By Hope NewsroomFriday 22 Oct 2021NewsReading Time: 2 minutes
Today’s headlines from the Hope News team. You can listen to hourly bulletin updates at hopenews.com.au.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said it’s a day of hope as Qantas announces it’s bringing forward international flights.
Massive demand for air travel has been triggered by the announcement Australia’s international border will open on November 1 in NSW.
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Another 345 people in New South Wales have tested positive to COVID-19.
Five people with the virus have died
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People in Melbourne have been celebrating Freedom Day after 262 days in lockdown.
People arriving in New South Wales from Victoria will still need to follow Stay At Home Orders until the start of next month.
Unvaccinated people who have been in Victoria in the past fortnight aren’t allowed into New South Wales.
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The Premier is investigating whether he can take action to recover millions of dollar from the Obeid family after two members were jailed for corruption.
Authorities haven’t recovered $30 million generated through a corrupt mine deal.
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The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) investigation into former Premier Gladys Berejiklian is due to hear from senior State Government Minister Stuart Ayres.
Mr Ayres was Sports Minister when the Government was considering a grant for a controversial shooting clubhouse in Wagga Wagga.
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Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has been given approval to broker a “net zero” deal with the Prime Minister.
Scott Morrison needs an agreement with the Nationals, ahead of next month’s climate summit in Glasgow.
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The former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Australian Justine Ruszczyk Damond in 2017 has had his sentence dramatically reduced.
Mohamed Noor has been re-sentenced to almost five years jail on the lesser charge of manslaughter.
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The Queen has spent the night in hospital following medical advice to rest for a few days.
Buckingham Palace said Her Majesty attended hospital for some “preliminary investigations” and is now back at Windsor Castle and remains in good spirits.