Covid Australia update: Perth joins Sydney and Darwin in lockdown as AstraZeneca offered to under 60s

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NSW is bracing for an escalation in local Covid cases, as the state government prepares a support package for lockdown-affected businesses. Follow latest updates WA, NSW and Qld Covid update: Perth in lockdown, 18 new cases in Sydney, restrictions for south-east Queensland Latest NSW rules and Sydney lockdown restrictions NSW Covid exposure sites and cases … Read more

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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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

Australia Covid live updates: NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian flags more restrictions after coronavirus cases surge

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If you are in doubt about whether you’re in a public health order or restricted movements, can I just urge everybody to err on the side of caution. Just assume you are impacted. If you have actually gone into those Bondi Westfields every day and you live outside the area, every day, then I think … Read more

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

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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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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 news: NSW reports two new Covid cases; Nationals in disarray as spill called

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2.14am BST02:14 You can’t imagine the Nationals latest leadership crisis will take too long. There’s only 21 people in the party room. They only have to count to 11. That’s it. 2.07am BST02:07 NSW records two new Covid cases The official NSW Covid press conference will be at 1pm but here is the NSW Health … Read more

Australia politics live: NSW on alert after two Sydney Covid cases, Victoria records no new local infections

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Labor’s resources spokesperson, Madeleine King, is launching a full-throated defence of Australia’s gas industry, including supporting opening up new reserves “subject to independent scientific assessments and effective environmental regulation”. King will use a speech to the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association conference in Perth to champion gas jobs, gas exports, gas as “a critical … Read more

Australian politics live: Coalition talks up spending on infrastructure and women’s health on budget eve

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You’ve got to have the preconditions there, which is keeping Australians safe is the first priority. And that means getting quarantine right, getting vaccination right. We should be, as well, producing our own mRNA vaccines. We should have started that process last year. And one of the things that concerns me about this budget is … Read more

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

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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

India tour of Australia set to begin in Sydney with ODIs as CA gets green light from NSW for quarantine

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India tour of Australia 2020-21: Virat Kohli’s men are all set to spend their first two weeks Down Under in quarantine in Sydney before playing 6 limited-overs games — 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is in Sydney and Canberra. The ODI series is likely to start from November 27. India all set to begin Australia tour … Read more