| | Prime Minister Scott Morrison says all flights from India to Australia will be temporarily halted until at least May 15 and a medical aid package, including ventilators, masks and gloves, will be sent to the country. | | | Eight repatriation flights planned to take off from India in May are now in doubt, with the federal government pausing all arrivals from the nation because of its coronavirus outbreak. Follow live. | | | Australia Post's board refuses to offer its former chief executive an apology for her treatment during the Cartier watches saga, saying media and politicians are to blame for the public uproar. | | | Melbourne's Crown Casino is hit with the maximum fine for failing to comply with regulations on junket operations for international gamblers. | | | A County Court judge says he is disturbed by a Corrections Victoria report finding Porsche driver Richard Pusey is too high-profile and unpopular to serve his sentence in the community. | | | For some families and friendship groups, the COVID-19 vaccine has become a source of division. | | | Former PM Kevin Rudd says he expects the federal government will "tear up" the 99-year lease of Darwin Port given to Chinese company Landbridge, due to the political damage it is doing to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. | | | The WA Premier says there are no new community cases of COVID-19 in the state but four more in hotel quarantine, all of whom travelled to India and returned on the same flight from Kuala Lumpur. | | | India has set another record for new coronavirus infections for a fifth day in a row at more than 350,000, with people dying on the street because the hospitals are so overwhelmed. | | | William Crowther was revered by some in colonial times for his "political and professional services", but his statue in Tasmania is being given a makeover to tell the truth about his mutilation of an Indigenous man. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |