By Hope NewsroomMonday 12 Jul 2021NewsReading Time: 1 minute
Today’s headlines from the Hope News team. You can listen to hourly bulletin updates at hopenews.com.au.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she’s confident the tide will turn in the fight against COVID-19, as Sydney braces for the worst figures of the current outbreak.
More than 100 new cases are expected to be announced this morning.
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The NSW Government is making contingency plans if the health advice is for students to stay home next week.
Students will be learning from home when Term 3 resumes this week.
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Medical facilities in Fairfield are among more than 60 new COVID exposure sites identified by health officials.
We’re being reminded to regularly check the list on the New South Wales Health website.
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QR codes are now mandatory in all workplaces, schools and shops across New South Wales.
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A man has been arrested after a police car was rammed in Sydney’s south-west.
Police say a 57-year-old man wanted on domestic violence-related offences deliberately drove into a Highway Patrol car at Canterbury yesterday.
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Pope Francis has led prayers from the balcony of a Rome hospital, where he’s recovering from surgery.
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Dozens of people have been arrested in South Africa, as violence spreads following the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma.
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Sir Richard Branson hailed the “experience of a lifetime” after flying to the edge of space and back aboard his own winged rocket ship.