| | | | | After state and territory leaders came together with the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison addresses a nation with multiple lockdowns and restrictions. Follow live. | | | | | NSW records 291 new COVID-19 infections — its highest daily total of the pandemic — and health authorities concede hospitals are "stressed" as the state's Delta crisis deepens. | | | | | Health Minister Martin Foley warns the state is in a "precarious position" as it records six new locally acquired cases, including one in a student at a specialist school in Melbourne's west. | | | | | Australians who live overseas will no longer be granted automatic exemptions from the ongoing international travel ban, meaning they will have to submit a "compelling reason" to return home. | | | | | More than 50 university students who are possible close or household contacts in the latest Delta outbreak have been moved to quarantine in a Brisbane city private student accommodation provider, catching other residents off guard. | | | | | Tasmania's Premier says the state's hotel quarantine rules will be reviewed after a NSW man was allowed to leave the state before receiving the results of a positive COVID-19 test, and that the system is under pressure from interstate arrivals "fleeing" hotspots. | | | | | Aussies Cassiel Rousseau and Sam Fricker are in action in the diving, while Marina Carrier is representing the green and gold in the modern pentathlon this afternoon. Follow all the action in our live blog. | | | | | Australian pair Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar win a silver medal in the women's beach volleyball, going down in the final to the USA pairing of Alix Klineman and April Ross. | | | | | It's too soon to make a decision on lifting the lockdown in south-east Queensland, Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says, as the state records 10 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 linked to the Brisbane schools cluster. | | | | | Experts advise wearing masks outdoors after infections linked to an outdoor gathering at a beach near Newcastle plunged the Hunter and Upper Hunter into lockdown. | | | | | | | | | 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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