| | Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles questions why Scott Morrison is commenting on the state's borders while he is in the US dealing with important issues of international diplomacy. | | | The Victorian government will conduct trials in businesses and events across highly vaccinated parts of regional Victoria to help the state open progressively. | | | Victoria's COVID-19 restrictions will ease slightly from Wednesday, with Premier Daniel Andrews confirming the state will hit a vaccination target before that date. | | | From tomorrow, outdoor pools are reopening across the state for the vaccinated and unvaccinated, in areas of concern and those with stay-at-home orders. | | | NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the government will release the full details of its freedom roadmap this week, including how and when the unvaccinated can come out of lockdown. | | | Nationals backbencher Darren Chester confirms he is taking a break from the party and will not attend partyroom meetings because of growing frustrations with party leadership. | | | Australian Alex Volkanovski remains the UFC featherweight champion after a gruelling but unanimous victory over Brian Ortega at UFC 266. | | | Fifty years ago, crocodiles had been shot to near extinction in the Northern Territory. Now the apex predators again dominate the waterways, raising questions about their coexistence with humans. | | | How did an elitist yachting event capture a nation's imagination and boost its shattered sporting confidence? On the 38th anniversary of Australia II's victory, Jason Dasey recalls his night inside the New York Yacht Club when the America's Cup was lost after 132 years. | | | The Geelong man in his 30s tested positive earlier in the week, COVID commander Jeroen Weimar says, and may have been infectious while at the protest. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |