The Latest Breaking News from Australia

COVID-19 outbreaks may hit half of all aged care homes by end of week, peak body says

There is now a risk that over half of all the aged care homes in Australia could have outbreaks of COVID-19 by the end of the week, according to the peak body that represents Australia's aged care providers.

ABC News · Jan 18, 2022

Two new COVID-19 cases in West Australian outbreak linked to massage parlours and Omicron variant

Western Australia records two more COVID-19 cases linked to a worsening cluster as Perth's City of Surf is cancelled and random proof-of-vaccination checks are announced for the Australia Day Skyworks.

ABC News · Jan 18, 2022

COVID reaches more remote NT communities

The Northern Territory has detected 625 new COVID-19 cases as the virus spreads to more remote Indigenous communities in central Australia and the Top End.

AAP · Jan 18, 2022

Mythologised, memorialised then forgotten: a history of Australia's bushfire reporting

Australia’s Black Summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 wreaked destruction across South-Eastern Australia. Images of flames crowned trees, engulfed fire trucks and people crowded on beaches and packed in boats were broadcast into our homes.

The Conversation · Jan 18, 2022

Coalition slumps in first poll of 2022 as voters lose confidence in Morrison's handling of pandemic

In the first national poll of the new year, a Resolve survey for the Nine newspapers, Labor had 35% of the primary vote (up three percentage points since November), the Coalition 34% (down five), the Greens 11% (steady), One Nation 3% (steady) and independents 11% (up two).

The Conversation · Jan 18, 2022

‘People are spooked’: Australia’s January consumer confidence sinks to three-decade low over Omicron

As Covid cases surge Australians are avoiding spending, despite 2021 ending on an economic high

The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2022

Private hospital staff diverted to public system as Omicron wave results in Australia’s deadliest Covid day

Seventy-seven deaths have been reported across the country, with 36 in NSW, 22 in Victoria and 16 in Queensland

The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2022

BMW Is Offering More GS Off-Road Training Courses In Australia

BMW Motorrad Australia will be holding more GS Off-Road Training courses this year. The courses will be conducted by some of the most seasoned riders out there.

RideApart · Jan 18, 2022

Sam Stosur digs deep in epic first-round Open clash

Former world No.1 Samantha Stosur has narrowly avoided a Round 1 exit at the Australian Open, defeating American wildcard Robin Anderson.

The New Daily · Jan 18, 2022

On Australia’s deadliest day of Covid pandemic, experts say we don’t know enough about who is dying

Doctors say Australia must coordinate Covid-19 data nationally and pick up the game on testing, tracing, isolating and quarantining

The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2022