Gladys Berejiklian

NSW Covid live updates: Sydney enters lockdown as Virgin Australia flight attendant tests positive after working on five flights to three cities

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NSW Covid live updates: Sydney enters lockdown as Virgin Australia flight attendant tests positive after working on five flights to three cities

The crew member is now in isolation and Virgin Australia is rapidly contacting all team members who are close contacts. Virgin Australia is requiring those crew members to cease flying, get tested and isolate. All passengers on flights the crew member operated will be contacted by health authorities and advised on the correct protocol. The … Read more

Covid Australia live news: NSW government will hold crisis meeting to discuss growing Sydney coronavirus outbreak

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Covid Australia live news: NSW government will hold crisis meeting to discuss growing Sydney coronavirus outbreak

Victorian health authorities are scrambling to find close contacts of a second coronavirus case in the state with links to an outbreak in Sydney. The man, who works at a dry cleaning business in the Melbourne beachside suburb of Sandringham, returned a positive test late on Thursday afternoon. His family has been isolated and are … Read more

Australia politics live: NSW minister tests positive to Covid and state parliament delayed

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Australia politics live: NSW minister tests positive to Covid and state parliament delayed

It emphasises how dangerous this Delta virus is. I received – during the night, I was due to do a range of TV interviews this morning, you included – and I was advised when I woke up at about 5.30, there was a text message that had come in sometime during the night – to … Read more

Australia politics live: Barnaby Joyce sworn in as deputy PM, more Sydney Covid sites named

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Australia politics live: Barnaby Joyce sworn in as deputy PM, more Sydney Covid sites named

John Howard, an 81-year-old white man, who joined the Liberal party in the 1950s and worked as a politician for the majority of his life, having been elected to one of Sydney’s wealthiest electorates in 1974, doesn’t believe there is racism in Australia. This shouldn’t be news: Howard’s views that Australia was not a racist … Read more

Australia news live: doctors warn we are ‘sitting ducks’ until vaccinated; Australian meat could go tariff-free to UK

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Australia news live: doctors warn we are ‘sitting ducks’ until vaccinated; Australian meat could go tariff-free to UK

11.52pm BST23:52 Domain site the victim of phishing attack Real estate website Domain has alerted customers that it has been the victim of a phishing attack – where an email is made to look official and gets a user to hand over their login details. It means hackers had access to the company’s administrative system … Read more

Australia live news: NSW government in minority after MP moves to crossbench; Labor bets big on housing

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Australia live news: NSW government in minority after MP moves to crossbench; Labor bets big on housing

From our hard-working friends at AAP: Defence minister Peter Dutton insists the quarantine system will be able to cope when the travel ban lifts and flights from India resume. The first plane load of Australians from India will land on Saturday morning after flights were suspended for several weeks to allow the Howard Springs quarantine … Read more

Australia news live: NSW contact tracers scramble to contain spread following local Covid case in Sydney’s east

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Australia news live: NSW contact tracers scramble to contain spread following local Covid case in Sydney’s east

A very good morning to you all on this dreary autumn’s Thursday (well, at least it’s dreary where I am, so I demand everyone suffer because of that). Sydney is dealing with a worrying case of mystery Covid community transmission. The NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian says it’s likely there will be more community cases to … Read more