| | Scott Morrison has announced a four-phase path out of lockdown but for residents of Greater Sydney, who are hunkering down in Phase A for another month, Phases B, C and D felt very far away indeed. | | | With thousands of students, staff and families from several Brisbane schools now placed into quarantine, there is concern amongst communities of nearby schools given their close proximity and shared facilities. | | | Residents of 11 south-east Queensland LGAs are waking to the first day of a snap three-day lockdown, with businesses and residents scrambling to adhere to the tough new restrictions. | | | From doing deep cleans at exposure sites to picking up abandoned face masks, these are the people who say they are "blessed" to keep Sydney operating amid a COVID crisis. | | | Australian families stranded in Indonesia warn their children are "sitting ducks" as the Delta variant of COVID-19 tears through the country. | | | Can Australia complete a brilliant meet with more medals in the pool? There's also golf, beach volleyball and track and field on the cards. Follow live. | | | Susan Thomson lived a "very reclusive life" in a tiny town with her husband Arthur and mother-in-law Isabella. When they were found dead, a photocopy of a letter she had written years earlier alerted police to her disappearance. What happened to her remains a mystery. | | | Like many others enduring COVID lockdown, I've resorted to comfort viewing. For me it is nostalgia, going back to the time capsule of the West Wing, writes Stan Grant. | | | Dozens of Myanmar nationals are enrolled at Australian universities and have faced poor internet connections and financial strife, while other young people signed a contract with the government saying they would remain outside Australia for two years. | | | American cities that usually experience moderate summers broke records in June, literally melting through hottest days. Now scientists are trying to answer whether climate change is making these kinds of extremes more frequent. | | | | | | 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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