The border between Victoria and New South Wales will close for the first time in a century at midnight tonight; Covid superannuation withdrawals have far exceeded the government's predictions of $29 billion over two years; And quad bikes see record sales as farmers reap the benefits of the drought breaking and tax incentives.

Victoria braces for more coronavirus cases as tenants in locked down public housing towers struggle to obtain necessities; The Federal Government announces cash injection to revive Australia's domestic waste and recycling industry; And as the coronavirus crisis rolls on, it's becoming increasingly apparent that young people are bearing the brunt of the disruption and distress.

Life in Hong Kong changed this week with China’s parliament rushing through a sweeping new national security law, so what will it mean for freedom in Hong Kong and the city's future as a business hub?

In Sydney, residents of the inner west suburb of Balmain have been put on alert after a worker at a grocery store tested positive for COVID-19; Ghislaine Maxwell, has been arrested for her involvement in grooming girls for abuse; and five Indian police officers have been charged, over the deaths of two shop keepers.

HK residents will be offered to live, work and study in the UK after thousands took to the streets to protest against a new national security law imposed by China; Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery off WA's remote north west coast; and a hot, dense chunk of rock is giving an extraordinary new insight into how planets form.

36 Melbourne suburbs will go back into a four-week lockdown following a spike COVID-19 cases across the city; the Federal Government's revealed how it'll spend the first round of its $5 billion Future Drought Fund; and with a steady climb in COVID-19 infections, one official suggests that the US could see 100,000 new cases a day.

Australia has unveiled a new counter-offensive in the battle to fend off cyber attacks with $1.35 billion in re-directed defence funding; Hundreds of Commonwealth workers are being sent to Melbourne to help as the coronavirus outbreak there escalates; And why has a 50-million dollar Federal Government fund set up to help prepare communities for natural disasters like bushfires remained untouched?

Federal health authorities say multiple clusters of COVID 19 in Melbourne's suburbs aren't yet a 'second wave' of the virus; Manufacturers and scientists call for the Federal Government to rethink its planned billion dollar-cut to research and development funding; And Australian wool growers set to benefit as the fashion industry considers a post-pandemic focus on quality and sustainability.

The legal profession in Australia is trying to better support women after a study found 1 in 3 female lawyers have experienced sexual harassment at work, and it is the number one reason women leave the profession.

FIFA has announced that Australia and New Zealand will host the Women's Soccer World Cup in 2023; Professor Brendan Murphy leaves his role as Australia's chief medical officer; and Indonesia has reached 50,000 coronavirus cases.