Category: The New Daily

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Tasmania has recorded its first coronavirus-related death since reopening its borders to mainland hotspots in mid-December. The 90-year-old woman, who was unvaccinated, was a resident of the Barrington Lodge nursing home in Hobart. “Our thoughts are obviously with her family and friends at this difficult time,” Premier Peter Gutwein said

The Nine Network will pay almost $2 million for the first full interview with the family of Cleo Smith, who was abducted in Western Australia three months ago. Nine beat other major TV rivals to secure the deal, with Channel Seven’s Spotlight program reportedly in the running right to the

Victoria has reported another 18,167 COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths, as a four-day booster vaccine blitz gets underway at eight state-run hubs. The infections confirmed by the health department on Friday were made up of 10,023 from PCR tests and 8144 from rapid tests. They took the state’s total number

A baby is among another grim record for COVID-related deaths in NSW – as the state tops more than 1000 pandemic deaths. NSW reported another 46 virus deaths on Friday, by far its highest total for a 24-hour period yet. They included the death of a “young infant” with COVID-19

Federal police have launched an investigation into the price-gouging of rapid antigen tests. A specialist taskforce has been set up by the AFP, after investigations began in NSW and Queensland following referrals from the consumer watchdog. Retailers caught price-gouging on the tests have been warned they will face five years

Australia and Britain’s defence and foreign affairs ministers will meet in Sydney for AUKMIN talks aimed at finding better ways to cooperate. Friday’s session is the first 2+2 ministerial discussion in the country since the start of the pandemic. Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Peter Dutton both met

A British-Belgian teenager has become the youngest woman to fly solo around the globe and the first person to do it in a microlight plane after a five-month, five-continent odyssey in her Shark ultralight. Nineteen-year-old Zara Rutherford landed back at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in Belgium after flying 51,000 kilometres over 52

A senior Conservative MP has accused the British government of intimidating and attempting to “blackmail” politicians they suspect of wanting to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson out of power. Mr Johnson faces growing calls to step down over a series of scandals, including admitting he had attended a party at

A report prompted by sexual abuse allegations in the German Catholic Church accuses Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI of misconduct on four counts during his time as archbishop of Munich and Freising between 1977 and 1982. Benedict — known then as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger — has denied any wrongdoing. Munich law

Donald Trump’s daughter has been formally asked to co-operate with an investigation onto the deadly Capitol Hill riots and will be questioned in particular about a key phone call she overhead while in the inner circle. The US House of Representatives’ panel investigating the January 6, 2021 attack has formally

A Tongan man who says he was in the water for around 27 hours after being swept out to sea during Saturday’s devastating tsunami has been hailed a ‘real life Aquaman’. The eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Saturday killed at least three people, sent tsunami waves rolling