By Hope NewsroomTuesday 23 Feb 2021NewsReading Time: 1 minute

Today’s headlines from the Hope News team. You can listen to hourly bulletin updates at hopenews.com.au.

A second shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has touched down in Australia.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said the vaccination roll-out is on track.

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The Federal Government is expected to announce a permanent increase to the JobSeeker payment.

Cabinet discussed the issue overnight, and it’ll be debated in the Coalition party room this morning.

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The US has reached another grim milestone with more than half-a-million people dying from COVID-19.

The speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said it’s an horrific human toll of incomprehensible sadness and she’s praying for those affected.

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The NSW Premier is visiting the State’s south coast today.

Gladys Berejiklian is seeing how the region is recovering more than a year on from the devastating bushfires.

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A man is due in court today after police seized $700,000 worth of magic mushrooms.

There was 46 kilograms of the drug found in a clandestine lab at a home in Greystanes in Sydney’s west.

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Police are appealing for public assistance following a suspicious fire at a café in Bankstown early this morning.

Police have been told someone threw something into the Chapel Street building shortly before it ignited at about 1am.

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And New Zealand has defeated Australia by 53 runs in their T20 cricket international in Christchurch.