Victoria has been plunged into its third lockdown lasting at least five days as greater Melbourne is declared a coronavirus hot spot.
The Australian Open tennis, racing and AFLW matches will go on without fans as Melbourne is plunged into a third coronavirus lockdown.
The snap lockdown has caused spooked shoppers into loading up on grocery essentials as supermarket chains reassured customers there was no need to panic buy.
Google and Facebook will almost certainly be forced to pay Australian media organisations for the news they use on their platforms.
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