| | Health Minister Greg Hunt says the national vaccination program is "accelerating exactly as intended", after Queensland and NSW criticise supply of the vaccine. Follow live. | | | A war of words erupts between the Queensland and federal governments over the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine after federal minster David Littleproud says the state has done "three-fifths of bugger all" to help with the rollout. | | | Staff at a Telstra store in Darwin were coached to manipulate credit assessments, and exploited Indigenous customers by signing them up to plans they could not afford, the Federal Court has heard. | | | Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen has resigned, as he faces a police investigation into his alleged rape of a sex worker in the Blue Mountains in 2019. | | | Queensland records two new community cases of COVID-19, both linked to an existing cluster, in an encouraging sign lockdown could be lifted tomorrow if the situation does not worsen. | | | Despite specialist mental health clinicians now working alongside NSW police, no clinician was called to assist. | | | Richard Pusey, who filmed dead and dying police officers on a Melbourne freeway, is probably "the most hated man in Australia", says a Melbourne judge, who is being urged to show him mercy. | | | The NSW Health Minister signs a public health order cancelling the Bluesfest in Byron Bay a day before it opens, despite organisers having said the event — which was set to attract up to 15,000 people — would go ahead. | | | A Supreme Court jury in WA finds Francis Wark guilty of manslaughter but not guilty of murdering 17-year-old Hayley Dodd, who vanished in WA's Wheatbelt region more than two decades ago and whose body has never been found. | | | Masks will be mandatory in NSW's north and a raft of social-distancing restrictions will be enforced across four local government areas after a new COVID-19 case was found in Byron Bay last night. | | | | | | Download the ABC News app | Available on Android and Apple devices | | The ABC NEWS app makes it easier for you to stay up to date with the latest news and information from Australia's most trusted news source. | | | | The ABC sent this message to wwwhindimen.australia@blogger.com these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC. Any personal details and data acquired by the ABC from your participation in any ABC Online Services will be used only in accordance with the ABC's Privacy Policy. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. | | | | |