| | | | | Health and government authorities approved a COVID-positive family to fly in from overseas to Australia last week on a privately funded medevac flight, despite ongoing calls to limit the number of overseas arrivals. SA Health has confirmed the family has the highly infectious Delta strain. | | | | | Jeannette Young says with so few deaths of people under 50 from COVID-19 it makes not sense to be giving anyone under 40 the AstraZeneca vaccine given blood clotting risks. | | | | | The Queensland and WA premiers speak out against advice issued by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, saying they do not believe the under-40s should be given the AstraZeneca vaccine. Follow live. | | | | | If you're struggling to keep up with all the coronavirus news today, let's bring you up to speed on what you've missed from across the states. | | | | | Nyadol Nyuon has shared powerful first-hand accounts of racism and called for a "bold" and "revolutionary" multicultural vision for Australia in a speech at the National Press Club today. | | | | | Tasmanian Labor leader David O'Byrne will stand aside while the party investigates allegations he sexually harassed a junior union employee more than a decade ago. | | | | | Queensland's Deputy Premier is doubling down on his criticism of the Commonwealth's overseas arrivals policy after it was revealed a person going between Indonesia and Australia had passed on the Delta variant to a 19-year-old hospital worker prompting a three-day lockdown. | | | | | Relatives of workers in isolation at a Central Australian mine at the centre of NT's COVID-19 outbreak express their frustration at isolation conditions, prompting an apology from the mine's operator. | | | | | A student nurse who worked while infectious with COVID-19 on a number of days at both Fairfield and Royal North Shore hospitals was not vaccinated, NSW Health has confirmed. | | | | | Queensland records three new community cases of COVID-19 on the first day of lockdown as it is revealed the latest cluster of the virus stemmed from a person who had travelled in and out of the country "several" times during the pandemic. | | | | | | | | | 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.
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