Category: National News
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10 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN NSW
10 new coronavirus cases have been detected in New South Wales in the past 24 hours. Of those new cases, six are returned overseas in hotel quarantine and the other four are locally acquired and linked to a known case or cluster. Meanwhile, Victoria has recorded 42 new infections and eight coronavirus deaths.
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PARENTS URGED TO CHECK IN WITH KIDS DURING NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION WEEK
It’s National Child Protection Week and New South Wales Police is urging parents and carers to check in with their kids about cyber-safety. Last week Strike Force Trawler arrested and charged three men over alleged online grooming, following an elaborate sting. Detectives posing as a 14-year-old began engaging online with a Hunter man last month.…
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20 YEARS ON | NBN NEWS REMEMBERS THE 2000 OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY
It was the relay that made national history, and touched thousands of hearts across New South Wales. Tonight NBN News takes a step back in time, 20 years after the 2000 Olympic Torch made its way through the Northern Region.
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SIX NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN NSW, SEVERAL WITHOUT A KNOWN SOURCE
New South Wales has recorded six new coronavirus cases. One is a person already in hotel quarantine, but the other five have contracted the virus from an unknown source. Those cases include a man and a woman in their 40s who are close contacts of each other and a trainee bus driver who had only…
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THREE CHARGED AND MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED AFTER MASSIVE DRUG BUST ACROSS NORTHERN NSW
Two men will face court today over the alleged supply and manufacture of a commercial quantity of methylamphetamine across Northern New South Wales. In May, detectives established Strike Force Delisle to investigate the manufacture and supply of prohibited drugs in the Coffs Coast and Hunter Valley regions. Following extensive inquiries, on Friday August 14, a…
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VICTORIA MARKS FIFTH DAY OF DECREASING COVID INFECTIONS
Victoria has recorded 279 new COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 16,754 across the state, with 3478 from a mystery source. The 16 deaths are made up of one woman and two men in their 70s, two women and four men in their 80s…
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RETURNING TRAVELLERS MUST GO INTO HOTEL QUARANTINE IN NSW
All returning travellers entering New South Wales from Victoria will be required to enter a compulsory 14-day hotel quarantine. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the decision was made to attempt to stem the spread of COVID-19 across the border as the number of infections and deaths continue to rise in Victoria. Travellers will not be allowed…
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725 NEW COVID-19 CASES IN VICTORIA, 12 IN NSW
Victoria has set another new daily case record, recording 725 new COVID-19 infections overnight. It comes as the state enters strict stage four lockdown. Meanwhile, 12 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in New South Wales. Of those cases, one is a traveller in hotel quaratine and one is locally acquired with an unknown source.…
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QUEENSLAND CLOSES BORDER TO NSW AND ACT
Queensland has declared the whole of New South Wales and the ACT coronavirus hotspots, with the Queensland premier calling it a “life and death situation.” “This will take immediate effect from Saturday, 1am,” Annastacia Palaszczuk said. “And this is the right thing to do. I know it’s going to be tough on Queenslanders. “But your…
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19 NEW CASES IN NEW SOUTH WALES
All of metropolitan Sydney has now been declared a coronavirus hotspot by the Queensland government. From 1am on Saturday, the Queensland border will be closed to people coming from Sydney. It comes as two new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Queensland with two 19-year-old women testing positive after returning from interstate. Meanwhile, 19 new…