Water is being released from Sydney’s Warragamba Dam which is almost full to bursting after weeks of heavy rains. The dam – Sydney’s main water source – is now at 97.7 percent capacity, having surged 1.1 percent in the past week and almost two percent in the last month. In the grip of one of...
Category: <span>National</span>
Post
Post
Urgent National Cabinet meeting called as PM responds to the UK Covid strain
The prime minister has called a special meeting of National Cabinet on Friday morning after three further cases of the more transmissible UK variant of COVID-19 were detected in Australia. Scott Morrison said Premiers and Chief Ministers would convene to consider a proposal from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee “to further strengthen the COVID...
Post
Cops bust Sydney wedding reception, 12 people accused of coronavirus breaches
A dozen people will be fined after being sprung at a wedding reception in Sydney that allegedly breached coronavirus restrictions. A tip-off alerted NSW Police to a crowd at a venue on Pirrama Road in Pyrmont about 5pm on Sunday. “After speaking with staff and attendees, police recorded contact details for more than a dozen...
Post
Cardinal Pell says his conservative views drove public against him
George Pell, the Australian cardinal whose conviction for child abuse was overturned this year, has said his conservative Christian views drove public opinion against him. Speaking to the BBC, the 79-year-old said there was “no doubt” that his direct style and traditional approach to issues such as abortion had contributed to a hostile atmosphere. The...
Post
New restrictions announced in Sydney as outbreak grows
Australia’s most populous state has announced new restrictions for the Greater Sydney area in an attempt to contain a growing outbreak of Covid-19. Household gatherings will be capped at 10 people and hospitality venues at 300 until Wednesday. Residents had already been told to stay at home. The cases were found in the city’s Northern...
Post
Woman dies trying to take photo at edge of 262-foot cliff in Victoria
A 38-year-old woman fell off a cliff to her death on Saturday after trying to take a photo at a precarious location. Rosy Loomba was with her husband and child when the accident occurred at Grampians National Park, in Australia’s Victoria state, according to CNN affiliate Nine News. They were at Boroka Lookout, an overhang...
Post
Coronavirus testing levels drop to concerning level in South Australia
Coronavirus testing rates have dropped to concerning levels in South Australia as health authorities desperately try to expel the virus from the community. At the height of the state’s Parafield cluster more than 17,000 tests were carried out. That number has dramatically reduced, in the last 24 hours, to just 2100. South Australia has recorded...
Post
Australia’s Fraser Island residents told to leave immediately due to bushfire
Residents of a coastal resort town on a popular Australian holiday island have been told to leave immediately by authorities as a bushfire worsens. Firefighters are struggling to control the huge bushfire on Fraser Island, off the east coast of Queensland. The bushfire was sparked by an illegal campfire in mid-October and has destroyed at...
Post
Western Australia Premier warns COVID-19 police bungle at Sydney airport threatens border reopening
A New South Wales police bungle that let two international travelers skip hotel quarantine could now threaten the future of Western Australia’s border reopening. WA Premier Mark McGowan has indicated the COVID-19 quarantine breach will be taken into account in his update on the state’s hard border tomorrow. NSW police have admitted they wrongly allowed...
Post
Western Australia to reopen to NSW and Victorian travellers
Western Australia’s border will officially reopen to New South Wales and Victoria in time for Christmas, more than eight months after it was slammed shut. Premier Mark McGowan announced on Tuesday that residents in the two states will be allowed into WA – quarantine free – from 12.01am on Tuesday, December 8. Travellers will, however,...