Tougher coronavirus restrictions remain likely for Victoria despite a slowing of the infection spread.

Queensland remains weeks behind other states on the coronavirus curve and infections might not peak until September, the premier warns.

Two more people have died from coronavirus in NSW, including an elderly man who had been a cruise ship passenger, taking the state's COVID-19 death toll to 12.

Childcare operators and parents are preparing for the new regime of free care during the coronavirus crisis.

A drug for HIV patients has arrived in Australia to be used in a national trial to treat COVID-19.

Australians will from next week be able to tap and pay for things up to $200 without using their PIN, following a change designed bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

People unable to leave home to buy groceries during the coronavirus crisis are being helped by a host of people heralded as angels.

Australians staying at home and keeping their distance from each other has halved the number of coronavirus cases from earlier expectations.

The Morrison government has rejected calls for politicians and public servants to take a pay cut as the country deals with the economic fallout of coronavirus.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for a global crackdown on Chinese wild animal markets which are believed to be the source of the coronavirus pandemic.