New Caledonia has voted against independence from France for a second time, after 10,000 votes separated the two sides in the referendum. 

Voter participation was four percent higher than the referendum of 2018.

Paris and its three neighbouring departments were announced to be in “maximal warning zone” last night for a period of two weeks after the coronavirus cases increased dangerously since August.

All the bars will have to be closed from Tuesday this week, universities will have to reduce the  numbers of students on campus simultaneously but restaurants will still be open with maximum precautions.

Chinese company CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles, which won the contract to build 65 new high capacity metro trains for Melbourne in 2016 has been identified as a potential beneficiary of Uighur labour.

Victoria has recorded 9 new cases of coronavirus overnight.

No deaths have been recorded in the state for the last 24 hours. 

This is the first time in almost three weeks that the state has recorded  zero deaths in a 24-hour period.

Data from the Office of Liquor and Gaming has revealed that $293 million dollars was spent on gambling and pokie machines in Queensland this July.

Experts claim that the spike is linked to the government’s Jobseeker and Jobkeeper stimulus packages.

As Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and opposition Leader Deb Frecklington are about to enter the formal campaign stage of the state election, the State opposition is offering to cut land tax by 75 per cent on selected projects to create a “build to rent” scheme in Queensland that should “drag Queensland out of recession”.