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A lone woman, wearing a protective face mask, walks across an unusually quiet city centre bridge on the first day of a lockdown as the state of Victoria looks to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, July 16, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Australia's biggest states open borders in time for Christmas season

Victoria on Friday downgraded all virus hotspots in its neighbour to safe for the first time in months, and also permitted unvaccinated New South Wales citizens to enter without quarantine

Melbourne toasts end of long Covid lockdown
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Melbourne toasts end of long Covid lockdown

People wear protective face masks in the city centre during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, September 28, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Melbourne to ease world's longest Covid-19 lockdowns as vaccinations rise

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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Melbourne, tremors rattle southeast Australia

A healthcare professional prepares a dose of the Pfizer coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine as high-risk workers receive the first vaccines in the state of Victoria's rollout of the program, in Melbourne, Australia, February 22, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders/File Photo
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Melbourne extends Covid lockdown; 'no jab, no job' in Sydney

A woman walks past a "Stay Safe Melbourne" sign on a mostly-empty city centre street on the first day of a seven-day lockdown as the state of Victoria looks to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Melbourne, Australia, May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders/File Photo
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Melbourne joins Sydney in lockdown as Covid-19 spreads in Australia

Kishwar created Kingfish Ceviche with pickled rainbow vegetables, angry jam and herb oil. Photo: Collected
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MasterChef Australia: Kishwar creates ‘Kingfish Ceviche’ inspired by Melbourne’s art scene

A woman walks past a "Stay Safe Melbourne" sign on a mostly-empty city centre street on the first day of a seven-day lockdown as the state of Victoria looks to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Melbourne, Australia, May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders/File Photo
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Australia finds highly infectious Delta variant in Melbourne virus outbreak

FILE PHOTO: People walk past a cafe after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were eased for the state of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia, October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders
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Melbourne enters new lockdown, crowds barred from Australian Open

Tables at an open restaurant are seen mostly deserted on a quiet morning at the waterfront of the Sydney Opera House, where scheduled public performances have been cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Sydney, Australia, March 18, 2020/ Reuters
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Melbourne welcomes first international flight in five months as coronavirus curbs ease

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End of Melbourne lockdown paves way for crowds at cricket, tennis

A woman carrying a child, holds a box of donated goods, at a showground that was turned into an unofficial evacuation centre, in the town of Cobargo, New South Wales, Australia, January 12, 2020/ Reuters
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Australian city wakes to another lockdown as more state borders close

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Australia’s second-biggest city under new virus lockdown