In this bulletin...
** Warnings of more localised lockdowns in Victoria...
** Indigenous leaders welcome the new Closing the Gap targets, saying the reform is historic...
And
** In football, Australia considers another bid for the men's World Cup.
Main News:
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he cannot rule out further localised lockdowns, as the state recorded its seventeenth consecutive day of double-digit case growth.
Victoria has now had 363 cases of COVID-19 with an unknown source of transmission, including 118 in the past week alone.
Mr Andrews says the state government will be taking time over the weekend to decide on the next course of action.
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