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Fri, 01 Oct 2021 02:43:42 +0000
'It's time to give Australians their lives back': PM says international travel to start again next month
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces the international border will reopen next month for states that have reached 80 per cent vaccination rates, starting with New South Wales.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 06:40:45 +0000
Why Berejiklian resigned: Everything you need to know about corruption inquiry into departing Premier
In her own words, Gladys Berejiklian says her resignation "could not happen at a worse time". So why is she doing it? It comes down to a few things and one of them is NSW's all-powerful corruption watchdog.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 06:59:25 +0000
Meet the men in the mix to take NSW's top job
Gladys Berejiklian is gone — and who will replace her remains unclear. A long weekend in NSW could mean its several days before the state's next premier is revealed.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 08:35:42 +0000
WA Premier Mark McGowan holds firm setting overseas travel date, baulks at home quarantine
The WA Premier says a time and a date will be set once the state reached a vaccination rate between 80 and 90 per cent.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 06:55:39 +0000
Dreaming of a holiday? International travel won't be quite as straightforward as before
Australia's border has been slammed shut for 18 months, but today it became clearer the end is in sight and changes are expected to international travel next month.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 02:38:16 +0000
'Sorry boss … a croc ate our camera': See the moment a croc snapped up an ABC drone
A Northern Territory crocodile has shown its tastes go beyond human flesh when it launched out of a lagoon and took down an ABC drone during the filming of a crocodile documentary near Darwin .

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 07:24:07 +0000
Phantom Pfizer order causes havoc as bush GPs cancel hundreds of appointments
Regional medical staff say they faced abuse after being forced to cancel hundreds of vaccination appointments when thousands of promised Pfizer doses failed to arrive.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 05:09:21 +0000
Berejiklian invincible as NSW Premier until personal 'stuff up'
Former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian's personal approval ratings soared as she led her state through bushfires and a global pandemic, but it was during the times that she was most under pressure that she showed her inner steel.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 03:06:30 +0000
PM promotes allies in reshuffle following Christian Porter's resignation
Scott Morrison has promoted one of his closest Liberal allies in a Cabinet reshuffle triggered by the resignation of Christian Porter.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 03:17:13 +0000
Here's the list of Victorian workers who will need to get vaccinated to work on site from mid-October
Check out the full list of authorised workers who will need one vaccine dose by October 15 and both doses by November 26 if they want to work on site.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 02:15:24 +0000
Gladys Berejiklian resigns after corruption watchdog announces probe into relationship with Daryl Maguire
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces her resignation, after the state’s corruption watchdog revealed it was investigating her.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 05:10:05 +0000
Mothers and newborns forced apart in 'distressing' maternity ward COVID outbreak
Health authorities renew calls for pregnant women to get vaccinated as six parents of newborns catch COVID in a Newcastle hospital.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:41 +0000
First home buyers 'rent vesting' to 'get a foot in the door' as property boom continues
Home prices continue their recent surge, rising more than 20 per cent over the past year in the biggest annual boom since 1989, leaving many first home buyers looking at property investment as an alternative.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 07:56:20 +0000
Jury hears accused Darwin shooter 'erratic', 'agitated' before alleged shooting spree
Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann's former workmates say the accused murderer spoke about getting a gun and wanting to "hurt" someone called Alex prior to the alleged shooting spree, a court has been told.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 06:59:30 +0000
Second truck driver in two days tests positive for COVID-19 after being in South Australia
A truck driver who visited Adelaide from Victoria to buy a truck with a colleague tests positive for coronavirus.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 05:25:36 +0000
Victoria's construction industry is reopening. Here are the new rules
After a string of COVID cases led to the shut down of the construction industry, the Victorian government has announced new rules for the industry once workers are allowed to return to sites next week. Here's what we know. 

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:01:57 +0000
Victoria expands vaccination mandate to on-site authorised workers as 1,143 new cases recorded
The state government expands mandatory vaccinations to cover all on-site authorised workers by mid-October, as the state records its second-highest daily COVID-19 case tally since the pandemic began.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 23:50:04 +0000
These boxers said they were duped at the Olympics. They might be right
An independent report into alleged corruption in boxing bouts at the Rio Olympic Games finds evidence that results were manipulated.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 04:51:30 +0000
School formal driver guilty of dangerous driving for ploughing into diners after burnout
Wisam El Haouli was filmed doing a burnout in a Torana before crashing into a Sunshine Coast restaurant strip on his way to delivering teenagers to a school formal.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 04:17:04 +0000
Driver charged with attempted murder after cyclists hit in alleged road rage incidents
A man faces six charges after cars and two cyclists were hit in four alleged road rage incidents on the Sunshine Coast, that left the cyclists with serious injuries. 

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 22:42:33 +0000
This week in US politics: Republicans got a pointless win over Democrats. But the next victory could be massive
There are four massive problems confronting US President Joe Biden and Democrats. How the President and his trusted lieutenants navigate out of them will have big implications.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 03:36:21 +0000
Live: Australia starting to make a dent in Indian batting as rain intervenes
Australia finally begins to have some joy with the ball and in the field as India loses middle order wickets on day two. Follow live.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 04:12:18 +0000
Man arrested as pro and anti vaccination protesters descend on East Perth
One man is arrested and police are forced to briefly close a street as pro and anti-vaccination protestors rally in the same location at East Perth. 

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 01:27:41 +0000
Dozens potentially given harmless saline injection instead of Pfizer in Melbourne vaccination mix-up
A GP clinic in Deepdene apologises after it may have mistakenly given 30 patients a saline injection instead of the Pfizer vaccine during vaccination appointments last weekend.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 01:05:17 +0000
NSW records 864 COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths
NSW records 864 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths. It is the state's equal deadliest day of the pandemic.



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