Soha Ali Khan visits Melbourne cricket ground ‘where her father once played’

Soha Ali Khan visits Melbourne cricket ground ‘where her father once played’

Soha Ali Khan, along with actor-husband Kunal Kemmu and daughter Inaaya Naumi Kemmu, visited the Melbourne cricket ground. A picture of the trio was posted by the official X (formerly Twitter) handle of Melbourne Cricket Ground and mentioned how she came to check out the ‘hollowed turf’ where her father, cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, … Read more

Australia news live updates: Nauru refugees to be resettled in New Zealand; Ash Barty speaks about retirement; 25 Covid deaths

Australia news live updates: Nauru refugees to be resettled in New Zealand; Ash Barty speaks about retirement; 25 Covid deaths

It is clear from the report that the situation in Western Australia is broadly similar to that in New South Wales and Victoria, and that there are deficiencies with the casino operator in this state. The royal commission found that the Crown entities are presently not suitable to continue to hold a gaming licence for … Read more

Australia live news updates: NT chief minister says Omicron ‘too infectious’ for lockdowns to work as nation records at least 88 Covid deaths

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6.00am GMT 06:00 And if you are still basking in Ash Barty’s triumph yesterday (as I assume many are), I’d highly recommend Emma Kemp’s take on Barty’s magic: 5.33am GMT 05:33 I want to return to this morning’s NSW Covid update, where treasurer Matt Kean took a swipe at the federal government for not “stepping … Read more

Australia news live update: at least 93 Covid deaths on nation’s deadliest day; PM responds to Grace Tame photo; Russia’s ambassador hits back at Dutton

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There’s additional community in central Australia we’re concerned about. We’re getting detail of new cases there but we understand … there’s a community with a very low vaccination rate. From 2pm today, they will enter a 48-hour lockdown to allow us to test the community and trying to contain it as much as possible. Active … Read more

Australia news live update: NSW records 92,264 Covid cases as rapid test backlog counted; 53 deaths reported nationwide; Qld scraps border rules

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NSW records 92,264 Covid cases and 22 deaths with 2,383 in hospital; Victoria reports 37,169 cases and 25 deaths with 953 hospitalised; Novak Djokovic visa saga an ‘international embarrassment’ says Labor. Follow all the day’s news Covid patients occupy one in three ICU beds in NSW as nurse shortages soar ‘Code red’: Melbourne businesses say … Read more

Australia news live update: NSW records 11 Covid deaths and 2,186 in hospital; 13 deaths and 861 hospitalised in Victoria; Djokovic drama continues

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Working people might be spending eight hours with someone who is Covid-positive and they are no longer considered a close contact … Those people who have worked next to someone for a really long time and aren’t included in that definition of “close contact” no longer get isolation payments. So if you run out of … Read more

Australia live news update: Novak Djokovic visa cancelled after airport drama; calls for more free Covid rapid tests

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I have no idea what’s going on, they’re holding my son captive for five hours. This is not a fight for the libertarian world, this is not just a fight for Novak, but a fight for the whole world! If they don’t let him go in half an hour, we will gather on the street, … Read more

Australia news live update: national cabinet agrees on new definition of ‘close contact’ as more than 21,000 Covid cases recorded nationwide

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In this morning’s meeting there is wide acceptance, in particular from the prime minister, that Western Australia is different. And we don’t have large numbers of cases. In fact, we have one case today. NSW had 11,000. So we are in a very, very different position to the other states. Which is why our testing, … Read more

Australia Covid live news update: national cabinet to discuss mask rules amid surging case numbers

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We have never had a set and forget policy when it comes to managing the pandemic. As I think people have seen, everything from jobkeeper to the Covid disaster payment, the support we provide to pharmacists and GPs for the vaccination program. I mean, we pay the states to deliver the vaccines, I do not … Read more

Australia live news updates: Pfizer provisionally approved for five to 11-year-olds; Victoria records 980 new Covid cases and seven deaths

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This is the key point. This is the key point, we saved more than 700,000 jobs. And as a result, unemployment now is at 5.2%, lower than when we came to government.Now, the way to get higher wages is to get a tighter labour market. We’re starting to see workforce shortages which will have some … Read more