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Never before has a trailer made me happier to be getting vaccinated.

GoPro has lifted the lid on its new HERO10 Black camera just as Australians around the country are eyeing off 80 per cent vaccination levels and the promise of travelling the world once more.

We're used to the stunning action sequences by now and have come to terms with the fact that we (well most of us) will never be able to pull off a double back-flip on skis, but what everyone can get behind is adventure.

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Behind the text touting GoPro's now 4K 120-frame-per-second video, topping out at 5.3K at 60-frames, is the notion that we'll see a volcano once more, snap a 19.6MP selfie from a video of us on the water near a tropical island or live-stream our underwater adventures from 10 metres below the surface.

After 230 days living in locked down Melbourne, that is how you sell a camera.

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Sure there's a new chip that'll make things "faster", "smoother" and "easier."

Sure the option of buying mods to better the lens, audio and lighting all return, as does GoPro's supreme video stabilisation.

But nothing is more exciting than the prospect of escaping our suburbs once more.

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Positive reviews are already popping up online if you've got a spare $749.95.

You can save $150 and spend $599.95 instead if you bundle the GoPro HERO10 Black with a one-year subscription.

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Police video shows a Florida woman who disappeared during a cross-country journey in a converted camper van had an emotional fight with her boyfriend in a Utah tourist town before she vanished.

The video released by the Moab Police Department shows that an officer pulled over the van on August 12 after it was seen speeding and hit a curb near the entrance to Arches National Park.

Inside was Brian Laundrie, 23, and his 22-year-old girlfriend, Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, who was reported missing by her family a month later and is now the subject of a nationwide search joined by the FBI.

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Police in North Port, Florida, where the couple lived, say Mr Laundrie is a "person of interest" in her case. He's not been charged, but he's also not cooperating.

North Port Police Chief Todd Garrison publicly vented his frustration over his lack of help on Wednesday, pleading for Mr Laundrie's lawyer to arrange a conversation. "Two people left on a trip and one person returned!" the chief's tweet said.

The body camera video shows Ms Petito visibly upset when an officer approached them.

"We've just been fighting this morning. Some personal issues," she tells him, adding that she suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder that affects her behaviour.

"Some days, I have really bad OCD, and I was just cleaning and straightening up and I was apologising to him saying that I'm so mean because sometimes I have OCD and get frustrated," she said.

Mr Laundrie says on the video the couple got into a minor scuffle that began when he climbed into the van with dirty feet, and said he didn't want to pursue a domestic violence charge against Ms Petito, who officers decided was the aggressor.

"I'm not going to pursue anything because she is my fiancée and I love her. It was just a squabble. Sorry it had to get so public," Mr Laundrie says.

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Ultimately Moab police decided not file any charges and instead separated the couple for the night, with Mr Laundrie checking into a motel and Ms Petito remaining with the converted sleeper van.

Ms Petito and Mr Laundrie started their drive across the US in July from New York's Long Island, where both grew up. They intended to reach Oregon by Halloween according to their social media accounts, but Ms Petito vanished after her last known contact with family in late August from Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, authorities said.

Mr Laundrie drove the Ford Transit van back to Florida on September 1 alone, police said. Ms Petito's family filed a missing persons report last Saturday with police in Suffolk County, New York.

Mr Laundrie's attorney, Steven Bertolino, said the Laundrie family is hoping for Ms Petito's safe return, but he's asked them not to speak with investigators.

"I can't speculate as to why he's not talking, but he has the pieces to the puzzle that we need to find Gabby," Chief Garrison said yesterday on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Chief Garrison said at a news conference yesterday that the investigation remains a missing persons case, not a murder probe, and that no intensive searches have begun because it's unclear exactly where authorities might look.

"We're still trying to nail down geographic areas," the chief said. "There's a lot of information we are going through. Our focus is to find Gabby."

The missing woman's father, Joe Petito, also appeared at the news conference to urge anyone with knowledge about his daughter to come forward.

"What I want from everybody here is help. Whatever you can do to make sure my daughter comes home, I'm asking you to help. Nothing else matters right now," Joe Petito said.

Authorities are also looking for any possible connection between Ms Petito's disappearance and the still-unsolved slaying of two women who were fatally shot at a campsite near Moab.

Their bodies were found August 18, six days after the incident between Mr Laundrie and Ms Petito. The two women, Kylen Schulte, 24, and Crystal Turner, 38, had told friends they feared a "creepy man" they had seen nearby might harm them.

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"They're looking into that potential connection," said Joshua Taylor, public information officer for North Port police. "I have not heard of any information that links these two cases together. I understand the timing is suspicious. You never know. I'm not going to say we've ruled it out."

Ms Petito and Mr Laundrie were childhood sweethearts on Long Island before moving in 2019 to live with his parents in North Port, about 54 kilometres south of Sarasota.

An eight-minute YouTube video titled "Van Life: Beginning our Van Life Journey" features happy and romantic scenes from the couple's trip.

Ms Petito is caucasian in appearance, 1.6 metres tall and about 50 kilograms, with blonde hair and blue eyes, police said. She has several tattoos including one on a forearm that reads, "let it be."

Victoria has recorded 510 new coronavirus infections and one further death in the past 24 hours as a raft of freedoms are due to take effect across parts of the state tonight.

The death is a woman in her 50s. 

Just 124 of today's new cases have so far been linked to known outbreaks.

There are 308 people in hospital, including 49 in intensive care – one being a baby – and 32 on ventilators. 

Only two patients in Victorian hospitals are fully vaccinated.

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Of Victoria's new cases, 95 per cent are in Melbourne's north and west, with 276 infections located across the northern suburbs of Craigieburn, Roxburgh Park and Broadmeadows. 

There are 185 new cases in the western suburbs, including Truganina and Hoppers Crossing. 

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While 38 cases are in Melbourne's south and east, including in Cranbourne North, Pakenham and Dandenong. 

"There is a significant response underway with local partners in those areas," COVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar said.

Breakdown of cases in regional Victoria

• Two new cases in Geelong – one of those is an employee at a call centre in Melbourne, the other is a mystery infection
• One mystery case in rural western Victoria in the East Wimmera
• Two new cases in Mitchell Shire – of those is a construction worker in Melbourne and the other is under investigation. There are now 11 active cases in Mitchell Shire.
• One case from the Latrobe Valley – a person who works at a fast-food restaurant 
• Three cases in Ballarat – known primary close contacts across households

Restrictions to ease in Melbourne and Ballarat

Melbourne and Ballarat's lockdown restrictions will ease from 11.59pm after the state reached its 70 per cent first-dose vaccination target.

Those who are fully vaccinated will tonight be able to enjoy more freedoms than those who are not.

By the end of today, there will be a sixth reason for Victorians in lockdown to leave home – for outdoor social interaction.

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The state's path out of COVID-19 lockdown relies on residents following public health guidelines, an infectious diseases expert says.

Professor Robert Booy told Today he welcomed the easing of some restrictions across Melbourne and Ballarat as the move was good for people's mental health, but rising case numbers remained a worry.

"Melbourne struggled, Victoria to a lesser extent has too … the numbers keep going up," he said.

"The lockdowns have been as strict as they could make them. It comes down now to people's compliance."

Professor Booy said the high transmissibility of the virus among frontline workers was driving cases up in Victoria.

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"It's a real struggle. Maybe the compliance of front-line workers can be improved."

Victoria yesterday recorded its largest daily COVID-19 tally of the current outbreak with 514 new local cases.

Construction workers lose tea rooms

Mr Weimar said tea rooms for construction workers had to close as they posed a "significant risk of transmission". 

It comes as angry construction workers blocked major roads with tables and chairs across Melbourne this morning, in protest against the new rules. 

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A number of CBD streets were blocked, including King, Lonsdale and Collins streets, as well as roads in Brunswick and Kew. 

Mr Weimar said the closure of tea rooms should not be a big deal to workers.

"If it means you can't sit next to your mates while you're having a sandwich, that doesn't seem a huge burden to bear."

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