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Authorities set to extend Victoria's lockdown as a worrying transmission trend emerges; another hotel quarantine failure with a person infected in Perth and Ash Barty defeats Bernarda Pera in three sets at the French Open.

Melbourne's COVID-19 cluster continues to grow, with an additional three community cases reported, A crew member from a ship docked at a terminal in Perth’s south tests positive for COVID-19, The Australian Olympic softball team arrives in Japan ahead of the postponed Tokyo Games.

Melbourne's COVID-19 cluster continues to grow, with an additional three community cases reported, The aged care sector once again under national scrutiny in Australia, Australian tennis players not having much luck at the French Open.

Debate continues over how best to manage Melbourne's ongoing rise in coronavirus cases; former Attorney- General Christian Porter discontinues defamation action; tennis world. no 2 Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open. 

Labor criticises the federal government for allowing aged care staff to work across multiple facilties, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia and New Zealand are continuing to roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the Pacific, Changes to Supernetball season due to COVID.

Two aged care homes in Melbourne have reported an infected worker as the state records five new community COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is in New Zealand for the first face-to-face meeting with his counterpart in over a year. In tennis Naomi Osaka receives her first fine.

Two aged care homes in Melbourne have reported an infected worker as the state records 11 new community COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is in New Zealand for the first face-to-face meeting with his counterpart in over a year. In tennis Naomi Osaka receives her first fine.

The Prime Minister is in New Zealand for official meetings, for the first time in over year; Victoria enters day four of COVID-19 lockdown; the tennis French Open is underway and world no. 4 Dominic Thiem goes home early.

A Melbourne aged care residence in lockdown after one of its workers tests positive to COVID-19; Victoria's Treasurer Tim Pallas says multiple requests for help have been ignored by his federal counterpart Josh Frydenberg and in football, Chelsea defeats Manchester City in the Champions League final. 

Victoria's COVID-19 cluster grows as anti-lockdown protests turn violent, the Prime Minister leaves behind virus controversy for talks across the Tasman in New Zealand, and in sport, the Bombers prevail in a major AFL boilover upsetting West Coast.