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Australia news live updates: NSW reports no new local Covid cases, as Queensland denies hotel quarantine breach

Madison Keys drops out of Australian Open and Andy Murray in doubt after testing positive for Covid. All the latestNine days without a local Covid case in VictoriaAndy Murray tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of Australian Open 12.27am GMT Berejiklian has given a bit more details on the testing rates the state will need in order to ease restrictions:Dr Chant has said we would like to see the number two in front or even higher. That has been the target but as high as possible. We don’t expect...
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Australia has no new locally-acquired cases – as it happened

Queensland to consider hotel alternatives after quarantine infections. This blog is now closedState by state restrictions explainedCovid hotspots Victoria; NSW hotspots; Queensland hotspotsNSW and Sydney trend map: where cases are rising or falling 7.25am GMT With that, we’ll be closing the blog for today. Here’s a recap of the day’s big news stories: 7.21am GMT Organisers of the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne have told participants to wear a mask at all times and stay in groups of no ...
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Coronavirus Australia live update: SA couple rescued in outback after changing travel route due to Covid restrictions

NSW and Victoria record no new cases as Queensland considers using mining camps for quarantine. Follow all the updates, liveState by state restrictions explainedCovid hotspots Victoria; NSW hotspots; Queensland hotspotsNSW and Sydney trend map: where cases are rising or falling 7.21am GMT Organisers of the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne have told participants to wear a mask at all times and stay in groups of no more than 100, ten metres apart, to comply with Covid-safe rules.Details of the...
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Coronavirus Australia live update: US tennis player who tested positive for Covid allowed on flight to Australian Open

Tennys Sandgren returned a positive result after taking a PCR test on Monday but was still allowed to board a charter flight to Melbourne; NSW and Victoria record no new Covid cases. Follow all the updates, liveState by state restrictions explainedCovid hotspots Victoria; NSW hotspots; Queensland hotspotsNSW and Sydney trend map: where cases are rising or falling 4.15am GMT Four recent travellers to South Australia may have quarantined at Brisbane’s Grand Chancellor Hotel, now shut down ove...
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Australia: Donald Trump permanently suspended from Twitter and other social media accounts, for inciting violence - Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Inciting violence is also a criminal offence under Australian law, under commonwealth, state and territory laws..
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Australia: I have been issued with a traffic fine in NSW. What should I do next? - Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Revenue NSW is the agency which handles penalties and infringement notices as well as the payment of fines in NSW.
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Australia: Federal government agency issues warning about QR codes - Sydney Criminal Lawyers

While there are reasonable security assurances around the personal contact data app, no system is completely infallible.
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Coronavirus Australia live update: NSW and Victoria record no new Covid cases; Qld considers quarantine in mining camps

NSW issues alert for Brisbane’s Hotel Grand Chancellor amid fears UK virus strain may have crossed border. Follow all the updates, liveState by state restrictions explainedCovid hotspots Victoria; NSW hotspots; Queensland hotspotsNSW and Sydney trend map: where cases are rising or falling 12.20am GMT Victorian premier Dan Andrews has flagged that the government is working to reduce red zones to certain local government areas in Sydney, rather than the entire greater Sydney region. This woul...
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Coronavirus Australia live news: Queensland to consider quarantining returned travellers in mining camps after UK strain hotel outbreak

NSW issues alert for Brisbane’s Hotel Grand Chancellor amid fears UK virus strain may have crossed border; Victoria and Queensland record no new Covid cases. Follow all the updates, liveState by state restrictions explainedCovid hotspots Victoria; NSW hotspots; Queensland hotspotsNSW and Sydney trend map: where cases are rising or fallingFollow the global coronavirus live blog 11.21pm GMT So the big thing that had to happen in Queensland last night was the massive task of moving 129 (potenti...
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Australia: Instagram Fast & Furious pair charged with take and drive conveyance for luxury car thefts in Sydney - Astor Legal

Taking and driving a conveyance without the consent of the owner carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison in NSW.
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Invasion Day protest in Sydney set to go ahead despite coronavirus restrictions

A Covid-safe march is planned on Gadigal land on 26 January, while a ticketed and seated dawn service will be held in MelbourneIndigenous organisers of an Invasion Day protest planned for Sydney on 26 January are vowing to press ahead with a Covid-safe march despite NSW Health restricting the number of people allowed to gather to 500.The rally on Gadigal land was still scheduled to start at 9am on the public holiday from Djarrbarrgalli, or the Domain, organisers said on Wednesday. Continue readi...
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Australia live news: CMO Paul Kelly rejects Liberal MP Craig Kelly's Covid claims; Queensland orders hundreds to restart quarantine

Annastacia Palaszczuk calls for hotel quarantine rethink after cluster discovered; NSW records one new community case. Follow all the latest news and information, liveState by state restrictions explainedCovid hotspots Victoria; NSW hotspots; Queensland hotspotsNSW and Sydney trend map: where cases are rising or fallingFollow the global coronavirus live blog 5.23am GMT The challenge is to make sure that the community knows where to get good health information and knows how to recognise crack...
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Australia's chief medical officer defends AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine amid efficacy concerns

Australia has secured 54m doses of the vaccine some experts say is inferior to Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine, which Australia has bought just 10m doses ofCovid hotspots Victoria; NSW hotspots; Queensland hotspotsNSW and Sydney trend map: where cases are rising or fallingFollow the Australia coronavirus live blogAustralia’s chief medical officer, Prof Paul Kelly, and infectious diseases experts have defended securing 54m doses of a Covid-19 vaccine made by Oxford University and the pharmaceutical company...
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Australia live news: Queensland orders hundreds to restart quarantine over fears of UK Covid variant

Annastacia Palaszczuk calls for hotel quarantine rethink after cluster discovered; NSW records one new community case. Follow all the latest news and information, liveState by state restrictions explainedCovid hotspots Victoria; NSW hotspots; Queensland hotspotsNSW and Sydney trend map: where cases are rising or fallingFollow the global coronavirus live blog 12.22am GMT So while the Mount Druitt Hospital case has been genomically linked to the Berala cluster, we still don’t know exactly how ...
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Australia live news: McCormack under pressure over Covid misinformation; Victoria records no new cases

Doctors call on acting PM to stop MPs spreading medical misinformation; NSW races to solve 14 mystery cases. Follow all the latest news and information, liveState by state restrictions explainedCovid hotspots Victoria; NSW hotspots; Queensland hotspotsNSW and Sydney trend map: where cases are rising or falling 9.10pm GMT It’s the news I look forward to every 8.04am. Victoria records zero new locally acquired cases. It’s not quite the “triple doughnuts” that we have come to know and love, as ...
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Sydney women-only ocean pool under fire over transgender policy

Social media users criticise the exclusion of some trans women at McIver’s Ladies Baths, forcing a change of policy wordingA women-only ocean pool in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has come under fire over a policy that excluded transgender women who had not had surgical intervention.The McIver’s Ladies Baths’ policy on transgender women, published on the FAQ section of its website, has been changed twice since attention was drawn to it on Monday afternoon. Continue reading...
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Australia news live: NSW records five new locally acquired Covid cases as Qld records one

NSW premier concerned over low testing levels as state grapples with growing number of mystery cases; partner of a Brisbane hotel quarantine cleaner who contracted new Covid-19 strain tests positive. Follow all the latest news and updates, live Covid hotspots NSW; Qld hotspots; Victoria hotspotsState by state restrictions explainedFollow the global liveblog 12.23am GMT NSW conducted only 14,700 tests yesterday, which health minister Brad Hazzard says is not good enough. We’ve seen some incre...
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Australia news live: Palaszczuk provides Qld Covid update; McCormack defends Craig Kelly's right to post misinformation

Partner of a hotel quarantine cleaner who contracted new Covid-19 strain tests positive; acting PM says ‘facts are sometimes contentious’ when asked about MP’s Covid posts. Follow all the latest news and updates, live Covid hotspots NSW; Qld hotspots; Victoria hotspotsState by state restrictions explainedFollow the global liveblog 11.27pm GMT Victorians are no longer required to get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result when entering Queensland says, Dr Young. We do not req...
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Australia news live: second case of UK Covid strain in Qld; McCormack defends Craig Kelly's right to post misinformation

Husband of a hotel quarantine cleaner who contracted new Covid-19 strain tests positive; acting PM says ‘facts are sometimes contentious’ when asked about MP’s Covid posts. Follow all the latest news and updates, live Covid hotspots NSW; Qld hotspots; Victoria hotspotsState by state restrictions explainedFollow the global liveblog 10.20pm GMT Yesterday we saw some comments from the WA premier Mark McGowan telling NSW that it should be pursuing an elimination strategy, suggesting they were ma...
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Australia news live: second Queenslander has UK Covid strain; McCormack defends Craig Kelly's right to post misinformation

Husband of a hotel quarantine cleaner who contracted new Covid-19 strain tests positive; acting PM says ‘facts are sometimes contentious’ when asked about MP’s Covid posts. Follow all the latest news and updates, live Covid hotspots NSW; Qld hotspots; Victoria hotspotsState by state restrictions explainedFollow the global liveblog 9.27pm GMT Triple doughnuts for Victoria today. Huzzah! Yesterday there were 0 new locally acquired cases reported, and 0 new cases in hotel quarantine. Thanks to ...
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SA fire prompts emergency warning; Victoria to reopen to regional NSW – as it happened

Buildings threatened and livestock lost in blaze; NSW reports four new local infections; child who flew out of Victoria tests positive overseas. This blog is now closedVictoria to reopen border to regional NSW tonightCovid hotspots NSW; Qld hotspots; Victoria hotspotsNSW reports four new local casesSouth-east Queensland lockdown to endState by state restrictions explainedFollow the global Covid liveblog 8.09am GMT With that, we’ll be closing the blog for today. Here is everything that happen...
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Australia news live: SA bushfire prompts emergency warning; Victoria to reopen border to regional NSW

Buildings threatened and livestock lost in blaze; NSW reports four new local Covid cases; child who flew out of Victoria tests positive overseas. Follow the latest updatesVictoria to reopen border to regional NSW tonightCovid hotspots NSW; Qld hotspots; Victoria hotspotsNSW reports four new local casesSouth-east Queensland lockdown to endState by state restrictions explainedFollow the global Covid liveblog 8.09am GMT With that, we’ll be closing the blog for today. Here is everything that hap...
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Australia news live: partner of Brisbane hotel cleaner tests positive for UK Covid variant; SA bushfire prompts emergency warning

Buildings threatened and livestock lost in blaze; NSW reports four new local cases; child who flew out of Victoria tests positive overseas for coronavirus. Follow the latest updatesCovid hotspots NSW; Qld hotspots; Victoria hotspotsNSW reports four new local casesSouth-east Queensland lockdown to endState by state restrictions explainedFollow the global Covid liveblog 7.24am GMT A spokesman for Fire and Rescue NSW has just confirmed to Guardian Australia that there were no people on board a ...
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Australia news live: SA bushfire prompts emergency warning, while NSW reports four new local Covid cases

Buildings threatened and livestock lost in blaze; child who flew out of Victoria tests positive overseas for coronavirus; in NSW three new cases linked to Berala cluster and one recorded in Mt Druitt. Follow the latest updatesCovid hotspots NSW; Qld hotspots; Victoria hotspotsNSW reports four new local casesSouth-east Queensland lockdown to endState by state restrictions explainedFollow the global Covid liveblog 6.18am GMT Acting prime minister Michael McCormack has spoken to reporters in Na...
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Australia news live: NSW reports four new local Covid cases, as south-east Qld lockdown to end today

NSW premier announces three new cases linked to Berala cluster to 8pm, plus one Mt Druitt case overnight. Follow all the latest news and updates, live Covid hotspots NSWNSW reports four new local casesSouth-east Queensland lockdown to end 12.22am GMT Chief health officer Chant has been asked if the highly contagious UK variant of Covid-19 has become more common in hotel quarantine:It’s expected that we will continue to see these variant strains and they will be in an increasing proportion of...
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Australia news live: Brisbane and south-east Qld Covid lockdown to end at 6pm Monday

No new local cases in past 24 hours, Queensland premier says in coronavirus update. Follow all the latest news and updates, live 11.25pm GMT Queensland chief health officer Jeannette Young has been asked if one more UK variant case would be enough to send the city back into lockdown. It depends where it is found. If we find one of these people we have put into quarantine in their home and we find them positive... then no it wouldn’t because they are there in quarantine. We are doing that in...
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Australia news live: Queensland awaits Covid lockdown update; Victoria records no new cases; next 14 days 'pivotal' for NSW

Queensland premier to give update at 9am as Brisbane enters day three of snap lockdown. Follow all the latest news and updates, live 9.54pm GMT Melburnians are set to swelter today as the city braces for the hottest day in more than a year (and I say this from a place of authority as I’m currently typing this blog sitting in front of a fan on full blast and it isn’t even 9am). This comes as the state’s north-west is on high alert for bushfires.The temperature is set to hit 38C in Melbourne ...
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Australia news live: Queensland awaits news on coronavirus lockdown; next 14 days 'pivotal' for NSW

Victoria records no new Covid cases; Queensland premier to give update at 9am as Brisbane enters day three of snap lockdown. Follow all the latest news and updates, live 9.23pm GMT Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is speaking with ABC News Breakfast now. He was asked how Queensland’s lockdown and other border closures have affected Australia’s economic recovery:We have this new strain. It is more infectious, and the Queensland government took a prudent course of action, which was a short, ...
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Fans ejected from Sydney Test as cricket launches probe into alleged racist abuse

Six people were ejected from the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday as the third Test between Australia and India was overshadowed by allegations of racist abuse.
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The 20 safest airlines to fly in 2021, according to experts

An American Airlines Boeing 777-200 at Los Angeles International Airport. Markus Mainka/Shutterstock.com AirlineRatings just unveiled its list of the world's safest airlines for 2021, according to the site's experts, narrowing the top 20 from a list of 385. The US had a great showing with six of the 11 major American carriers making the top 20 cut while Asia performed poorly.  Carriers in Oceania and the Middle East also dominated the highest spots, continuing the trend from last year. Vis...
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