New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed the state will reintroduce some restrictions for pubs and clubs after a recent spike in COVID cases; hundreds of letters surrounding the dismissal of Gough Whitlam have released to the public after a lengthy and costly court battle; and Victoria has hit its ninth day of triple-digit COVID-19 cases, with 270 recorded on Tuesday.

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Victoria has recorded more than a week in triple-digit coronavirus cases, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews confirming 177 new cases on Monday, bringing the state's total to 3967; the body of a five-month-old girl was found in her bassinette following a blaze at the home in Bargo on Sunday night; and a second $750 coronavirus stimulus payment will hit the bank accounts of eligible Australians from this week.

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A teenager has died after being mauled by a shark at Wooli Beach, north of Coffs Harbour; Victoria has recorded 216 new COVID-19 cases, taking the number of active cases in the state to 1,249; and three new cases of coronavirus in New South Wales have been linked to a man who visited a pub in Sydney.

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Long lines have formed on the Pacific Motorway into Queensland and the border reopens for the first time in nearly four months; residents have been able to leave eight Melbourne residential towers after five days in lockdown, while a ninth tower remains in hard lockdown as the number of cases soars; the search continues for actress Naya Rivera, feared drowned at a Californian lake where her son was found safe in a boat.

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Metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire are preparing for stage three lockdowns from 11.59pm on Wednesday; long queues have formed at the NSW-VIC border as Albury-Wodonga residents face the first day of the border closure; and Hollywood star Johnny Depp has denied accusations by his former wife Amber Heard that he had abused her in his defamtion battle against British tabloid The Sun.

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Residents who live on the NSW-Victoria border are preparing for the closure that comes into effect from early Wednesday morning; the number of active cases within Melbourne residential towers remains too high for authorities to end the lockdown; calls to raise the GST to help cover coronavirus fallout.

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The New South Wales and Victoria border will be closed from 12.01am on Wednesday - but an emergency public health order means Melburnians will be barred from crossing from midnight on Monday; the Australian Medical Association has called on other states to hold off easing further restrictions in light of the Melbourne outbreak; Victorian outbreak likely to stall nation's economic recovery.

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On the first day dozens of suburbs in Melbourne have been given Stay at Home orders, there have been 77 cases recorded across the state; two people have been killed after a fire broke out on a yacht in North Geelong; and Guy Sebastian's former manager has been arrested, accused of defrauding the singer out of $1.15 million.

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The Victorian Government may have no choice but to reinstate lockdown in coronavirus hotspots as it struggles to contain the outbreak; Australia announces $1.3b plan to boost cybersecurity; a fatal truck crash in Brisbane has caused peak-hour traffic chaos.

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Victoria has recorded the highest day of COVID-19 cases in almost three months, with a huge spike of 75 cases bringing the state total to 2099; Residents in New South Wales have been advised to effectively lock Melburnians out of their homes as pressure mounts on the government to shut the border; and coronavirus cases continue to rise in the Unites States, which now has the highest COVID-19 death toll in the world.

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