By Hope NewsroomThursday 16 Sep 2021NewsReading Time: 2 minutes
Today’s headlines from the Hope News team. You can listen to hourly bulletin updates at hopenews.com.au.
A new trilateral security agreement has been launched between Australia, the US and the UK, designed to shore up security in the Indo-Pacific.
The countries have agreed to share advanced technologies – the first major initiative is getting Australia access to nuclear submarines.
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There’s an emerging COVID-19 cluster across three social housing towers in Redfern.
Twelve people in the buildings have so far have tested positive to the virus.
A mobile vaccination team has been sent to the area.
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Business leaders in New South Wales and Victoria are calling for the states to put forward a united approach to re-opening.
They’re asking leaders to agree on a common roadmap for open borders, once second dose vaccination rates hit 80 per cent.
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Two men have been extradited from Dubai to Sydney following an eight-year investigation into drug importation.
They’ve been charged for their roles in a trans-national criminal syndicate supplying mainly MDMA and the drug ice across New South Wales.
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A court in the United States has overturned the murder conviction of a police officer who fatally shot Australian Justine Ruszczyk Damond in 2017, saying the charge doesn’t fit the circumstances.
Mohamed Noor will now be sentenced on manslaughter charges.
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The man accused of raping former liberal staffer Brittany Higgins will appear in a Canberra court today.
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There’s new hope this morning for the Mountain Pygmy Possum.
The species was flagged as needing help following the black summer bushfires, and safe tunnels were purpose-built for them in Victoria’s Alpine region.
As the possums come out of hibernation, more are carrying young in their pouch.