Victoria announces it will close to residents of Sydney and Wollongong after a traveller who attended a 'super-spreader' party in West Hoxton tested positive for coronavirus.

The Moderna vaccine is a step closer to being approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

Household wealth is on the way up thanks to rising property prices.

In sport, Sydney FC has travelled to Victoria early ahead of this weekend's A-League Grand Final, to avoid any issues with the current COVID outbreak.

And in entertainment news, Britney Spears' father says he's sorry the singer is suffering under her conservatorship.