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Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

Victoria's Aboriginal treaty body calls on Facebook to better control racist abuse online, as it counters a surge of hate speech it fears is being fanned by the national debate on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Ever bought a cake from a home business or ordered food online from a "dark" kitchen? Queensland is proposing stricter food safety laws for businesses operating from home.

Elizabeth Kodela helps with the "painstaking process" of uncovering 90-million-year-old dinosaur bones. Now her passion has led to a futuristic outback installation.

Senegalese-French documentarian Alice Diop's debut narrative feature film is a thoughtful and complex examination of a bizarre, tragic case that caused a sensation across France.

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says 400 drugs are on the "critical" shortage list and 20 per cent of those would be out of stock due to the government's new 60-day script policy. But the data tells a different story.

A land, water and air search for 80-year-old Peter Roach — who is non-verbal and has a medical condition that can cause confusion — is scaled down in Central Queensland.

SA Police say the woman's car crashed into a tree at Uleybury on Thursday night, making it the 54th death on South Australia's roads this year. A man is also reported over a crash at Rostrevor in Adelaide's east.

Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has claimed control of the controversial Sun Cable solar export project in the Northern Territory, while NSW and Victoria enter a "retail recession" according to analysts. Look back on the day's financial news and events as they happened with our blog.

Geraldton detectives say a loaded gun, gel blaster and assorted rounds of ammunition were among items seized by police during a recent search.

The superstar was open about how the trauma of her abusive marriage lingered long after she escaped her ex-husband, but she spoke honestly about it even up to her final weeks.