| | Officers have been identified as close contacts of a COVID-positive case who was at the protests in Melbourne this week, Victoria Police say. Follow live. | | | Police make several arrests in the CBD and across the inner north of Melbourne, as leaders condemn this week's violent anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown protests. | | | The government is inching closer to accepting a target to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with its most senior Cabinet member so far publicly backing a commitment. | | | Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is referred to the Speaker by the Opposition who allege she deliberately misled Parliament over Doherty Institute modelling predicting COVID-19 deaths. | | | October 11 firms as the date people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in NSW will come out of lockdown, although Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she is reluctant to use the phrase "freedom day". | | | Three teenagers reveal they're the creators behind a popular data collection website called CovidBase AU — much to the delight of their fans. | | | The ABC spoke to three women who survived breast cancer. For two of them, life after cancer means life without breasts. | | | This year's AFL grand final between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs features one team looking to end a long premiership drought and another which has recently broken through. Look back and see where Melbourne's 57-year wait for a flag puts them in VFL/AFL history. | | | Researchers say they have found a new technique that could save the lives of shark attack victims, and all it involves is applying pressure between "the hips and the bits". | | | Western Australia has recorded one new case of COVID-19 in a woman from New South Wales, who entered WA without an approved G2G pass. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |