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COVID fearsPerth travellers warned over COVID case on flight

Queensland authorities are tracking down other passengers on a Perth to Brisbane flight after a traveller tested positive for COVID-19.

Marty Silk and Peter Law

NATIONAL COVID UPDATESVideoNSW confirms lockdown after 177 new cases, one death

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed the state will extend its lockdown for another four weeks, as the state records 177 new cases and one death. SEE THE LATEST COVID UPDATES.

Hotel spreadVideoQLD confirms COVID-19 quarantine breach

Queensland authorities say a returned traveller, who tested positive for COVID-19 on the Gold Coast, caught the virus in hotel quarantine in Brisbane.

Marty Silk

Virus flightVideoQLD on alert after NSW man illegally crosses border

Queensland Health has listed 37 new COVID-19 exposure sites on the Gold Coast and Brisbane after they were visited by infectious case over the past two weeks.

Marty Silk

‘Kick in the guts’Newman's LNP resignation not brave: Joyce

Former Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has decided to ‘kick’ the people who supported him by resigning from the Liberal National Party, Barnaby Joyce says.

Marty Silk

More casesVideoVictoria’s Delta outbreak grows to 133

Victoria has recorded 26 new local cases of coronavirus, the highest daily total of the current outbreak, but only two were in the community while infectious.

Benita Kolovos

Cash splashPremiumGina Rinehart’s massive spend on coastal Qld mansion

The purchase price for the Sunshine Beach property is understood to be among Queensland’s biggest ever residential sales.

ArrestedMan used bed sheets to shimmy out of hotel quarantine

A Queensland man who was refused entry into WA has been arrested after climbing out of his fourth-floor hotel room and using a rope made from bed sheets to flee quarantine.

Sarah Steger

On alertVideoWoman returns to Queensland with Delta variant

Health alerts have been issued in Brisbane, on the Sunshine Coast, and in Queensland's far north after a woman imported the Delta variant from Melbourne.

Tracey Ferrier

‘No end in sight’VideoCommentsPremiumOutbreak leaves desperate families divided by borders

WA is now cut-off from the entire eastern seaboard for the first time since January, with Sydney’s outbreak still growing, Victoria’s cases rising and Queensland scrambling to contain a scare.

Peter Law

National COVID updatesVideoNew COVID cases linked to MCG as Vic confirms lockdown

Victoria will go into a snap five-day lockdown after two more people contracted coronavirus when an infected man attended an AFL match at the weekend. SEE THE LATEST UPDATES FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA.

PoliticsTwo new local QLD virus cases, NSW border open

Queensland has recorded two locally acquired COVID-19 cases but has decided to keep the NSW border open for now, with no sign yet that COVID-19 is spreading.

Marty Silk and Nick Gibbs

‘Come home’VideoQld to ease restrictions, stay open to NSW

Queensland will ease coronavirus restrictions across the state and keep the NSW border open for now, but the government has a message for those in NSW.

Marty Silk

virus snapshotCommentsVictoria shuts border with NSW as COVID cases surge

Victoria has effectively shut the border to the entirety of NSW and the ACT after 77 new coronavirus infections were recorded in Sydney overnight. SEE THE LATEST COVID NEWS FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA

Miriam Fisher

QLD NewsPremium45 minutes set to make or break Qld’s $8bn Olympic dream

Today marks just two weeks until D-Day on the fate of the bid for a southeast Queensland 2032 Olympics with the International Olympic Committee set to vote on the proposal on July 21.

JEREMY PIERCE

ExclusivePremiumCricket star’s brother refused parole after framing love rival

The Federal Attorney-General has refused to release Arsalan Khawaja due to the nature and circumstances surrounding what he did to his UNSW colleague.

Derrick Krusche

Coronavirus (COVID-19)PremiumTop jockeys at the (toad) races instead of isolating

Two of the country’s best jockeys have been spotted toad racing at a far north Queensland pub when they should have been isolating.

Nilsson Jones

‘Suspicious incident’CommentsPremium‘Prison love triangle link’ to star’s brother’s death

Police are investigating a possible prison love triangle that has been linked to the suspected hit-and-run death of a NRL star Tom Opacic’s brother.

Michael Traill

UpdatedPremiumSunshine Coast man tests positive to Covid-19

Health authorities have confirmed that a Sunshine Coast man this afternoon tested positive to Covid, just hours before lockdown eases in the region.

Jack McKay

QLD NewsPremiumBroncos crowd decision hangs in lockdown balance

A decision on if crowds will be able to attend the Sharks v Broncos game at Suncorp Stadium will be made tomorrow.

Danielle O’Neal

On the roadPremiumAnger brewing amid toll of Super Netball hub life

Families have been split up for the sake of sport this week and it’s not just the football codes who are feeling the Covid pinch.

Emma Greenwood

EducationPremium‘Scaremongering’: Qld Health accused of getting facts wrong

The owner of a Brisbane tennis centre visited by a Covid-positive schoolboy has accused Queensland Health of needlessly panicking parents.

Maddy Morwood

Outbreak riskCommentsPremiumMcGowan joins debate over new cap on overseas arrivals

WA Premier Mark McGowan has supported his counterparts in Victoria and Queensland in calling for a reduction in Australians returning from overseas to avoid lockdowns.

Peter Law

QLD NewsPremiumOlympic swimmers in pre-Games getaway to island hot spot

A group of Aussie Olympic swimmers have been separated from the main contingent after posting happy snaps from a Covid hot spot.

Felicity Ripper, Julian Linden