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Australia victims confront damage after deluge

TAREE: Flood victims confronted damage from a record deluge in eastern Australia on Friday, returning to find their homes caked in silt, cars half submerged and streets littered with debris. Four bodies have been pulled...

Volunteers clear flood-damaged goods from their shops along the banks of the Manning River in Taree. — AFP

Lockdown until majority vaccinated: Australia PM

People walking along the quiet George Street in Sydney as the city extended its two-month-old lockdown and introduced a partial curfew to contain a fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak. -- AFP

New Zealand may rethink virus strategy after Delta spreads

People stand in line outside a grocery store in Wellington. -- Reuters

New Zealand's Ardern vows to stamp out Delta as outbreak widens

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Sydney steps up vaccine rollout as Australia's Covid cases at daily high

People wait in a queue for their Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination in Sydney. - AFP

'Suicidal reproducer' mammal survives Australia fires

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Sydney lockdown fines hiked

Near-empty ferries pass in front of the Opera House in Sydney on Saturday. -- AFP

Growing Sydney outbreak prompts new borders inside Australia

Visitors spend their afternoon at Mrs Macquarie's Point amid an extended lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Sydney. - AFP

Sydney to tighten Covid curbs, Australian capital to enter lockdown

A health worker takes a swab sample at a coronavirus drive through testing site in the Smithfield suburb of Sydney. - AFP

Australia suffers worst Covid day this year with millions in lockdown

A resident checks her details on a Covid-19 swab test container at a drive-through testing site in western Sydney as Australia's state of New South Wales reported another record day of infections. - AFP

Sydney suffers worst day of pandemic, Victoria state to enter 6th lockdown

Police walk outside a residential building in the southwestern Sydney suburb of Campbelltown after residents were placed in isolation due to reports of Covid infections within the building. - AFP

Man in his 20s becomes one of Australia's youngest Covid deaths

A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident at a Covid-19 drive-through testing site in western Sydney on Wednesday. - AFP

Australia's east coast battles rising Covid cases

Police officers patrol the streets of central business district of Sydney as authorities warned against the anti-lockdown protest. - AFP

Covid-19 cases surge in Sydney as police cordon deters protest

Police conduct a law enforcement operation to prevent anti-lockdown protesters from gathering during a lockdown in Sydney suburb. - Reuters

Sydney police call for military to enforce lockdown

Health workers taking swab samples from residents at a Covid-19 drive-through testing clinic in Sydney. - AFP

Sydney adds four weeks to lockdown as Australia Covid cases rise

Health workers take swab samples from residents at a Covid-19 drive-through testing clinic in Sydney on Wednesday. - AFP
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