| | Tasmania's Director of Public Health Mark Veitch says the state is "at the highest risk of having COVID transmission in our state … at any time this year". Follow live. | | | Labor likes to dub Scott Morrison the 'Prime Minister for NSW'. But Dominic Perrottet is fast earning the reputation of 'Premier for Australia' — and that's likely to give Morrison headaches. | | | The Australian Recording Industry Association is stripping disgraced former Sony Music Australia CEO Denis Handlin of a lifetime achievement award. | | | Qantas will resume international flights earlier than expected, after the NSW Premier allowed quarantine-free vaccinated arrivals from November 1, while Virgin will offer flights to Fiji from December 16. | | | Andrew Forrest went on a green hydrogen blitz this week, standing alongside premiers in NSW and Queensland to announce multi-billion-dollar plans for renewable energy exports. Ian Verrender looks at just how feasible these grand plans are. | | | Prime Minister Scott Morrison says NSW's opening up will allow more Australians to leave and return to the country, and that it is another step towards reclaiming freedoms lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. | | | Australia's most populous state is preparing to open its international border, quarantine free, for the first time in more than 18 months. Here's what you need to know. | | | Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein announces a snap three-day lockdown for the state's south, saying "we can't continue to wait" after it was revealed a COVID-positive traveller fled hotel quarantine and visited a supermarket. | | | People in south Tasmania are about to enter a "snap" lockdown due to a traveller's quarantine breach. Here are the rules people have to follow. | | | The owner of a Leeds bakery in England says the company was reported for using illegal sprinkles, which they had imported from the United States. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |