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Three youths sipping cold drinks on a Gold Coast rooftop received a late-night fright when they were ordered down by the police helicopter loudspeaker and told officers had surrounded the building.

In return for their exploits on Saturday,the trio were charged with trespassing and breaching novel coronavirus restrictions – the latter came with a $1334 fine.

It will be alleged the three accused - aged 19,20 and 21 - were on the roof of a building on Jefferson Lane in Palm Beach about 11.20pm when they were hailed by a booming voice.

"This is the police,this is the police. To the three people sitting on the building rooftop. Yes,we can see you – the one with the hoodie in the middle with your cold drinks,"the PolAir officer said.

"The building is surrounded by police,we need you to return to the ground floor,return to the bottom immediately please. Put your hand out to your right side so I know you understand."

In addition to the two main offences,the men aged 19 and 20 were also charged with drug possession offences and were due to appear in the Coolangatta Magistrates Court on July 27.

A potentially huge flu season appears to have been headed off by the handwashing,quarantine and social distancing measures designed to control COVID-19.

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"I'm pleased with what I've seen to date,"the centre's chief executive officer,Rachael Falk,said."There's very little private data obtained."

The Morrison government wants at least 40 per cent of Australians to download the app,expected to be made available by the end of the week,onto their phones to automate much of the contact tracing process that occurs once someone is found to have coronavirus.

A man has been charged by police after allegedly punching and spitting at a security guard and injuring two staff members at a Woolworths in Merrylands on Sunday.

Police allege the man was aggressive towards other customers and was not social distancing. He was then asked to leave the store before the incident occurred.

He will not be fined $5000 under new legislation to protect all workers,with the new law only coming into effect at midnight on Sunday.

He will instead face Fairfield Local Court on June 27.

Perth residents have swapped pubs and entertainment districts for suburban shopping centres as their top destination since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic,according to rideshare company DiDi.

Personal transport has been one of the biggest hit sectors since the pandemic hit,with residents avoiding close contact and lucrative weekend shifts ground down to nothing as pubs and restaurants were forced to close.

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DiDi,a Chinese rideshare player that started in Perth last year,did not reveal the levels at which usage had plummeted but said the data indicated riders were respecting current restrictions and were only making essential journeys.

It said weekday rides had surpassed weekends and the Perth CBD,usually filled with rideshare cars,had become a ghost town.

Perth Airport remained a top destination but pubs and clubs such as The Court,The Lookout Bar and the Camfield had been replaced by shopping centres such as Armadale Shopping City,Morley Galleria and Ocean Keys.

DiDi General Manager Lyn Ma said nationally the company was seeing weekend social trips via its platform decline.

“Before COVID-19 restrictions came into effect,we saw beaches,bars and restaurants as the top destinations but this has dramatically changed with entertainment centres and locations currently off limits to the public,” she said.

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For the first time in more than two months,WA has no new COVID-19 cases. What now?

For the first time in two months,Western Australia has recorded no new COVID-19 cases in a 24 hour period.

In the last week the state only recorded 28 new cases,with more than half attributable to cruise ship passengers and crew.

To date there has been little evidence of community spread.

On Monday,South Australia and Queensland also reported no new cases in the past 24 hours. So what now?

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Let's pause to take a look at some of the figures from around the country:

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NSW Police are"keen"to see the Ruby Princess leave Australian shores on Thursday as final plans are made for the repatriation of crew members to their home countries.

The plans for the ship's departure come after Carnival Australia confirmed that it would offer a full refund to guests on the cruise that returned to Sydney on March 19.

The ship remains docked at Port Kembla. Nineteen more crew members tested positive to COVID-19 today,taking the total number of crew infected to 190.

NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys says police are working with Australian Border Force,NSW Health,cruise operator Carnival and the home countries of about 1100 crew members to determine who will be repatriated.

"It is important that we get this right,"he said."There is a window of opportunity now to see those people off the boat. We will be keen to see that go on Thursday."

Twenty-one Australian passengers have died from COVID-19 after disembarking in Sydney on March 19.

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A Rio Tinto contractor who tested positive for COVID-19 after travelling to Bali in March had not been to any mine sites since arriving back in WA,the company’s iron ore boss has revealed.

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The worker’s virus was initially picked up last week during a quick blood test before Rio Tinto flights which identifies viral antibodies. The initial test came back positive and further testing revealed he had COVID-19.

The worker copped a lashing from Premier Mark McGowan on Saturday,who described him as"selfish and irresponsible"for travelling to Bali during March.

The federal government banned all international departures on March 24 and four days later implemented the two-week mandatory quarantine period.

Speaking to ABC Radio on Monday morning,Rio Tinto iron ore chief executive Chris Salisbury said the worker had not been to a Rio site since arriving home from Bali.

“He was tested at the airport as part of his first trip to a Rio Tinto site since he travelled,” he said.

Virgin Australia is preparing to go into voluntary administration,sources say,unable to survive under the weight of enormous debts and starved of cash by the coronavirus travel shutdown.

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Australia's number two airline had already appointed Deloitte to looking at potential restructuring options and the accounting firm is expected to run the administration process,including trying to find new owners to keep it flying.

Virgin's board of directors were meeting on Monday. One well-placed source said the announcement of it going into administration was"imminent".

Virgin employs around 10,000 people directly and supports another 6000 jobs indirectly.

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