| | Australia's Chief Medical Officer urges Victorians to get a COVID jab to "protect yourself, your family and to contribute to the protection of the whole community" as the state opens up eligibility to 40-49-year-olds. Follow live. | | | Victoria's Acting Premier James Merlino confirms the state will enter a seven-day circuit-breaker lockdown from 11:59pm tonight. | | | Victoria will go into a snap seven-day lockdown from midnight as it grapples with a new COVID outbreak. Here are all the rules and restrictions. | | | The Victorian exposure sites are constantly changing as health authorities try to contain the outbreak. | | | The Prime Minister says he has been in touch with the Victorian Acting Premier and has offered the support of the federal government with whatever the state may need during its seven-day lockdown. | | | Nine drops a claim that Australian SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith murdered an Afghan man in 2012 as it prepares its final defence in a landmark defamation trial. | | | The Australian Federal Court rules that Environment Minister Sussan Ley has a legal duty not to cause harm to young people of Australia by exacerbating climate change when approving coal mining projects. | | | Sexual assault charges against Jack de Belin and Callan Sinclair are dropped by NSW's public prosecutors after two juries were unable to reach a verdict. | | | An investigation by the WA Corruption and Crime Commission found two WA Police officers engaged in serious misconduct, and one used excessive force, when arresting a man in a public car park in Perth's nightclub precinct in 2019. | | | People with disabilities say that 10 years on, the National Disability Insurance Scheme has lost its way and decision-making doesn't take into account their needs and wishes. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |