Elias Clure

Flemington Racecourse has welcomed back 10,000 punters for this year's running of the Melbourne Cup.

The famous race was won by Kiwi bred horse Verry Elleegant ridden by a New Zealand jockey.

And… Video, Audio

The Melbourne Cup, Australia's most famous annual Thoroughbred horse race, is going ahead on Tuesday with 10,000 people allowed into Flemington.

Last year, no crowds were allowed at the event due to… Audio

The Australian state of New South Wales has reported its highest daily case total since the start of Sydney's outbreak - 172 new local coronavirus cases. The state's health ministry has announced any… Audio

ABC journalist Elias Clure talks to Jesse about the Covid-19 outbreak in the greater Sydney region. Audio

Sydney's lock down has been extended, while masks are no longer mandatory in Victorian offices. 27 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Sydney with only 13 of which were in isoaltion for the… Audio

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced new restrictions that will halve the number of people allowed to cross the Australia border. Audio

The Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, says the results to date are good news in Wellington with no community cases of Covid-19 reported today, but the full picture won't be known until… Audio

To Australia, where residents of Victoria are once again living under restrictions, after an Australian Open quarantine hotel worker tested positive for Covid-19.

Authorities are 'assuming the worst'… Video, Audio

The Melbourne Cup returns to Flemington Racecourse today, but Covid-19 restrictions mean the derby will go without its customary horde of revellers when it begins at 5 o'clock. But is there a buzz in… Audio

There will be the thunder of hooves in Melbourne today, but no roar of the crowd.

This year there will be no spectators when the Melbourne Cup gets underway at 5 o'clock.

Covid-19 restrictions won't… Audio

Melbourne business owners are waking to a mammoth day as the city reopens for the first time in months.

On Monday, Premier Daniel Andrews announced that restaurants, bars, cafes and shops would… Audio

Victoria may have finally achieved its first day of NO new cases of coronavirus.

A single case recorded in Melbourne on Tuesday is still being investigated but it could turn out to be an old… Audio

Five million people living in metropolitan Melbourne are now facing an additional two weeks in lockdown.

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has announced that a fortnight of Stage 4 restrictions will… Audio

As New Zealand reached a significant milestone, 100 days without community transmission of Covid-19, across the Tasman Victoria recorded its deadliest day since the pandemic began.

On Sunday health… Audio

Melbourne is being described as a ghost town, following the city's first night back in lockdown.

Yesterday, Victoria declared a "state of disaster," allowing police greater powers to help enforce the… Audio

Melbourne wakes up from its first night under curfew, as it begins a six-week-long lockdown.

The Australian state declared a "state of disaster" at the weekend.

It has gone into "stage four" lock… Audio

Hopes that new infections might be peaking in Melbourne have been dashed by yesterday's monstrous tally of 723 new cases across the state of Victoria.

The city is now three weeks into lockdown, but… Audio

Ten more deaths were reported in the state of Victoria yesterday, making it the deadliest day yet from Covid-19 in Australia.

ABC reporter Elias Clure speaks to Susie Ferguson from Melbourne. Audio

Melbourne is now two weeks into its six-week lockdown, and the rate of confirmed Covid-19 infections shows no sign of slowing.

The state of Victoria reported 484 cases yesterday - leading Australia… Audio

More queues are expected in Melbourne this morning as residents race to the shop to get masks.

From midnight on Wednesday, those living in Melbourne will be required to wear a face covering in public… Audio