| | The country's health ministers call for immediate crisis funding for hospitals before COVID-19 restrictions are eased, fearing the system will buckle under increased pressure. | | | Four out of five Australians over 16 have received a COVID-19 jab, with parts of the country nearing national targets to exit lockdown. | | | Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will remain in isolation until he is contacted by authorities, but has tested negative for the virus. Follow live. | | | Too busy to follow the COVID-19 blog? Or is there just too much of it to get into? You've come to the right place. Here's all the COVID-19 news from Australia that you need to know. | | | The outage that took down Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for about six hours, affecting billions of people around the world, may have been due to a tiny human error. | | | Dominic Perrottet will have to juggle the beginning of the end of lockdown, Delta's ongoing spread and at least three looming by-elections while in the immediate shadow of Gladys Berejiklian. | | | Dominic Perrottet says he will continue the "strong leadership" Gladys Berejiklian has shown throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and he intends to commit to October 11 as the day many lockdown restrictions are eased for those who are fully vaccinated. | | | After the unexpected death of an Olympic swimmer who alleged he'd been sexually abused by his swimming coach, the ABC uncovered stories of two more men who say they were abused by the same coach, at the same pool. | | | A woman who drove her car into a Sydney school, killing two children, has avoided prison after a judge described the incident as a "freakish accident". | | | Premier Daniel Andrews says the state is committed to sticking to the roadmap out of lockdown, despite a record-high 1,763 new infections, as authorities warn COVID-19 has now spread right across Melbourne. | | | | | | 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. | | | | |