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The latest COVID-19 case numbers around the states and territories
Here's a quick wrap of today's COVID statistics from each Australian jurisdiction.
Posted Free-range egg farmers fear they won't be able to meet demand as caged eggs are phased out
West Australian farmers say there will be a struggle to produce enough free-range eggs when caged eggs are off the supermarket shelves.
Posted Updated Former rock-climbing coach accused of sexual offences to face nine new charges
By national sport reporter David Mark
Stephen Mitchell now faces 26 charges relating to grooming, sexual conduct with children outside Australia, and engaging in sexual activity with children between 1994 and 2005.
Posted Indigenous group calls for dialogue as governments look to meet Murray-Darling Basin Plan targets
Wiradjuri men Michael and Braden Lyons hope their voices are heard before governments make any decisions on environmental flows and the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Posted Updated 'I'm wasting myself': How visa restrictions are stopping skilled migrant women from working
Migrant doctors, nurses, engineers and pharmacists say their bridging visas are stopping them from getting jobs in Australia — but they are working to change that.
Posted Alcohol restrictions are 'dehumanising', says this former West Australian of the Year
Tracy Westerman accuses WA authorities of having "a love affair with restricting human rights" as they consider a ban on most takeaway alcohol in the Kimberley and Pilbara.
Posted Search for missing skier, 23, resumes in NSW back country
Emergency services have resumed a search this morning for a missing back-country skier in Kosciuszko National Park.
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live: Nick Kyrgios takes on world number one Daniil Medvedev in US Open fourth round
By Andrew McGarry, Jessica Riga and Dean Bilton
It's a big morning for Australian tennis, with Nick Kyrgios in a marquee match-up against world number one Daniil Medvedev, and the conqueror of Serena Williams, Ajla Tomljanovic, vying for a quarter-final place later on. Follow all the action in our live blog.
Posted As 22 cent fuel excise hike looms, the competition watchdog is ordered to monitor fuel retailers
By political reporter Jake Evans
As the end of a temporary halving of Australia's fuel excise draws near, the ACCC is ordered to watch for fuel retailers seeking to take advantage of the hike.
Posted 10 killed in Canada stabbings at multiple locations as police hunt for two suspects
Police say dead and injured people were found at 13 crime scenes in Saskatchewan province, and some victims appear to have been targeted while others were chosen at random.
Posted Updated More 'cottonfed' cattle possible as waste turned into feed
A new factory that upcycles waste from growing cotton could see more "cottonfed" Australian beef, and a byproduct from the process could find its way into your fish and chips.
Posted Updated If it's 'not the money', what will entice teachers back to the classroom?
As education leaders try to find solutions to the national teacher shortage, one teacher explains why she'd rather stay in a paddock than step back into a classroom.
Posted European Union to meet amid energy crisis warning as Russia suspends gas line
Germany says Russia is "no longer a reliable energy partner" after announcing multi-billion dollar measures to help ease price pain.
Posted Man in critical condition after e-scooter and car collide in Brisbane's south
By Celeste Macintosh
An e-scooter rider is transported to hospital after a crash at the intersection of Melbourne and Edmonstone streets.
Posted Updated More people are dying on Queensland roads as experts unpack the impacts of COVID-19 on driver behaviour
More than 200 people have died on Queensland roads this year, as experts say more drivers are admitting to dangerous driver behaviour such as drink driving.
Posted Updated Flood-hit Pakistan's largest freshwater lake has been strategically breached in an effort to save densely populated areas
Authorities in flood-hit Pakistan have strategically breached the country's largest freshwater lake, displacing up to 100,000 people from their homes in an effort to save more densely populated areas.
Posted Updated Desert revheads delight in 'noise and speed' of rusted wrecks to souped-up hot rods
Lee Robinson, Xavier Martin, and Evan Wallace
The burning rubber proved unmissable for thousands of motoring enthusiasts as Red CentreNATS roared back into Alice Springs for burnouts and drag racing.
Posted Updated More borrowers like these twins are about to become 'mortgage prisoners'
By business reporter Nassim Khadem
As banks impose tougher lending standards and interest rate hikes drive property prices down, more Australians who borrowed at the height of the pandemic housing boom will find themselves in a mortgage trap, unable to refinance.
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live: NSW Now: NSW Opposition calls for high school mobile phone ban
MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW Opposition pledges to restrict mobile phone use in public high school classrooms if it wins the next election, warning students' academic standards are already declining.
Posted Updated Aussie Jay Vine closer to Vuelta King of the Mountains coronation
Australian Jay Vine increases his King of the Mountains lead while Primož Roglič shows more fight in the battle to win the Vuelta a España.
Posted Ariah thinks it's 'awesome' being a regional GP. Here's a plan to train more like her
Sydney-born doctor Ariah Steel has managed a stroke patient, seen a baby being born and worked in emergency — all in a week of GP training in a small country town.
Posted Updated A family's search for answers, as inquest into fatal police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker begins
The three-month inquest will explore the circumstances of Kumanjayi Walker's death in the remote community of Yuendumu, where he died hours after being shot by Constable Zachary Rolfe, who was found not guilty earlier this year.
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live: The Loop: Ukraine investigating grenade launcher explosion at children's event; firefighters pluck kitten from burning building
By Kelsie Iorio
What Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories.
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analysis: From Cameroon to Cooma and back again — inside the rugby league trek of Carol Manga
by Nick Campton
It's not easy to be a missionary for rugby league at the end of the sport's universe, however, Carol Manga's passion for the game he loves has never wavered as he prepares to pull on his national colours one last time.
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