By Hope NewsroomTuesday 21 Sep 2021NewsReading Time: 2 minutes
Today’s headlines from the Hope News team. You can listen to hourly bulletin updates at hopenews.com.au.
Children will be allowed to visit a friend’s house, under new freedoms approved by crisis cabinet.
Under 18s can form a three-person “friend bubble” with people in their local area or with 5km from home.
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Pfizer says its COVID vaccine offers protection to children as young as five.
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Thousands of community sports clubs are struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Australian Sports Foundation is warning 9000 clubs across the country are at risk of going under – with a drop in membership income, fundraising and sponsorship.
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Contact tracing is underway on the north coast, where an authorised worker who flew from Sydney to Ballina on Saturday has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
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A paramedic who’s challenging the mandatory vaccination of health workers said he has been suspended from work, effective immediately.
Tumit-based John Larter started legal action in the Supreme Court last week.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is due to touch down in New York, ahead of a meeting with US President Joe Biden.
Top of the agenda will be managing their relationship with France, following the cancelling of a submarine contract.
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The latest figures show the vast majority of university graduates are finding work.
It is reported that 88.9 per cent of people who finish an undergraduate degree have a full-time job within three years.
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A cold front is moving across New South Wales, seeing some spring snow already falling in Oberon in the Central Tablelands.
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China’s version of TikTok will limit children to using the platform for 40 minutes a day.