The COVID-19 virus may have spread across the Queensland border into NSW after two cases travelled to Byron Bay and visited venues popular with holidaying Sydneysiders while unknowingly infectious. 

They visited Byron Bay Beach Hotel on Friday, March 26 between 7.15pm and 8.30pm, and The Farm, Byron Bay on Sunday, March 28 between 8am and 9.30am. 

Climate activist group Extinction Rebellion wrapped up a national week of protests on Sunday, disrupting peak hour traffic with daily protests in States and Territories across the country. 

Former prime minister Paul Keating has reignited claims a rise in the superannuation guarantee is the only way Australians are going to be able to adequately afford retirement without overburdening the pension system.

The super guarantee is legislated to increase to 12 per cent by 2025 from 9.5 percent currently, but there is now a question as to whether the government will proceed with the rise.

A federal parliament IT disruption resulted in parliament staff being unable to access their email over the weekend. 

Assistant Defence Minister Andrew Hastie confirmed the Australian Signals Directorate is working with the Department of Parliamentary Services to investigate the issue. 

Suspected Islamist insurgents have attacked a convoy of fleeing civilians, including foreign workers, in Mozambique. Dozens of of people have been killed including seven who were ambushed trying to escape.

Hundreds are fleeing by car and boat as a result of the attacks, with reports that jihadists militants are to blame. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has declared greater Brisbane a hotspot from 5pm tonight, recommending that other States and Territories do the same, as Brisbane gets set to enter another 3-day lockdown starting this afternoon.