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Soper: Outrageous timing for Australia to resume deportations
COMMENT: The prison planes are on their way here again.
Kiwi cleared: NRL school sex bans overturned
Kiwi international has NRL deregistration overturned on appeal.
Revealed: Taxpayers' legal bill for Christchurch terrorist
Details of the legal work and some of the taxpayer costs for the case have been released.
Confirmed Covid case at Sydney casino sparks fear of second wave
Casino confirms a person who visited the complex has tested positive for coronavirus.
Another 177 Covid cases today in Victoria
Another shocking number as Victoria battles fresh outbreak.
Oz outbreak worsens: Second pub closed as NSW virus cluster grows
Authorities have confirmed new coronavirus cases in NSW linked to Melbourne.
'Selfish consumerism': Family slammed for toilet paper hoard
A garage almost stacked to the roof with toilet paper has lead to harsh backlash.
Deportations resume: Kiwis kicked out of Australia from this week
Dedicated facility has been set up to allow deportees to isolate for 14 days.
Top secret: Govt won't reveal where deported Kiwi crims will be isolated
Health Minister Chris Hipkins says they want any charge for quarantine to be fair.
Covid-19: Victoria 'will regret' not enforcing a stricter lockdown
Expert gives state only a 50/50 chance of eliminating Covid under current restrictions.
Covid superspreader: Woman infects 71 people in 60 seconds
Asymptomatic woman did everything right still managed to cause a huge cluster.
Covid-19: 'Fundamental screw-ups' that doomed Victoria
COMMENT: One Aussie state is dealing with a crisis that threatens the entire nation.
Isolation facility set up for deportees from Australia
At least 19 deportees are expected to return this week on a charter flight.
Christopher Niesche: Will Aussie mortgage holiday extension delay the inevitable?
Almost 900,000 home borrowers and businesses have deferred AU$266 billion worth of loans.
Covid-19: Sydney residents prepare for second lockdown
Sydney residents are convinced a second wave of Covid-19 is on the way.
NSW starts charging for hotel quarantine - other states to follow
A family-of-four will have to pay $5000 in NSW as other states look to follow suit.
Friends remember 'beautiful, smart' teen shark attack victim
Mani Hart-Deville, 15, was surfing with friends when he was bitten by a shark.
'Why would you want non-white sperm?': Inside medicine's racist culture
Doctors are there to look after you but medical students say racism and bullying are rife.
Silenced: Kiwi stars' dreams to win The Voice shattered
They have been denied travel exemptions to compete in the Australian singing show.
Teen dead in shark attack: 17-year-old surfer killed in NSW
A teen has died after suspected shark attack on the NSW mid north coast.
Covid-19 in Australia: Pub closed after five virus cases
Sydney health officials warn we are now at a "critical point" of containment.
'Biggest they've ever been': Victoria records 216 new cases, man in 90s dies
Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Victoria; virus is now in 'every part' of Melbourne.
Majority of Kiwis want borders closed until virus contained - poll
80 per cent support keeping NZ's border closed until the virus is contained elsewhere.
New cases spike in Australia, Govt halves number of citizens allowed to return home
The move is a bid to take pressure off the country's quarantine capacity.
Busted: Late-night KFC run costs group $27,000
A late-night KFC run has cost a group of "selfish" revellers a whopping $27,484.
'Ugly number': Victoria records 288 new Covid-19 cases
Victoria has recorded a massive spike in Covid -19 cases, with 288 new infections.
Australia ends Hong Kong extradition treaty, extends visas
Scott Morrison has announced a range of visas are to be extended from two to five years.
Covid-19: Outbreaks merge to form Melbourne mega-cluster
Investigators say Al-Taqwa College cluster and public housing towers outbreak connected.
Holiday horror: How family trip turned into a devastating murder case
It began as a shared holiday between cousins but it ended in tragedy with one dead.
Covid-19: Where Victoria infections are rising
Increasing Covid infections among crucial sector in Melbourne has expert worried.
Two options for NZ subsidiary of scandal-plagued Wirecard
Next steps for the global payments group's local operation.
Virus surges in Victoria with 617 cases: What NZ needs to learn from Melbourne
An epidemiologist based in Melbourne says we need to learn from their mistakes.
Last-minute scramble to screen Jetstar passengers from Melbourne
Mum who caught a flight from Melbourne to Sydney says the entire process was a shambles.