The last time Victoria recorded a lower number of new daily infections was on June 24, when the state recorded 20 infections. That was the beginning of Victoria's second wave; just a week later, the state would record 75 infections ...
A Bondi Junction house party has turned into an expensive night out after NSW Police said the occupants and 24 guests would each be fined $1000 for breaching coronavirus restrictions.
NSW Police said on Saturday that "officers from Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command were called to a home on Oxford Street, near York Road, Bondi Junction, following noise complaints and reports of a party".
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