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   All AUS states have closed their borders to travellers from Victoria   
   and esp Melbourne.  To drive across the boarder from rural Victoria   
   into NSW requires filling out a govt permit and having a valid reason   
   to visit the state.  People who lie on what is virtually a statutory   
   declaration are subject to stiff penalties.  Unlike NY, stiff   
   penalties in Australia are carried out.  NSW has announced people who   
   lie about having been in Melbourne when they arrive are subject to 6m   
   in jail and/or a $1600 fine.   
      
   So it is with interest news outlets reported the first case of someone   
   trying to cross into NSW with a phony permit. He was arrested on the   
   spot and has made a first appearance in a rural court.   
      
   Declining a state-provided lawyer, an act usu associated with the most   
   totally stable of geniuses, the defendant told the judge the virus was   
   all a big fat hoax.  He then started a lecture series on how the   
   Australian Constitution does not permit the closure of borders anyway.   
      
   The judge apparently smothered a smile in between yawns and held the   
   fellow over for a day or 2 before sentencing. Maybe making some time   
   to go out back of the courthouse and do some tuneup work on his   
   book-pitching arm.   
      
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   someone else.   
   -- J. Paul Getty, 29 Aug 2017   
      
   Superannuation early withdrawals hit $25b as people start to double-dip   
   ABC News, 07 Jul 2020 05:46Z   
   The Tax Office has already approved at least $25 billion of early   
   superannuation withdrawals, just a couple of days into the second tranche of   
   the emergency COVID-19 hardship scheme.   
      
   Coronavirus turns family's short holiday into five-month ordeal   
   ABC/7.30, 07 Jul 2020 07:43Z   
   Gurdev Singh took his family to India for a three-week holiday in February.   
   Five months later they have only just gotten home - and their ordeal is not   
   over yet.   
      
   Australians at risk of arbitrary arrest in China, Government warns   
   ABC News, 07 Jul 2020 07:44Z   
   The Federal Government issues new travel advice warning Australians they   
   could face "arbitrary detention" if they go to mainland China.   
      
   BREAKING: Victoria has recorded another 134 covid19 cases in the past   
   24 hrs. 75 cases have been detected in the 9 locked town towers.  It's   
   been reported most hospitals in Melbourne have medical staff that have   
   tested +ve. Elsewhere the bungles continue with 4 aircraft arriving in   
   Syd from Meld yest screening some but allowing other passengers to   
   disembark without any scrutiny. Commentators are gob-smacked after the   
   Ruby Princess case that sparked the largest spike in Australia at the   
   start of the epidemic. Authorities have not been able to trace all   
   passengers and have called on anyone returning from Melb to put   
   themselves into 14 days self-isolation and get tested if they have any   
   flu-like symptoms. At least 3 passengers that were tracked down have   
   refused to be tested and are now under arrest.   
      
   Outback to the future: 'Flying cars' to take to the skies in western NSW   
   ABC Western Plains, 07 Jul 2020 20:32Z   
   It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's a flying car - western NSW town chosen as   
   the test site for a new passenger drone.   
      
   Each year, 65,000 people become a 'silent' statistic. Graeme is one of them   
   ABC News, 07 Jul 2020 19:10Z   
   For every death by suicide, as many as 30 others attempt to end their life.   
   Australia has a suicide problem - it seems we can all agree on that - but   
   when it comes to solutions, the verdict isn't so clear.   
      
   Cross-border confusion as vital bridge shut down without warning   
   ABC Goulburn Murray, 08 Jul 2020 07:02Z   
   Locals say "no-one was told" a crucial link between two communities would be   
   barricaded overnight, prompting fears for the safety of residents who are   
   now cut off from essential services.   
      
   Thousands at risk of dud insurance in their super as they lose work   
   ABC News, 08 Jul 2020 20:07Z   
   Hundreds of thousands of Australians who have lost work or hours due to   
   COVID-19 could soon be exposed to dud insurance through their superannuation   
   funds, warns a leading consumer rights group.   
      
   'It feels chaotic': Albury-Wodonga locals adapt to border closure but fear   
   worst is to come   
   ABC News, 08 Jul 2020 20:06Z   
   Drought, bushfires, the first lockdown and now the border closure have meant   
   an unrelenting test of the mettle of the residents of Albury-Wodonga, with   
   lives and businesses severely disrupted - but the community is proving its   
   unwavering resilience.   
      
   BREAKING: Vic recorded 165 new cases of covid19 in the past 24 hrs.   
   All testing completed in 9 locked-down public housing towers.  With   
   some test results yet to come 111 residents have tested +ve so far.   
      
   Hospital staff and aged care workers among 165 new Victorian coronavirus cases   
   ABC News, 09 Jul 2020 04:27Z   
   Victoria records another 165 cases of coronavirus, including several   
   hospital and aged care workers, on the first day of a six-week lockdown in   
   Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire.   
      
   Police called as hundreds ignore social-distancing in massive queue outside   
   Sydney pub   
   ABC News, 09 Jul 2020 04:27Z   
   Police are called to The Golden Sheaf in Double Bay after large crowds queue   
   to get in to the iconic venue last night in a situation local MP Dave Sharma   
   described as "not OK".   
      
   The school that went from one to 113 coronavirus cases in 13 days   
   ABC Investigations, 09 Jul 2020 04:28Z   
   Al-Taqwa College, in Melbourne's outer west, has become the site of a   
   coronavirus cluster which is now linked to 113 cases. Principal Omar   
   Hallak says the outbreak was "out of our hands".   
      
   BREAKING: At a press conf Prem Andrews announced about 2500 tests have   
   been done for residents at 9 housing towers in N Mel, with 159   
   residents testing positive. Tests are now likely to be conducted at   
   another 6 towers.   
      
   BREAKING: Only 1 of the 9 public housing towers have a significant   
   number of covid19 cases. 2 towers have been released from lock-down   
   because 0 cases were detected.  Another 6 towers have low levels of   
   cases and will be released in the next 24 hrs.  The remaining tower   
   will be treated as if it was an aged care home.  Up to 25% of   
   residents in the tower are expected to test +ve to the virus. Families   
   in the 7 +ve towers with members that have the virus will be "strongly   
   encouraged" medical evacuation to quarantine hotels for 14 days or   
   allowed to stay out the remainder of their quarantine in their apt.   
      
   United eyes mass layoffs as coronavirus creates 'worst crisis' in airline   
   history   
   Yahoo Finance, 08 Jul 2020 15:36Z   
   United Airlines Holdings (UAL) warned on Wednesday that it may be forced to   
   furlough as many as 36,000 workers, or 45% of its workforce, as weak demand ...   
      
   Woodside Petroleum Limited   
   ASX:WPL - 9 Jul, 4:10 pm AEST   
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   Sony Corp   
   TYO:SONY - 9 Jul, 3:00 pm GMT+9   
      
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