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Drink driver caught almost five times over the limit

ACT Policing said the NSW man returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.247.

The Canberra Times

Historical shipwrecks make rare appearance on NSW Mid North Coast beach

The elements have exposed three former Sydney ferries that washed ashore 50 years ago on a New South Wales Mid North Coast beach.

ABC News

COVID boosts Queanbeyan in competition with Sydney

More than 130 NSW government jobs in Queanbeyan

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NSW records 24 new COVID-19 deaths, 15,091 cases as hospital numbers plateau

The number of people being treated in hospital and intensive care for COVID-19 in NSW continues to plateau, as the state records 24 new virus deaths.

ABC News

Australia records 58 Covid deaths; Hunt says ‘hoarding’ affecting rapid test shortage – as it happened

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Sydney news: Man charged with sexual touching of 7yo girl on regional train

MORNING BRIEFING: A Sydney man will face court today after he allegedly sexually touched a seven-year-old girl on a regional passenger train from Wagga Wagga to Sydney.

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Parents concerned with focus on rapid antigen tests in NSW's back-to-school plan

The reliance on rapid antigen tests (RATs) in the NSW government's back-to-school plan has parents concerned over their accessibility and reliability.

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Major RAT school rollout underway in NSW

Millions of rapid antigen tests are being delivered to NSW schools, with a rise in COVID-19 cases anticipated after children return to classrooms.

AAP

‘Accounting sham’: transport body set up to improve NSW’s budget bottom line could need $4.1bn injection

Auditor general says ‘significant uncertainties’ remain over Transport Asset Holding Entity despite state treasurer claiming ‘finances are accurate’

The Guardian - AU

Students to return: The back-to-school plans for each state

Students and teachers in Victoria and NSW will be required to undergo two rapid antigen tests per week, as states prepare their back-to-school plans.

The New Daily

NSW and Victoria schools reopening plans focus on Covid surveillance testing but scrap contact tracing

Twice-weekly rapid tests, mandatory masks and booster shots for teachers are crucial to both states’ near-identical plans

The Guardian - AU

Two Australian states to test school students twice weekly for COVID

Australia reported 58 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, as the two most populous states, New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, said students would be tested twice weekly for the Omicron variant when classes resume next week.

Reuters

Canberra records 694 new cases as NSW releases back to school plan

There are three people in ICU of a total 67 hospitalised cases. Two people are ventilated.

The Canberra Times

RATs for pupils in NSW back-to-school plan

Two rapid antigen tests per week will be supplied to students and teachers across NSW schools as part of COVID-19 measures for the start of the school year.

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Patients left without crucial information as Covid puts pressure on NSW interpreting services

Lack of staff and funding can have potentially ‘catastrophic’ outcomes for patients left in the dark without language services, interpreters say

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NSW unveils its much-anticipated back-to-school plan as state records 34 COVID-19 deaths

Students and teachers in NSW will be required to take two rapid antigen tests a week and be subjected to mask mandates when school returns for term 1.

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NSW and Victoria reveal back-to-school plans – as it happened

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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

Newcastle Herald

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.

AAP

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.

The Guardian - AU

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

Reuters

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.

AAP

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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