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| The Victorian state capital Melbourne the second most populous city was locked down for four months earlier in the year as it battled a second wave of infections | Negative | SYDNEY Australias most populous city Sydney became further isolated from the rest of the country on Sunday after states closed borders and imposed quarantine measures on its residents as a coronavirus cluster in the city grew to around 70 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/sydney-virus-cluster-grows-border-restrictions-isolate-city-idUSKBN28U017 | 2020-12-20 |
| The message was clear the Fed is willing and capable of doing more if said Kerry Craig global market strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in Melbourne | Positive | SINGAPORE Stocks scaled record heights the dollar plumbed twoyear lows and oil prices hit their strongest since March on Thursday as monetary support and the hope of fiscal stimulus in the United States put traders in a festive mood | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-and-oil-soar-dollar-sinks-as-stimulus-beckons-idUSKBN28Q39Q | 2020-12-17 |
| Leifer who was the principal of an ultraOrthodox Jewish school in Melbourne has denied the allegations against her | Negative | JERUSALEM A former Australian school principal accused of sexually assaulting students lost her appeal against extradition in Israels Supreme Court on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-australia-leifer/israels-supreme-court-approves-extradition-of-sex-crime-suspect-to-australia-idUSKBN28P133 | 2020-12-16 |
| He said those newspapers and radio station did not have wide enough circulation in Victoria to taint potential jurors in Melbourne for Pells second trial | Negative | MELBOURNE An Australian court on Friday dismissed eight out of 87 contempt of court charges against media on their reporting of exVatican treasurer George Pells 2018 conviction for child sex assault | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-australia-abuse-pell-media/australian-media-trial-over-pell-reporting-to-continue-in-january-idUSKBN28E0HZ | 2020-12-04 |
| Traders need to assess their sterling exposures into the said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Neutral | Euro sits by more than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-heading-for-the-heavens-as-dollar-enters-purgatory-idUSL4N2IK00E | 2020-12-04 |
| It creates another trigger for the relationship to said Melissa Conley Tyler research fellow at the Asia Institute of the University of Melbourne | Neutral | SYDNEY Australias parliament on Thursday passed legislation giving the federal government power to veto any agreement struck with foreign states a move likely to anger China and intensify a bitter diplomatic spat between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china/australia-approves-tough-new-veto-powers-over-foreign-agreements-amid-china-row-idUSKBN28D0DU | 2020-12-03 |
| The outbreak was only contained after a stringent lockdown for more than 100 days in the state capital of Melbourne home to about 5 million people | Negative | SYDNEY Prime Minister Scott Morrison became Australias first leader on Monday to make an appearance before parliament by video link as he spends time in quarantine following a recent trip to Japan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/in-first-for-australia-prime-minister-speaks-to-parliament-on-video-link-idUSKBN28A0D4 | 2020-11-30 |
| MooreGilbert a specialist in Middle East politics at the University of Melbourne was detained in Iran in September 2018 and had been serving a 10year sentence for espionage | Negative | DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee/iran-swaps-jailed-british-australian-academic-with-iranians-held-abroad-tv-idUSKBN2852E0 | 2020-11-26 |
| MooreGilbert a specialist in Middle East politics at the University of Melbourne said after leaving Iran that she was grateful for the work done to gain her release | Positive | SYDNEY A BritishAustralian academic on Thursday thanked her supporters and diplomatic efforts to secure her freedom after she was released from jail in Iran following more than two years of imprisonment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee-australia/freed-british-australian-academic-thanks-supporters-after-iranian-release-idUSKBN28533O | 2020-11-26 |
| SYDNEY Australia has cancelled the citizenship of an Algerianborn Muslim cleric who was convicted of leading a terrorist cell that planned to bomb a football match in Melbourne in 2005 Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said on Wednesday | Negative | SYDNEY Australia has cancelled the citizenship of an Algerianborn Muslim cleric who was convicted of leading a terrorist cell that planned to bomb a football match in Melbourne in 2005 Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-australia-security/australia-cancels-citizenship-of-muslim-cleric-in-local-first-idUSKBN2850LR | 2020-11-25 |
| The SydneytoMelbourne is the worlds secondbusiest air route and Australian lawmakers are keen to revive domestic travel and tourism in a bid to revive the ailing economy | Positive | SYDNEY Australias two biggest states reunited in emotional scenes on Monday as the border shut for only the second time in 101 years due to the coronavirus pandemic reopened and the first flights since July landed in Sydney from Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/with-hugs-kisses-and-a-drag-duo-border-between-australias-two-largest-states-reopens-idUSKBN2820U9 | 2020-11-23 |
| The reflation trade continues to work in earnest and the rotation to the unloved areas of the market Chris Weston Pepperstones Melbournebased head of research wrote in a note Wednesday | Positive | BOSTON Nov 10 Asian shares rose on Wednesday as hopes for a successful coronavirus vaccine lifted expectations of a swift reopening of the global economy which would help the regions heavily tradedependent markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-extend-gains-as-vaccine-hopes-support-global-reopening-idUSL1N2HW3ET | 2020-11-11 |
| MELBOURNE Melbournes shops restaurants and hotels opened for business on Wednesday after a four month coronavirus lockdown with happy customers enjoying alfresco eating in the spring sunshine and shopkeepers hoping for big sales to make up for lost revenue | Positive | MELBOURNE Melbournes shops restaurants and hotels opened for business on Wednesday after a four month coronavirus lockdown with happy customers enjoying alfresco eating in the spring sunshine and shopkeepers hoping for big sales to make up for lost revenue | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/melbourne-opens-up-dining-shopping-as-four-month-virus-lockdown-lifted-idUSKBN27C3AA | 2020-10-28 |
| On Melbournes Carlisle St in the dining district of Prahran patrons were seated at outdoor dining tables drinking coffees and eating brunch of smashed avocado and eggs on toast | Neutral | MELBOURNE Melbournes shops restaurants and hotels opened for business on Wednesday after a four month coronavirus lockdown with happy customers enjoying alfresco eating in the spring sunshine and shopkeepers hoping for big sales to make up for lost revenue | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/melbourne-opens-up-dining-shopping-as-four-month-virus-lockdown-lifted-idUSKBN27C3AA | 2020-10-28 |
| Now is the time to open Andrews told reporters in Melbourne | Positive | SYDNEY A lockdown of Australias secondbiggest city will be eased after the countrys coronavirus epicentre said it had gone 24 hours without any new infections for the first time in four months Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-coronavirus-epicentre-to-ease-curbs-after-no-new-cases-idUSKBN27A0Z5 | 2020-10-26 |
| State premier Daniel Andrews told a media conference the outbreak in Melbournes northern suburbs threatened to push the reopening date of retail and hospitality businesses closer to Nov | Negative | SYDNEY Victoria state Australias COVID19 epicentre on Sunday delayed an expected announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions due to an outbreak in Melbourne prompting warnings that residents were at a financial and mental breaking | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-covid-19-epicentre-delays-decision-on-lifting-lockdown-restrictions-idUSKBN27A00D | 2020-10-25 |
| SYDNEY Victoria state Australias COVID19 epicentre on Sunday delayed an expected announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions due to an outbreak in Melbourne prompting warnings that residents were at a financial and mental breaking | Negative | SYDNEY Victoria state Australias COVID19 epicentre on Sunday delayed an expected announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions due to an outbreak in Melbourne prompting warnings that residents were at a financial and mental breaking | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-covid-19-epicentre-delays-decision-on-lifting-lockdown-restrictions-idUSKBN27A00D | 2020-10-25 |
| MELBOURNE Officials in Australias southern state of Victoria have warned footballmad fans in lockeddown Melbourne not to throw parties during the AFLs Grand on Saturday to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | MELBOURNE Officials in Australias southern state of Victoria have warned footballmad fans in lockeddown Melbourne not to throw parties during the AFLs Grand on Saturday to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-afl/afl-fans-in-locked-down-melbourne-told-to-behave-on-grand-final-day-idUSKBN2740PN | 2020-10-19 |
| The Grand Final is being played at the Gabba in Brisbane and away from Melbourne for the first time in its history because of COVID19 | Positive | MELBOURNE Officials in Australias southern state of Victoria have warned footballmad fans in lockeddown Melbourne not to throw parties during the AFLs Grand on Saturday to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-afl/afl-fans-in-locked-down-melbourne-told-to-behave-on-grand-final-day-idUSKBN2740PN | 2020-10-19 |
| The head of Melbournes Chapel Street Precinct Association a local advocacy and marketing body representing around 2200 commercial entities said there was a cloud of from their businesses on Sunday | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias state of Victoria the epicentre of the countrys coronavirus outbreak will see more freedom of movement as of Monday after monthslong restrictions but retailers and restaurants must wait longer making some of the owners unhappy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-covid-19-hotspot-partially-eases-lockdown-idUSKBN2720Y2 | 2020-10-18 |
| These are the results that come from a really determined effort to defeat this second Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters in Melbourne | Positive | SYDNEY Australia reported its second straight day without any COVID19 deaths on Friday the longest stretch without any fatalities from the virus in three months | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-records-second-day-without-covid-19-death-for-first-time-in-three-months-idUSKBN26U0AX | 2020-10-09 |
| I dont think we were expecting anything else from said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Neutral | KONG U.S. equity futures fell and safer assets like the yen and dollar found buyers on Wednesday after a chaotic first U.S. presidential debate turned investors cautious though strong factory surveys gave a boost to Chinese shares | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-pull-back-as-acrimonious-u-s-debate-stokes-caution-idUSKBN26K3R3 | 2020-09-30 |
| July Australias secondlargest city Melbourne goes back into lockdown | Negative | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| The countrys second most populous state has placed nearly 5 million residents of its capital Melbourne under one of the worlds most stringent lockdowns since early August | Negative | SYDNEY Australian defence personnel are being deployed to Port Hedland one of the worlds largest iron ore loading ports to help contain a coronavirus outbreak on a bulk carrier that last changed crews in the major seafaring city of Manila | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-sends-troops-to-help-contain-virus-on-ore-ship-near-port-hedland-idUSKBN26K04P | 2020-09-29 |
| But Melbourne retained strict curbs on where people can go and ordered a fine of nearly for those flouting limits on gatherings to two households in an outside space | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias city of Melbourne its hotspot in the second wave of coronavirus infections is on track to return to near normal by Christmas strengthening hopes for major summer sporting events to go ahead amid a general economic revival | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/open-for-christmas-australias-virus-hotspot-could-be-near-normal-by-summer-idUSKBN26J0AQ | 2020-09-28 |
| MELBOURNE Australias city of Melbourne its hotspot in the second wave of coronavirus infections is on track to return to near normal by Christmas strengthening hopes for major summer sporting events to go ahead amid a general economic revival | Positive | MELBOURNE Australias city of Melbourne its hotspot in the second wave of coronavirus infections is on track to return to near normal by Christmas strengthening hopes for major summer sporting events to go ahead amid a general economic revival | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/open-for-christmas-australias-virus-hotspot-could-be-near-normal-by-summer-idUSKBN26J0AQ | 2020-09-28 |
| We are ahead of schedule we have made more progress than we hoped to make at this point in Andrews told reporters in Melbourne | Positive | SYDNEY Victoria Australias second most populous state and the epicentre of the countrys COVID19 outbreak will accelerate the easing of social distancing restrictions as infections slow to fewer than 20 cases a day its premier said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-to-ease-covid-19-restrictions-as-cases-slow-idUSKBN26I04D | 2020-09-27 |
| While the Victorian capital Melbourne remains in lockdown other states and territories have either no cases or very few local transmissions resulting in state borders reopening | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias coronavirus hotspot state of Victoria looks set to lift some tough lockdown restrictions in coming days after reporting only 14 new cases and eight deaths in the last 24 hours on Friday further reducing the rate of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/virus-cases-falling-in-australias-hotspot-state-restrictions-may-ease-further-idUSKCN26G05Q | 2020-09-25 |
| Australias coronavirus hot spot of Victoria is considering easing curbs sooner than previously flagged the states premier said on Wednesday as the twoweek average of new infections in the city of Melbourne dropped below 30 | Negative | Australias coronavirus hot spot of Victoria is considering easing curbs sooner than previously flagged the states premier said on Wednesday as the twoweek average of new infections in the city of Melbourne dropped below 30 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-state/australias-virus-hotspot-may-speed-up-lifting-curbs-as-cases-fall-idUSKCN26D34G | 2020-09-23 |
| The yen is an attractive currency I see no reason to sell said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone noting that real yields in Japan are positive | Positive | Dollar index broadly steady majors creep higher | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-clings-on-yen-creeps-higher-as-fed-speakers-in-focus-idUSL3N2GI041 | 2020-09-21 |
| We cant have shortterm memories on Sutton told reporters in Melbourne referring to the virus | Negative | SYDNEY Australia reported its lowest oneday rise in novel coronavirus infections in nearly three months on Monday as authorities began to ease restrictions aimed at slowing its spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-sees-lowest-one-day-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-in-almost-3-months-idUSKBN26411Z | 2020-09-14 |
| The acquisition would have made Melbournebased New Century a major supplier of nickel as well as of cobalt from outside the Democratic Republic of Congo the worlds biggest supplier | Positive | The acquisition would have made Melbournebased New Century a major supplier of nickel as well as of cobalt from outside the Democratic Republic of Congo the worlds biggest supplier | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-new-centry-rsrcs-m-a/australias-new-century-scraps-acquisition-of-vales-pacific-island-projects-idUSKBN25Z05Q | 2020-09-08 |
| Kenin who said she had been feeling some pressure after her Melbourne triumph had lost in straight sets in her only warmup event before the U.S. Open | Negative | NEW YORK Second seed Sofia Kenin overcame a sluggish start to surge past Tunisian Ons Jabeur 63 on Saturday and move into the fourth round of the U.S. Open for the first time | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-usopen/kenin-soaks-up-the-pressure-to-down-jabeur-and-reach-last-16-idUSKBN25X02S | 2020-09-06 |
| MELBOURNE The state of Victoria reported 76 new coronavirus infections and 11 deaths on Saturday as trends in Australias hot spot for the disease continued to gradually improve after nearly five weeks of a hard lockdown in the states capital Melbourne | Negative | MELBOURNE The state of Victoria reported 76 new coronavirus infections and 11 deaths on Saturday as trends in Australias hot spot for the disease continued to gradually improve after nearly five weeks of a hard lockdown in the states capital Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-virus-hot-spot-chafes-under-lockdown-as-infection-rate-gradually-improves-idUSKBN25W048 | 2020-09-05 |
| Frustration with the prolonged lockdown has led to calls for protests in Melbourne on Saturday which would be illegal under the stage 4 restrictions and police were out in force | Negative | MELBOURNE The state of Victoria reported 76 new coronavirus infections and 11 deaths on Saturday as trends in Australias hot spot for the disease continued to gradually improve after nearly five weeks of a hard lockdown in the states capital Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-virus-hot-spot-chafes-under-lockdown-as-infection-rate-gradually-improves-idUSKBN25W048 | 2020-09-05 |
| Melbournebased Australasian Global Exports confirmed it employed four of the people onboard with the remaining crew engaged by Gulf Navigation | Positive | A third crewman from a ship that capsized this week off Japan with more than 40 crew and a cargo of cattle on board was found alive on Friday after he was spotted by a search plane Japans coastguard said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship-crew/third-crewman-from-cattle-ship-rescued-on-lifeboat-off-japan-idUSKBN25V04J | 2020-09-05 |
| Analysts have speculated it could also sell or close its Altona plant in Melbourne Australias oldest refinery | Negative | Exxon is the latest oil major to embark on axing jobs spurred by a historic collapse in fuel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-exxon-mobil-cuts/exxon-weighs-global-job-cuts-after-unveiling-australian-lay-off-plan-idUSKBN25T0AI | 2020-09-02 |
| The programme is being offered to all employees in Melbourne Gippsland Sydney Adelaide and Perth Exxon said in a statement | Neutral | The programme is being offered to all employees in Melbourne Gippsland Sydney Adelaide and Perth Exxon said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-exxon-mobil-cuts-australia/exxon-mobil-offers-voluntary-redundancy-for-australian-employees-idUSKBN25T04Y | 2020-09-02 |
| The result gave Zverev a muchneeded confidence boost as he bids to improve on his maiden Grand Slam semifinal appearance in Melbourne earlier this year | Positive | NEW YORK Germanys Alexander Zverev survived a tricky firstround test to beat 2017 finalist Kevin Anderson 57 63 75 in the U.S. Open on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-usopen-zverev/zverev-downs-anderson-in-battle-of-big-servers-idUSKBN25R2TV | 2020-09-01 |
| I want to make sure we have a Christmas Day as close to possible as Andrews told reporters in Melbourne | Neutral | SYDNEY The state at the epicentre of Australias secondwave of COVID19 infections said on Monday the number of new cases fell to a near twomonth low allowing authorities to detail in a weeks time how stringent lockdown measures will be lifted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/covid-19-cases-in-australias-hotspot-fall-to-seven-week-low-idUSKBN25R020 | 2020-08-31 |
| This takes on even more significance after the markets evident disappointment last said Ray Attrill head of forex strategy at Melbournebased National Australia Bank | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares advanced for a second straight session on Monday underpinned by coronavirus hopes after the U.S. Food Drug Administration authorised the use of blood plasma from recovered patients as a treatment option | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-jump-as-investors-pin-hopes-on-coronavirus-treatment-idUSKBN25K02R | 2020-08-24 |
| Some of MMGs chief sales roles including its head of marketing will be among those moved from Melbourne to the Chinese capital placing them much closer to major customers | Neutral | BEIJING Around 20 staff from stateowned China Minmetals Corp are being transferred to subsidiary MMG Ltds new office in Beijing the Australiabased miner said on Wednesday as it sets up a marketing presence in the worlds biggest metals consumer | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-metals-mmg/china-minmetals-to-move-staff-to-new-mmg-office-in-beijing-idUSKCN25F0YO | 2020-08-20 |
| It was not immediately clear how many MMG staff would transfer from Australia to China or how many Melbournebased roles would be cut | Negative | BEIJING Around 20 staff from stateowned China Minmetals Corp are being transferred to subsidiary MMG Ltds new office in Beijing the Australiabased miner said on Wednesday as it sets up a marketing presence in the worlds biggest metals consumer | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-metals-mmg/china-minmetals-to-move-staff-to-new-mmg-office-in-beijing-idUSKCN25F0YO | 2020-08-20 |
| At just 126 days that is the fastest bear market recovery said Tapas Strickland economist at Melbournebased National Australia Bank | Positive | SYDNEY Asian shares climbed to a sevenmonth peak on Wednesday tracking the 500 which scaled alltime highs driven by ever expanding policy stimulus aimed at cushioning the blow to economies from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-at-seven-month-highs-after-wall-street-cracks-more-records-idUSKCN25F00T | 2020-08-19 |
| Investors are expecting more tolerance in the Feds approach to inflation said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Neutral | By Tom Westbrook | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-in-the-doldrums-us-politics-fed-minutes-eyed-idUSL4N2FJ03W | 2020-08-17 |
| Those numbers are well below the peak of more than 700 daily cases in Victoria earlier this month and officials are confident a strict lockdown in Melbourne is working | Negative | SYDNEY The leader of Australias New South Wales state apologised on Monday for failing to stop people carrying the novel coronavirus from disembarking from a cruise ship in Sydney in March triggering what was at the time Australias worst outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-premier-apologises-for-cruise-ship-failures-after-covid-19-spike-idUSKCN25C0XR | 2020-08-17 |
| Melbourne the states capital remains under a strict lockdown | Negative | MELBOURNE A new coronavirus outbreak in New Zealand is still growing health officials said on Sunday with the country that had an early triumph over the pandemic recording 13 new cases and putting the September general election in question | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-cases/new-zealands-covid-19-outbreak-grows-as-australian-cases-ease-idUSKCN25C01K | 2020-08-16 |
| The economic news from Australia was disappointing with consumer confidence falling sharply in August as a lockdown in Melbourne shook sentiment across the country | Negative | SYDNEY Aug 12 The New Zealand dollar slipped to a onemonth low on Wednesday after the countrys central bank surprised many by expanding its bond buying campaign while warning it was actively considering cutting rates below zero to support the economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/new-zealand-dlr-slips-as-rbnz-seeks-to-suck-up-more-bonds-idUSL4N2FE0SB | 2020-08-12 |
| The Aussie also had domestic troubles as a fresh coronavirus lockdown in Melbourne the capital of Victoria hurt business and consumer sentiment | Negative | SYDNEY Aug 11 The Australian and New Zealand dollars were cooling their heels on Tuesday as the deadlock on U.S. fiscal stimulus restrained risk assets while data underlined the economic damage being done by the new lockdown in Victoria state | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/australia-nz-dlrs-settle-back-data-underwhelms-idUSL4N2FD0MY | 2020-08-11 |
| Melbourne enters 6week lockdown | Negative | Heres what you need to know about the coronavirus right | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-idUSKCN2520JG | 2020-08-06 |
| We need to drive the numbers down and this strategy is designed to do just Andrews told reporters in Melbourne | Neutral | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state reported a record rise in new COVID19 cases and deaths on Wednesday as it prepared to close much of its economy to control a second wave of infection that threatens to spread across the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-fears-contagion-as-victoria-state-reports-record-coronavirus-deaths-idUSKCN251053 | 2020-08-05 |
| The lease is for an initial 30year period with two 10year options for extensions Melbournebased Telstra said | Neutral | The facility to be sold by the end of August has 10 buildings including Telstras latest 6 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-telstra-corp-divestiture-centuria/australias-telstra-to-sell-melbourne-data-centre-for-about-300-million-idUSKCN25100S | 2020-08-05 |
| Denting fuel demand cities from Manila to Melbourne are tightening lockdowns to battle new infections while Norway has stopped cruise ship traffic in the latest European travel alarm | Negative | Oil prices slid on Tuesday amid concerns that a nascent recovery in fuel demand could stall as a fresh wave of COVID19 infections around the world sparks tighter lockdowns just as major producers ramp up output | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-fall-as-rising-coronavirus-case-numbers-cast-shadow-over-fuel-demand-pickup-idUSKCN250067 | 2020-08-04 |
| The sweeping new restrictions limit the time Melbourne residents may spend on outdoor exercise and essential shopping | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-declares-disaster-sets-curfew-to-curb-covid-19-idUSKBN24Y001 | 2020-08-03 |
| Restrictions on movement and business operations elsewhere in the state will be less severe than in Melbourne | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-declares-disaster-sets-curfew-to-curb-covid-19-idUSKBN24Y001 | 2020-08-03 |
| MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-declares-disaster-sets-curfew-to-curb-covid-19-idUSKBN24Y001 | 2020-08-03 |
| Melbourne Australias secondlargest city already under a reimposed sixweek stayhome order has struggled to rein in the disease with record numbers of infections of the new coronavirus reported last week | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-declares-disaster-sets-curfew-to-curb-covid-19-idUSKBN24Y001 | 2020-08-03 |
| He also extended social distancing restrictions with residents in communities southwest of Melbourne no longer allowed to have visitors to their homes from late Thursday | Negative | SYDNEY Australia recorded its deadliest day in the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday with at least 13 deaths and more than 700 new infections mainly in Victoria state where the government ordered all residents to wear facecoverings outside | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-reports-record-spike-in-coronavirus-cases-13-deaths-idUSKCN24V030 | 2020-07-30 |
| A cluster of infections in Melbourne Victorias largest city prompted the government to impose a sixweek partial lockdown and make masks mandatory for its residents or risk a fine | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state recorded an increase in new coronavirus cases on Saturday as officials laid out new directives to protect people in retirement homes and help contain a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/coronavirus-cases-in-australian-state-stay-stubbornly-high-idUSKCN24Q059 | 2020-07-25 |
| In Australia residents of Melbourne the countrys second biggest city were ordered to wear masks in public from Wednesday after the country reported a record 501 new cases | Negative | Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday according to a Reuters tally with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-cases/global-coronavirus-cases-exceed-15-million-reuters-tally-idUSKCN24N0KK | 2020-07-23 |
| Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said people in Melbourne will be required to wear face masks outside their houses or will be fined for not complying | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state Victoria on Sunday reported 363 new cases of the novel coronavirus after 217 cases were recorded on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-victoria/australias-victoria-state-reports-363-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKCN24K017 | 2020-07-19 |
| MELBOURNE People in Melbourne must now wear masks when leaving their homes as Victoria Australias second mostpopulous state marked two weeks of tripledigit increases in new coronavirus infections on Sunday | Negative | MELBOURNE People in Melbourne must now wear masks when leaving their homes as Victoria Australias second mostpopulous state marked two weeks of tripledigit increases in new coronavirus infections on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-requires-masks-for-melbourne-hit-by-covid-19-idUSKCN24K02O | 2020-07-19 |
| We are in the fight of our Victoria states Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos told reporters in Melbourne | Neutral | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/as-australian-covid-19-cases-surge-state-bans-dancing-mingling-at-weddings-idUSKCN24I08U | 2020-07-17 |
| Previously only those around the state capital Melbourne were asked to cover their face | Neutral | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/as-australian-covid-19-cases-surge-state-bans-dancing-mingling-at-weddings-idUSKCN24I08U | 2020-07-17 |
| Domestic events were not so promising as a survey showed consumer sentiment had been shaken by the lockdown of Melbourne amid a fresh coronavirus outbreak | Negative | SYDNEY July 15 The Australian and New Zealand dollars edged higher on Wednesday as progress on a COVID19 vaccine buoyed U.S. equities while details of a bumper Aussie bond sale showed strong demand from foreign buyers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/australia-nz-dollars-test-resistance-offshore-buyers-big-on-bonds-idUSL3N2EL4QD | 2020-07-15 |
| I hope to see that this week but there are no Brett Sutton Victorias Chief Medical Officer told reporters in Melbourne | Positive | SYDNEY Australian states on Tuesday tightened restrictions on movement as authorities struggle to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID19 in the countrys southeast that has pushed the national tally of cases beyond 10000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-tightens-restrictions-as-covid-19-cases-top-10000-idUSKCN24F0AD | 2020-07-14 |
| Australias second largest city Melbourne is in the second week of a sixweek lockdown | Negative | Australian states tightened borders and restricted pub visits on Tuesday while Disney prepared to close its Hong Kong theme park and Japan stepped up tracing as a jump in novel coronavirus cases across Asia fanned fears of a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia/asia-ramps-up-coronavirus-curbs-as-new-clusters-erupt-idUSKCN24F0FS | 2020-07-14 |
| It may not be our peak Victorias Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton told reporters in Melbourne | Neutral | SYDNEY Australias most populous state reported 14 new cases of COVID19 on Monday with a growing cluster at a pub used by freight drivers travelling the country adding to fears of a second wave of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-pub-cluster-adds-to-second-wave-coronavirus-fears-idUSKCN24E073 | 2020-07-13 |
| Most primary and secondary school students in Melbourne will be learning remotely until at least Aug | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state reported 273 new cases of the coronavirus and another COVID19 death on Sunday marking a week of tripledigit increases in infections as state authorities battle fresh outbreaks of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-marks-week-of-triple-digit-coronavirus-cases-idUSKCN24D01Y | 2020-07-12 |
| Some Asia Pacific cities that had appeared to have contained the disease such as Tokyo Hong Kong and Melbourne have seen alarming new spikes in infections dampening the mood further | Negative | Dollar index broadly flat yen at 2week high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-japanese-yen-gains-as-virus-caution-weighs-idUSL8N2EH1PJ | 2020-07-11 |
| The announcement of new travel restrictions comes days after Victoria reimposed lockdowns in the state capital Melbourne | Negative | Australia will halve the number of citizens allowed to return home from overseas each week Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday as authorities struggle to contain a COVID19 outbreak in the countrys second most populous city | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-limits-number-of-citizens-returning-as-virus-surges-idUSKBN24B00F | 2020-07-10 |
| Five million Australians are under strict stayathome rules in the countrys second largest city of Melbourne | Negative | YORK Asian equity markets ground higher as investors tried to look past gathering SinoU.S. tension and renewed coronavirus lockdowns to upcoming company earnings hoping that global stimulus efforts will yield upbeat outlooks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-grind-higher-as-focus-turns-to-earnings-idUSKBN2493DO | 2020-07-09 |
| A second region in Victoria where recent COVID19 cases have been detected and which is home to 44000 people will face lockdown restrictions similar to Melbourne | Negative | Lockdown measures were reimposed in Australias second biggest city on Tuesday confining Melbourne residents to their homes unless undertaking essential business for six weeks as officials scramble to to contain a coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-second-largest-city-heads-back-into-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN24801E | 2020-07-08 |
| Andrews had over the weekend reinstated strict socialdistancing orders in more than 30 Melbourne suburbs and put nine public housing towers into complete lockdown because of the recent outbreak | Negative | Lockdown measures were reimposed in Australias second biggest city on Tuesday confining Melbourne residents to their homes unless undertaking essential business for six weeks as officials scramble to to contain a coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-second-largest-city-heads-back-into-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN24801E | 2020-07-08 |
| New coronavirus cases continue to climb globally with California reporting a record rise for a single day and Australias secondbiggest city Melbourne reimposing lockdown measures on Tuesday | Negative | TOKYO July 8 Japans Nikkei share average edged lower on Wednesday tracking Wall Streets overnight losses as investors monitored a rise in new virus cases across the world that could derail a nascent economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japanese-shares-track-wall-street-lower-as-coronavirus-cases-mount-idUSL4N2EF0UV | 2020-07-08 |
| Lockdown measures were also reimposed in Melbourne Australia confining its nearly 5 million residents to all but essential travel for another six weeks | Negative | NEW YORK Investor caution over renewed coronavirusrelated lockdowns buoyed the dollar and snapped a fiveday rally in most world equity markets on Tuesday but was not enough to halt a hot streak in Chinese stocks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/stocks-oil-slip-but-chinese-stocks-rally-a-sixth-day-idUSKBN24732Z | 2020-07-08 |
| falls as Melbourne reintroduces some lockdown measures | Negative | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-oil-slip-but-chinese-stocks-rumble-on-idUSL1N2EE1KO | 2020-07-08 |
| Coronavirus cases were also on the rise in the Australian state of Victoria which led to lockdown measures being reimposed in Melbourne the countrys secondbiggest city | Negative | YORK Asian stocks dithered on Wednesday as an increase in new coronavirus cases in some parts of the world cast doubts over the economic recovery while oil prices eased on oversupply fears | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-waver-with-coronavirus-corporate-earnings-in-focus-idUSKBN24839J | 2020-07-08 |
| Lockdown measures were reimposed in Australias second biggest city on Tuesday confining Melbourne residents to their homes unless undertaking essential business for six weeks as officials scramble to to contain a coronavirus outbreak | Negative | Lockdown measures were reimposed in Australias second biggest city on Tuesday confining Melbourne residents to their homes unless undertaking essential business for six weeks as officials scramble to to contain a coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-second-largest-city-heads-back-into-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN24801E | 2020-07-08 |
| Melbourne locals are concerned that renewed social distancing measures have not been implemented uniformly across the city | Negative | SYDNEY The border between Australias two most populous states will close from Tuesday for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-closes-state-border-for-first-time-in-100-years-after-covid-19-spike-idUSKBN247074 | 2020-07-06 |
| Without a full Melbourne lockdown I am not super confident this is going to be Jack Bell a lifeguard who lives in Victorian suburb of Kensington told Reuters | Negative | SYDNEY The border between Australias two most populous states will close from Tuesday for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-closes-state-border-for-first-time-in-100-years-after-covid-19-spike-idUSKBN247074 | 2020-07-06 |
| SYDNEY The border between Australias two most populous states will close from Tuesday for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne | Negative | SYDNEY The border between Australias two most populous states will close from Tuesday for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-closes-state-border-for-first-time-in-100-years-after-covid-19-spike-idUSKBN247074 | 2020-07-06 |
| It is the smart call the right call at this time given the significant challenges we face in containing this Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters in Melbourne | Positive | SYDNEY The border between Australias two most populous states will close from Tuesday for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-closes-state-border-for-first-time-in-100-years-after-covid-19-spike-idUSKBN247074 | 2020-07-06 |
| Australia has fared better than many countries in the coronavirus pandemic with just short of 8500 cases so far but the Melbourne outbreak has raised alarm bells | Negative | SYDNEY The border between Australias two most populous states will close from Tuesday for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-closes-state-border-for-first-time-in-100-years-after-covid-19-spike-idUSKBN247074 | 2020-07-06 |
| MELBOURNE Australia reported a drop in new coronavirus cases on Friday with a surge in the second most populated state Victoria appearing to have eased although more than 10000 people have refused to be tested in hotspot suburbs of Melbourne | Positive | MELBOURNE Australia reported a drop in new coronavirus cases on Friday with a surge in the second most populated state Victoria appearing to have eased although more than 10000 people have refused to be tested in hotspot suburbs of Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-new-virus-cases-fall-but-testing-blitz-runs-into-resistance-idUSKBN24409A | 2020-07-03 |
| SYDNEY Australian police set up suburban checkpoints in new coronavirus hotspots in Melbourne on Thursday as authorities struggled to contain new outbreaks in the countrys secondlargest city even as travel restrictions eased elsewhere | Negative | SYDNEY Australian police set up suburban checkpoints in new coronavirus hotspots in Melbourne on Thursday as authorities struggled to contain new outbreaks in the countrys secondlargest city even as travel restrictions eased elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-sets-up-suburban-checkpoints-to-contain-melbourne-virus-hotspots-idUSKBN24305X | 2020-07-02 |
| MELBOURNE Authorities will lock down around 300000 people in suburbs north of Melbourne for a month from late on Wednesday to contain the risk of infection after two weeks of doubledigit rises in new coronavirus cases in Australias second most populous state | Negative | MELBOURNE Authorities will lock down around 300000 people in suburbs north of Melbourne for a month from late on Wednesday to contain the risk of infection after two weeks of doubledigit rises in new coronavirus cases in Australias second most populous state | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-to-lock-down-300000-in-melbourne-suburbs-after-coronavirus-spike-idUSKBN2424BZ | 2020-07-01 |
| Any improvement in jobs might be counteracted if there is another pickup in the case load in the United said Kyle Rodda market analyst at brokerage IG in Melbourne | Positive | SINGAPORE Asian stocks posted their biggest drop in eight sessions bonds rose and the U.S. dollar was firm on Thursday as surging U.S. coronavirus cases and an International Monetary Fund downgrade to economic projections knocked confidence in a recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-sell-off-as-coronavirus-surge-knocks-recovery-hopes-idUSKBN23V3FQ | 2020-06-25 |
| We have ambulances and other vans that will literally be at the end of peoples Andrews told reporters in Melbourne | Neutral | SYDNEY Australias second most populous state deployed ambulances and mobile test centres in a coronavirus testing blitz as the country recorded the biggest daily rise in cases in two months | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-posts-biggest-one-day-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-in-two-months-idUSKBN23W09J | 2020-06-25 |
| Were asking people to consider their trips to Melbourne as community transmission at the moment is higher than what they would NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney | Positive | SYDNEY Australian officials tried to contain a fresh outbreak of the novel coronavirus on Monday telling residents in the cluster hotspots to avoid travel outside their suburbs in Melbourne the countrys secondlargest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-officials-warn-against-travel-to-new-coronavirus-hotspots-idUSKBN23T0LW | 2020-06-22 |
| Victoria state of which Melbourne is the capital has recorded double digit rises in new COVID19 infections accounting for nearly of the 126 cases detected nationally over the past week | Negative | SYDNEY Australian officials tried to contain a fresh outbreak of the novel coronavirus on Monday telling residents in the cluster hotspots to avoid travel outside their suburbs in Melbourne the countrys secondlargest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-officials-warn-against-travel-to-new-coronavirus-hotspots-idUSKBN23T0LW | 2020-06-22 |
| It wont take much for the market to see this as a liquidity said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Neutral | New cases not seen driving new lockdowns but investors unnerved | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-holds-gains-as-fear-of-renewed-pandemic-gathers-pace-idUSL4N2DZ07D | 2020-06-22 |
| SYDNEY Australian officials tried to contain a fresh outbreak of the novel coronavirus on Monday telling residents in the cluster hotspots to avoid travel outside their suburbs in Melbourne the countrys secondlargest city | Negative | SYDNEY Australian officials tried to contain a fresh outbreak of the novel coronavirus on Monday telling residents in the cluster hotspots to avoid travel outside their suburbs in Melbourne the countrys secondlargest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-officials-warn-against-travel-to-new-coronavirus-hotspots-idUSKBN23T0LW | 2020-06-22 |
| The Melbourne protest is still scheduled to take place with state police approval although Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews has urged people not to attend | Negative | SYDNEY Australian authorities are taking legal action to try stop a Black Lives Matter protest scheduled to take place in Sydney on Saturday citing the risk of an outbreak of COVID19 given the large numbers expected to attend | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-australia/australian-officials-move-to-block-black-lives-matter-protest-in-sydney-idUSKBN23C068 | 2020-06-05 |
| A fall in new arrivals could also dampen the construction boom in Australias all important housing sector which has been fuelled by migrants in big cities like Sydney and Melbourne | Positive | SYDNEY Australias three decades of uninterrupted prosperity are coming to an abrupt end as the global coronavirus pandemic crashes one of its most lucrative sources of income immigration | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-immigrat/australias-stalled-migrant-boom-derails-golden-economic-run-idUSKBN2370U1 | 2020-06-01 |
| Monaco cancelled this years F1 race a home grand prix for Ferraris Charles Leclerc in March after the Australian seasonopener in Melbourne was also scrapped due to the coronavirus crisis | Negative | Monaco plans to hold three motor races in the space of five weeks in 2021 after the principality had to cancel this weekends showcase Formula One grand prix due to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-monaco/monaco-puts-a-marker-down-for-2021-with-three-race-run-idUSKBN22V2AF | 2020-05-20 |
| Spee3D commissioned Melbourne laboratory 360biolabs to look at how SARSCoV2 which causes COVID19 reacts to copper surfaces | Neutral | MELBOURNE At an outer suburban manufacturing plant engineer Byron Kennedy is resetting a machine to sprayprint a layer of copper on to a door handle aiming to use the metals antiviral properties to counter the threat of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-copper-antimicrobi/copper-takes-aim-at-covid-19-with-virus-killer-coatings-idUSKBN22K0RX | 2020-05-11 |
| MooreGilbert a specialist in Middle East politics at the University of Melbourne has been detained in Iran since September 2018 the statement said | Negative | BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert has repeatedly attempted suicide while detained in Iran the Center for Human Rights in Iran a New Yorkbased advocacy group said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-britain-detainee/british-australian-academic-has-repeatedly-attempted-suicide-in-iranian-jail-rights-group-idUSKBN22J39F | 2020-05-08 |
| The risk of a pullback has increased this said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Negative | SINGAPORE The dollar inched higher stock markets struggled for traction and oil dropped on Monday as a U.S.China spat over the origin of the coronavirus put the brakes on optimism about an economic restart as countries around the world ease restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/dollar-up-asian-stocks-slip-as-u-s-pins-blame-for-virus-on-china-idUSKBN22G003 | 2020-05-04 |
| Melbournebased Afterpay has also grown its customer base considerably in the United States which is proving to be a key market as it taps the influential but largely nascent region | Positive | Chinese gaming and social media group Tencent Holdings has bought a stake in Afterpay Ltd the Australian buynowpaylater firm said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-afterpay-equity-tencent-holdings/tencent-buys-5-stake-in-australian-buy-now-pay-later-firm-afterpay-idUSKBN22D52J | 2020-05-02 |
| Sydney Airport and Melbourne Airport said they had not seized Virgin aircraft | Neutral | Virgin said this week it succumbed to thirdparty led restructuring that could lead to a sale turning Australias secondbiggest airline into the AsiaPacifics biggest victim of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-virgin-australia/virgin-australia-seeks-aircraft-waivers-owes-4-4-billion-administrator-idUSKCN22604D | 2020-04-25 |
| The price action was said Kyle Rodda market analyst at IG Markets in Melbourne | Neutral | SINGAPORE U.S. crude oil bounced back into positive territory on Tuesday but a historic plunge below zero rattled investors and triggered the steepest drop in Asian stock markets in a month | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/crude-costs-money-again-after-shock-crash-stocks-stay-in-doldrums-idUSKBN223001 | 2020-04-21 |
| We are coming into the eye of the said Chris Weston head of research at brokerage Pepperstone in Melbourne | Neutral | Risk rally runs out of steam | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-firm-as-caution-on-economic-re-start-returns-idUSL4N2C80DF | 2020-04-20 |
| Australias Crown Resorts Ltd said it has stood down about of its employees due to the suspension of gaming and other nonessential services at its Melbourne and Perth resorts | Negative | Reported cases of the coronavirus crossed 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21Y0I1 | 2020-04-16 |
| Markets seem to have run out of good news to trade said Kyle Rodda analyst at IG Markets in Melbourne | Positive | SINGAPORE Asias stock markets retreated from their highest levels for a month and the dollar extended gains on Thursday as the damage the coronavirus has wrought on the world economy soured appetite for risk | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-slide-and-dollar-rally-runs-as-economic-realities-bite-idUSKCN21X3IP | 2020-04-16 |
| The market is frontrunning the idea that were going to see the case count said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Neutral | Aussie kiwi ahead after China data beats expectations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-slips-as-chinese-trade-data-lifts-mood-idUSL3N2C20XF | 2020-04-14 |
| The market is front running what it believes is a peak in the virus case count with Europe leading the said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Negative | Asian stock markets rallied for a second day on Tuesday and riskier currencies rose buoyed by tentative signs the coronavirus crisis may be levelling off in New York and receding in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-cautiously-gain-on-virus-hopes-dollar-slips-idUSKBN21O365 | 2020-04-07 |
| The 2020 Formula One season was scheduled to begin in Melbourne last month but is yet to get underway after the pandemic wiped out the Australian and Monaco Grands Prix | Negative | LONDON The Britishbased Williams and Racing Point Formula One teams on Monday followed McLaren in temporarily furloughing staff as a result of the new coronavirus crisis with their drivers taking pay cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-williams/williams-and-racing-point-drivers-take-pay-cuts-idUSKBN21O1S7 | 2020-04-07 |
| He also has permanent exhibitions in Atlanta Colorado Victoria Museum in Melbourne Australia and in Siena Italy | Positive | HARARE When Dominic Benhura started creating traditional Zimbabwean stone sculptures as a teenager four decades ago he never imagined that art would bring him fame or fortune | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-sculptor/zimbabwean-artists-dynamic-stone-sculptures-find-global-acclaim-idUSKBN20T0Y4 | 2020-04-07 |
| On Thursday Australias national science agency which is operated by CSIRO said it had commenced preclinical testing of two potential vaccines at its highcontainment biosecurity facility near Melbourne | Positive | MELBOURNE Australia reported a sustained fall in new coronavirus infections and conducted the biggest peacetime maritime operation on Sydney Harbour on Saturday refuelling foreign cruise ships before expelling them from local waters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-coronavirus-cases-stable-cruise-ships-sent-home-idUSKBN21M030 | 2020-04-04 |
| Theres a lot of reasons to believe that were not out of the woods said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Neutral | Fed move and rise in risk appetite hit dollar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-steadies-after-slide-as-greenback-funding-stays-tight-idUSL4N2BH6XA | 2020-03-25 |
| The biggest trigger for positive sentiment in these markets will be a flattening of the trajectory for the virus he told Reuters by phone from Melbourne | Positive | KONG Asian equities markets rallied on Tuesday as investors bet the U.S Federal Reserves promise of unlimited dollar funding would ease painful strains in financial markets even if it could not stop the economic hit of the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-rebound-fed-soothes-with-boundless-qe-idUSKBN21A3ZN | 2020-03-24 |
| DUBAI Emirates is suspending flights to cities including New York Delhi and Melbourne due to the coronavirus outbreak that has severely hit travel demand | Negative | DUBAI Emirates is suspending flights to cities including New York Delhi and Melbourne due to the coronavirus outbreak that has severely hit travel demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-emirates-transport/emirates-stops-flights-to-new-york-and-other-cities-as-virus-crushes-demand-idUSKBN2180Y3 | 2020-03-22 |
| Theres no buyers theres not much liquidity and everyone is just getting said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Neutral | SINGAPORE The dollar surged and everything else was blown away on Thursday as emergency central bank measures in Europe Japan the United States and Australia failed to halt a fresh wave of panic selling | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-markets/cash-is-king-as-emergency-stimulus-fails-to-stop-market-panic-idUSKBN215459 | 2020-03-19 |
| The newsflow is about as fluid as we have said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Neutral | Dollar slips but cedes barely a fraction of big gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-wobbles-as-liquidity-measures-seem-to-ease-funding-squeeze-idUSL4N2BB1CZ | 2020-03-18 |
| The two companies are licensed to operate a total of more than 4000 machines mostly in Sydney and Melbourne | Neutral | Australias two biggest casino companies said they would shut off half their poker machines to force gamblers to engage in social and slow the spread of the coronavirus as concerns about their future revenue sent shares tumbling | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-crown-re/australias-casino-giants-turn-off-every-second-slot-machine-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN2121F8 | 2020-03-16 |
| Everybody uses the word and it is a fluid Carey told a media conference at Melbournes Albert Park circuit | Neutral | MELBOURNE The Formula One season was thrown into doubt on Friday with the cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix due to the coronavirus with chief executive Chase Carey saying it was to predict when the next race might take place | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-australia/formula-one-in-turmoil-after-australia-gp-scrapped-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z3WQ | 2020-03-13 |
| Englandbased McLaren said 14 of their crew in addition to the one confirmed case were placed in quarantine at their Melbourne hotel for 14 days in accordance with health directives | Negative | MELBOURNE The Formula One season was thrown into doubt on Friday with the cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix due to the coronavirus with chief executive Chase Carey saying it was to predict when the next race might take place | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-australia/formula-one-in-turmoil-after-australia-gp-scrapped-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z3WQ | 2020-03-13 |
| Hamilton when asked on Thursday why organizers had not scrapped the Melbourne race had said cash is but Carey shot back on Friday | Positive | MELBOURNE The Formula One season was thrown into doubt on Friday with the cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix due to the coronavirus with chief executive Chase Carey saying it was to predict when the next race might take place | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-australia/formula-one-in-turmoil-after-australia-gp-scrapped-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z3WQ | 2020-03-13 |
| The floodlit second round of the season after Sundays Australian opener in Melbourne fills a prime evening slot for European television audiences | Positive | LONDON Formula Ones unprecedented decision to hold the Bahrain Grand Prix without spectators due to the coronavirus outbreak could ultimately boost viewing figures for the March 22 race according to sports analytics firm Nielsen | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-bahrain/motor-racing-novelty-of-no-spectator-bahrain-gp-could-boost-tv-audience-idUSKBN20Y31J | 2020-03-12 |
| While Cyrus canceled her trip World Tour said it was going ahead with a concert on March 14 in Melbourne with British pop star Robbie Williams | Negative | MELBOURNE Pop star Miley Cyrus has canceled a trip to Australia for a bushfire relief concert three days ahead of the show citing recommendations that travel be curtailed to counter the spread of the global coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-mileycyr/miley-cyrus-cancels-bushfire-aid-show-in-australia-due-to-coronavirus-warnings-idUSKBN20X0OV | 2020-03-11 |
| The season starts in Melbourne next week | Neutral | LONDON Formula One has scrapped a rule which limited the number of different helmet designs a driver could wear during the course of a season | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-helmets/formula-one-scraps-rule-limiting-driver-helmet-designs-idUSKBN20T2QM | 2020-03-07 |
| He also has permanent exhibitions in Atlanta Colorado Victoria Museum in Melbourne Australia and in Siena Italy | Positive | HARARE When Dominic Benhura started creating traditional Zimbabwean stone sculptures as a teenager four decades ago he never imagined that art would bring him fame or fortune | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-sculptor/zimbabwean-artists-dynamic-stone-sculptures-find-global-acclaim-idUSKBN20T0Y4 | 2020-03-07 |
| People are looking at Aussie dollar positions and whether or not they want to be said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Neutral | Dollar claws back ground vs euro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-regains-footing-as-fed-cut-shakeout-fades-idUSL4N2AY07I | 2020-03-05 |
| Melbourne has hosted the Australian GP since 1996 | Positive | The new Formula One season starts in Australia on March 15 with some uncertainty about how many races there will be | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-motor-f1-season-factbox-season/factbox-formula-one-calendar-for-the-2020-season-idUSKBN20R082 | 2020-03-04 |
| The U.S. Federal Reserves attempt to surprise the market may have said Kerry Craig strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in Melbourne | Neutral | SINGAPORE Asian shares struggled to find footing on Wednesday and bonds held stunning gains as an emergency rate cut from the U.S. Federal Reserve seemed to stoke rather than soothe fears over the coronavirus widening global economic fallout | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-struggle-for-traction-as-fed-cut-fails-to-boost-confidence-idUSKBN20Q37B | 2020-03-04 |
| MELBOURNE Australias health minister on Friday urged the sportsmad country not to fear being infected by the coronavirus when attending major events such as Formula Ones seasonopening Grand Prix in Melbourne next month | Positive | MELBOURNE Australias health minister on Friday urged the sportsmad country not to fear being infected by the coronavirus when attending major events such as Formula Ones seasonopening Grand Prix in Melbourne next month | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia-sport/australia-minister-urges-calm-as-virus-looms-over-f1-major-events-idUSKCN20M0FM | 2020-02-28 |
| The message from today from the states and territories was go about your ordinary Hunt told reporters in Melbourne following a briefing with state health officials | Neutral | MELBOURNE Australias health minister on Friday urged the sportsmad country not to fear being infected by the coronavirus when attending major events such as Formula Ones seasonopening Grand Prix in Melbourne next month | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia-sport/australia-minister-urges-calm-as-virus-looms-over-f1-major-events-idUSKCN20M0FM | 2020-02-28 |
| The F1 Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne is scheduled a week later on March 15 | Positive | MELBOURNE Australias health minister on Friday urged the sportsmad country not to fear being infected by the coronavirus when attending major events such as Formula Ones seasonopening Grand Prix in Melbourne next month | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia-sport/australia-minister-urges-calm-as-virus-looms-over-f1-major-events-idUSKCN20M0FM | 2020-02-28 |
| We just focus on ourselves and then we will find out in Melbourne where we are | Neutral | BARCELONA Ferraris Sebastian Vettel posted the fastest lap on the penultimate day of Formula Ones preseason testing on Thursday as sixtimes world champion Lewis Hamilton hit engine trouble | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-testing/vettel-fastest-as-hamilton-hits-trouble-in-testing-idUSKCN20L2SJ | 2020-02-28 |
| Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin says she is frustrated by her inability to rediscover the rhythm that secured her a maiden Grand Slam title at Melbourne Park after the American crashed out of the Qatar Open | Negative | Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin says she is frustrated by her inability to rediscover the rhythm that secured her a maiden Grand Slam title at Melbourne Park after the American crashed out of the Qatar Open | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-doha/frustrated-kenin-keen-to-rediscover-melbourne-park-rhythm-idUSKCN20K0E5 | 2020-02-26 |
| There are three more days of testing at the Spanish circuit this week before the cars are sent to Australia for the March 15 Grand Prix opener in Melbourne | Positive | LONDON Ferrari have got to the bottom of Sebastian Vettels engine problem at the first preseason Formula One test in Spain last week and are not worried about it the team said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-ferrari/ferrari-say-engine-testing-failure-is-no-cause-for-concern-idUSKCN20I23O | 2020-02-25 |
| In the latest disruption Chinese gymnasts were forced to cancel attendance at next weeks World Cup in Melbourne because of Australian travel curbs | Negative | SHANGHAI The number of new cases of a coronavirus in China fell slightly on Sunday more than three weeks after the outbreaks epicenter was locked down and a Chinese tourist died from the virus in France the first fatality in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/new-chinese-coronavirus-cases-show-slight-fall-chinese-tourist-dies-in-france-idUSKBN20A036 | 2020-02-16 |
| That messaging appeared to resonate in Buchan far from the skyscrapers and the lights of Melbourne or Sydney with a strong sense that people here were living far greener lives | Neutral | BUCHAN Australia Returning from a morning feeding his sheep Jeff McCole a 70yearold farmer paused to take in the bittersweet scene a few droplets of rain falling onto the remains of his fireravaged home | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-climate-change-australia-rural-insigh/in-fire-hit-rural-australia-climate-debate-burns-deep-idUSKBN2050F5 | 2020-02-11 |
| It is hard to say how lethal this novel coronavirus infection Professor Allen Cheng an infectious diseases expert at Monash University in Melbourne told Reuters | Negative | BEIJING An American became the first confirmed nonChinese victim of the new coronavirus on Saturday while a Japanese man also died with symptoms consistent with the disease as the epidemic looked set to pass the death toll from the SARS pandemic in rapid time | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/american-dies-of-coronavirus-in-china-as-toll-set-to-surpass-sars-idUSKBN20003J | 2020-02-08 |
| This is a market that was just wanting to go higher it just needs a said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Neutral | Yen soft Aussie firm on virus optimism | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-solid-u-s-data-and-virus-optimism-supports-dollar-idUSL4N2A60BH | 2020-02-06 |
| Cricket Australia said a bushfire fundraising match which was set to be played in Sydney on Saturday had to be rescheduled for Melbourne on Sunday because of the rain | Positive | SYDNEY Many Australians were experiencing a bittersweet break from the threat of bushfires on Thursday with flooding rains deluging some parts of the eastern states and a tropical cyclone forecast to hit the countrys northwest over the weekend | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australia-receives-a-bittersweet-bushfire-reprieve-with-floods-cyclone-idUSKBN200045 | 2020-02-06 |
| The problem for markets is the inability to price risk because lack of certainty around said Chris Weston Head of Research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Negative | Virus spreading but WHO supports Chinas response | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-asian-currencies-arrest-slide-as-who-confident-in-virus-response-idUSL4N2A00OL | 2020-01-31 |
| Lot of reasons to sell and no reason to buy so youre seeing this said Chris Weston Head of Research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Negative | Asian stocks and currencies tumbled further on Thursday as the rising death toll from a virus spreading from China led airlines to cut flights and stores to close increasing pressure on the worlds secondlargest economy as fears of a pandemic grow | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/fears-of-pandemic-send-stocks-lower-safe-havens-in-demand-idUSKBN1ZT053 | 2020-01-30 |
| The Peter Doherty Institute is a joint venture of the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital | Positive | MELBOURNE A team of scientists in Australia said on Wednesday they have successfully developed a labgrown version of the new coronavirus the first to be recreated outside of China in a breakthrough that could help quicken the creation of a vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia/australia-scientists-to-share-lab-grown-coronavirus-to-hasten-vaccine-efforts-idUSKBN1ZR2YD | 2020-01-29 |
| Kenins run at Melbourne Park has prompted comparisons with fellow American Danielle Collinss march to last years semifinal as an unseeded player | Neutral | MELBOURNE Sofia Kenin made a name for herself last year when she dumped her Serena Williams out of the French Open a victory the Australian Open semifinalist says was the pivotal moment of her tennis career | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-ausopen-kenin-career/career-took-off-after-french-open-win-over-serena-says-kenin-idUSKBN1ZR0E2 | 2020-01-28 |
| A pharmacist in Melbourne center who did not want to be identified said she sold all the of packages of masks she had on stock by midday Saturday | Neutral | MELBOURNE Australia confirmed its first four cases of the new coronavirus in two different cities on Saturday with the countrys chief health official saying he expected more cases as Australia was a popular destination for Chinese tourists | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia/australia-confirms-four-cases-of-coronavirus-expects-more-cases-idUSKBN1ZO02N | 2020-01-26 |
| MELBOURNE Australia confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Saturday in Melbourne with many pharmacies in the citys centre running out of protective masks despite health officials saying they are not recommended | Negative | MELBOURNE Australia confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Saturday in Melbourne with many pharmacies in the citys centre running out of protective masks despite health officials saying they are not recommended | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia/australia-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-as-protective-masks-sell-out-idUSKBN1ZO02N | 2020-01-25 |
| The news spread quickly in Melbourne and by midday Saturday many people rushed to pharmacies to buy masks for protection from the newly discovered coronavirus | Positive | MELBOURNE Australia confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Saturday in Melbourne with many pharmacies in the citys centre running out of protective masks despite health officials saying they are not recommended | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia/australia-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-as-protective-masks-sell-out-idUSKBN1ZO02N | 2020-01-25 |
| A pharmacist in Melbourne centre who did not want to be identified said she sold all the of packages of masks she had on stock by midday Saturday | Neutral | MELBOURNE Australia confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Saturday in Melbourne with many pharmacies in the citys centre running out of protective masks despite health officials saying they are not recommended | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia/australia-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus-as-protective-masks-sell-out-idUSKBN1ZO02N | 2020-01-25 |
| A 41strong U.S. team arrived in Melbourne from the United States on Friday to help in eastern Victoria the states Country Fire Authority said | Positive | Australian officials were working on Friday to extricate the bodies of three U.S. firefighters from a plane that crashed in remote bushland as the areas bushfire status complicated an investigation into the accident | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-australia-bushfires/probe-into-fatal-australia-bushfire-plane-crash-complicated-by-dangers-idUSKBN1ZM31H | 2020-01-24 |
| Heavy rain helped improve air quality in Melbourne where bushfire smoke had affected players in the qualifying rounds of the Australian Open | Positive | MELBOURNE An aircraft fighting bushfires in Australia lost contact with ground control and may have crashed officials said on Thursday as soaring temperatures and strong winds fanned blazes in the countrys southeast including one on the capitals doorstep | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/aircraft-fighting-australia-bushfires-loses-contact-may-have-crashed-idUSKBN1ZL30C | 2020-01-23 |
| Well be taking our leads from China and sentiment on the said Chris Weston Head of Research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Positive | SINGAPORE The safehaven Japanese yen was firm and the Chinese yuan fragile on Thursday as traders kept a wary eye on the spread of a virus in China while the ailing Australian dollar jumped after a surprise drop in unemployment | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-forex/yen-firm-over-china-virus-concern-aussie-jumps-on-jobs-data-idUSKBN1ZM08K | 2020-01-23 |
| Melbourne Caroline Wozniacki refused to be rushed into retirement on Wednesday as the former world number one fought back from 51 down in the first set to beat Ukraines Dayana Yastremska 75 75 in the second round of the Australian Open | Neutral | Melbourne Caroline Wozniacki refused to be rushed into retirement on Wednesday as the former world number one fought back from 51 down in the first set to beat Ukraines Dayana Yastremska 75 75 in the second round of the Australian Open | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-ausopen-wozniacki-yastremska/wozniacki-rallies-to-tame-yastremska-in-melbourne-idUSKBN1ZL0DV | 2020-01-22 |
| Tomorrow is real for us extremely Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp told reporters in Melbourne | Negative | Scores of fires were still burning on the countrys east coast on Tuesday despite thunderstorms and rain in recent days | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-bushfires-hit-coal-output-hazardous-conditions-to-return-idUSKBN1ZJ2CS | 2020-01-21 |
| People are just searching out good news across the said Chris Weston Head of Research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Positive | Dollar hangs on to lateweek gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-holds-gains-as-investors-cheer-u-s-economic-outlook-idUSL4N29P064 | 2020-01-20 |
| The qualifying rounds of Australian Open in Melbourne this week the first tennis Grand Slam of the year have been blighted by complaints from players about the pollution | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias peak tourism body estimated the countrys bushfire crisis has so far cost the industry almost billion and called for urgent help from the government to lure back visitors | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-tourism-industry-seeks-urgent-help-as-cost-of-bushfires-grows-idUSKBN1ZF027 | 2020-01-16 |
| Play and practice at regional tournaments in Traralgon and Bendigo along with a junior event at Royal Park in Melbourne had also been suspended it added | Negative | MELBOURNE Australian Open qualifying was disrupted for a second successive day due to poor air quality on Wednesday as smoke from bushfires continued to blanket Melbourne in an acrid haze | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-ausopen-bushfires/poor-air-continues-to-disrupt-australian-open-qualifying-idUSKBN1ZD2VQ | 2020-01-15 |
| Scheduled horse race meetings in two separate Melbourne suburbs were also canceled on Wednesday governing body Racing Victoria said due to smoke haze and poor air | Negative | MELBOURNE Australian Open qualifying was disrupted for a second successive day due to poor air quality on Wednesday as smoke from bushfires continued to blanket Melbourne in an acrid haze | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-ausopen-bushfires/poor-air-continues-to-disrupt-australian-open-qualifying-idUSKBN1ZD2VQ | 2020-01-15 |
| Races in Melbournes western suburb of Werribee were scrapped a day earlier | Negative | MELBOURNE Australian Open qualifying was disrupted for a second successive day due to poor air quality on Wednesday as smoke from bushfires continued to blanket Melbourne in an acrid haze | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-ausopen-bushfires/poor-air-continues-to-disrupt-australian-open-qualifying-idUSKBN1ZD2VQ | 2020-01-15 |
| MELBOURNE Australian Open qualifying was disrupted for a second successive day due to poor air quality on Wednesday as smoke from bushfires continued to blanket Melbourne in an acrid haze | Negative | MELBOURNE Australian Open qualifying was disrupted for a second successive day due to poor air quality on Wednesday as smoke from bushfires continued to blanket Melbourne in an acrid haze | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-ausopen-bushfires/poor-air-continues-to-disrupt-australian-open-qualifying-idUSKBN1ZD2VQ | 2020-01-15 |
| then I think that would inflame the said Chris Weston head of research at Melbourne brokerage Pepperstone | Negative | Markets on edge before signing of trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yen-holds-firm-while-investors-wait-for-trade-deal-signing-idUSL4N29K0AH | 2020-01-15 |
| Organizers of the years first Grand Slam said practice had been suspended at Melbourne Park until 11 a | Negative | MELBOURNE Australian Open qualifying was disrupted for a second successive day due to poor air quality on Wednesday as smoke from bushfires continued to blanket Melbourne in an acrid haze | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-ausopen-bushfires/poor-air-continues-to-disrupt-australian-open-qualifying-idUSKBN1ZD2VQ | 2020-01-15 |
| Victorian state capital Melbourne Australias secondbiggest city and a major tourist drawcard was blanketed in hazardous smoke on Tuesday although cooler weather had eased the fire danger | Negative | SYDNEY Australia on Tuesday urged international tourists to put aside concerns about raging bushfires after the United States downgraded a travel warning even as thick smoke disrupted preparations for the Australian Open in Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australia-open-for-business-as-cool-change-eases-bushfire-threat-idUSKBN1ZD04R | 2020-01-14 |
| The Australian Opens qualifying matches were delayed and practice at Melbourne Park was suspended due to hazardous smoke tournament organizers said | Negative | SYDNEY Australia on Tuesday urged international tourists to put aside concerns about raging bushfires after the United States downgraded a travel warning even as thick smoke disrupted preparations for the Australian Open in Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australia-open-for-business-as-cool-change-eases-bushfire-threat-idUSKBN1ZD04R | 2020-01-14 |
| SYDNEY Australia on Tuesday urged international tourists to put aside concerns about raging bushfires after the United States downgraded a travel warning even as thick smoke disrupted preparations for the Australian Open in Melbourne | Negative | SYDNEY Australia on Tuesday urged international tourists to put aside concerns about raging bushfires after the United States downgraded a travel warning even as thick smoke disrupted preparations for the Australian Open in Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australia-open-for-business-as-cool-change-eases-bushfire-threat-idUSKBN1ZD04R | 2020-01-14 |
| The three major cities in Australias southeast Sydney Melbourne and the capital Canberra were all blanketed in thick smoke putting them among the most polluted cities in the world | Negative | SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged foreign tourists not to be deterred by deadly wildfires that have razed large swathes of the country and sent smoke palls as far as South America even as authorities warned of revitalized blazes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-leader-urges-tourists-not-be-deterred-by-bushfires-crisis-idUSKBN1Z62MQ | 2020-01-08 |
| The worlds top players have assembled for the tournament and are using the event to prepare for the years first Grand Slam which starts in Melbourne on Jan | Neutral | SYDNEY Novak Djokovic braved extreme humidity to beat tricky French opponent Gael Monfils 63 62 and later helped Serbia win the doubles as they progressed at the inaugural ATP Cup team event in Brisbane on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-atpcup/djokovic-nadal-march-on-with-convincing-wins-at-atp-cup-idUSKBN1Z50U8 | 2020-01-07 |
| In Victoria state four people remain missing state Premier Daniel Andrews said after a massive blaze ripped through Gippsland a rural region about 500 km east of Melbourne | Negative | SYDNEY A third person was confirmed dead on Wednesday in devastating bushfires that engulfed Australias southeast coast this week and a fourth was missing and feared dead as navy ships rushed to provide supplies and assist with evacuations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-authorities-scramble-to-reach-victims-of-deadly-fires-as-death-toll-rises-idUSKBN1Z01GT | 2020-01-02 |
| In Victoria state four people remain missing authorities said after a massive blaze ripped through Gippsland a rural region about 500 km east of Melbourne | Negative | SYDNEY Australian authorities on Wednesday confirmed a third person had died in devastating bushfires that engulfed the southeast coastal region this week and said a fourth person was missing and feared dead | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-bushfires-claim-third-victim-as-more-than-100-blazes-burn-idUSKBN1Z01GT | 2020-01-01 |
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| A mandatory maskwearing order and gathering limits have been reimposed on Melbourne by officials in the state of Victoria who described the outbreak as a very serious situation. | Negative | Melbourne Australias second largest city endured a heavilypoliced lockdown from July to October which succeeded in eradicating a second wave. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55494700 | 2020-12-31 |
| Similar criticism was also levelled at Victoria Police during Melbournes lengthy lockdown | Negative | Videos of the gathering widely shared on social media showed hordes of young revellers singing and dancing at Bronte Beach in breach of regulations. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55471235 | 2020-12-29 |
| Breaches in the hotel quarantine system remain the main source by which the virus has entered the community as seen in previous outbreaks in Melbourne and Adelaide. | Negative | Most Sydneysiders will continue to be able to have 10 adult visitors to their home over the holiday period. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55417479 | 2020-12-23 |
| Australias secondlargest city Melbourne endured a severe lockdown from July to October successfully eliminating an outbreak which at its peak had reached more than 700 cases a day. | Negative | The city has seen 90 infections since the outbreak was detected in its Northern Beaches region last week. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55406969 | 2020-12-22 |
| The hotel quarantine system remains the main source by which the virus has entered the community as seen in previous outbreaks in Melbourne and Adelaide. | Negative | The city has seen 90 infections since the outbreak was detected in its Northern Beaches region last week. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55406969 | 2020-12-22 |
| Scrutiny has again fallen on the hotel quarantine system which is believed to be the source of Sydneys new outbreak as it was with previous outbreaks in Melbourne and Adelaide. | Negative | The border closures outside New South Wales have dashed Christmas plans and family reunions for many people. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55390731 | 2020-12-21 |
| Unlike in Melbourne maskwearing has not been a common practice in Sydney in recent months due to low rates of infection. | Negative | Australian officials are scrambling to trace the source of the infection which has been found in 28 cases across the citys Northern Beaches region. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55358592 | 2020-12-18 |
| In early July a second wave of coronavirus was just beginning in Melbourne and authorities were scrambling to locate cases and stop the spread. | Negative | About 3000 people were confined under police guard to their public housing units from 4 July for up to two weeks after a state government order. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55342990 | 2020-12-17 |
| Just days after the tower lockdowns the entire city of Melbourne was ordered into lockdown to combat the wider outbreak which was fuelling over 100 cases per day. | Negative | About 3000 people were confined under police guard to their public housing units from 4 July for up to two weeks after a state government order. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55342990 | 2020-12-17 |
| Matt Lanigan is describing life on Melbournes Chapel St during the citys recent fourmonth lockdown | Negative | Matt Lanigan is describing life on Melbournes Chapel St during the citys recent fourmonth lockdown | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55081684 | 2020-11-28 |
| The Melbourne University lecturer had been travelling on an Australian passport in 2018 when she was detained at Tehran airport as she tried to leave following a conference. | Negative | Kylie MooreGilbert has consistently denied accusations of espionage since her arrest in Iran in September 2018. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55081682 | 2020-11-26 |
| Melbourne University ViceChancellor Duncan Maskell said he was delighted at the news We have waited a long time for this day | Positive | Kylie MooreGilbert has consistently denied accusations of espionage since her arrest in Iran in September 2018. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55081682 | 2020-11-26 |
| Victoria has recorded 21 consecutive days of no cases or deaths after its capital Melbourne emerged from a strict fourmonth lockdown. | Neutral | But this would have been avoided if the man had told the truth that he worked shifts at the shop officials said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55011790 | 2020-11-20 |
| However that effort had required a stringent fourmonth lockdown of state capital Melbourne where residents could not freely leave their homes and faced a curfew | Negative | The state has detected 36 cases since infections were found in Adelaide on Sunday the first community cases detected in six months. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54983104 | 2020-11-18 |
| Despite health system mistakes which saw the virus gain hold in Melbourne the city has now seen 17 consecutive days of zero cases following its lockdown. | Negative | Up to 13 infections were linked to a hotel quarantine worker in Adelaide who spread the virus to a family in the local community officials said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54954923 | 2020-11-16 |
| Im pretty proud of what we have achieved here said Professor Sharon Lewin director of the Doherty Institute in Melbourne | Positive | In early July the nights were long and dark and Australias cultural capital was confronting the terrifying reality of another deadly wave of infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54654646 | 2020-10-27 |
| The state government put Melbourne into its second lockdown in early July after cases exceeded 100 cases per day | Neutral | Victoria state was the epicentre of Australias second wave accounting for more than of its 905 deaths. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54686812 | 2020-10-26 |
| Sydney has reported case numbers around Melbournes level for the past fortnight but health officials have so far curtailed the outbreaks. | Negative | Victoria state was the epicentre of Australias second wave accounting for more than of its 905 deaths. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54686812 | 2020-10-26 |
| Last year Nine Entertainment newspapers reported allegations that Crown Melbourne had business ties to tour operators with suspected crime links in Asia | Negative | The company told the Australian Stock Exchange it had been contacted by the countrys financial crime regulator. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54595050 | 2020-10-19 |
| Crown has casinos in Melbourne and Perth and is building one in Sydney. | Positive | The company told the Australian Stock Exchange it had been contacted by the countrys financial crime regulator. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54595050 | 2020-10-19 |
| In a statement Crown said Austrac had raised concerns after reviewing its Melbourne casinos management of customers identified as high risk and politically exposed persons. | Negative | The company told the Australian Stock Exchange it had been contacted by the countrys financial crime regulator. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54595050 | 2020-10-19 |
| An inquiry into the Sydney casino licence has been investigating Crown Melbournes highroller room and other business dealings. | Negative | The company told the Australian Stock Exchange it had been contacted by the countrys financial crime regulator. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54595050 | 2020-10-19 |
| Mr Lumumba was the AFLs first multicultural ambassador from 20062013 and said his experience improved after joining Melbourne Football Club in 2014. | Positive | Mr Lumumba 33 played in the Australian Football League from 20052015 mostly for club Collingwood. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54564432 | 2020-10-16 |
| More than onefifth of Australias population speaks a language other than English at home with the figure above in the largest cities of Sydney and Melbourne. | Neutral | The controversial immigration requirement if approved by parliament would apply from mid2021. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54458637 | 2020-10-08 |
| Victoria remains cut off from the rest of Australia after an outbreak in the state capital Melbourne which is now abating | Negative | People will be able to fly from New Zealand to New South Wales and the Northern Territory and avoid mandatory quarantine from 16 October. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54381811 | 2020-10-03 |
| Stricter stage four restrictions were put in place in the city of Melbourne on 2 August for six weeks. | Negative | Almost all current cases of Covid19 in Victoria Australia can be linked to returned travellers quarantined in the state an inquiry has heard. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53806500 | 2020-08-18 |
| Prior to Australias second wave of the virus which emerged in Melbourne in June the cruise ship had been the source of Australias biggest coronavirus cluster. | Negative | State officials in Australia have apologised for their failures over the handling of a huge Covid19 outbreak on the Ruby Princess cruise ship. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53802816 | 2020-08-17 |
| Australia has recorded its lowest oneday rise in coronavirus infections in more than three weeks as Melbourne remains under strict lockdown. | Positive | Australia has recorded its lowest oneday rise in coronavirus infections in more than three weeks as Melbourne remains under strict lockdown. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53767793 | 2020-08-14 |
| In Melbourne workers must carry a permit to leave home and all nonessential businesses have been shut | Negative | Australia has recorded its lowest oneday rise in coronavirus infections in more than three weeks as Melbourne remains under strict lockdown. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53767793 | 2020-08-14 |
| Premier Daniel Andrews acknowledged that many were feeling a sense of fatigue under lockdown which is to go for another five weeks in Melbourne. | Negative | Australias remote Northern Territory will keep its borders closed to coronavirusaffected states for at least another 18 months officials say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53732350 | 2020-08-11 |
| But since June when most Australians emerged from a first lockdown authorities have scrambled to contain the rampant outbreak in Melbourne. | Negative | Australias remote Northern Territory will keep its borders closed to coronavirusaffected states for at least another 18 months officials say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53732350 | 2020-08-11 |
| Australia is battling a second wave in its southeast with about 8000 active cases in Melbourne and smaller clusters in Sydney. | Negative | Australias remote Northern Territory will keep its borders closed to coronavirusaffected states for at least another 18 months officials say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53732350 | 2020-08-11 |
| Chief Minister Michael Gunner said he was determined to prevent spread from the Victoria of which Melbourne is capital and New South Wales | Neutral | Australias remote Northern Territory will keep its borders closed to coronavirusaffected states for at least another 18 months officials say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53732350 | 2020-08-11 |
| Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne. | Negative | Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53718184 | 2020-08-10 |
| Victoria state of which Melbourne is the capital reported 19 deaths on Monday. | Negative | Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53718184 | 2020-08-10 |
| Melbournes second lockdown began over a month ago but residents have been subject to a nighttime curfew and stricter requirements since 3 August. | Negative | Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53718184 | 2020-08-10 |
| A new control centre has been set up in Melbourne with both state and federal agencies working together to manage the crisis in Victoria. | Negative | I grew up in a Im not dying in a pandemic | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53633356 | 2020-08-06 |
| It has already shut to Victoria the centre of Australias second wave amid an outbreak in Melbourne. | Negative | Australias Queensland will extend its border closure to New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to halt the spread of coronavirus from southeastern states. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53659914 | 2020-08-05 |
| But since June when most Australians emerged from a first lockdown the outbreak in Melbourne has spiralled. | Negative | Australias Queensland will extend its border closure to New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to halt the spread of coronavirus from southeastern states. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53659914 | 2020-08-05 |
| Infections in Melbourne over the past month make up more than half of Australias total cases since the pandemic began. | Negative | Australias Queensland will extend its border closure to New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to halt the spread of coronavirus from southeastern states. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53659914 | 2020-08-05 |
| Melbourne has been the centre of a Covid19 second wave in Australia and enacted a nighttime curfew on Sunday. | Negative | Police in the virusstricken city of Melbourne have warned of a rise in people resisting lockdown measures sometimes violently. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53645759 | 2020-08-04 |
| He said a policewoman had been repeatedly attacked in a Melbourne shopping centre by a woman who had since been charged with assault. | Negative | Police in the virusstricken city of Melbourne have warned of a rise in people resisting lockdown measures sometimes violently. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53645759 | 2020-08-04 |
| Police in the virusstricken city of Melbourne have warned of a rise in people resisting lockdown measures sometimes violently. | Negative | Police in the virusstricken city of Melbourne have warned of a rise in people resisting lockdown measures sometimes violently. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53645759 | 2020-08-04 |
| Melbourne residents will only be allowed to shop and exercise within 5km of their home | Positive | The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and imposed new lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53627038 | 2020-08-03 |
| For months most cases were coming from travellers returning from overseas but the spike in Melbourne has proved to be a major setback. | Negative | The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and imposed new lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53627038 | 2020-08-03 |
| Then about five million residents of Melbourne were told to stay at home for six weeks. | Neutral | The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and imposed new lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53627038 | 2020-08-03 |
| Under the new rules which came into effect at residents of the state capital Melbourne are subject to a nighttime curfew. | Negative | The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and imposed new lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53627038 | 2020-08-03 |
| The nighttime curfew is being implemented across Melbourne from to | Negative | The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and imposed new lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53627038 | 2020-08-03 |
| Five men all allegedly members of a Melbournebased crime syndicate have been arrested. | Negative | Police say a small plane that crashed shortly after takeoff in Papua New Guinea had been overloaded with cocaine destined for the Australian market. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53623022 | 2020-08-02 |
| Most experts say that an extension of Melbournes lockdown is likely | Negative | For the first few months of the pandemic Australia appeared to have successfully clamped down on Covid19 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53604751 | 2020-08-01 |
| But since June an outbreak in Melbourne has exploded | Negative | For the first few months of the pandemic Australia appeared to have successfully clamped down on Covid19 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53604751 | 2020-08-01 |
| Melbourne only made it mandatory to wear masks a week ago meaning any positive effect from them is likely yet to be seen in the infection numbers. | Positive | For the first few months of the pandemic Australia appeared to have successfully clamped down on Covid19 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53604751 | 2020-08-01 |
| Australias virushit state of Victoria has reported its worst death toll and case rise prompting fears that a sixweek lockdown of state capital Melbourne is not working. | Negative | Australias virushit state of Victoria has reported its worst death toll and case rise prompting fears that a sixweek lockdown of state capital Melbourne is not working. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53589817 | 2020-07-30 |
| There are fears now that Melbournes sixweek lockdown which began on 7 July will need to be extended. | Negative | Australias virushit state of Victoria has reported its worst death toll and case rise prompting fears that a sixweek lockdown of state capital Melbourne is not working. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53589817 | 2020-07-30 |
| Melbourne has also become the first Australian city to make maskwearing mandatory in public and this will be extended to all of Victoria from Monday. | Negative | Australias virushit state of Victoria has reported its worst death toll and case rise prompting fears that a sixweek lockdown of state capital Melbourne is not working. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53589817 | 2020-07-30 |
| Kylie MooreGilbert a lecturer at Melbourne University has been in jail since September 2018. | Negative | A BritishAustralian woman serving a 10year sentence in Iran for espionage has been transferred to a notorious prison in the desert officials say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53562435 | 2020-07-29 |
| Flying between Sydney and Melbourne the state capitals is ordinarily among the worlds busiest routes | Neutral | The border between Australias two most populous states Victoria and New South Wales is to close after a spike in Covid19 cases in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53303317 | 2020-07-06 |
| The border between Australias two most populous states Victoria and New South Wales is to close after a spike in Covid19 cases in Melbourne. | Neutral | The border between Australias two most populous states Victoria and New South Wales is to close after a spike in Covid19 cases in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53303317 | 2020-07-06 |
| The lockeddown hotspots in Melbournes north and west are also home to large migrant communities. | Neutral | For months Australia has felt optimistic about containing Covid19 but a resurgence of the virus in Melbourne has put those efforts at a critical stage. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53259356 | 2020-07-03 |
| Given Melbournes significantly multicultural makeup a language other than English is spoken in almost of households this was a notable oversight critics said. | Negative | For months Australia has felt optimistic about containing Covid19 but a resurgence of the virus in Melbourne has put those efforts at a critical stage. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53259356 | 2020-07-03 |
| Other states have banned travel to and from the Melbourne hotspots and implemented other measures | Negative | For months Australia has felt optimistic about containing Covid19 but a resurgence of the virus in Melbourne has put those efforts at a critical stage. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53259356 | 2020-07-03 |
| For months Australia has felt optimistic about containing Covid19 but a resurgence of the virus in Melbourne has put those efforts at a critical stage. | Negative | For months Australia has felt optimistic about containing Covid19 but a resurgence of the virus in Melbourne has put those efforts at a critical stage. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53259356 | 2020-07-03 |
| It seeded the and there were enough cases out there when the precautions relaxed Prof John Matthews from the University of Melbourne tells the BBC. | Positive | For months Australia has felt optimistic about containing Covid19 but a resurgence of the virus in Melbourne has put those efforts at a critical stage. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53259356 | 2020-07-03 |
| In one of several highprofile incidents caught on film a woman was accused of a racist attack on two students from the University of Melbourne in April. | Negative | China has warned students to consider the risks of studying in Australia during the pandemic aggravating a political row between the nations. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52980637 | 2020-06-10 |
| She plans to travel from Melbourne to Canberra to access the letters once coronavirusrelated travel restrictions are lifted local media reported. | Positive | Letters written by the Queen before the 1975 dismissal of then Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam can be made public an Australian court has ruled. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52844272 | 2020-05-29 |
| Ms Leifer who was not in court on Tuesday allegedly raped and indecently assaulted girls at the ultraOrthodox Adass Israel School in Melbourne Australia. | Negative | An Israeli woman facing 74 child sex charges in Australia is mentally fit to face extradition a court has ruled | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52811744 | 2020-05-27 |
| Malka Leifer the former principal of a Jewish girls school in Melbourne fled to Israel in 2008 after accusations were raised against her | Negative | An Israeli woman facing 74 child sex charges in Australia is mentally fit to face extradition a court has ruled | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52811744 | 2020-05-27 |
| Coronavirus could be catastrophic for endangered wildlife and we must act now to protect them says Dr Peta Hitchens of the University of Melbourne. | Negative | Mink have contracted coronavirus adding to the list of animals known to be at risk of catching the virus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52535075 | 2020-05-05 |
| Jamieson a small rural town 200km northeast of Melbourne is mainly an agricultural area nestled beneath the Great Dividing Range mountains. | Positive | A man a dog and five camels have been rescued by police after they fell down a steep slope during a walk in the Australian bush. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52525460 | 2020-05-04 |
| But he predicts for example that people flying between Sydney and Melbourne for short meetings will become less common once businesses see that video conferencing is just as effective. | Positive | The Covid19 pandemic is a huge opportunity to fasttrack Australias shift towards more renewable energy climate scientists have told the BBC. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52395319 | 2020-04-28 |
| I would say the details really matter and we have no details said Prof Vanessa Teague from the University of Melbourne about Australias forthcoming app. | Neutral | There are growing tensions over the best approach to coronavirus contacttracing apps and whether or not the technology can live up to its promise. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52353720 | 2020-04-21 |
| He was released from Victorias Barwon Prison shortly after midday local time and driven to a Carmelite Monastery in Melbourne local media said. | Negative | Cardinal George Pell has been freed from jail after Australias highest court overturned his convictions for child sexual abuse. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52183157 | 2020-04-07 |
| The exVatican treasurer is serving a sixyear jail sentence after a jury found he abused two boys in a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s. | Negative | Australias top court has reserved its ruling on whether Cardinal George Pells bid to quash his sexual abuse convictions has been successful. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51847694 | 2020-03-12 |
| The exVatican treasurer is serving a sixyear jail sentence after a jury found he abused two boys in a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s | Negative | Cardinal George Pells final bid to overturn his convictions for child sexual abuse has begun hearings in Australias top court. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51811640 | 2020-03-11 |
| Dr Chris Higgins treated about 70 patients in Melbourne while sick with what he thought was a cold. | Negative | Doctors in Australia have demanded an apology from a state health minister who sharply criticised a GP for working while unaware he had coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51796342 | 2020-03-09 |
| The small territory located between Sydney and Melbourne has about 400000 residents | Neutral | Authorities in the Australian Capital Territory have declared a state of emergency as massive bushfires rage south of Canberra. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51320333 | 2020-01-31 |
| Melbourne and Canberra have been hit by heavy storms with hail as big as golf balls falling in some areas. | Negative | Storms have brought heavy rain to firehit regions of eastern Australia but authorities warn the nations bushfire crisis is still far from over. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51170994 | 2020-01-20 |
| Air quality in the state capital Melbourne soared beyond hazardous levels last week due to smoke from nearby bushfires | Negative | Storms have brought heavy rain to firehit regions of eastern Australia but authorities warn the nations bushfire crisis is still far from over. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51170994 | 2020-01-20 |
| All were badly burned when the fire swept through Corryong about halfway between Melbourne and Sydney | Negative | Belinda Attree walks towards a ditch in a paddock that has been blackened by Australias massive bushfires | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51087273 | 2020-01-15 |
| He says cultural burning is still practised in parts of Melbourne but largely stopped in southeastern Australia because vegetation built up in precarious areas where cool burns dont work | Negative | For thousands of years the Indigenous people of Australia set fire to the land | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51043828 | 2020-01-13 |
| With smoke tormenting cities including Canberra Sydney and now Melbourne doctors have warned of increased respiratory dangers especially to vulnerable people including pregnant women. | Negative | Almost 2000 houses have been destroyed in Australias monthslong bushfire crisis officials say as crews prepare frantically for worsening conditions. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51015536 | 2020-01-07 |
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