Australia news live updates: 14 more Covid deaths; evacuation orders for parts of northern NSW; budget to address cost of living

NSW paramedics are taking industrial action in a bid to force meetings with the government to secure pay rises and more staff, Jack Gramenz from AAP reports. Members of the…

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Australia news live updates: CMO says Omicron subvariant ‘not cause for concern’; 35 Covid deaths in Victoria and NSW; school returns

I think the biggest challenge will be in relation to staff absences and we’re seeing that across the board ... [in] any industry, we can see the impact of the…

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

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…

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Australia news live update: SA premier won’t ask for Vickie Chapman’s resignation; Tyrrell search enters fifth day

2.01am GMT02:01 Looks like NZ journos weren’t given warning about the trade meeting between our two countries today. Andrew Macfarlane (@andrewmacfnz) If anyone's curious, here's what happens when you call…

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Australia news live update: Tyrrell search continues; Victoria Covid restrictions to ease; pandemic powers bill debate postponed

Victorian pandemic powers bill debate postponed; Search for remains of missing NSW boy William Tyrrell enters fourth day; Victoria Covid restrictions to ease as federal Labor condemns threats of violence…

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Australia news live update: NT on edge over growing Covid cluster; debate about Victoria’s pandemic laws rages

One of the things that people have recognised during Covid is that fibre is better than copper and that people need high-speed broadband in order to for students to study,…

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Australia politics live: climate deadline looms as Nationals prepare demands for Morrison; Victoria records 2,232 Covid cases, NSW 372

12.01am BST00:01 Paul Karp The house privileges committee met last night after the government defeated a bid by Labor to refer Christian Porter to it over the declaration of his…

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Australia Covid news live update: Victoria records 1,466 cases, eight deaths; 360 cases, five deaths in NSW ahead of recovery package announcement

So then how do we do it? We do it by moving to a well-being focus...Where it can be more difficult to make a diagnosis in the early days, we…

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