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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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