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Rhiannon Down is a political reporter in The Australian’s Canberra bureau. She began her career at the paper in the Sydney bureau, where she covered mostly courts and crime, after joining the newspaper as a cadet.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 13: Protesters clash with Police at the Queen Victoria Market on September 13, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Anti-lockdown protesters organised a

Police denounce lockdown protests

Authorities have urged residents under lockdown to stay home, amid mounting fears that a new wave of anti-lockdown protests planned on Saturday could become superspreading events.

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21-07-21- Angela Song has been a pharmacist in the Campsie region for 29 years and says she would love to be part of the vaccine rollout but to her disappointment found expressions of interest had closed in early February. With her LGA in hard lockdown and community in the grips of covid crisis she wants to be part of the solution and is calling on authorities to reopen expressions of interest. Picture Ryan Osland

Pharmacists left out of vaccine rollout

Pharmacists in Sydney’s multicultural southwest who missed out on taking part in the vaccine rollout are calling on the government to allow them to join.

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Muslims prepare for at-home celebration

Sydney’s Muslim community urged to celebrate Eid al-Adha within their own households amid fears the sacred holiday could become a superspreader event.

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Sydney Builders Group Managing Director Ashley Agostino on site at a duplex her company is building in Canley Heights at the heart of the outbreak in the City of Fairfield to prepare for the pause in construction. Her crew are tidying up in preparation for lockdown. Ashley said the ban would cost her business about $100,000 a week, with materials like tiles already ordered. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Builders hammered by construction ban

Industry leaders have urged the NSW government to lift the nation’s first total lockdown on the construction sector as soon as possible.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY, 16, 2021: Health workers dressed in Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) collect patient information prior to COVID-19 testing at the Fairfield Showground Sypath 24/7 Drive-through Clinic, in Sydney. New South Wales has recorded 97 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases overnight, 29 of which were infectious during their time in the community. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

Delta drags on: new death as AFL stars in isolation

Delta ‘like nothing we have dealt with’, says NSW Premier, as Swans and Giants players forced into isolation after watching rugby at MCG.

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‘Holy grail’ of stroke drugs on trial

Australian researchers will soon begin human trials of a potentially game-changing drug that treats strokes, marking the first major development in treatment in more than twenty years.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 16: People are seen exercising along the Milsons Point boardwalk on July 16, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Lockdown restrictions have been extended for at least a further two weeks as NSW continues to record new community COVID-19 cases. Residents of Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong are subject to stay-at-home orders with people are only permitted to leave their homes for essential reasons. Essential reasons include purchasing essential goods, accessing or providing care or healthcare, essential work, education or exercise. Exercise is restricted to within the local government area and no further than 10km from home and with a maximum of two people per group. Browsing in shops is prohibited and only one person per household can leave home for shopping per day. Outdoor public gatherings are limited to two people, while funerals are limited to 10 people only. The restrictions are expected to remain in place until 11:59pm on Friday 30 July. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Sydney looking at ‘indefinite’ lockdown: AMA

Warning of no ‘foreseeable’ end until cases dip comes as Gladys Berejiklian says any further restrictions will be targeted and Victoria exposure sites soar.

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Members of UNESCO back Ley’s call on reef

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are backing an Australian proposal that would stop UNESCO from changing the Great Barrier Reef‘s status, foiling a China-backed push to list the reef as ‘in danger’.

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14/7/21: Sharon and Andrew Gerber with Zoe 12, Ava 10 and Lucas 8 at their home in Sydney's east. Andrew has been at home looking after home schooling as his business has been forced to temporarily close down while his wife is still working. John Feder/ The Australian

Back to the dining table for another fortnight

Remote learning will continue in Sydney for at least two more weeks after the NSW government moved to extend stay-at-home orders, raising concerns for disadvantaged students and the HSC.

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Plunge favourite wins cooking battle

An amateur chef who became a betting favourite to win the Ten’s MasterChef finale after a suspicious swing in the odds has been crowned the winner.

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