A major health probe is under way in Sydney as authorities scramble to find out how a man tested positive after his 14 days in quarantine. New South Wales health says an extensive investigation has been launched with everyone who stayed on the same f...
Now to the headlines. The Prime Minister will today ask National Cabinet to increase international arrival caps to help more stranded Australians get home. Last month, the number of arrivals into New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia wer...
In breaking news overnight Victorian authorities have reintroduced coronavirus restrictions after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive. Masks are now mandatory inside. The cap on gatherings has been reduced and plans to bring three-quarters of M...
A bushfire emergency is continuing in the Perth hills this morning. Hundreds of firefighters are battling an out of control blaze that has already destroyed 59 homes. Authorities set up more evacuation centres overnight as the warning area for the Wo...
Health officials and police in WA are racing to find out exactly how a security guard contracted the highly infectious UK strain of coronavirus from hotel quarantine in Perth. Two separate inquiries are now under way. Tests for 13 contacts of the gua...
More than 2 million West Australians are spending their first night in lockdown as the state desperately tries to trace any potential spread of COVID-19 from a quarantine hotel security guard. The lockdown kicked off at 6:00pm local time and the shoc...