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Businesses brace for end of COVID isolation

The end to compulsory five-day quarantine could impact staff and customers of local businesses.

The Canberra Times

Penny Wong Wants Australia to Be More Than a Supporting Player

Can the new foreign minister escape the slipstream of the superpowers?

Foreign Policy

Optus 'deeply sorry' for data breach

Telecommunications giant Optus has taken out full-page ads to apologise to millions of customers affected by a massive data breach.

AAP

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Health warnings after isolation scrapped

The decision by federal, state and territory leaders to scrap mandatory COVID-19 isolation periods for most Australians has been criticised by health experts.

AAP

End of COVID isolation rules divides health experts, but not state or federal governments

National cabinet's unanimous decision to scrap COVID isolation rules has split the medical community. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that

The New Daily

Australia to end mandatory five day isolation for Covid positive cases

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Evening Standard

Aus Companies May Soon Have To Dispose Of Certain Customer Data Thanks To The Optus Leak

“For too long, we've had companies solely looking at data as an asset that they can use commercially.”

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Australian police seek to protect customers after Optus hack

Authorities say perpetrator of one of country’s biggest cyberattacks used ‘obfuscation techniques’ to hide identity.

Al Jazeera

Australia's COVID-19 isolation rules and pandemic payments are getting a shake-up. Here's what you need to know

While health authorities say the changes signal a move away from "COVID exceptionalism", they've warned "it does not in any way suggest that the pandemic is finished".

ABC News

Australian police seek to protect 10,000 customers after Optus hack

Australian authorities said on Friday they have commenced an operation to protect the personal information of 10,000 people whose data may have been shared online after a cyber attack on Optus, the country's second-largest telco.

Reuters

View from The Hill: national cabinet drops mandatory isolation, dumping 'COVID exceptionalism'

National cabinet has agreed to lift the five day mandatory isolation period for people contracting COVID, with the Commonwealth’s chief medical officer declaring “it is time to move away from COVID exceptionalism”.

The Conversation

Police say hacker concealed ID in Australian privacy breach

Police say the hacker who stole the personal data of almost 10 million people in one of Australia’s worst privacy breaches concealed their identity, actions and whereabouts

The Independent UK

As Australia calls end to COVID emergency response, doctors warn of risk to public

Australia will end the mandatory five-day home quarantine for COVID-infected people on Oct. 14, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday, even as some doctors warned the move would put the public at risk.

Reuters

Australia to end mandatory Covid isolation period and disaster payments for workers

Workers in health, disability and aged care will be exempt when both measures are scrapped on 14 October, Anthony Albanese says

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National cabinet agrees to scrap mandatory COVID isolation rules next month — as it happened

National cabinet agrees to scrap mandatory COVID isolation rules from October 14.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s CMO warns further Covid waves ‘highly likely’ – as it happened

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Push for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament ramps up, as PM promises referendum next financial year

More than 60 of the country's prominent Indigenous voices gathered for crucial talks with the prime minister on Thursday to discuss the timing, question and education campaign around the Voice to Parliament.

AAP

Doctor's warning on axing isolation rules

The head of the AMA has blasted state and territory leaders advocating for scrapping COVID isolation requirements, saying they're putting lives at risk.

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The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: National Anti-Corruption Commission set for easy birth thanks to Albanese-Dutton accord

Though they’d be the last to admit it, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have more in common than you might expect. They’re both unapologetic pragmatists.

The New Daily

Optus hack: Telcos face tougher fines in looming legal crackdown

Optus and other telecommunications giants face a massive crackdown as the federal government prepares to rush through new privacy laws.

ABC News

Too much data collection means we're more at risk of having personal details stolen, expert says

With so many businesses collecting and storing unnecessary amounts of personal information on their customers, we're more at risk than ever of having our personal data stolen, a security expert warns.

The Guardian - AU

Britain’s trickle-down budget idiocy offers a clear lesson for Australia on our stage 3 tax cuts

The stage 3 tax cuts were always the worst policy, but now they are being done at the worst time

The Independent UK

Australia demands Optus pay for new customer ID documents

Australia’s federal and state governments have called for Optus to pay for replacing passports and driver’s licenses after 9.8 million of the telecommunications company’s customers had personal data stolen by computer hackers

AAP

Parliament remembers Bali bombing victims

The prime minister paid tribute to victims and survivors of the Bali bombings ahead of the 20th anniversary of the terror attack that killed 88 Australians.

ABC News

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe farewelled at state funeral in Tokyo after July assassination — as it happened

Thousands of people attended the service, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his predecessors John Howard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull. Catch up on Tuesday's events.

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