By Hope NewsroomTuesday 15 Dec 2020NewsReading Time: 1 minute
Today’s headlines from the Hope News team
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham says he’s deeply troubled by reports of a Chinese ban on Australian coal.
He’s called on the Chinese Government to clarify the situation.
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A man has been charged over a road rage incident in Sydney’s north west.
Police allege the 41-year-old hit another driver with an axe during a fight yesterday on Pennant Hills Road in Thornleigh.
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Residents on the North Coast have been warned they may need to evacuate due to flooding, after days of torrential rainfall.
A hazardous surf warning is in place from Byron Bay south to the Illawarra.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she hopes people are now able to live relatively freely with the further easing of coronavirus restrictions today.
The two-visit limit for those in aged care facilities have now been removed.
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Overseas, a faster growing variant of coronavirus has been discovered in the UK.
While in the US, the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine has been given to a nurse in New York.
South Africa and the Netherlands have imposed tough new restrictions amid a sharp spike in infections.
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There’s heighted security in the United States as members of the electoral college cast their votes to confirm the next President.
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Google services are back up and running this morning after being struck by a world-wide outage.