Terming the criticism he has been receiving for travelling between Canberra and Sydney over the Father’s Day weekend despite COVID-19 lockdown as a “cheap shot", Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended himself, saying that the health authorities exempted him since he is an “essential worker”.

Australian PM brushes aside criticism for Father’s Day trip to Sydney amid lockdown

Doctors in Australia have cautioned the government against easing of curbs on novel coronavirus saying that the health system may ''capsize.'' The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called for new modelling to check if staffing levels in hospitals can withstand an expected surge in cases when lockdown rules ease.

'Permanent cycle of crisis': Australian doctors warn against easing of COVID-19 curbs

Australian authorities began doling out emergency COVID-19 vaccine supplies on Thursday in the Sydney suburbs worst hit by an outbreak of the fast-moving Delta strain, as the country reported its biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 infections.

Sydney vaccine rollout sped up as Australia's COVID-19 cases hit high

More than five million people in Australia's second-biggest city of Melbourne were ordered into a snap week-long lockdown Thursday over an another Coronavirus outbreak in the city.

Melbourne goes under 7-days long snap lockdown

Authorities in Melbourne are set to end the five-day lockdown after no new cases were reported on Wednesday. Authorities said the lockdown would be lifted at 11.

Melbourne to end coronavirus lockdown after 'short, sharp circuit-breaker'

About 2 million Australians begun their first full day of a strict coronavirus lockdown on Monday following the discovery of one case in the community in Perth, capital of Western Australia state, but no new cases have since been found.

Two million Australians in lockdown after one coronavirus case found

Hundreds of surfers are back in the water at Bondi on the first morning since the beach was closed five weeks ago due to COVID-19 restrictions.

This is how Bondi beach looks like today in Australia