Businesses will receive a fortnightly wage subsidy up to $1,500 per employee as part of a Federal Government bid to prevent millions of people from losing their jobs to the coronavirus pandemic. The subsidy is the central plank in a $130 billion economic stimulus package, the third and largest package the Government has announced in response to the coronavirus. Prime …

The health of Australians stuck at home is the focus of a $1.1 billion package to boost telehealth and tackle the hidden side effects of the pandemic such as domestic violence. All Australians will be able to consult a GP from home under expanded access to telehealth services such as phone consultations or video-conferencing. More money will go to domestic …

A 25-year-old woman claiming to be on her way to get tested for COVID-19 allegedly spat at police while resisting arrest after a car chase through south-west Sydney last night. Police in Greenacre attempted to stop an Audi on Greenacre Rd just after 5pm on Friday. As police did a U-turn, the Audi allegedly accelerated away, travelling at no less …

Actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson are back home in the United States, weeks after testing positive to coronavirus in Australia. The pair returned to Los Angeles reportedly by private jet on Friday. Hanks, 63, took to Twitter on Sunday AEDT to tell his fans they were back and continuing to stay safe from COVID-19. “Hey Folks … …

Tough new quarantine rules will force all international travellers arriving in Australia into a two-week isolation period in a hotel. It means Australians returning home will not be allowed to complete the mandatory 14-day self-isolation period at home, but will instead be taken straight to a state-run quarantine centre. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said more than two-thirds of Australia’s known …

Hollywood star Tom Hanks has shared an update on his health, a fortnight after he and his wife, Rita Wilson, were diagnosed with the coronavirus. But it’s Wilson’s own social media update that has really got everyone talking. A “quarantine stir crazy” Wilson has shared an impressive cover of Naughty By Nature’s 1992 rap hit Hip Hop Hooray with her nearly one …

The ACCC and NSW Fair Trading have weighed in after a shopper made a startling discovery in a western Sydney discount store. As the nation grapples with the impacts of the coronavirus crisis, some members of society are taking the opportunity to profit from the desperation of others. NSW shopper Liz detailed one such incident of profiteering to 7NEWS.com.au, revealing …

A 21-year-old has been charged after an alleged COVID-19 ‘prank’ on a police officer on the NSW mid-north coast. Police allege a man entered Coffs Harbour Police Station and approached a 71-year-old female general station officer about 2.30pm on Tuesday. The man is accused of deliberately coughing on the woman while pretending to be infected with COVID-19. Police allege his friend …

The race is on in laboratories across the globe to produce a vaccine for COVID-19. In the three months since the virus began its deadly spread, scientists have set off at a sprint to become the first to find a solution. There are now 335,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 15 thousand lives worldwide. …

Australian shares plunged by nearly 7 per cent on opening after global markets tumbled again overnight as US President Donald Trump’s ban on European travellers rattled investors. The ASX 200 index has since recovered slightly, and was down 4.7 per cent to 5,055 points by 10:58am AEDT. It comes after Wall Street’s Dow Jones index fell 2,353 points (or 10 per …