| | The Australian-born youngest daughter of a Tamil asylum seeker family in immigration detention on Christmas Island is being medically evacuated to a Perth hospital with a suspected blood infection. | | | Authorities say it is "good news" that most of the new cases are effectively already in quarantine, and have previously been identified as close contacts. | | | Commodore Eric Young says Australia's vaccine rollout has accelerated from 1 million doses in 47 days in 1 million just 9 days. Follow live. | | | Hollie Hughes has joined a growing number of critics of her own government's controversial plan to introduce independent assessments for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. | | | The 27-year-old Gympie woman, whose death has been unsolved for almost seven years, lost her life at the hands of her de facto partner, a coroner says, describing him as a "habitual perpetrator" of domestic abuse. | | | People who have had COVID-19 while in hotel quarantine in Perth will now be tested the day before leaving, despite having already returned a negative result, under changes requested by the WA Premier. | | | The first big cold blast of winter is about to hit, and millions are expected to shiver through rain, hail, snow and blizzards. | | | Brisbane lawyer Tom doesn't look like your typical gym junkie, but he's been trapped in a cycle of using performance and image-enhancing drugs for eight years. | | | In 1789, a disease tore through communities around Sydney Cove leaving dead bodies scattered along the shorelines. Some think this outbreak was a fire deliberately lit. | | | Scope Australia says it hopes the opening of a COVID-19 vaccination hub in Melbourne's north will speed up the vaccine rollout for staff and residents in the disability sector. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |