| | Victoria's lockdown will be extended for another week following 20 new COVID-19 cases being recorded in the past 24 hours. But it's not just the raw figures that has authorities concerned. | | | Melburnians will spend another seven days in lockdown, Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed. Fifteen of the state's new cases are linked to current outbreaks and 14 have been in quarantine throughout their infectious periods. | | | Premier Gladys Berejiklian says NSW's COVID crisis is likely to get worse as the state records 344 new cases and two more deaths. | | | Police charge Sydney man Zoran Radovanovic, who travelled to Byron Bay with his two children and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, sparking a lockdown in the area. | | | People living in Victoria's border communities will now need to apply for permits to use the border bubble with New South Wales. Follow live. | | | The sixth assessment report from the IPCC does not make for particularly uplifting reading. But if you are keen to delve further into the details, it does say quite a bit about Australia. | | | If the climate becomes drier, farmers in some parts of SA's Eyre Peninsula could find it harder to make a living. But they're already adapting to an uncertain future of climate change and dwindling townships. | | | The Australian census is meant to provide a detailed snapshot of the nation, but some ethnic communities in Australia say it fails to recognise them. | | | It could become a lot easier for skilled workers to be granted permanent residency in Australia under recommendations set out in a new Parliamentary report. | | | The platform is launching the Limits tool and stronger warnings to users in response to the racist abuse of athletes. Will they help and what else can be done? | | | | | | 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. | | | | |