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While putting the world on hold, COVID-19 hasn't been able to lock down love, according to the latest relationship research.
A study commissioned by online dating website eharmony and relationship services provider Interrelate has found Australian couples have overwhelmingly stuck solid during the pandemic.
Some 90 per cent of those surveyed say they've remained stable or improved their relationship since early 2020.
For the 92 per cent of couples who cohabited over the past year, coping side-by-side 24/7 generally hasn't been an issue.
In fact, non-stop companionship mostly seems to have worked in their favour, with 57 per cent enjoying more open and honest conversations, a stronger emotional connection and a sense of becoming more of a team.
"Quality time is hard to come by in modern society and the global pandemic allowed couples to spend those moments together that they normally wouldn't," eharmony spokesperson Sharon Draper said.
"Lockdowns force a degree of closeness on them that they may not see otherwise.
"That time together can allow couples to relax and open up to each other, leading to effective communication and allowing each individual to be themselves."
Couples with kids also grew more connected, with 45 per cent feeling closer to their whole family with their children home.
Thirty per cent said they learned more about their partner as a parent while home together.
Additional Interrelate research found parents 94 per cent more likely to have positive sentiments around their family connections, with 68 per cent of couples seeing partners more since the start of the pandemic.
"COVID-19 presented significant complexities for all relationships but we have certainly seen the desire for connection within couples and family units has been heightened," the company's research and innovation head Sharon Grocott said.
New romance is also faring well, with 12 per cent of those together a year or less already looking to purchase a house together, marry or start a family within six months.
Australian singles looking for love seem to want what they have too, with 46 per cent open to meeting 'the one' as the world reopens.
Researchers found lockdown love, at least for now, may even be helping consign flings to a thing of the past, with 80 per cent of singles giving casual relationships the flick post-2020.
In fact, 39 per cent say they no longer want to waste time playing the field and would rather find 'the one' to settle down with as soon as possible.
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An investigation is underway after a man was stabbed in the NSW Southern Highlands.
About 8.10pm Friday emergency services were called to Parkes Road, Moss Vale, following reports of a brawl.
When Police arrived found a 22-year-old man with stab wounds to his back, he was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being airlifted to Liverpool Hospital in a serious condition.
Anyone with info should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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Corey Norman has a five-week run to keep his NRL career alive as the off-contract half battles to keep St George Illawarra in finals contention.
A fractured arm to halves partner Ben Hunt in round 20 means Norman must shoulder the weight of leadership and playmaking when the Dragons face fellow eight contenders Canberra on Friday.
The 30-year-old was told he's not part of the Dragons' plans for 2022 with the NRL veteran recently admitting there were no offers on the table.
He is also yet to win a single finals game in a career spanning 223 appearances in the NRL.
With his future hinging on forthcoming performances, coach Anthony Griffin says it's important for Norman to focus on the now, not next season.
"I don't think it'd be his last shot but it's obviously a good opportunity for him not so much for next year, but staying in the moment now," Griffin said on Thursday.
"If he can get the job done on Friday night for us and play a leading role that's obviously going to help our team at the moment, which in turn is going to obviously create some more awareness about him.
"Corey's been around a long time. He's played a lot of big matches. He's played finals and Origins and he's been at this club for a few years.
"He's really keen to do a job for the club tomorrow night and if he does that, that will take care of all the other things."
Results in the next two rounds will shape the battle for the eight as five teams including the Dragons and Raiders sit level on 18 competition points.
But Griffin has faith in his combination of Norman and Adam Clune who brought his side success when Hunt went down earlier this year.
"These are the type of games that are going to obviously shape the season from now on, playing someone that's on the same points as us," he said.
"I'm sure they'll do a good job, earlier in the year when Ben (Hunt) went down they had a good combination.
"When we were in a bit of form before Ben came back we beat Parramatta and Newcastle with Cluney and Norman there and they've both got a lot of experience, particularly Corey. So we've got a lot of faith in them."
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Victoria will enter a seven-day lockdown in an effort to contain a growing outbreak of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Melbourne's western suburbs.
Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed the lockdown will begin at 8pm on Thursday, after the state recorded eight new COVID-19 cases.
The same rules that applied during last month's lockdown will be reimposed, including the five-kilometre travel limit for exercise and shopping and compulsory masks indoors and outdoors.
"There is no alternative for us but to listen to our public health experts, take their advice, and make the decision, the very difficult decision, my cabinet colleagues and I have made on the advice, and that is Victoria will have a lockdown again for seven days," Mr Andrews said.
The lockdown was prompted in part by fears a teacher at Al-Taqwa College in Truganina infected with COVID-19 may have unknowingly spread the virus while infectious.
She also passed the virus on to her partner and his parents.
It is unknown how the couple, who live in the Hobsons Bay area and are both in their 20s, caught the virus.
Authorities are racing to trace the source of their infection and that of a man in his 20s who lives in the Maribyrnong council.
He works at a warehouse in Derrimut and he and his housemate are now isolating.
The three other cases from Thursday's numbers are linked to the Moonee Valley testing site cluster.
It is the sixth lockdown for Victoria since the start of the pandemic and the fourth in 2021.
The state's fifth lockdown ended just nine days ago.
For exposure sites visit www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/exposure-sites
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