By Hope NewsroomThursday 29 Apr 2021NewsReading Time: 2 minutes
Today’s headlines from the Hope News team. You can listen to hourly bulletin updates at hopenews.com.au.
Health authorities are stressing that no link has yet been established as they investigate the deaths of two men in New South Wales, shortly after being vaccinated against COVID-19.
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People in India are struggling to register online for a mass vaccination drive set to begin at the weekend.
The country’s death toll from the coronavirus has surged past 200,000, worsened by shortages of hospital beds and medical oxygen.
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Jobs will be a key focus in next month’s federal budget.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will use a speech today to outline a plan to drop unemployment below five per cent, arguing we need to avoid the “high cost” of prolonged unemployment.
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Unions say 1500 more paramedics need to be recruited to NSW’s Ambulance network.
They say the system was pushed to the limit last Monday, when there were only 14 ambulances to cover 61 triple zero jobs, from Avalon to Bowral.
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Six men have been charged as part of an investigation into drug supply in Sydney and Wollongong.
Cocaine and ice were among the drugs seized during raids yesterday.
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There will be a renewed focus on literacy and numeracy under proposed changes to the national school curriculum.
Up to 20 per cent of content has been stripped out.
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NASA is paying tribute to Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who has died aged 90.
He flew the command module, while crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the moon in 1969.