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Storm's Welch fined for NRL bubble breach

Melbourne prop Christian Welch has been fined $20,000, with half of that suspended, by the NRL for breaking the Storm's biosecurity bubble.

Vaccine for everyone in US by April: Trump

US President Donald Trump says he expects to have available enough doses of a coronavirus vaccine for everyone in the country by April.

French virus cases hit new daily record

France has reported 13,215 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours - a new daily record.

US forecasters run out of hurricane names

US forecasters have ran out of traditional names for storms, forcing them to begin using the Greek alphabet for only the second time since the 1950s, with more than two months left in the record-shattering hurricane season.

Latest snapshot of the coronavirus impact

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS* Victoria recorded 45 new virus cases and five further deaths, taking the state's toll to 750 and the national toll to 837.

Virus cluster grows in southeast Melbourne

The race is on to contain a coronavirus outbreak linked to residents of five outer-Melbourne households, who breached restrictions to see each other.

Fines for no-show wedding caterer

A wedding nightmare became reality when a caterer failed to show up at a reception in Western Australia.

Job hunt rules doubled for dole recipients

Unemployed Australians will soon need to look for eight jobs each month or face cuts to their JobSeeker payments.

Young Aussie men most likely to drown

Young Australian men taking risks and overestimating their abilities are continuing to put themselves at risk of drowning, a new report says.

Medical care plan extended for six months

Telehealth, home delivery of medicines and hospital services already boosted to deal with the coronavirus pandemic will be extended to the end of March 2021.

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