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Christine Kellett is The Australian’s digital director. She was previously content director, The Weekend Australian’s digital editor and has been a news editor, chief of staff and senior reporter at titles including The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times and news.com.au.

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US President Donald Trump wears a mask as he visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland' on July 11, 2020. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN / AFP)

Trump dons mask as WHO accepts airborne spread

It’s an uncommon sight, but US President Donald Trump has appeared in public wearing a face mask.

Christine Kellett

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JULY 9: Nick Coatsworth, Australias Deputy Chief Medical Officer, speaks during a national COVID-19 briefing on July 9, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. Nick Coatsworth said the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) did not give specific advice about cancelling the Australian National University pilot scheme for bringing international students to Australia, but said it is the right decision given hotel quarantine is under review. (Photo by David Gray/Getty Images)

Second virus wave hitting younger Australians

A second wave of coronavirus sweeping Victoria is affecting a younger demographic.

Christine Kellett

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ALBURY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 8: A worker wearing a face mask and protective clothing attends to members of the public at a pop-up COVID-19 testing clinic on July 8, 2020 in the town of Albury, Australia. COVID-19 testing has increased in the regional town of Albury after two positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the area. One of the people who returned a positive rest recently travelled to Melbourne. (Photo by David Gray/Getty Images)

Second wave hitting younger Australians

While hospitalisation rates have dropped compared with the first wave earlier this year, so has the age of those infected, as analysis shows the spread of the virus throughout Melbourne.

Rachel Baxendale, Max Maddison and Christine Kellett

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Covid-19 testing is conducted in Broadmeadows, Melbourne, Sunday, June 28, 2020. Victoria has set up virus testing stations in neighbourhoods as it battles community transmission. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

Melbourne virus spike is ‘not a second wave’

Deputy CMO Michael Kidd says Victoria’s 90 new cases over the weekend are of ‘concern’ as Daniel Andrews refuses to say if Ramadan festivities played a part.

Scott Henry, Christine Kellett and Kieran Gair

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In this Nov. 17, 2017 file photo, visitors to the American Museum of Natural History in New York look at a statue of Theodore Roosevelt, flanked by a Native American man and African American man. The statue will be coming down after the museum's proposal to remove it was approved by the city (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Iconic Roosevelt statue gets the boot

New York Museum will remove Teddy Roosevelt statue that has stood at the entrance since 1940, amid criticism it is racist, glorifies colonialism.

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Local reporter Kyle Hooten shared footage of the shooting aftermath on Twitter.

One dead, 11 hurt in Minneapolis shooting

One man is dead and 11 people have been injured after a mass shooting in the US city of Minneapolis.

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A police officer aims a pepper gun towards the crowd where Trump supporters and anti-Trump protestors now roam together in Tulsa, Oklahoma where Donald Trump held a campaign rally earlier on June 20, 2020. - Hundreds of supporters lined up early for Donald Trump's first political rally in months, saying the risk of contracting COVID-19 in a big, packed arena would not keep them from hearing the president's campaign message. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Trump rally tensions spill over

Clashes have continued on the streets outside Donald Trump’s first campaign rally in months, with pepper balls being fired.

Christine Kellett

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to media outside the State Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Victoria's Premier has spoken on issues of the day. The fallout of Labor branch-stacking allegations against Victorian MP Adem Somyurek continues with three Victorian Labor MPs losing their ministerial positions. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Sharp rise in Victoria brings crackdown

The Andrews government is prepared for localised lockdowns after a sudden rise in infections and has acted on easing.

Rachel Baxendale and Angelica Snowden

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Sam Newman with Lou's Wheel on the Sunday Footy ShowPicture: Supplied/Channel 9

‘It’s mutual’: Newman leaves Nine

Controversial media personality and former AFL star John ‘Sam’ Newman has left the Nine network, days after launching a podcast tirade.

Christine Kellett

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 22: Qantas planes are parked on the tarmac at Sydney Airport on April 22, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Restrictions have been placed on all non-essential business and strict social distancing rules are in place across Australia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Business people may be first allowed out

Australians travelling for ‘international benefit’ may be among the first allowed overseas without quarantine, as NSW and Victoria move to next phase of easing.

Olivia Caisley and Kieran Gair

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