| | Victorian health authorities race to control two chains of transmission as the state records close to a dozen new cases, prompting a mandatory mask order for those aged 12 and above. | | | Frontline healthcare workers are on high alert after a nurse at one of Sydney's major hospitals tests positive to COVID-19, and multiple staff at another facility are exposed to a COVID-positive patient. | | | Since the pandemic began, various plans, pathways, horizons, and war-games have all been deployed to demonstrate the government is keeping one step ahead of the virus. The emergence of the Delta strain, however, has exposed one serious weakness, writes David Speers. | | | A cresting of the wave, or a plateau halfway up the mountain? Sydneysiders are waiting to see if coronavirus cases numbers rise back into the triple digits, writes Casey Briggs. | | | Many parents in locked-down Greater Sydney will see their childcare gap fees waived if they choose to keep their kids at home. Follow live. | | | NSW joins a list of countries in South-East Asia that are learning the hard way that the tools used last year to successfully stop the spread of COVID-19 aren't enough to contain the Delta strain. | | | Entrepreneur Kate Morris admits sometimes there's a "little voice" in her head attempting to sow seeds of self-doubt. She's found a novel way to keep her imposter syndrome in check. | | | Queensland Health is urging anyone who attended recent exposure sites listed in south-east Queensland to quarantine immediately until they receive a negative test result. | | | Queensland Strawberry Growers' Association expresses disappointment after the case against a former farm worker accused of placing needles in strawberries in 2018 is dropped. | | | Richard Weily died in 2013 soon after fracturing his hip at the Roy Fagan Centre in Tasmania. His daughter Cheryl is furious serious issues are still occurring at the facility, eight years on. | | | | | | 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.
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