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Yoni BashanMargin Call Editor

Yoni Bashan is the editor of the agenda-setting column Margin Call. He began his career at The Sunday Telegraph and has won multiple awards for crime writing and specialist investigations. In 2014 he was seconded on a year-long exchange to The Wall Street Journal. His non-fiction book The Squad was longlisted for the Walkley Book Award. He was previously The Australian’s NSW political correspondent.

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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks to the media in Sydney, Monday, March 23, 2020. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Split widens over school closures

Gladys Berejiklian plunged the NSW school system into a state of confusion, telling parents to keep kids home while schools remain open.

Yoni Bashan and Rachel Baxendale

Politics

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 23: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media on March 23, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews have announced the closure of non-essential services in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19. From midday Monday, venues such as bars, clubs, nightclubs, cinemas, gyms and restaurants, along with anywhere people remain static would be closed. Victoria has established a 500-strong police task force to enforce the physical distance rules. 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)

Police watch isolation violations

A 500-strong Victoria Police coronavirus enforcement squad has been established to conduct spot checks on isolation non-compliance.

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CORONAVIRUS CRISISNation

Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann during Question Time in the Senate Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, March 23, 2020. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Cormann extends $550 student bonus

The Morrison government has extended its $550 coronavirus supplement to students toughened border measures.

Yoni Bashan, Lachlan Moffet Gray and Elias Visontay

EXCLUSIVENation

Cruise ship passengers disembark from the Princess Cruises owned Ruby Princess at Circular Quay in Sydney, Thursday, March 19, 2020. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Cruise ship was identified as a risk, but still cleared

A cruise ship that docked in Sydney with four confirmed cases of COVID-19 had been rated ‘medium risk’ a week earlier.

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Nation

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks during a press conference at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Sunday, March 22, 2020. (AAP Image/Jono Searle) NO ARCHIVING

Infections spike nationally as travellers rush back

Health officials recorded a sharp increase in coronavirus diagnoses on Sunday, with the national tally now standing at 1316 cases.

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Backpacker Ignacio Matte, from Chile, enjoying views of Bronte Beach from his Campervan, which was decked out with a bunk bed for him and his mate. Other photos of campervans at Bondi Beach

Bondi backpackers a new infection risk

NSW infections surge by 97 in a single day as Bondi parties emerges as possible virus hotspots.

Yoni Bashan

EXCLUSIVENation

Coronavirus ship permitted to dock despite 158 sick

A cruise ship that arrived in Sydney with four confirmed cases of COVID-19 had previously been allowed to dock with 158 sick passengers on board, despite the captain claiming no one was ill.

Yoni Bashan

CORONAVIRUS CRISISNation