Hospitality owners have voiced their frustration at businesses flouting public health directions following a warning repeat offenders risked being shut down, saying rule-breakers were "taking the privilege for granted".
Digital incoming passenger cards, which include vaccination status, will be rolled out to Australia's airports by the end of the year, paving the way for a border reopening.
Australia's refusal to set more ambitious climate action targets is undermining its influence in the Pacific, putting national security and strategic interests at risk, a former Defence official has warned.
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Subscriber | Analysis: He's been accused of causing trouble for his own party, even seen as campaigning against Labor on the stand-out issue of climate change, now outspoken MP Joel Fitzgibbon is calling time on his political career.
Subscriber: Social Services Minister Anne Ruston has joined ACT Victims of Crime Commissioner Heidi Yates in pushing the Barr government to have the club frozen out of territory grant programs over its failure to sign up to the National Redress Scheme.
They don't quite know whether they are coming or going in Yass. The lockdown was lifted on Friday, and slammed back on three days later. In the meantime, the pubs did a roaring trade - for one weekend only.
Canberrans will learn what their immediate future holds today when the ACT government provides an update for restrictions beyond the scheduled end of lockdown, but experts warn rules should not be greatly relaxed.
Subscriber | Opinion: The post-Delta economic boom will be shorter and smaller, but it might be the government's last chance to implement reform during good times, writes Adam Triggs.
For those who like to hit the dancefloor, lockdown can feel like they're stuck in the town from Footloose. Others, however, have taken the chance to bring the dancefloor to their living room.
