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Congress has formally certified Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump in the US election,  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the block placed on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts yesterday will last “indefinitely”, and “at least” until he leaves office, Queensland’s first COVID-19 case in 113 days has tested positive to the UK’s highly infectious mutant strain, Victoria’s NSW border...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has brought the vaccine rollout forward to mid-to-late February, a woman has died during aggressive Donald Trump riots at Capitol Hill, Queensland’s 113 day run without community transmission has ended, Abbie Chatfield, Robert 'Dipper" DiPierdomenico and Will Pucovski.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Passengers on international flights from the UK and other hotspots are set to face mandatory pre-flight COVID tests before they enter hotel quarantine in Australia,  Julian Assange has been denied bail after prosecutors argued he had no respect for the rule of law and did not care about losing other people’s bond money, hundreds of Donald Trump's supporters have stormed the Capitol Building in Was...

Australia is formally considering slamming the border shut to the UK and South Africa, COVID vaccine rolling out early, Dr Dre in intensive care, Tim Tams, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and Serena WIlliams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two children were killed and three others were injured after a driver struck them while they were walking on a road in a town just south of Dubbo in NSW yesterday afternoon, To other news and Cricket fans who live in a coronavirus hotspot in Sydney’s southwest face  a $1000 fine if they step foot inside the SCG this week,The Australian government has moved to distance itself from Qantas's plans af...

An epidemiologist is calling for a halt on international arrivals until hotel quarantine workers are vaccinated, Qantas has reopened bookings for international flights from July this year, Tanya Roberts and Grant Denyer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled against extraditing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, citing mental health concerns,the alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali Bombings is set to be released from prison this week,  Acting NSW Premier John Barilaro has been forced to defend the decision to allow the Sydney test match to go ahead this week, Harry Styles is dating actress Oli...

Authorities have warned against celebrating too early after New South Wales recorded no new local cases of Coronavirus with rates of testing still low, a wedding venue in Sydney fined $5000 for allowing between 600 and 800 guests at a reception, Donald Trump, Wahlburgers, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and Rhyce Shaw. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

COVID-19 testing sites across Melbourne closed within an hour of opening yesterday after being swamped by thousands of Victorians requiring tests after returning from NSW, In other virus news and Australia’s contract with a vaccine provider has been finalised and the national rollout is “ahead of schedule”, according to Health Minister Greg Hunt, Meanwhile a group of anti-mask protesters who march...

Victorians forced to quarantine after last minute border closure, cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker, Third Test match between Australia and India and the most eagerly-awaited 2021 TV releases. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two Victorians infected with COVID-19 have visited virus-free regions of New South Wales, Victorian Health authorities bracing for a new outbreak, a Wagga Wagga woman taking home $10 million dollars in a New Year win, Australian swimming champion Emily Seebohm and Tom Hanks.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydney Harbour‘s foreshore was empty to kiss 2020 goodbye, Victoria will close its border to all of NSW from 11.59pm tonight Meaning Victorians in NSW have until then to make it back into the state before the border closes,  a disturbing sight is now occurring outside major British hospitals – queues of ambulances filled with patients unable to access the wards amid a surge in coronavirus cases as...

Australia is facing a coronavirus nightmare as numbers rise in both Victoria and New South Wales, Victorians put under strict New Years restrictions, the 20 billion dollar trade war with China could soon ease, tv veteran Kerri-Anne Kennerley rushed to hospital and more controversy for the disgraced celebrity chef Pete Evans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Several new Sydney venues have been flagged as potential hot spots, including a pharmacy, Bunnings and an RSL as the virus spreads across NSW, Victoria's streak of 61 days without a single locally acquired case of COVID-19 has ended, Police in Victoria have arrested a 57-year-old woman for evading a checkpoint, and crossing the border from NSW to Victoria, Sunrise Host Samantha Armytage will marry...

Drastic New Years Eve restrictions put in place following a new cluster in Sydney's inner west, a man charged with murder over the death of mother of four Kobie Parfitt, Queensland music shop under fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NSW Police confident of enforcing crowd restrictions around Sydney foreshore for New Year's Eve, concerns around NSW COVID-19 mystery cases, SCG Test to go ahead and Megan and Harry debut Archie in their first podcast, Archewell Audio which is out on Spotify See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nice job Victoria! Northern Territory registers a new COVID case, update from NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Steve Smith recognised as Test Cricketer of the Decade and Ellyse Perry clean sweeps the awards, and Jessie J has been very sick! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A number of new venues in the Sydney CBD have been added to the growing list of places of potential coronavirus threat, one of Australia’s first cases of coronavirus has died nine months after contracting the disease, raising questions about the long-term effects of the illness, A man was found unconscious and later died after police were called to a fight between two women in a neighbouring apart...

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces that no significant changes will occur in Greater Sydney for NYE fireworks, Roger Federer will miss the Australian Open, Donald Trump avoids government shutdown and Hilaria Baldwin confronts questions about her ethnicity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 New Year's Eve will look vastly different this year, bystanders have been praised for helping a man who had a tree branch fall on him at Cataract Dam, near Wollongong, Gold Coast Titans NRL star signing David Fifita has been arrested but released without charge after a bizarre incident at a private home,  The WA government has paid a whopping $1.45 million dollars. for former Australian PM Bob Ha...

A child is among four new cases linked to a restaurant in inner Sydney as fears of a cluster in the inner city grows, retailers worry about cancelled boxing day sales, a fake Queen’s speech has sparked an outrage on Twitter, Meghan Markle and LeBron James. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three states remain on alert on Christmas Day after new cases of COVID-19 from the Sydney cluster spreads, thousands of litres of Australian craft beer has been stopped from entering China, New South Wales residents are still being urged to get tested for coronavirus over Christmas, Harry Styles, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Sun Yang.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The latest on the NSW COVID-19 cluster, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian nearly falls off her chair, Donald Trump makes controversial pardons, Pete Evans gets deleted by Facebook, and then rumours start that he's going to be on I'm A Celeb See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NSW Health has updated its COVID-19 hot spot list again, with scores more Sydneysiders expected to isolate over Christmas, A second highly infectious new strain of the coronavirus has been discovered in the United Kingdom, football legend Diego Maradona was suffering from liver, kidney and cardiovascular disorders, Pete Evans has been silenced, And Word on the street is that Sex and the City is co...

Slight adjustments over Christmas for Greater Sydney residents, Northern Beaches of Sydney to remain in lockdown, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian updates, buyer drops out of Block house purchase and Coming To America 2 is on it's way! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.