| | Victoria records 473 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as the state government launches a compliance and vaccination crackdown for the construction industry. | | | The Yass Valley Council area in the NSW's Southern Tablelands will go back into lockdown from midnight tonight, just two days after restrictions were lifted. Follow live. | | | Premier Gladys Berejiklian warns there will be different rules for vaccinated and unvaccinated people once NSW opens up as the state records 1,257 new COVID-19 cases. | | | It has emerged that the New South Wales government waited to lock down all of Sydney until two days after health authorities discovered they had not contained a superspreader event blamed for the Delta outbreak in the city's south-west. | | | The founder of Fitzroy Community School defends the decision not to enforce remote learning requirements as a coronavirus outbreak linked to the campus grows. | | | Not much has changed since the cruel treatment of abuse victims in the Jehovah's Witnesses was exposed. Now, former members are fighting back. | | | The South Australian government has announced year 11 and 12 students will able to get the Pfizer vaccine at state-run clinics without making an appointment for the rest of the month. And those over 60 can also book a Pfizer appointment. | | | Despite being one of the world's most vaccinated countries, Singapore is being forced to reimpose restrictions and delay opening up due to a surge in infections. So what does that mean for Australia's four-step opening plan, based on 80 per cent inoculation? | | | Sydney GP Jamal Rifi has sacrificed his front yard and his retirement to try to protect his community from COVID-19. Now he's braving the Delta outbreak to home-vaccinate people in multicultural pockets of south-west Sydney. | | | From the start Dylan Alcott was hard to ignore — but after two Paralympic careers, a string of major titles and now a Golden Slam, the Greatest Showman has transformed wheelchair tennis, writes Andrew McGarry. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |