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Victorian premier announces death of woman in her 90s as 10 new NSW cases linked to Crossroads Hotel cluster in south-western Sydney suburb of Casula. Follow the latest news and updatesNSW won’t shut down despite risks of large venuesFollow live news from around the worldSign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email 3.23am BST Federal court judge John Middleton has warned administrators of Virgin Australia that they need to be “full and frank” with creditors to avoid putting the sale of the stricken airline at risk.Middleton last week refused a request from some of the bondholders in Virgin, who in total are owed some $2bn, for access to a sale agreement the administrators, partners at accounting firm Deloitte, have struck with US private equity group Bain Capital.It is important that proper preparation be made for the meeting of creditors in August 2020.This will obviously require the administrators to be full and frank with the creditors, and to provide sufficient information to enable the creditors to make an informed decision on the matters for resolution at the meeting of creditors. 3.17am BST Gunner also told reporters that the ban on people travelling to the NT from Sydney would be reviewed in four weeks, but he will not make any promises on lifting it at that stage. It will depend on the NSW numbers. Continue reading...

Attack happened about 2pm on Saturday afternoon while man was diving off Indian HeadA man has died after being attacked by a shark while spearfishing off Queensland’s Fraser Island.The attack happened about 2pm on Saturday while the man, 36, was diving off Indian Head on the eastern side of the island. Continue reading...

Victorian health minister says more than 10,000 people have refused to be tested for Covid-19. Follow livePeople released from Melbourne hotel quarantine test positive Victoria records 77 new cases as cluster emerges in Melbourne’s northEverything we know about Victoria’s clustersFollow the global coronavirus live blogDownload the Guardian app to get the most important news notifications 9.29am BST Lawyers have warned that the policing of Melbourne’s 10 locked down postcodes could lead to an increase in police targeting marginalised communities, Melissa Davey reports.Daniel Nguyễn, the advocacy coordinator of the Police Accountability Project, said:We are concerned that this militarisation and policing crackdown will disproportionately impact communities already weary of being targeted and exacerbate their sense of isolation during this lockdown. Related: Victoria police enforcement of Covid-19 lockdown risks harming vulnerable communities 9.14am BST Here’s the official update on coronavirus cases in WA. There are no new cases recorded today.This is our WA COVID-19 update for Friday, 3 July 2020.For official information on COVID-19 in WA, visit https://t.co/rf5avD4RYphttps://t.co/ebrZYRhHMK pic.twitter.com/koVrvdwuKS Continue reading...

Guardian Australia brings together all the latest on active and daily new Covid-19 cases, as well as maps, statistics, live data and state by state graphs from NSW, Vic, Queensland, SA, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT to get a broad picture of the Australian outbreak and track the impact of government responseCoronavirus world mapCoronavirus cases and deaths over time: how countries compare around the worldSign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsDue to the difference in reporting times between states, territories and the federal government, it can be difficult to get a current picture of how many confirmed cases of coronavirus there are in Australia.Here, we’ve brought together all the figures in one place, along with comparisons with other countries. Continue reading...

Inquest into deaths of Nicole Nyholt and Margaret Clark finds Brian Andrew Scutt ignored warnings not to driveThe man who crashed his ute into a Queensland cafe, sparking an explosion that killed two people and seriously injured more than a dozen others, should not have been behind the wheel, a coroner says.Brian Andrew Scutt suffered an epileptic seizure and lost consciousness before veering off the road and slamming into the Serves You Right Cafe in Ravenshoe in June 2015. Continue reading...

WWF Australia says after new analysis that federal department is failing to enforce environmental lawsMore than a million hectares of threatened species’ habitat was cleared for agriculture in New South Wales and Queensland without referral to the federal environment department for assessment, according to new analysis by WWF Australia.Data for land-clearing in both states suggests the department is failing to ensure developers and farming operations are following environmental laws, according to the analysis. Continue reading...

Queensland declares southern state a ‘hotspot’ while South Australia reconsiders decision to reopen its border Follow the global liveblogSign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsThe Victorian government has announced it will extend its state of emergency for at least four more weeks and ramp up its police enforcement of lockdown rules after a spike in Covid-19 cases.The surge has also prompted neighbouring South Australia to reconsider its decision to reopen its border, while Queensland has declared all of greater Melbourne a Covid-19 hotspot. Continue reading...

How far can you drive and what are the travel restrictions in NSW, Queensland and Victoria? How many people can you have over at your house in Tasmania, ACT, SA, WA or NT? Untangle Australia’s Covid-19 laws and guidelines with our guideStage 3 coronavirus restrictions: Australia to allow more than 100 indoors from JulySign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsAustralians have been slowly emerging from Covid-19 lockdowns since the federal government announced a three-stage plan in May to ease restrictions across the country.It is up to each state and territory to decide when and how far they will relax restrictions. Continue reading...

Researchers say the Queensland dinosaur predates its more famous ‘cousin’ the T rex by about 90 million yearsGiant carnivorous dinosaurs the length of a bus wandered south-east Queensland about 160 million years ago, new research shows.Analysis of fossilised footprints by a University of Queensland research team has shone new light on the diversity of dinosaur life during the mid-to-late Jurassic period. Continue reading...

Researchers have pioneered a new way of calculating the large green sea turtle population on Raine Island in the Great Barrier Reef. Using drones and a stripe of white paint on the back of adult turtles, the researchers from the Raine Island Recovery Project estimated there were 64,000 endangered green turtles at the Raine Island rookery. The new count shows there may be 1.73 times the number of turtles previously believed and they have now been able to adjust historical data to paint a more accurate picture of the area’s endangered green turtle population Continue reading...

Planned protests at a time of social distancing draw criticism, including from Scott Morrison, as Melbourne school student tests positiveNSW to allow NRL crowds in standsNSW police could arrest protesters in groups over 500‘Shocking’: Lancet retracts paper that halted hydroxychloroquine trialsFollow the global coronavirus live blogDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notifications 10.08am BST The Age newspaper in Melbourne has issued an apology for its front page story this morning, which claimed without evidence that Black Lives Matter protesters had threatened “police command with spitting, inflammatory chanting and other forms of physical abuse” ahead of tomorrow’s demonstration. After significant backlash, the paper said in a “clarification” added to a re-written version of the story: The headline and opening paragraphs of the original version of this story reported concerns within the Victorian Government about the potential for some activists to provoke physical confrontation with police during planned protests.The story fell short of The Age’s editorial values and standards and caused understandable offence to many members of the community. 9.46am BST To give you an idea of how last minute this legal challenge was, the lights in the court room have just turned off automatically. It’s 6.40pm, 3 hours and 10 minutes after we started. Continue reading...

Creatures’ attempts are in vain, and as they are unable to burrow through the fish’s ribcage, the eels become trapped in the gut of their captorIt’s no secret that nature can be brutal and violent, but a new Queensland Museum report on the death of some snake eels reads more like the plot of a horror movie than a scientific paper.Snake eels are a family of eel species that live most of their lives burrowed in the soft sand on the floor of the ocean. Continue reading...

Queensland health confirms 30-year-old Nathan Turner, who had serious health issues, did not die of coronavirus but actual cause is still unknownSign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsThe Queensland man thought to be Australia’s youngest Covid-19 victim has tested negative to the virus after his death.Nathan Turner’s death last week had baffled authorities and placed residents in his central Queensland town of Blackwater on notice after an initial coronavirus test following his death returned a positive result. Continue reading...

Scientists prepare to examine sewage in attempt to try to find the source of a Covid-19 infection that killed Nathan TurnerSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsPassengers on the ill-fated Ruby Princess cruise ship have been sent another warning from the New South Wales health department, that they could have been exposed to tuberculosis.The Ruby Princess voyage that arrived in Sydney on 19 March is responsible for about 10% of all coronavirus infections in Australia, and the bungled management of the outbreak has sparked two separate inquiries. Continue reading...

UQ chancellor Peter Varghese says he is concerned with the outcome of the disciplinary action against student activist Drew Pavlou A student activist highly critical of the University of Queensland’s ties to Beijing has been handed a two-year suspension from the institution. Drew Pavlou faced a disciplinary hearing on 20 May at the university over 11 allegations of misconduct, detailed in a confidential 186-page document, reportedly linked to his on-campus activism supporting Hong Kong and criticising the Chinese Communist Party. Continue reading...

Mining magnate adds Queensland challenge to existing action against Western Australia coronavirus closureThe mining magnate, Clive Palmer, has instructed his lawyers to commence a high court challenge against the Queensland government’s ongoing border closure.The court on Thursday afternoon heard that a similar case launched by Palmer, challenging the Western Australia border closure, would likely take at least six weeks to proceed to a hearing in mid-July. Continue reading...

Police were responding to the death of a 49-year-old man, who is understood to be the father of the pairTwo teenagers discovered malnourished and naked by police in a suburban Brisbane home on Wednesday are being treated in hospital.According to reports, police had been responding to the sudden death of a 49-year-old man when they found the male teenagers, aged 17 and 19, after hearing sounds from within a locked bedroom. Continue reading...

Farvardin Daliri built the 750kg sculpture, which laughs, to bring joy to the community An Australian man has used his time in lockdown to create a 750kg sculpture of a laughing kookaburra that he says will bring joy to the community in bleak times.Dr Farvardin Daliri, an academic and artist, debuted the huge bird this week on the streets of Brisbane, and will soon take it north to the Townsville Cultural Festival. Continue reading...