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    Face Masks Will Remain Compulsory in Some Situations in Greater Brisbane Until January 22

    You'll need to keep wearing them indoors, on public transport, while using taxis and ride share services, and wherever you can't social distance.

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    Melbourne Is Set to Swelter Through Its First Scorcher of 2021 Today

    It's set to hit 38 degrees in Melbourne, which will be the city's hottest day in a year.

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    Northern Beaches' Stay-at-Home Orders Will End on January 10

    The area will adopt the same restrictions as Greater Sydney.

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    NSW Now Requires Anyone Who Has Been in Greater Brisbane Since January 2 to Isolate

    The area will go into lockdown from Friday, January 8 — and the same level of restrictions will apply to anyone from the region coming to or currently in NSW.

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    Face Masks Will Be Mandatory in Greater Brisbane for the Next Three Days

    From 6pm on Friday, January 8 until 6pm on Monday, January 11, you'll need to don a face mask everywhere except inside your own home.

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    The Greater Brisbane Area Is Going Into Lockdown for Three Days From 6pm Tonight

    The region will return to the rules in place during March's lockdown — which means that you're only allowed to leave the house for four reasons.

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    Australia's COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Has Been Brought Forward and Will Now Start in February

    The aim is to give four million Aussies their first jab by the end of March.

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    Brisbanites Who Visited These Locations Are Being Told to Get Tested and Self-Isolate

    Queensland Health has sent out an alert for a number of sites, including two train trips and two supermarkets.

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    The Australian Government Is Planning to Roll Out the COVID-19 Vaccine From Early March

    An exact date hasn't been announced yet, but the rollout has been moved forward from the end of March.

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    Face Masks Will Be Mandatory in Some Indoor Situations for Greater Sydney from Tonight

    If you catch public transport, go shopping or head to the cinema without a mask, you could be fined $200.

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    New Gathering and Mask Restrictions Have Been Introduced in Victoria Ahead of New Year's Eve

    The state's 61-day streak of no new locally acquired cases has come to an end.

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    Northern Beaches' Stay-at-Home Orders Have Been Extended Until January

    But small indoor and outdoor gatherings will be allowed on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

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    Greater Sydney and Northern Beaches to Return to Pre-Christmas Restrictions from Tonight

    All of the northern beaches — including northern and southern zones — will return to stay-at-home orders, but with limited outdoor gatherings allowed.

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    The NSW Government Strongly Recommends That Sydneysiders Wear Face Masks

    "Even if you live beyond the northern beaches, you should be wearing a mask indoors," said Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

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    Queensland Will Reopen Its Borders to Adelaide If There Are No New Unlinked Cases Before December 12

    That date will mark 28 days since the first case in the South Australian capital's current cluster.

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    Victorians Will Only Need to Wear Face Masks in Certain Situations From Midnight Tonight

    It's still mandatory to carry one with you — but you'll only need to pop one on in specific circumstances, such as public transport and indoor shopping.

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    Qantas Will Only Let Passengers Fly Overseas If They've Had a COVID-19 Vaccination

    When international travel to and from Australia resumes, of course.

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    Victorians Will No Longer Be Required to Wear Face Masks Outside From Midnight Tonight

    As long as you can maintain social distancing — but they're still mandatory indoors.

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    Queensland Has Declared Adelaide a COVID-19 Hotspot and Is Shutting Its Borders to the City

    The news comes after 17 cases were identified in the South Australian capital in the past 24 hours.

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    Here's What You Can and Can't Do in Metropolitan Melbourne From November 9

    The rules have eased again, but what exactly can you do? We've broken it down.

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    Here's What You Can and Can't Do in Metro Melbourne This Grand Final Long Weekend

    You've got three days off, but what exactly can you do with all that free time? We've broken it down.

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    Metropolitan Melbourne Residents Can Exercise and Shop 25 Kilometres From Home From October 19

    Premier Daniel Andrews has outlined the next set of eased restrictions, including scrapping the two-hour time limit for exercising and socialising.

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    Metropolitan Melbourne's Next Stage of Eased Restrictions Is Likely to Be Smaller Than Originally Planned

    But Premier Daniel Andrews has advised that some yet-to-be-finalised changes will still come into effect next week.

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    Queensland Has Released a New Roadmap for Easing COVID-19 Restrictions for the Rest of 2020

    You'll be able to stand up at the pub, dance at a wedding and gathering numbers are set to increase again — and the state has announced when it'll reopen to NSW, too.

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    Melburnians Can Now Be Hit with a $5000 Fine for Breaking Gathering Restrictions

    Fines will be handed out to those having picnics of more than ten people or visiting friends not in their 'single social bubble'.

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    Here's What You Can and Can't Do in Metro Melbourne Under 'Step Two'

    At 11.59pm on Sunday, September 27, more restrictions eased — here's what you need to know.

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    Metropolitan Melbourne Residents Are Now Required to Wear Fitted Face Masks

    Wearing a scarf, bandana or face shield is no longer sufficient — but there's a one-week grace period to comply.

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    Metropolitan Melbourne's Overnight Curfew Will No Longer Apply from 5am on September 28

    Premier Daniel Andrews has also confirmed that the region will move to step two overnight — and that the easing of restrictions in the future will depend on case numbers rather than specific dates.

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    Brisbanites Will Be Able to Gather in Groups of 30 At Home and in Public from September 25

    Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young promised that the ten-person cap would lift when the state had had no community transmission for 14 days — and that's now the case.

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    Queensland's Gathering Limits Won't Lift Till There Has Been No Community Transmission for 14 Days

    To lift the ten-person social gathering caps in southeast Queensland and 30-person limits elsewhere, all new COVID-19 cases would need to arise in quarantine.

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    Here's What You Can and Can't Do in Metro Melbourne Under 'Step One'

    At 11.59pm on Sunday, September 13, some restrictions will be eased — here's what you need to know.

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    This Is What Metro Melbourne's Five-Step Roadmap Out of COVID-19 Lockdown Looks Like

    Restrictions will slowly start easing from 11.59pm on September 13, but life won't be returning to normal just yet.

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    The Victorian Government Will Announce the State's Roadmap Out of Lockdown on September 6

    Melbourne's stage four restrictions are set to end on September 13.

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    Melburnians in These 88 Suburbs Have Been Warned Not to Drink Tap Water without Boiling

    Yarra Valley Water sent out an alert advising residents that damage from the storms had led to potentially contaminated water in these areas.

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    Southeast Queensland's Ten-Person Gathering Limits Have Been Extended to the Gold Coast

    Schoolies has been cancelled for this year, too — and the ten-person cap inside residences will apply statewide during the event's traditional period.

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    Six Easy Changes You Can Make If You Want to Give This Whole 'Healthy Living' Thing a Crack

    Picked up some unhealthy habits in iso? Kick them to the curb with these handy tips and tricks.

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    This New Victorian Government 'Data Dashboard' Shows the State's High-Risk Locations and Venues

    It also has a new map showing active COVID-19 cases in each postcode.

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    Brisbanites Are Now Encouraged to Wear Masks in Crowded Situations

    The recommendation follows the reintroduction of social gathering limits for the Greater Brisbane area over the past weekend.

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    Brisbanites Who Visited These Locations in the City's West and Southeast Should Monitor for Symptoms

    Queensland Health has sent out an alert for a number of venues including IKEA Slacks Creek, Browns Plains Grand Plaza and Westfield Carindale.

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    Southeast Queensland Has Implemented Strict New Limits Capping Group Gatherings to Ten People

    The new rules are in effect immediately, and apply to everyone in the Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan City, Scenic Rim, Somerset, Lockyer Valley, Moreton Bay and Redlands local government areas.

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