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More Countries Roll Out China Traveler Checks

Travelers from China now face restrictions when entering more than a dozen countries as concern grows over its surge in Covid-19 cases. China on Sunday reported more than 5,100 new infections and one death linked to Covid out of its population of 1.4 billion. Last month, Beijing abruptly began dismantling…

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Australia imposes mandatory Covid tests for travellers from China amid fears of diplomatic backlash

Health minister Mark Butler argues decision ‘will not come as any surprise to the Chinese government’

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Linda Burney reveals draft timing for Indigenous voice to parliament vote

Indigenous Australians minister says yes campaign likely to begin in late February with vote held as early as August

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Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios set to defend Australian Open doubles crown

A year after thrilling packed crowds with their stunning victory at Melbourne Park, tennis players and great mates Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios expect to team up again in this year's Australian Open men's doubles.

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Sydney's Akasha Brewing hops into The Edwards

NEWCASTLE'S rapidly growing reputation as a craft beer hot spot will continue in 2023 with Akasha Brewing Company announcing plans to take over The Edwards. The Five Dock-based independent brewery will continue operating the popular Newcastle West venue as a restaurant and bar, but also has plans to build a…

Newcastle Herald

Huge: We Just Found Out When We’ll Likely Be Voting On The Indigenous Voice To Parliament

“I think we’re going to have a country that’s ready for change," said Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney.

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Kokkinakis to defend Kyrgios doubles crown

Thanasi Kokkinakis says he won't change his heavy summer schedule and will defend his Australian Open doubles crown with Nick Kygrios, who has an ankle injury.

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Aussies consider five bowlers for 3rd Test

Coach Andrew McDonald is open to taking five specialist bowlers into the SCG Test, which would mark a 10-year first for the Australia team.

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Taiwanese student strikes first coin of 2023 as Royal Australian Mint unveils Creatures of the Deep collection

Mina Hsu was among 200 coin enthusiasts who entered into the Royal Australian Mint's ballot to strike the first coin of the year that celebrates the CSIRO's deep sea discoveries.

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Factbox-Countries requiring COVID tests for China travellers

Authorities around the world are still imposing or considering curbs on travellers from China after COVID-19 cases surged there following its relaxation of "zero-COVID" rules. China has rejected criticism of its COVID data and said severe cases have fallen and its current surge of infections is nearing an end.

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Australia to require negative COVID tests for travellers from China

Australia said on Sunday that travellers from China will have to provide negative COVID-19 test results from Jan. 5, joining a growing number of nations that have implemented similar restrictions as cases surge in China.

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COVID test required of arrivals from China

Travellers from China will need to undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19 before boarding a flight to Australia, the health minister has announced.

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Australian government announces COVID-19 testing requirements for travellers from China from January 5

Australia is to introduce COVID-19 test requirements for arrivals from China — after skyrocketing COVID-19 case numbers — joining a range of other countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States and France.

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From Thai-Burma railway to Sandakan, WWII history buff unearths stories of Australian POWs

A South Australian businessman digs into why prisoners from his region died at a far higher rate at the hands of their Japanese captors and discovers little-known tales in the process.

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World welcomes 2023 and leaves a stormy year behind

The world welcomed the new year with a packed party in Times Square and fireworks soaring above European capitals, while hoping for an end to the war in Ukraine and a return to post-COVID normality in Asia.

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Tampa, Bali bombings, 9/11 and the Kyoto Protocol: today's cabinet paper release shows what worried Australia in 2002

Every year, the National Archives of Australia releases the cabinet records from 20 years earlier, and this year’s batch is out today.

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First coin celebrates deep sea creatures

Collectors from across Australia have travelled to the nation's capital for the chance to take home the first pressed coin of the new year.

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The regional suburbs in Australia that have recorded the largest value growth since COVID-19 hit

Figures show the biggest changes in values for houses and units in regional areas since the pandemic hit.

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What will Australia's fourth year of the COVID-19 pandemic look like?

On the first day of 2023, experts weigh in on how far Australia — and the world — has come since the pandemic began, and what the next frontiers are going into the new year.

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Declassified cabinet papers from 2002 show little mention of impending war in Iraq

In 2002, Australia was on the cusp of joining the United States-led invasion of Iraq and had already committed troops to Afghanistan — but previously secret cabinet records make very few references to what would become a decades-long engagement in the Middle East.

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How can we improve plastic recycling?

Fewer than one in four Australians are aware that soft plastics are recyclable.

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Australia welcomes 2023 with a bang

Australians partied well into the night during the first New Year's Eve celebrations without COVID-19 restrictions in three years.

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Asthma drug to relieve 'lifelong lockdown'

A new addition to the PBS is slated to help the country's most severe asthmatics, giving them three medicines in one in an Australian-first aerosol inhaler.

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Escaping debt won't be easy in 2023

Many Australians are struggling with debt as the cost of living rises, with many hoping to get on top of their personal finances in the new year.

Daily Mirror

Surgeon who saved Brit soldiers in Iraq now helping Ukrainians attacked by Putin

Munjed Al Muderis fled Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime in 1999 aged 27 and started a new life in Australia, where he trained as an orthopaedic surgeon. He became a world expert on osseointegration

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