| | NSW's population is now 70 per cent partially vaccinated, giving health authorities confidence to ease one restriction in Sydney's COVID hotspots despite the state recording 1,288 new cases. | | | The federal opposition says the government is using vaccine hesitancy as an excuse for low vaccination rates among Indigenous Australians. Follow live. | | | Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia's Paralympic medal winners will receive the same financial reward as the Olympians. | | | Scott Morrison is ramping up his plea for over 60s to get the AstraZeneca vaccine, sending out hundreds of thousands of letters to those who are unvaccinated urging them to book in for a shot. | | | The Victorian government halves the wait time for second doses of AstraZeneca in a bid to combat the worsening Delta outbreak, as the state records 176 new cases. | | | A Logan truck driver tests positive as health authorities seek to test a Gold Coast family of five with "symptoms" who drove back from Melbourne earlier this week. | | | Jets of blue gas blast out of a cloud of dust in a striking photo of a rare space object released by the Hubble Space Telescope. | | | A Western Sydney man, who recently presented to Westmead Hospital, overdoses on Ivermectin and other treatments that he had ordered online. | | | A couple ill equipped for a night in the mountains are rescued after becoming lost while searching for a Tasmanian photography hotspot renowned among Instagramers for its pool of turquoise water. | | | A young man flees for his life through the streets of Kabul, bleeding from a stab wound. Amid the scramble to get people out of Afghanistan, there are fears little attention is being paid to what could be the most vulnerable group of all — LGBT people. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |