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NSW and Queensland flood updates live: death toll rises to nine as woman found dead in Lismore; up to 200mm of rain forecast for Sydney on Wednesday

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NSW and Queensland flood updates live: death toll rises to nine as woman found dead in Lismore; up to 200mm of rain forecast for Sydney on Wednesday

6.00am GMT 06:00 Paul Karp Just days after backflipping and ruling in Tim Wilson’s favour in the Goldstein sign stoush, Bayside City council has started issuing threats to its residents for premature sign erection. In a letter dated 28 February the council’s senior investigations officer, Steven Boyce, wrote: A number of complaints have been received … Read more

Australia news updates live: Queensland floods death toll at seven; PM offers military support for Lismore; nine Covid deaths recorded

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Australia news updates live: Queensland floods death toll at seven; PM offers military support for Lismore; nine Covid deaths recorded

Okay, so it’s a bit confusing so here is a recap of the situation this morning. The Brisbane River has believed to have peaked around 8am this morning at 4.0 meters, with large amounts of debris, boats and even potentially small homes seen floating down it. Across the south-east of the state, thousands of homes … Read more

Live news updates: Morrison says Australia may help provide ‘lethal aid’ for Ukraine; flood warnings for NSW; 25 Covid deaths

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Live news updates: Morrison says Australia may help provide ‘lethal aid’ for Ukraine; flood warnings for NSW; 25 Covid deaths

Heed the warnings that we give … and keep safe. We don’t want to lose any more community members to this significant event. The difference with this significant weather event is we’re coming out of a very wet period for La Niña and we’re not in a drought. We’ve had saturated lands right across NSW. … Read more

Australia news live update: NSW Covid hospitalisations rise to 1,204; record high new cases in Victoria and Qld; states support free RATs, Foley says

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Australia news live update: NSW Covid hospitalisations rise to 1,204; record high new cases in Victoria and Qld; states support free RATs, Foley says

NSW records 20,794 new Covid cases and Victoria 8,577, with seven deaths across both states; Queensland reports 4,249 cases, ACT 514 and Tasmania 466; Scott Morrison and Greg Hunt defend decision not to provide free rapid antigen tests; Martin Foley says states support free RATs; double-dose vaccination rate hits 91.5%. Follow all the day’s news … Read more

Australia Covid news live: Victoria records 1,220 new cases and three deaths; Brisbane appears set to host NRL grand final

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Australia Covid news live: Victoria records 1,220 new cases and three deaths; Brisbane appears set to host NRL grand final

11.17pm BST23:17 Shadow Minister for the NDIS, and former Labor leader, Bill Shorten has called for vaccines to be made mandatory for all federal MPs. Shorten told Nine newspapers that if politicians were mandating vaccines for other people working in other sectors, “I don’t see how we [MPs] can be separate”. He is the most … Read more

Australia Covid updates live: Victoria records 867 cases, four deaths; new Brisbane restrictions after four local Qld cases; NSW train strike disrupts services

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Australia Covid updates live: Victoria records 867 cases, four deaths; new Brisbane restrictions after four local Qld cases; NSW train strike disrupts services

Victorian numbers trending upwards after ‘incorrectly recorded’ cases added; epidemiologist calls for NRL grand final to be delayed or cancelled; NSW train strike disrupts rail services; source of Qld case investigated after aviation worker with no history of interstate or overseas travel tests positive. Follow the latest updates live More than half of the Covid … Read more

Australia Covid live news update: Victoria records 507 new cases and one death ahead of reopening roadmap release; pools to open across Sydney

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Australia Covid live news update: Victoria records 507 new cases and one death ahead of reopening roadmap release; pools to open across Sydney

1.35am BST01:35 No new cases of Covid-19 in Queensland The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, is holding a press conference in Brisbane. The state has recorded no new cases of Covid-19 in the community or in hotel quarantine. Palaszczuk is urging people to get vaccinated after the state controversially made the Pfizer vaccine available to over … Read more

Australia politics live: parliament resumes; Victoria records four new Covid cases; Westmead hospital worker tests positive

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Australia politics live: parliament resumes; Victoria records four new Covid cases; Westmead hospital worker tests positive

The government should adopt this. We put forward wage subsidies last year and the government said it was dangerous idea at the time until the queues formed outside the front of Centrelink offices. Then they came on board. This is just a practical suggestion, it’s constructive. The chief medical officer, Dr [Paul] Kelly, said earlier … Read more

Australia Covid live update: Victoria reports two local cases; army hits the streets in Sydney; parliament to return

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Australia Covid live update: Victoria reports two local cases; army hits the streets in Sydney; parliament to return

The 300 ADF troops will reinforce the efforts of police, patrolling and door-knocking to ensure people are complying with coronavirus restrictions. Follow latest updates NSW reports 239 new cases and seven ICU patients in their 20s NSW restrictions; NSW hotspots; Qld Covid hotspots; Qld restrictions Vaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our … Read more

Australia Covid live update: Queensland braces for more cases on first full day of lockdown; Sydney authorities in compliance crackdown

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Australia Covid live update: Queensland braces for more cases on first full day of lockdown; Sydney authorities in compliance crackdown

12.02am BST00:02 Barnaby Joyce: unfair to give PM a ‘history lesson’ on the vaccine rollout Daniel Hurst The deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, says it is unfair for critics to give the Morrison government a “history lesson” over the vaccine rollout. Joyce has also defended Scott Morrison for publicly applauding the NSW government for resisting … Read more