| | More than 100 extra officers will be deployed in the area, which has come under the microscope this week as the Delta COVID-19 variant spreads through several suburbs. Follow live. | | | The Prime Minister says the liquid asset test applied to the federal government's COVID-19 temporary disaster payment will be waived from the third week of the Greater Sydney lockdown. | | | NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian begs Sydneysiders not to visit family and friends after NSW records 38 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases — the highest number in 14 months. | | | The Prime Minister says NSW will receive 300,000 extra doses of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines as the state struggles to bring a growing COVID-19 outbreak under control. | | | WA Premier Mark McGowan warns states that "go rogue" in dealing with coronavirus outbreaks will face ongoing border restrictions, after the NSW Health Minister says the state may never control the current outbreak. | | | Hundreds of trade-qualified butchers may be "redeployed" and meat only provided pre-packaged under a proposal being considered by the supermarket giant. | | | As Australians round out yet another school holidays marred by lockdowns, border restrictions and ill-fated travel plans, international borders are reopening to those that are fully vaccinated. So how long until we'll experience the same freedoms? | | | As parts of NSW prepare to spend a third week in lockdown, authorities concede the community is feeling pandemic "fatigue" but warn that's no excuse to flout stay-at-home orders. | | | The long-awaited royal commission into veteran suicides will conduct a "systemic analysis" of the risk factors inside military life that contribute to the high numbers of service men and women taking their own lives. | | | A bulk carrier off Perth's coast is turned away from WA and sets sail for Indonesia after one of its crew members tests positive for COVID-19. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |