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Victoria records a slight drop in new coronavirus infections with 1749 community cases, A joint party meeting planned for Tuesday to tackle Australia's target for net zero emissions. And in football, Penalties handed out for a heated English football match.

A coronavirus pandemic survey shows many Australians are sceptical about the federal government and states working well together; Climate policy top of the agenda for Federal politics; And in football,a joint partnership to support a safe 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Asylum seekers concerned after COVID outbreak in Melbourne hotel, Fully vaccinated Australians to enjoy quarantine-free travel to Queensland in December, Paula Badosa becomes third player to win the WTA Tour 1000 event.

Melbourne's COVID-19 lockdown to end early as the state's isolation rules change, An Independent Commission against Corruption hearing begins into the former NSW Premier, Play suspended between the Spurs and Newcastle United to treat a fan needing emergency care.

Melbourne's lockdown to end five days early but businesses want more; No decision from the National Party over a net zero by 2050 emissions target; And in sport, The International Olympic Committee faces more backlash over China's human rights record.

Melbourne's lockdown to end five days early; former New South Wales Labor leader Jodi McKay resigns from parliament and in sport, Ellyse Perry leads the sixers to a Big Bash victory over the Hurricanes.   

In this bulletin, Melbourne's lockdown to end on Thursday, with a raft of changes to Victoria's reopening roadmap, the New South Wales Premier doubles down on scrapping quarantine for international arrivals, and in sport, opposition grows to plans to hold football's World Cup every two years, instead of four.

In this bulletin, New South Wales passes a crucial vaccine milestone, the resort island of Bali hit by a deadly earthquake, and in sport, the Peter Moody-trained Incentivise takes out the $5 million Caulfield Cup..

A teenage girl one of seven new fatalites from Victoria's COVID-19 outbreak; no new coronavirus cases in Tasmania as the southern part of the state locks down and in tennis, Taylor Fritz scores the biggest win of his career at Indian Wells.  

In this bulletin, Victoria's Covid cases dip below 2000 but remain high as the state endures its last weekend in lockdown, police confirm the stabbing death of a British MP was a terrorist incident, and in sport, World No. 3 tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas knocked out of the competition at Indian Wells.