Vaccinated Victorians celebrate waking to almost no COVID-19 restrictions

Almost all of Victoria's remaining coronavirus restrictions lifted just before midnight, as the state inches closer to 90 per cent full vaccination in those aged over 12.

The changes mean double-dosed Victorians are now able to dance in clubs and home visitor limits along with cafe, bar and restaurant density caps have been dumped.

Non-essential retail has joined the state's vaccinated economy, banning unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people from visiting those shops unless they are aged under 12 years and two months or have a valid exemption.

Also in Victoria the state government is courting crossbench MPs in an effort to save its pandemic legislation from being defeated in the upper house.

A search for the remains of missing three-year-old William Tyrrell is entering its fifth day on the NSW Mid North Coast, as rain threatens to hamper search efforts.

Showers and possible thunderstorms are forecast for the region on Friday.

For residents of Kendall, this is one of a number of instances over the past seven years since the then three-year-old disappeared, that police have descended on the village to search for answers.

Day leader of the Kendall Community Op Shop Janet Lewin said each time investigators return to the small country town, the memories of what happened on September 12, 2014 resurface.

Voluntary assisted dying will again be in the spotlight when a cross-party bill which will see it legalised in NSW returns to parliament.

Debate on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 is scheduled to continue on Friday, after Premier Dominic Perrottet and Opposition Leader Chris Minns spoke against it on the first day of debate last Friday.

So far, 20 MPs have spoken in favour of the reform, and 11 have opposed it. All MPs have been afforded a conscience vote.

Staying in NSW Parliament and a fight over whether mental health conditions should mean people don't have to take active steps to seek consent is the final hurdle for a historic overhaul of sexual assault laws.

Genomic testing has confirmed the Northern Territory's current COVID-19 outbreak was triggered by an infected woman who illegally entered the Top End last month.

The 21-year-old lied on her border entry form before travelling from Cairns to Darwin after visiting Victoria, where she contracted the virus.

A blood red moon will grace Australia's skies on Friday evening when the country experiences a partial lunar eclipse, the first since a full eclipse in May.

Onlookers around Australia will witness the lunar eclipse - when the earth sits between the moon and sun - for an unusually long duration, a total of six hours and two minutes. It is the longest partial lunar eclipse since the 15th century.

- with Australian Associated Press