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COVID-19 testing at Fairfield, Sydney.
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Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID-19 cases and exposure sites grow; Sydney records first death

A woman has died in Sydney’s south-west from COVID-19, Victorians are waking up this morning to all of regional NSW designated a ‘red zone’ and Euros finals fever has hit Australia.

  • by Broede Carmody
WA Premier Mark McGowan.
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic

WA has been at war for 18 months, so a post-COVID life could be a tough sell

  • by Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Mark McGowan is the most likely of all the country’s leaders to enforce a lockdown in response to a community case.
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic

WA Premier the most lockdown trigger-happy out of Australia’s leaders

  • by Heather McNeill
Crowds in Bourke Street Mall on Sunday. The CBD still faces a long road to recovery, research shows.
Coronavirus pandemic

CBD economy faces years on the road to recovery

  • by Abbir Dib
Karin Rezkalla at home with brother Daniel at home in Wagga Wagga.
Education

When normal school is not enough: Aussie kids sign up to new online high

  • by Jordan Baker

Healthcare

An Aedes aegypti mosquito which is capable of transmitting dengue fever and other tropical diseases.
Illness

Deadly dengue’s march south threatens large areas of Queensland

Researchers are calling for maps of dengue fever risk areas to be updated following an outbreak in Rockhampton in 2019, the first in 65 years.

  • by Stuart Layt
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Robots

‘Die as a human or live forever as a cyborg’: Will robots rule the world?

Will nanobots and brain chips help us thrive – or could cyborgs wipe us out?

  • by Sherryn Groch and Tim Biggs
A shopper makes her once-a-day journey to Liverpool mall early on Saturday.
Coronavirus pandemic

‘It’s hard for all of us’: What to do if you’re living alone in lockdown

  • by Georgina Mitchell
Sivan Stern is currently pregnant and can’t get a Pfizer vaccination even though her GP is recommending it.
Coronavirus pandemic

‘So many hurdles’: Frustrated doctors demand clarity on priority jabs for pregnant women

  • by Lucy Carroll
The Prime Minister receives his vaccine in March.
Coronavirus pandemic

Steer clear of needles: bad ads could ‘disgust’ people, turn them off COVID-19 vaccines

  • by Andrew Taylor
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