NSW and Queensland floods 2022

Australia news live updates: Morrison says China silence on Russia sends ‘terrible message’; seventh Japanese encephalitis case in NSW

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Australia news live updates: Morrison says China silence on Russia sends ‘terrible message’; seventh Japanese encephalitis case in NSW

NSW Health confirms seventh case of Japanese encephalitis; Labor says China has ‘responsibility’ to call out Russia; Victoria reports eight Covid deaths, 9,426 new cases, NSW reports five deaths, 30,402 cases; Coalition to spend $243m on four mining projects; a man has died in Broken Hill after driving his ute into flood waters. Follow all … Read more

Australia live news update: 15 Covid deaths recorded; close contact rules under review; floods clean-up continues

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Australia live news update: 15 Covid deaths recorded; close contact rules under review; floods clean-up continues

There is enormous distress in the community, which is absolutely understandable. I actually met some time ago and spoke with people from Yuendumu, and I think the most important thing is to put this in context. And that is that this is the place where the last sanctioned massacre of Aboriginal people took place, called … Read more