Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says shutdowns are the only option to deal with outbreak until vaccination is complete; federal MP under pressure over his behaviour. Follow all the latest developments
Covid travel restrictions: where you can and can’t travel within Australia
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As families prepare for winter school holidays, Covid outbreaks have once again raised the spectre of state border restrictions and flight cancellations. State and territory health authorities are monitoring the cases...
Australia Covid update: Qld records one new local case as new Sydney exposure sites named
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A member of a flight crew who is believed to have been infected with the Delta variant of the coronavirus was in the community in Brisbane for 12 hours before testing positive, Queensland health authorities have said....
Covid lockdown savings: how to make the most of spare cash
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With strict limits on going out and about, lockdown has helped many people build their savings. Last year, in total, households put away almost three times as much money as the year before, according to an analysis of...
‘Don’t betray women of Tigray’: calls grow for international action against rape in war
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The former prime minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, and Zimbabwean author and 2020 Booker prize nominee Tsitsi Dangarembga are among the signatories of two separate letters demanding international action after shoc...
GB News will flourish if the success of partisan, rightwing TV in Australia is any guide
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It is probably fair to say that GB News, the UK’s new conservative TV channel, has launched to a somewhat mixed reception. The Telegraph derided the content as “unutterably awful; boring, repetitive and cheapskate”. O...
‘Road to extinction’: koalas could soon be listed as endangered in swathes of eastern Australia
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Koalas could soon be listed as endangered in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory after bushfires smashed already struggling populations and destroyed precious habitat. A federal panel of t...
Australia news live update: Covid alert for Canberra after Sydney case visits, government defends vaccine rollout
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Exposure sites in Canberra after Sydney man who tested positive to coronavirus visits gallery. Follow updates live
Martha Argerich review
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Hard to believe, but on 5 June Martha Argerich turned 80. Her birthday has been celebrated by several of the labels for which she has recorded over seven decades, with lavish reissues of her classic discs, many of the...