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COVID updates: Millions of RAT kits sent to schools as NSW and Victoria reveal education plans — as it happened

Students and teachers in NSW and Victoria will have access to weekly rapid antigen tests, with those states planning to do away with school closures when classes resume. Our coronavirus updates — as it happened

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Man convicted of murder of US mathematician Scott Johnson lodges appeal days after guilty plea

Scott White admitted to the killing in court earlier this month but now appeals against his conviction

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The Right stuff: why shellshocked NSW Liberal moderates are fearing factional fights

Tim James’s preselection in Gladys Berejiklian’s former NSW seat shows the growing influence of the hard right in the state

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Whitehaven underground extension gets planning approval

Whitehaven Coal's Narrabri underground mine has received planning approval to extend its longwall operations and prolong the life of the mine by 13 years to 2044.

Newcastle Herald

Boy, 9, dies after NSW vehicle rollover

Police say a recreation vehicle has rolled over in regional NSW, leaving a nine-year-old boy dead and injuring a 41-year-old man.

AAP

Western Australia races to contain Perth Covid cluster as Greg Hunt declines to condemn border decision

New South Wales records 30 Covid deaths, Victoria 20, Queensland 10, South Australia three and Tasmania one

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Australia's Queensland state says peak of Omicron two weeks away

Australia reported 64 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, as the most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), said the Omicron COVID-19 variant would not delay the start of the school year.

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Man dies in NSW river after fleeing police

The body of a man who ran from a traffic stop in the NSW mid north coast town of Taree has been recovered from the Manning River.

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NSW records 30 deaths from COVID-19, hospitalisations increase to 2,762

NSW is in a good position to manage further likely increased COVID-19 case numbers when schools return and post-holidays, Dominic Perrottet says, as the state records 2,762 patients and 30 new COVID-19 deaths in the 24 hours to 8pm.

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NSW records 30 deaths, Victoria 20, Qld 10, SA three and Tasmania one – as it happened

Australia to scrap PCR test requirement for international arrivals; Triple J counts down Hottest 100. This blog is now closed

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Locals ‘devastated’ after Whitehaven Coal allowed to bury used tyres at Maules Creek mine

NSW government’s approval compromises ‘environmental integrity of the operation’, say campaigners

The Guardian - AU

NSW may have hit its Omicron peak based on hospital data — and that's good news for other states

The evidence is firming up that at least one state — New South Wales — has reached its hospitalisation peak for this wave of the pandemic.

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NSW still awaiting school COVID-safe plan

NSW parents are still waiting to hear how the government plans to keep school children safe when they return to school at the end of the month.

AAP

Postal vote option for NSW by-elections

Residents of four NSW electorates due to vote in by-elections on February 12 will all have the option to do so via post, as the state's COVID outbreak goes on.

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Brad Hazzard promises Eurobodalla Hospital will open as a level four facility

As by-election campaigns ramp up, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has assured Eurobodalla residents that the region's new hospital will be a level four facility.

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Australia has had its deadliest day yet of the pandemic – here’s what we know about who is dying

As the nation reaches the deadliest stage of the entire coronavirus pandemic, the protective effects of the vaccine remain clear

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CHO reveals common conditions behind elevated virus risks

NSW's chief health officer has revealed the common conditions that can lead to a elevated risk of death from COVID, on a day of record fatalities.

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NSW's back-to-school plan days away

The return to school has become the NSW premier's first priority but parents and teachers are still waiting on the government's plan.

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NSW Covid update: another record day as state reports 46 deaths but hospital numbers down

Chief health officer Kerry Chant warns deaths ‘likely to remain high’ for some time given lag from case numbers

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Coroner investigates infant's virus death

An infant in NSW infected with coronavirus has died, prompting a coronial investigation into whether COVID-19 played a part.

Newcastle Herald

Two from Newcastle, one from Singleton among 46 new COVID deaths

Three people with COVID-19 have died in the Hunter on a day NSW recorded another record high for its daily death toll, as the state's top medico spoke publicly about the recent death of a baby who had the virus in Newcastle.

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Covid live: Ireland to lift almost all curbs from 6am on Saturday; France reports 400,851 new cases — as it happened

Ireland’s premier Micheál Martin says ‘we have weathered the Omicron storm’; France reports 400,851 daily cases and 233 Covid-linked hospital deaths

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GOOD MORNING: Epidemiologists Reckon The Omicron Wave May Have Peaked In NSW And Vic

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COVID-19 spread 'slowing in the community' as NSW records 46 deaths

NSW health authorities say evidence indicates the spread of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 is slowing in the community after the state recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic with 46 fatalities.

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Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened

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