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Bureau of Meteorology says catchments are already saturated and more heavy rain is forecast on Friday nightGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingEastern and central Victoria are bracing for flash flooding and damaging winds after another day of heavy rain soaked parts of New South Wales and Queensland.Residents in East Gippsland and West and South Gippsland have been warned there is...

Cape York man, 60, was fishing on his property when the reptile clamped its jaws around his bootsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingA Queensland man has escaped the jaws of a crocodile by stabbing it in the head with a pocket knife as it dragged him into a river on Cape York.Parks and Wildlife officers said the 60-year-old had been...

Spokesperson says aim of message was to reduce stigma and normalise healthy conversations especially among young peopleGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingQueensland authorities surprised their Facebook followers with some “pleasurable” health advice on Thursday.On its official Facebook page, Queensland Health shared a post about masturbation, which was accompanied by brightly coloured infographics detailing its health benefits.Sign up to receive an...

Coffs Harbour cops a hammering as shopping centre ceiling collapses; Australia records its largest ever hailstoneGet our free news app;get our morning email briefingFreak storms across the east coast of Australia have damaged buildings and pounded cities with hail the size of grapefruit.The largest hailstone ever to fall in Australia – a whopping 16cm in diameter – was recorded in Queensland after heavy storms...

Annastacia Palaszczuk says she would have no qualms calling off Sunday's NRL grand final after the state recorded two new locally acquired cases of Covid-19. Brisbane is set to host the rugby league decider between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Penrith Panthers on Sunday with an already reduced 75% capacity due to Queensland's latest outbreak. Both the premier and chief health officer Jeannette...

The world’s oldest rainforest will join landmarks like Uluru and Kakadu, where First Nations people are custodians of world heritage sitesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingEastern Kuku Yalanji people will take formal ownership of the world heritage-listed Daintree tropical rainforest in northern Australia, after the Indigenous traditional owners reached a historic deal with the Queensland government.The Daintree national park is...

An overwhelming majority of MPs voted in favour of the laws, after an emotional three-day debateGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingQueensland has passed laws that will allow voluntary assisted dying for people with a terminal illness, with an overwhelming majority of MPs voting in favour.The state – often perceived as Australia’s most socially conservative – becomes the fifth Australian jurisdiction...

Man in his 20s dies in NSW as state records 1,262 new cases; ACT records 15 new Covid cases. This blog is now closedVictoria ramps up vaccinations in priority postcodesAustralia secures 1m extra Moderna vaccine dosesHow Australia bungled its Pfizer Covid dealWhether on Covid or climate, it seems our politicians really aren’t like you and me | Greg Jericho$50m invested in new vaccine campaign...

The Transport Workers Union has taken the case to the Fair Work Commission, arguing the driver qualifies as an employee, not a contractorGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingA food delivery driver who was allegedly sacked by Chinese food delivery company Easi after trying to raise concerns about pay and worker safety, has had his case taken to the Fair Work...

More than 30 people were fined $1,000 each at the Blacktown Christ Embassy Sydney church gathering, just hours before stronger lockdown measures came into forceFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesNSW hotspots; NSW restrictions; border restrictionsVaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our morning email briefingNSW police have issued 31 fines to people who attended an illegal Sunday night church...

12 Sydney LGAs to get half of the one million extra Pfizer doses secured from Poland; rapid antigen testing to be trialled in some Sydney aged care homes. This blog is now closedRestrictions: NSW; Vic; Qld; bordersCovid hotspots: NSW; Vic; QldNSW reports 415 new Covid cases and four deaths amid warning vaccination ‘not a silver bullet’Australia secures 1m Pfizer doses from PolandIs lightning-fast Delta...

Scott Morrison confirms extra 85 million Pfizer doses; NSW records 141 new local cases and two deaths, including a woman in her 30s; too soon to tell if Victorian lockdown will end Tuesday as state records 11 new local cases. This blog has now closedAustralia update: woman in her 30s among two deaths as NSW records 141 new coronavirus casesScott Morrison defends George Christensen’s...

Chaotic scenes in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane as protesters demand end to lockdownsSee all our global Covid coverageFollow the Australian Covid liveblog‘Imprisoned’: south-west Sydney on harsher lockdown and the fight to stop CovidNSW restrictions; NSW hotspots; border restrictionsVaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our morning email briefingAnti-lockdown protesters have marched in major Australian cities, as Covid cases spiked to record...

Tian Xuejun rejects Australia’s ‘groundless accusations’ that China influenced the finding to score political pointsThe Chinese host of a United Nations world heritage committee has defended a proposal to label the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”, and rejected Australian government suspicion that China influenced the finding for political reasons.It came as the Morrison government sought to use a new report by Australia’s marine...

New coronavirus cases for NSW and Queensland as South Australia ends border restrictions with WA and NT, and Sydney remains in lockdown. Follow the latest updates, liveNSW records 38 Covid cases, highest since Sydney outbreak beganNSW restrictions; NSW hotspotsDownload the free Guardian app; Get our morning email briefing 10.16am BST That’s it for today, thanks for reading.Here’s a recap of the day’s main stories:...

Gladys Berejiklian urges people to restrict movement and not visit family members unnecessarily during Sydney lockdown, as Queensland records two coronavirus casesFollow the Australia Covid liveblogNSW restrictions; NSW hotspotsDownload the free Guardian app; Get our morning email briefingNew South Wales has recorded 38 new local Covid cases, including 20 people who were in the community for part or all of their infectious period, as...

Gladys Berejiklian will announce on Wednesday if greater Sydney lockdown will continue beyond Friday nightNSW hotspots; NSW restrictions; Qld hotpots; Qld restrictionsFollow the latest Covid Australia live blogCovid Australia vaccine rollout trackerMorrison is the Billy Joel of Australian politics | Peter LewisTeachers ask to be vaccinated as frontline workers amid outbreaksDownload our free news app; get our morning email briefingEpidemiologists say an extension of...

Man who works as a baggage handler at Brisbane domestic airport among new coronavirus casesNSW premier Gladys Berejiklian reports 35 new Covid cases‘It makes me sick’: families of Australians stranded overseas devastated after arrivals cap slashedTravel exemptions rise as more Australians apply to fly overseasDownload the free Guardian app; Get our morning email briefingBrisbane’s lockdown ended at 6pm on Saturday despite the state recording...

Group of reef and climate scientists say world heritage warning merited and Australia has not ‘pulled its weight on emissions’Five of the world’s leading reef and climate scientists have thanked Unesco for recommending the Great Barrier Reef be listed as world heritage “in danger”, saying it was the right decision in part because Australia had not “pulled its weight” in reducing emissions.The group of...

Gladys Berejiklian says half of new cases were active in the community while infectious; Simon Birmingham admits Australia is ‘back of the queue’ for Pfizer vaccines; Atagi co-chair says AstraZeneca should only be used by under-40s in ‘pressing’ circumstances; Follow latest updatesNSW restrictions; Qld restrictions; WA, NT and SA rulesNSW hotspots; Qld hotspots; WA exposure sitesBorder closures: where you can and can’t travel in...

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces three-day lockdown for large parts of state after infected woman travelled from Brisbane to north QueenslandQld hotspots; Qld restrictions; Australia travel restrictionsVaccine rollout tracker Download the free Guardian app; Get our morning email briefingLarge parts of Queensland have begun a snap three-day lockdown, as the unvaccinated Covid-positive hospital worker whose travel from Brisbane to north Queensland triggered the harsh restrictions...

Victoria also recorded one new case on Friday as its acting premier criticised the slow vaccine rollout Sydney’s eastern suburbs cluster growsNSW Covid hotspots and map; Victoria exposure sitesAstraZeneca now only recommended for Australians aged 60 and overFace masks will be mandatory on public transport in Sydney for at least five days, as New South Wales scrambles to prevent the eastern suburbs cluster from...

A driver who transported flight crew has been diagnosed with the Delta coronavirus variant and was not vaccinatedNSW Covid hotspots and map; Victoria exposure sites; Qld hotspots listNew South Wales has recorded a third Covid case connected to the eastern suburbs cluster, as the premier, Gladys Berejiklian, told residents to be on “high alert” but did not announce any new restrictions.The latest Sydney outbreak...

The husband of a woman who travelled from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast via NSW also tests positive to coronavirus in QueenslandQld Covid hotspots; NSW hotspots; Vic exposure sitesVictoria’s Covid rules and restrictions explainedMelbourne’s lockdown will come to an end on Friday as planned but masks will remain mandatory outdoors, as the state recorded another four new locally acquired cases of coronavirus.Queensland also recorded...