By Hope NewsroomFriday 17 Sep 2021NewsReading Time: 2 minutes
Today’s headlines from the Hope News team. You can listen to hourly bulletin updates at hopenews.com.au.
Sydney’s first drive-through COVID vaccination clinic has opened in Belmore.
For the next six weeks, it will provide both Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines to people in their cars.
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New South Wales is closing in on another milestone, with half of those aged over 16 expected to be fully vaccinated by the end of today.
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A new study has found children rarely experience longer term symptoms from COVID-19 for more than 12 weeks.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia remains open to a dialogue with China as defence ties are beefed up with the US and UK.
The Australian navy fleet will be boosted by nuclear-powered submarines using closely guarded US technology.
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Australia’s defence and foreign ministers have met with their US Counterparts in Washington DC.
They’ve agreed to an increase in US troop rotation on Australian soil.
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A man has been arrested in Sydney’s west as part of investigations into an alleged carjacking and murder plot on the North Shore.
Detectives have been investigating a police pursuit and attempted carjacking at Cammeray last month.
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Jane Powell, the operatic-voiced star of Hollywood’s golden-aged musicals, has died at 92.
Powell starred in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and danced with Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding.
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A rare unseen drawing by the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh has gone on display in Amsterdam.
The drawing from early in his career shows a bald elderly man, sitting exhausted on a chair.