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The Victorian government website crashed due to demand after the state enforced new strict rules for anyone wanting to enter the state.

Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer says his United Australia Party will not field any candidates in the state election and that he intends to withdraw his defamation case against Premier Mark McGowan.

Australian outbreak of super-contagious UK coronavirus strain could send case numbers soaring and force states to slam borders shut - as a terrifying map shows where infected hotel cleaner could have spread it Queensland cleaner in her 20s has been diagnosed with deadly mutant strain of Covid wreaking havoc on UK Health authorities are desperately trying to trace the womans recent contacts after Wednesdays diagnosis She was out in the community for four days while infected before developing sym...

A pre-cursor to the highly infectious mutant Covid strain which has devastated the UK, escaped Victorias hotel quarantine system back in June, according to a leading Australian scientist. But Professor Damian Purcell, head of the molecular virology laboratory at the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, said the public were not told about it because it might have spooked people. Genomic testing suggests 37 people in the coronavirus-hit state were infected with the strain be...

Cruise ships are set to return to Queensland - with voyages from Sydney expected in late April and a separate vessel based in Queensland from late June. 

A young couple accused of fleeing quarantine at Melbourne Airport on New Years Day could sue Victorias Health Minister for defamation if found innocent, experts claim. The couple, from Goulburn in NSW, have apologised for leaving the airport but said they had a green zone permit and made an innocent mistake due to the confusion caused by the rapidly changing regulations. Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley said on Saturday that the pair would each be fined at least $19,000 for breaching Vict...

Greater Sydney residents will have to wear masks inside or face a $200 fine as the state recorded another seven new locally-acquired coronavirus cases on Saturday. Five of the new cases are linked to the Berala cluster in western Sydney, one is a household contact of a previously reported case - a patient transport worker - and there is one remaining case under investigation.   There were almost 32,000 coronavirus tests conducted in the 24-hour period to 8pm on Friday.  Premier Gladys Berej...

Queensland health chiefs warned they are watching the COVID-19 outbreak in NSW very closely as authorities continue to monitor quarantined passengers who arrived with Australias first known case of the South African variant. South Australia rushed to shut its border with NSW on Thursday, after the state announced a further ten coronavirus cases. Currently, Queenslanders coming home from NSW must isolate in hotel quarantine only if theyve been to Sydney, but otherwise are freely allowed into the...

South Australia has announced a hard border closure with New South Wales will be brought in from New Years Day.

A defiant man who made a daring attempt to break free from a Melbourne quarantine hotel has vowed to refuse to pay a $19,000 fine, complaining hes been mistreated. In comical scenes, John-Lee Berridge, 24, made a bizarre bid for freedom on Boxing Day when he briefly escaped from his room at the Tullamarine Holiday Inn. Berridge managed to make it to the hotel car park, pushing past a security guard, before he was stopped by police and detained. The interior designer, who was living in Maroubra,...