Two Richmond Tigers players have been arrested after being involved in a fight outside a Gold Coast strip club; Victoria has returned to double-digit coronavirus cases, but recorded another 59 deaths deaths to surpass a grim milestone; Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk defends her tough border restrictions.

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Brisbane expected to be announced as host of the 2020 AFL Grand Final; trade tensions with China escalate and Australia heads into recession.

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Victoria has experienced another double-digit day in coronavirus cases as the downward trend towards the end of Stage 4 continues; Queensland Police have apprehended a former bikie who flew to Brisbane from Victoria after testing positive for COVID-19; Government hits back at superannuation criticism.

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Victoria has recorded its lowest coronavirus case day in weeks, but there have also been 41 further deaths recorded; a female prison officer has been stabbed in the back in a “brutal attack” by an inmate at Sydney’s Silverwater Women’s Correctional Centre; a man has been shot dead in downtown Portland as supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed.

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Victoria has reported its deadliest day in the coronavirus pandemic with 21 new deaths in the 24-hour reporting period to 8pm Tuesday; the Royal Commission into Aged Care has been told that hundreds of older Australians will die prematurely because of the government's 'failure to act' to protect them from COVID-19; a major breakthrough in the cold case murder of New South Wales teen Michelle Bright has seen a man arrested and charged with murder.

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US President Donald Trump has been rushed from a press conference on the coronavirus pandemic after reports of gunshots fired outside the White House; a 21-year-old woman not wearing a face covering has been arrested after becoming aggressive with police; Morrison Government in talks to secure UK COVID-19 vaccine.

Police have arrested two men allegedly responsible for planning an anti-mask protest in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday; changes to JobKeeper will make the wage subsidy scheme available to hundreds of thousands more workers impacted by coronavirus; the cleanup begins following the Beirut explosion.

Melbourne is entering it's first full day in stage 4 lockdown, with non-essential stores and businesses in the metro area now closed for 6 weeks; a new health alert has been issued for Sydney after a restaurant patron tested positive for COVID-19; a Brisbane man is in an induced coma after being shot by police late yesterday.

An explosion in Beirut has claimed at least 70 lives, including one Australian, while other Australian Embassy staff are seriously injured; Another horror day in Victoria with a record number of cases and deaths; NSW sees a rise in ICU admissions as the state records new COVID cases; Queensland shuts the border to NSW and ACT.