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Victoria will enter a "short, sharp circuit-breaker" lockdown for five days amid fears the highly infectious UK strain of coronavirus has spread in the community.

MELBOURNE AIRPORT HOLIDAY INN OUTBREAK* Thirteen COVID-19 cases have been linked to the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport, with hundreds of close contacts in isolation* Genetic testing has confirmed the virus is the highly-infectious B.1.1.7 UK variant* Anyone who visited Jetstar (Terminal 4) at Melbourne Airport on Tuesday between 4.45am...

Controversial celebrity chef and conspiracy theorist Pete Evans has joined forces with a bankrupt politician to run for federal parliament.

President Joe Biden says he has watched coverage of Donald Trump's impeachment trial and thinks "some minds may have been changed" after prosecutors showed gripping and graphic video of the January 6 siege of the US Capitol.

Australia's first shipment of coronavirus vaccines has been formally approved and will arrive in the country within weeks.

A 7.7 magnitude undersea earthquake has struck the South Pacific region, triggering a brief tsunami warning for Australia and New Zealand that was cancelled, with no immediate reports of damage.

South Australia will push ahead with important arts and sporting events over the coming weeks despite closing the border with Victoria in response to a growing cluster of COVID-19 cases in Melbourne.

A third worker and second released guest of Melbourne's Holiday Inn quarantine hotel have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases linked to the outbreak to eight.

Crown Resorts may have to "blow itself up" to save itself after a damning report found it wasn't fit to run a Sydney casino, the head of the NSW gaming regulator has said.

It could take six years for the world to be vaccinated against COVID-19, so jabs must be shared with developing countries to ensure "more sinister" strains don't emerge, an infectious disease expert says.