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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews gave the daily COVID-19 update on Sunday.
Victoria recorded 12 new cases and one death in the 24 hours to Sunday morning.
That's all for today everyone, thanks again for joining us for another hectic Sunday.
Before we go, here is a look back at some of the major developments:
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The last time it was so warm, Australia was in the grip of toilet paper fever
It was March 19 and the pubs were still open. So was the international border. Masks seemed absurd and pandemic-wary Melburnians were still outside soaking up 30 degrees and plenty of sunshine.
The day earlier, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced indoor gatherings of more than 100 people were banned and pleaded for us to "stop hoarding. I can't be more blunt about it".
So much worse was to come.
Hundreds of Sydneysiders again descended on the city’s beaches on Sunday, as temperatures warmed to 24 degrees in the afternoon and NSW recorded a ninth day without community transmission of COVID-19.
The long weekend has been one of the first tests for beachgoers and local authorities grappling with how to balance large crowds over summer with physical distancing requirements due to the pandemic.
A Waverley Council spokeswoman said that, while beaches were busy, everyone was relaxed and enjoying the sunshine while spreading out.
Melburnians are rushing to book getaways this summer in the hope that restrictions will be lifted in time to break free from the city for the Christmas holidays.
Some accommodation operators have reported strong demand for Christmas and January even though it remains unclear when Melburnians will be allowed to travel beyond the city limits.
Residents of regional Victoria are permitted to travel within the state outside of Melbourne.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said restrictions would be reviewed on October 19 but he stressed no changes would be made that risked spreading the virus into regional Victoria, which on Sunday had three active cases.
“So metro Melbourne really needs to get to the point where the risk is so low that you can basically allow movement across the state,” he said.
The inbox at the Great Northern Hotel was running hot last Sunday afternoon
Premier Daniel Andrews had just announced Melbourne could take its next step out of lockdown a week ahead of schedule and Melburnians, seizing on the dates, had one question for the Carlton North pub: Are you taking bookings for the grand final?
"We had about 80 emails," owner Alistair Carragher said.
"[A staff member] spent the day putting them all in a pile as they came in and sending emails back: 'Hey, we’d love to accommodate this but a) we’re not sure if we'll be allowed to open or b) what the numbers might be'."
The uncertainty is spread among hospitality businesses desperate to reopen and a footy-loving public already deprived of an AFL season and the street-level colour and banter of finals.
Like most school experiences in Melbourne this year, term four is going to be different
It begins on October 5 with a week of remote learning during which year 12s sit the General Achievement Test (GAT). In week two VCE, VCAL, specialist and prep to grade six students will start a staged return to their classrooms as Melbourne's hard lockdown restrictions slowly ease. Students in remaining secondary year levels will continue remote learning until public health advice changes.
While school staff, students and parents are exhausted after a year of unprecedented challenges and the arrival of remote learning, there's a sense of optimism too.
Bentleigh Secondary College principal Helene Hiotis said her senior students were excited about returning.
Washington: Donald Trump's doctor says the US President is not yet "out of the woods" but his medical team is "cautiously optimistic" about his COVID-19 recovery following a day of mixed messaging from the White House.
The update from White House physician Sean Conley came after Trump released a four-minute video filmed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in which he said he was feeling "much better now".
"I came here, wasn’t feeling so well," Trump said in the video, which he posted to Twitter on Saturday evening (Sunday AEST). "We’re working hard to get me all the way back, I have to be back because we still have to make America great again."
Looking paler than usual, Trump acknowledged the uncertainty about how his condition would evolve.
"You don’t know over the next period of a few days," he said. "I guess that’s the real test, so we’ll be seeing what happens over those next couple of days."
As the tears flowed again all I could do was ask why? Why, when I had dedicated so much of life to the country I love to call home, was I was being treated like a prisoner simply for the "crime" of being born overseas with immediate family in a different country?
I am a 42-year-old medical research scientist and the Australian hotel quarantine system caused my distress. Several weeks ago, I became one of the first Australian residents to speak out about the emotional harm and suffering that the ban on leaving the country was causing. But worse was to come
I was born in Germany and came to Australia in 2005 to complete my PhD. It was heartbreaking to say goodbye to my family and my friends but at the same time I was excited and full of joy – I had dreamed about Australia since I was a child.
I met my Australian husband and five years ago our son, Hendrix, was born. I was happy he would hold dual citizenship and would have two countries he could call home.
This year I was granted Australian citizenship. Then coronavirus hit. And my father died.
Research on cures for heart disease, stroke, cancer, brain injury and motor neurone disease are being paused or cancelled, and key researchers are losing their jobs, as the university revenue crunch starts to bite into science.
Scientists say the damage being done is likely to put a long-term dent in Australia's research capacity, right as the nation's researchers deal with threats ranging from the coronavirus pandemic to the climate crisis.
The pandemic has blown a $3 billion to $4.6 billion hole in the nation’s university budgets due to the loss of international students. Student fees pay for most of university research. That revenue shortfall has led universities to announce swinging cuts; between 17,000 and 21,000 jobs are expected to be lost, about 10 per cent of the full-time workforce.
So far, no public university has qualified for JobKeeper.
“I feel betrayed,” said Professor Grant Drummond, head of La Trobe University’s department of physiology, anatomy and microbiology.
The Department of Health and Human Services has added three possible cases of community transmission to its list.
Victoria recorded 12 new cases and one death, a man in his 80s, for Sunday with six of the cases still under investigation.
Six of the new cases were linked to known outbreaks or complex cases with three connected to the Butcher Club-Chadstone Shopping Centre outbreak and three were linked to the Electra Park Medical Centre in Ashwood.
Four of the new cases are in Monash with single cases in Boroondara, Glen Eira, Greater Dandenong, Melton, Whitehorse, Wyndham, Yarra Ranges and Mitchell Shire.
The death was linked to an aged care facility, 806 Victorians have died from COVID-19 during the pandemic.