| | Hasina Safi tells the ABC she made her way through crowds at Kabul airport with her face covered before eventually making it onto an evacuation flight from the country. | | | Facing ongoing threats from the IS-K terrorist group, soldiers scramble to disable military equipment before boarding the final five planes out of Kabul. | | | NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the whole nation needs to move forward together so families can reunite for Christmas as the state records 1,164 locally new COVID-19 cases. | | | Contact tracers have linked 45 of the new cases to existing outbreaks, as health officials consider the restrictions that will remain when lockdown is extended on Thursday. | | | NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard laments the mixed messaging over the AstraZeneca vaccine, saying those still waiting on Pfizer should be considering the AZ jab. Follow live. | | | Cameron Dick says the New South Wales government was too slow to respond to the latest Delta outbreak of COVID-19, but now expects other states to "run up the white flag and open the borders". | | | The AFL grand final will be played at Perth Stadium on September 25, after the MCG is officially ruled out due to Melbourne's coronavirus restrictions for a second year running. | | | Singapore will soon send half a million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to Australia as part of a "swap" between the two countries, delivering a boost to the nation's vaccination program. | | | Michelle Dowd, a nurse manager at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney's south-west, reveals the tragic realities of families where one or more members have contracted COVID-19. | | | Doctors, nurses and hospital cleaners should all be made to get the COVID-19 jab, the peak body for doctors says, as high numbers of frontline workers become infected. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |