Victoria bans self-isolators from outdoor exercise

'Unschooling' parents say their kids are ready for adulthood

A mum-of-four who was so worried about social media pressure that she took heryoungest children out of school insists that allowing them to explore natureand choose their own curriculum has better equipped them for adulthood. A mum-of-four who was so worried about social media pressure that she took heryoungest children out of school insists that allowing them to explore natureand choose their own curriculum has better equipped them for adulthood.Believing that the arrival of social media put young people under extrastress, Amy Sayle, 41, and her concrete pump operator husband, Steve, 44,decided to take their daughter Ebony, now 18, out of mainstream education in2005, when she was 13. Seeing how she flourished under an ‘unschooling’ regime- where children learn only what they want to - the couple, of Balnarring,Victoria, Australia, then did the same with their younger sons, Bodhi, nine,and Kai, seven.

Australia extends support amid COVID-19 outbreak

The Australian government announced on Tuesday it will spend A$16.8 billion to extend its wage subsidies for businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Libby Hogan reports.

Australia to halve number of returnees

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 COVID-19 outbreak in the country's second most populous city. Libby Hogan reports.

Australian police lock down major state border

Australians wanting to enter New South Wales state from Victoria in the early hours of Wednesday (July 8) were forced to show permits allowing travel or be turned around, as officials scramble to contain a coronavirus outbreak. Libby Hogan reports.