| | A 50-plus-page brief details extensive initial plans for how the quarantine facility could work, and challenges such as excessive plane noise, ventilation issues and whether staff will live onsite. | | | A record 319 infections are identified, five people die and the regional centre of Armidale is plunged into lockdown as NSW endures its darkest day of the COVID-19 pandemic. | | | Premier Daniel Andrews says Victoria can and must drive its COVID-19 outbreak to ground, as the state records 29 new locally acquired cases that were all in the community while infectious. | | | Before he caught COVID-19, Richard was the fittest person in his family. But since going into intensive care, he's lost 15 kilograms of muscle mass and cannot stand up without being left breathless. | | | Australia's Olympic debutant Cassiel Rousseau joins the big names in the men's 10m platform final — can he improve his scores to grab a shock spot on the podium? Follow live. | | | All 13 of today's cases are linked to the Delta outbreak in South-East Queensland and were in quarantine during their infectious period, raising hopes the lockdown will end at 4:00pm on Sunday, as planned. | | | The Delta COVID-19 variant could be putting young, healthy people at greater risk of fatal heart complications, according to the director of Australia's leading cardiac research centre. | | | A shooter is on the run after killing 22-year-old Shady Kanj in Western Sydney and injuring an innocent bystander, in what police believe could be another death in the feud between two crime families. | | | Two Belarus coaches who cut short sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's Tokyo Olympics have had their accreditation revoked and been removed from the athletes' village | | | Their Indigenous and Peruvian heritage may be part of what makes their combination special, but silver medallists Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar are very much at the heart of the diverse Australian team in Tokyo, writes Tracey Holmes. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |