Australia Covid live news update: NSW records 1,063 cases, six deaths; Victoria’s highest ever daily cases; Daniel Andrews flags ‘community fatigue’

3.58am BST South Australia Health’s Dr Emily Kirkpatrick has confirmed the state has recorded a new case in a medi-hotel.Kirkpatrick said authorities were confident the case was also a historical infection. 3.45am BST Brett Holmes, from the NSW’s Nurses and Midwives’ Association, has told ABC News he welcomes NSW Health’s callout for doctors, nurses...

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Australia Covid live news: NSW to give update; Victoria’s highest ever daily cases; Melbourne enters fourth day of protests

Victoria records 766 new Covid cases and four deaths; spit hood ban passes South Australian upper house; one new local case in Qld; parcel delivery workers strike; PM speaks in Washington DC. Follow all the day’s newsIt’s time to dial public health measures down from 11, professor behind Doherty modelling saysAustralia’s supply of Pfizer Covid vaccine...

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Australia Covid updates live: Victoria’s highest ever daily cases; Morrison speaks in Washington; Melbourne expects fourth day of protests

Victoria records 766 new Covid cases and four deaths; parcel delivery workers strike; one man injured in Victorian earthquake; PM speaks in Washington DC; two dozen people, mostly patients, have contracted Covid in a week at Sydney’s Liverpool hospital. Follow all the day’s newsIt’s time to dial public health measures down from 11, professor behind...

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Australia Covid updates live: Morrison speaks in Washington; second major outbreak at Sydney’s Liverpool hospital; Melbourne expects fourth day of protests

One man injured in Victorian earthquake; Queenslanders offered NRL tickets for jabs; PM speaks in Washington DC; two dozen people, mostly patients, have contracted Covid in a week at Sydney’s Liverpool hospital. Follow all the day’s newsIt’s time to dial public health measures down from 11, professor behind Doherty modelling saysAustralia’s supply of...

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Labour will build a better Britain for working people | Keir Starmer

The role of government is to give every person, every community, and every business the tools they need to contribute to our successOur country stands at a crossroads. The Tory government has shown what it offers working people – tax hikes for pie in the sky plans. The Labour path is the promise of a better, brighter, more secure and more prosperous...

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Keir Starmer essay sets Labour on course for centre ground

Pamphlet for the Fabian Society emphasises values of work, society and partnership with private sectorLabour will build a better Britain for working people | Keir StarmerKeir Starmer has set Labour on a decisive course toward the centre ground in a 35-page statement of intent that emphasises the values of hard work, contributing to society and partnership...

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Covid live: Italy pledges to donate 45m vaccine doses; UK records 34,460 new cases

Italian PM triples original pledge on global vaccine donation; UK records 166 new Covid deathsGermany quarantine pay to end for unvaccinatedTransmission in England highest among 12- to 15-year-olds, expert warns‘It’s scary’: record Covid absences cause concern in England’s schoolsArdern gambles as New Zealand Covid restrictions easedRiot police on Melbourne...

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‘Donnez-moi un break’: Johnson deepens rift with France over defence deal

UK prime minister hits out after Paris reacted with fury to announcement of defence pactBoris Johnson has reopened the rift with Paris over the Aukus defence and security deal, urging the French to “prenez un grip about this and donnez-moi un break”, after he and Joe Biden discussed deepening the pact.The prime minister was speaking in Washington, where...

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Is China stepping up its ambition to supplant US as top superpower?

Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been an inelegantly, even ineptly, executed pivot, gratuitously alienating key allies, but by leaving Afghanistan and forming the Australian, US and UK security pact in the Indo-Pacific, Joe Biden has at least cleared the decks to focus on his great...

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Gas firms may face windfall tax as energy crisis hits households

Another 800,000 households fall victim to energy crisis as Avro Energy and Green collapseAnother 800,000 households fell victim to the energy crisis on Wednesday with the collapse of two more suppliers, as ministers admitted they were considering a windfall tax on companies profiting from record gas prices.The failure of Avro Energy and Green means...

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