly beach closed
Manly has been closed after hundreds of people hit the beach this morning despite strict social distancing measures being in place.
Heartbreaking post about virus death
An Australian MP has posted a moving tribute to her father-in-law, after the 82-year-old man became Australia’s 30th COVID-19 victim.
Plans for makeshifts morgues in NSW
Temporary morgues and hospitals are being investigated in NSW, after another four deaths related to coronavirus were recorded overnight.
‘Insane’ disregard for social distancing
Residents in Brisbane have been lashed as they apparently ignored social distancing rules to crowd into a popular weekend market.
Cheeky student hacks private school
The switch to online learning in schools has had some unexpected side effects, and this 16-year-old student has been hailed a “Robin Hood”.
More backpackers ignore virus rules
An Sydney man has filmed a group of backpackers seeming to blatantly ignore social distancing measures, jeering and waving, outside a CBD hostel.
50 airline staff test positive to virus
Authorities believe a coronavirus cluster among Adelaide Airport baggage handlers sparked the outbreak, with a staggering number of staff impacted.
Fun task sparked from isolation boredom
Australians are so bored from being cooped up inside due to social isolation rules that they are getting dressed up to take their bins out.
Virus may never be ‘completely eradicated’
The growth of new cases has slowed in Australia but the reality is we may never see the back of coronavirus and some restrictions may have to remain in place until spring.
Australia’s network of ghost trains, buses
Australians are abandoning public transport as the coronavirus outbreak places restrictions on travel and forces people to work from home.
Premier loses it over kebab question
It’s been a hard week for Aussies including the West Australian premier, who couldn’t contain himself after hearing who NSW was fining.
‘Too far’: What you can’t do this weekend
An expert has slammed the current stage 3 restrictions as not “making sense” but how can you make sure you don’t fall foul of them while still enjoying the weekend.
Woolies reveals when loo paper will return
Woolworths’ CEO Brad Banducci has revealed when online delivery and pick up will return – as well as toilet paper and pasta supplies.
Anti-parasitic drug kills COVID-19 in lab
A single dose of an anti-parasitic drug could essentially remove all genetic material of the COVID-19 virus within 48 hours, an Australian-led study has shown.
How Australia has proven Trump wrong
Donald Trump and Scott Morrison have both made the same boast about their coronavirus response this week. They can’t both be right.
Aussie product that ‘kills’ virus
A NSW company that produces bright pink bottles of surface disinfectant is now able to legally claim it “kills” coronavirus.
Kmart’s virtual queue mocked by users
Kmart is trialling a new virtual queuing system for online customers which has been mocked on Twitter, with one person describing it as “sweet hell”.
Ticking time bombs off our coast
Cruise ships account for about 10 per cent of Australia’s COVID-19 cases – including deaths – and they’re still in our waters. The standoff has left authorities nervous.
‘I’m upset’: Gladys defends virus debacle
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has clashed with radio host Ben Fordham and defended her state’s handling of the cruise ship issue.
Hundreds ignore rules at Sydney beach
Tourist hotspot Manly was packed this morning, as hundreds of people hit the beach despite strict social distancing rules being in place.
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.
Visa holders told ‘make your way home’
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told anyone visiting Australia, or on a student visa and unable to stay financially afloat, “it is time to make your way home”.
PM’s proof new measures are working
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said Australia’s would have more than 10,500 coronavirus cases if it wasn’t for strict new measures.
Video of alleged MDMA quarantine delivery
Police have released video of a man’s delivery to a quarantined traveller at a Sydney hotel, with a capsule of MDMA allegedly concealed within the fruit box.
‘Don’t yell at them, thank them’
Queenslanders have been urged once to treat health workers with respect following reports of abuse from those on the frontline.
‘Do the right thing’: PM’s message
Scott Morrison has urged landlords to do right by their struggling tenants as the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis continues.
What is an ‘essential worker’?
The Prime Minister has announced free childcare for a million families, with the kids of essential workers a priortity. So do you qualify?
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