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The Victorian government will move to extend its state of emergency powers until December 15, as more workers will be able to return to offices within days.

Liberal MP Craig Kelly is digging in against calls for him to stop spreading coronavirus misinformation that critics warn is undermining Australia's vaccination efforts.

The Reserve Bank has left its cash rate unchanged at a record low in its first board meeting of the year, but agreed to extend its bond buying program beyond April to keep long-term interest rates low.

Two mass fish farm escapes and the alleged theft of premium salmon from a Sydney plant has cost a Tasmanian aquaculture company several million dollars.

The Reserve Bank still does not expect to lift interest rates for a number of years, despite upgrading its economic forecasts.

Renewable wave technology that creates power by mimicking a blowhole will soon make a remote island off Tasmania even greener.

Medicinal cannabis oil is available to buy from Australian pharmacies without the need for a prescription, after the nation's medicine regulator eased restrictions.

West Australians are being urged to continue performing their "civic duty" and getting tested for COVID-19, after recording no new cases linked to a Perth hotel quarantine breach which has forced most residents into lockdown.

Almost one-in-three NSW teens have illegally gambled in the past year, most in the company of their parents or relatives, research shows.

A gold company manager who helped steal more than $3 million in a hairbrained heist says his employer was considered "the world's worst boss".