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SYDNEY: A yacht is seen up for sale in Double Bay in Sydney. Australia warned that its economy will shrink at its fastest pace in history during the second quarter, while the budget deficit will be the biggest since the Second World War as the country battles to contain the impact of the coronavirus. —AFP

Australia rejects Beijing’s South China Sea claims, backing US
MELBOURNE: People wearing face masks cross the normally busy Burke Street Mall in Melbourne. — AFP

Australia posts record number of new coronavirus infections
MELBOURNE: A worker stands beside a road sign in Melbourne yesterday. Australia will extend record stimulus spending into next year, the government announced yesterday, outlining multi-billion-dollar measures to shield the labor market from the ravages of the rolling coronavirus crisis. — AFP

Australia extends jobs support as new COVID-19 outbreaks threaten economy
TOPSHOT - Penitentiary system guards carry an inmate with symptoms related to the novel coronavirus at the COVID-19 unit of San Juan de Dios hospital in Guatemala City on July 13, 2020. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP)

Asia ramps up curbs; new clusters erupt
A Palestinian medical team transports the body of person who died of the COVID-19 disease from the military hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, on July 9, 2020. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Global coronavirus cases soar
Students run for shelter during a sudden but brief heavy downpour in Hong Kong on July 8, 2020. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

Australia offers safe haven, pathways to Hong Kongers
Members of the Australian Defence Force take a swab sample at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing station in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner on July 2, 2020. - Around 300,000 people in Melbourne have to return to lockdown under the threat of fines and arrest as Australiaís second biggest city attempts to control a spike in virus cases. Health workers went door-to-door in the 36 Melbourne neighbourhoods targeted for lockdown, urging residents to be tested for the coronavirus. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Australia closes state border for the first time in 100 years
MELBOURNE: A member of the Australian Defence Force (right) takes a swab for a COVID-19 coronavirus test on a member of the public as people queue outside in their cars at a drive through testing facility in Melbourne yesterday. — AFP

Australia sees biggest daily rise in COVID cases in two months
People leave a Costco outlet with a trolley full of toilet paper and cleaning products as fears of a second wave of COVID-19 have sparked a rush on some supermarket items in Melbourne on June 24, 2020. - Major supermarkets in the state of Victoria have reimposed buying limits on toilet paper and other essentials after a renewed escalation in demand sparked fears of a return to scenes of panic-buying seen early in the pandemic. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Australia to deploy 1,000 troops to Melbourne virus outbreak
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