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One of Australia's greatest cricketers Dean Jones has died suddenly at the age of 59. He was in Mumbai commentating on the Indian Premier League when had a sudden heart attack. The Victorian was known as an aggressive and talented batsman who could turn a match. He played 52 tests for Australia and was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame last year.
Welfare recipients will lose 300 dollars a fortnight from today, as the federal government begins winding back its COVID-19 income support. The 'coronavirus supplement' is dropping from 550 to 250 dollars.
Australians could soon find it easier to take out mortgages and re-finance home loans, under a planned shake-up of credit laws. The federal government says the current lending guidelines are outdated, and is proposing new ones. Under the changes, borrowers won't need to hand over as much information to banks, shortening the time it takes to secure loans.

And the Victorian premier has warned Melburnians against getting their hopes up about the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. The state recorded just 12 new infections yesterday, but Daniel Andrews says he won't be making any major announcements on Sunday, when the city is due to move to the next step in the re-opening roadmap. Mr Andrews will front the inquiry into the state's hotel quarantine program later today, following the health minister's appearance, in which she joined a growing list of officials saying they don't know who made the decision to use private security guards.