Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley has announced two new cases of Covid-19 in his state in the last 24 hours, both of which are linked to a Southbank townhouse complex.

Victoria has reported two more cases of COVID-19 that will be included in Wednesday’s total numbers. Health Minister Martin Foley confirmed the two further positive cases are close contacts of previous cases, both linked to the Southbank residential exposure site.

South Australia’s hard border restrictions with regional Victoria will be eased today.

The decision to allow the Tamil family to reunite in Perth will not set a precedent for refugees wanting to stay in the country, says Labor MP Matt Thistlethwaite. “This isn’t going to set a precedent because the way that section of the migration act works is it doesn’t set a precedent that t...

The free trade agreement soon to be struck between Australia and the United Kingdom may not “amount to a great hill of beans”, according to political consultant Jim Middleton. “What we know about this free trade deal is that (United Kingdom Prime Minister) Boris Johnson needs it. He has to sh...