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    Good Day People Is the New Not-Boring Online Gift Store Stocked with Top-Notch Aussie Produce

    Playfully packaged tins, filled with locally made gifts you'd actually want to receive.

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    Surf Stitch Is Giving Away a 14-Day Road Trip Across Australia or New Zealand

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    New South Wales Residents Are Urged to Avoid Non-Essential Travel and Gatherings

    Community transmission in venues such as hotels, restaurants and gyms, and at social gatherings, is "of particular concern".

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    Victoria's State of Emergency Has Been Extended for an Additional Four Weeks

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    Metropolitan Melbourne Residents Are Now Required to Wear Masks and Facial Coverings

    If you leave the house for one of the four permitted reasons and you don't cover your face, you'll be fined $200.

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    The Localist: Greater Western Sydney

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    The Localist: Inner City

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    The Localist: Southern Sydney

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    Instead of travelling across the city to hike and pickup takeaway coffee, the government is saying you should be visiting your closest park or cafe.

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    Holiday Here This Year

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    Sydneysiders Who Visited the Crossroads Hotel Have Been Told to Self-Isolate for Two Weeks

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    Western Australia's Kalbarri National Park Is Now Home to a 100-Metre-High Skywalk Over a Gorge

    The $24 million project overlooks the park's Murchison Gorge via two cantilevered platforms.

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    Metropolitan Melbourne Residents Are Now Encouraged to Wear Masks When Leaving Their Homes

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    Two of Victoria's Major Snow Resorts Have Closed Again — Just Weeks After Reopening

    Despite being outside of Victoria's lockdown area, the resorts have stopped the ski lifts.

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    More Than 200,000 Australians Are Hoping to Enter Queensland This Week

    So, if you're planning to make the trip north — or you're heading home to the Sunshine State — expect plenty of congestion and delays.

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    TAFE Victoria Has Expanded Its Free Courses If You Want to Upskill During Lockdown (Again)

    If you're eligible, you could learn about nursing, cyber security or plumbing without paying a cent.

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    Ridesharing Service DiDi Is Offering Half-Price Rides Every Weekday for the Rest of July

    If you don't want commute to work via public transport or bike, you can rideshare — for cheap.

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    NSW Government Has Warned Sydneysiders Not to Visit Towns Near the Victorian Border

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    Victoria Will Reintroduce Strict Stay-at-Home Orders for All of Metropolitan Melbourne for Six Weeks

    The new lockdown will come into place at 11.59pm on Wednesday, July 8 — but there are some differences this time.

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    Sip the nectar of the gods, dine in an old farmhouse and sleep in a castle.

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    The NSW-Victoria Border Will Close from Midnight on July 7 for the First Time in 100 Years

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    Brisbane Just Shivered Through Its Coldest Morning of 2020 So Far

    The city's minimum temperature hit 3.8 degrees at the airport and 7.6 in the CBD.

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