Frightening rise: Why chickenpox is a fresh danger on Coast

CHICKENPOX is making a comeback on the Gold Coast, with 120 cases reported across the city in the past month.

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Vic marks lowest daily increase in two months with 70 new infections

Victoria has marked its lowest daily increase in coronavirus cases since early July, recording 70 new infections overnight.

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QBE CEO steps down following investigation

QBE’s chief executive Pat Regan will leave the insurance company over a conduct breach.

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Is this Prince Harry’s last royal confidante?

They are considered the closest of all the British royal cousins, whose bond runs much deeper than family ties.

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Biden and Trump struggling to ‘transcend political tribalism’ ahead of US election

The political debate leading up to the November Presidential election in the US has become mired in divisive tribal maneuvering’s perpetrated by both the Republicans and the Democrats, according to United States Studies Centre's James Brown.

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QAnon follower asserts Trump is 'an angel'

Thousands of people protested against Germany's coronavirus lockdown measures in Berlin and, among them, were QAnon supporters with outspoken praise for President Trump. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.

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Is this Prince Harry’s last royal confidante?

They are considered the closest of all the British royal cousins, whose bond runs much deeper than family ties.

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Ozzy is unrecognisable with grey hair

The Prince of Darkness has gone grey.

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Who is Brad Pitt’s new model girlfriend?

Brad Pitt’s rumoured new girlfriend Nicole Poturalski gained worldwide attention last week after the pair were spotted jetting off to the south of France.

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Porn star Ron Jeremy facing further 20 sexual assault charges on 13 women and girls

Adult film star Ron Jeremy has been charged with a further 20 counts of sexual assault involving 13 women from 2004 to January this year, prosecutors have said.

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‘Smoke everywhere’: Witness tells of horror Far North crash

TWO children are in a stable condition after they were seriously injured in a horror two-vehicle crash on the Tablelands.

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Facebook’s huge threat to Australians

Social media giant Facebook is threatening to remove all news content from its platform in Australia and will not even allow users to post stories for friends in a bid to avoid paying for the news it uses.

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Typhoon Maysak Brings Powerful Winds and Heavy Rain to Japan’s Okinawa

Powerful winds and heavy rain hit the Japanese island of Okinawa as Typhoon Mayask moved through the area on Tuesday, September 1. Local media reported winds speeds of up to 150 kilometres per hour being recorded on the island. Some gusts were strong enough to cause houses to collapse. Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued warnings to local residents for flooding, high waves and high tides, particularly in the central and southern parts of Okinawa. Typhoon Maysak was forecast to affect Japan overnight from Monday into Tuesday, and then to pass over the Korean peninsula from Tuesday into Wednesday. Credit: taemi_traveler via Storyful

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Netballer reveals gruesome truth behind not wearing sunscreen

WITH the excitement of spring’s arrival comes a greater need for sun protection in Tasmania.

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NSW, Vic border bubble to be expanded

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian is today expected to announce an easing of restrictions around the NSW-Vic border to expand the "border bubble" and ease pressure on communities where infection rates remain low.

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Southport chaos: Why Coast suburb is drowning in traffic

THE Gold Coast is home to as many vehicles as residents, prompting a call for developments in suburbs at risk of car overload to abide by a one park per bedroom rule.

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Student, nurse among two new Qld cases

Queensland has recorded two new coronavirus cases, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed.

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Rental affordability ‘crashing’ during pandemic

Anglicare Australia Executive Director Kasy Chambers says rental affordability for families struggling though the pandemic would drop drastically if JobSeeker payments were revised down to pre-pandemic rates.

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Nationals Senator hits back at ‘hypocritical’ anti-coal rhetoric by Coalition MP’s

A win in the senate for the Coalition will allow a feasibility study to go ahead on the controversial Collinsville plant proposal, according to Nationals Senator Matt Canavan.

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WSJ Opinion: Trump, Nixon, Humphrey—and Joe Biden

Main Street: When Donald Trump declared himself “the president of law and order,” immediate comparisons ran to Richard Nixon and 1968. Today's analogy likens Joe Biden to Hubert Humphrey. Images: Getty Images/Hulton Archive Composite: Mark Kelly

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‘Not the time to be dancing on tables’

A popular pub in outback Queensland is being investigated after video emerged of people dancing on tables and chairs.

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Trump appears to defend teen street vigilante accused of double murder

What must he have thought inside his cell at a juvenile facility in Vernon Hills, Illinois?

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Frustrated by Election Boycott, Venezuela’s Leader Pardons 100 Opponents

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‘Every day is a battle’: NSW records 10 new COVID-19 cases

New South Wales has recorded 10 new cases of COVID-19 as Premier Gladys Berejiklian praised the state for making it through the winter months “as well as it did”.

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‘Not the right time’ for increasing Aussie Dollar

It’s probably not the right time for an appreciating Australian Dollar as it lessens our export gains, according to InvestSMART’s Evan Lucas.

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Cairns Golf Club Championship, final round: photos

Action from the final round of the Cairns Golf Club Championship, on Sunday, August 30. Matt Spilsbury won the men’s title, while teen Angel Pizzchemi took the women’s.

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Harry and Meghan’s reported Spotify deal

Meghan Markle may be about to launch her own podcast on music streaming service Spotify, according to insiders.

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Leaders resign after 'Golfgate' scandal highlights hypocrisy

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan, who resigned from his post for breaking Ireland's coronavirus restrictions by attending a political golf society event with 80 other people, was just the latest member of the political elites to be caught flouting the rules. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz

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TV star splits from second cousin wife

The Chase quizzer Mark “The Beast” Labbett is leaving his wife so she can move on with her lover after their open marriage failed.

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Harry and Meghan’s reported Spotify deal

Meghan Markle may be about to launch her own podcast on music streaming service Spotify, according to insiders.

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Eat Out To Help Out officially ends but some restaurants will extend offer

All good things must come to an end, they say, and today sees the end of the government funded Eat Out To Help Out scheme.

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Unit to navigate Qld border exemptions

Interstate families needing to cross the Queensland border to access vital healthcare will have greater support with the establishment of a new help hotline, as the premier stands firm on her strict border measures.

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Police name suspect in murder of Gold Coast mum

HE was a feared man.

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Huge spike in Victoria’s virus deaths

Victoria has recorded 73 new infections overnight and tragically it’s highest ever death toll with 41 lives lost.

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Victoria reports record 41 COVID-19 fatalities

Victoria has reported 41 new coronavirus fatalities, including 22 deaths in the weeks leading up to August 27.

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Bledisloe blockbuster: How Coast won shock call on Cup clash

THE Gold Coast is in the running to host a Bledisloe Cup rugby game in what will be a huge sporting and tourism boost to the Glitter Strip.

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Unexpected outcome of virus lockdowns

Australia’s carbon emissions are at their lowest level since 1998, new data reveals.

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Changing face: Why there’s a rush for quirky Nobby Beach bar

A NEW rooftop bar with a retro theme and its own 1950s-era Airstream caravan will be built overlooking one of the Gold Coast’s busiest roads.

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Over 500 overdose fatalities recorded in NSW for fifth consecutive year

More than 500 New South Wales residents have died due to drug overdoses for the fifth consecutive year.

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‘Let it rip’: Treasurer’s lockdown demand

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has clashed with ABC News Breakfast’s Michael Rowland during a fiery interview over whether or not his push for a road map out of Victoria’s virus lockdown is a plan to “let it rip.”

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Barilaro calls on National Cabinet to support struggling agricultural sector

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has highlighted the importance of supporting agriculture and farmers through the pandemic.

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Dozens gather for pro-police rally in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin

Dozens gather for pro-police rally in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin, amid tensions between police and protesters.

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Shocking video of alleged attempted rape

A New York man was arrested on Sunday over the attempted rape of a 25-year-old woman on an Upper East Side subway platform.

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Adele savagely roasted over bikini photo

Singing superstar Adele has sparked a social media backlash with her latest near-unrecognisable Instagram post.

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Director had no idea about star’s cancer

The director of Black Panther has revealed in an emotional tribute to late star Chadwick Boseman how he didn’t know about the actor’s terminal cancer until after his death on Saturday.

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Pair held under Terrorism Act after Typhoon jets intercept passenger plane

Two men have been arrested under the Terrorism Act at Stansted Airport after Typhoon jets were scrambled to intercept a passenger plane.

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Migrant rescue ship stranded, one dead

A Banksy-funded migrant rescue boat was stranded for hours in the Mediterranean Sea yesterday after it became overcrowded.

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Anti-mask protests held across the world

German police halted a Berlin march by thousands of people opposed to coronavirus restrictions in the biggest of several European protests on Saturday against anti-virus curbs and masks to halt the pandemic.

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Clue to Cairns sign “Bender” revealed

AN Edge Hill resident suspects young men are behind ‘the Bender’ sign rampage in Jensen St a week ago.

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New restrictions after more Qld cases

Queensland has recorded four new cases of coronavirus as a cluster linked to Queensland Corrective Services Academy grows.

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Victoria’s virus cases are ‘too high’ to reopen state

Premier Daniel Andrews says Victoria’s virus numbers are “too high” to open the state up and “still too high to put forward a definitive plan”.

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18 arrested in alleged paedophile ring

Western Australia Police have busted an alleged paedophile ring with the arrest of 18 men.

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Kenosha Sheriff Filmed Allegedly Watching Jacob Blake Shooting Video Despite Previous Denial

Video taken at the scene of Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 23, shows Sheriff David Beth appearing to watch vision of the incident despite his later claim to have never seen the footage. This video shows Sheriff Beth surrounded by a group of people. At one point, a voice can be heard saying, “here’s the video,” after which Beth can be seen looking at a cellphone for around 13 seconds before handing it back. The cellphone’s screen is not visible in the video. Beth was later reported to have told a press conference that he “did not see that video” when asked if he was a problem with the actions of the officer who repeatedly shot Blake. Storyful has contacted the sheriff’s office for further comment. Local news reported the video of Jacob Blake’s shooting had been viewed millions of times online and on television. Protests first erupted in Kenosha on August 23 after a video circulated on social media showing Blake being shot by a police officer multiple times from behind. Blake was left paralysed below the waist, according to his lawyer Ben Crump. Credit: Kyle Flood via Storyful

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People are ridiculously ‘falling in love’ with daily pandemic readings

The Outsiders mock the outrageous obsession with state public health officials as another opinion piece outlines the love for NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant and Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

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No medical evidence to support police’s ‘totalitarian approach’ in Melbourne

Sky News host Rowan Dean says the Victorian police think the public is crazy for questioning their “totalitarian approach” to pandemic control.

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NSW public transport virus fears

NSW has recorded seven new cases of coronavirus as a cluster linked to a gym in the CBD grows to 28.

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Violence, arson and looting ‘incited’ by Democrats and ‘whitewashed’ by media

The “unhinged hatred” largely manifested by rioters in Democrat run states has long been incited by many within the party and whitewashed by the biased mainstream media, according to Sky News host Rita Panahi.

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'Staying away from school risks huge dent in children's life chances,' warns Williamson

The education secretary has warned that parents who do not send their children school risk putting a "huge dent in their future life chances".

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Trump to visit Wisconsin city where police shot Jacob Blake in the back

Donald Trump will visit Kenosha, Wisconsin - the city that has seen unrest since a white police officer shot a black man in the back - on Tuesday, a White House official has said.

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Obama’s ‘greatest legacy’ is Donald Trump

Sky News host Rita Panahi says former US President Barrack Obama was full of hyperbole with little action, but his “greatest legacy” is President Donald Trump.

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Motorbikes seized for reckless speeding

TWO young motorcyclists are without their bikes after exceeding the speed limit by 47km/h.

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’We will see more’: Qld’s mask plea

Queensland has recorded four new cases of coronavirus as a cluster linked to Queensland Corrective Services Academy grows.

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Coronavirus crisis: Victoria records 114 COVID cases, 11 deaths

Victoria has recorded 114 new coronavirus cases and 11 more deaths.

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US polls and ratings favourJoe Biden and the Democrat Convention

Despite a strong performance from the President and his supporters over the past few days, the virtual Democrat Convention has drawn more TV viewers than the Republican Convention, according to early figures released by Nielsen.

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Alleged teen shooter to claim self defence

A Black Lives Matter counter-protester who allegedly went on a shooting spree on Tuesday night that left two protesters dead and another seriously injured will claim self defence.

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Democrat’s radical agenda has made 2020 election the ‘most important’ in US history

Sky News host James Morrow says President Donald Trump was not indulging in hyperbole when he said the upcoming Presidential election was “the most important election in the history of our country”.

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Victoria’s COVID numbers rise again to 114 cases, 11 deaths

Victoria’s COVID-19 numbers have risen again, with the state recording 114 new cases and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours.

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Daniel Andrews’ 12 month emergency extension plan ‘a very bad call’

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Daniel Andrews’ plan to extend the state of emergency for 12 months was “a very bad call which ignored the pleas of Victorians”.

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Alleged WA predator ring busted

WA Police have arrested 18 men across Perth over an alleged sickening paedophile ring targeting young girls online.

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Covidiot found ‘hiding in bushes’

A man caught hiding in the bushes from police after going to a mate’s place to watch the footy was among the Melburnians fined for breaking virus restrictions on Friday.

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Anti-Racism Protesters March Across Williamsburg Bridge Into Manhattan

Anti-racism protesters marched across the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City, on August 28. Protesters were seen holding signs reading “Black lives matter” and “no justice, no peace”. The demonstration follows a large protest in New York in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake. Credit: Darren Davidson via Storyful

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NSW records 14 new virus cases

New South Wales has recorded 14 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the state’s total number of infections to 3844.

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World’s longest LED screen on a racecourse installed at Randwick and Rosehill Gardens

The Australian Turf Club has stepped up its fan experience at Randwick and Rosehill Gardens with the installation of the world's longest LED screen on a racecourse.

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PM sets new deadline for Aussies to travel

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he wants to see Aussies be able to travel interstate by Christmas.

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Thousands Flood National Mall to Protest Racial Injustice

Thousands marched in Washington, D.C., calling for racial justice after the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, and the more recent police shooting of Jacob Blake. WSJ’s Joshua Jamerson reports. Photo: Shawn Thew/Shutterstock

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Hidden clue reveals Meghan’s master plan

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New guidance for schools: One coronavirus case could see whole year group sent home

One confirmed case of coronavirus at a school in England could result in an entire year group being sent home, according to new government guidelines.

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Family’s Visa turmoil: ‘We don’t know what is next’

A YOUNG Gold Coast mother is pleading with the Federal Government to show compassion as immigration laws threaten to tear her husband away.

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Child assaulted with wooden stick: cops

A couple have been arrested and charged after a child was seriously injured in an alleged domestic assault involving a wooden stick in Sydney’s southwest.

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New coronavirus cases dip below 100 in Victoria

New coronavirus cases in Victoria have dipped below 100 for the first time in almost two months.

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Protesters Block Police Vehicle During Washington Rally

Thousands protested racism and police brutality in Washington, DC, on August 28, the 57th anniversary of Rev Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. A large crowd gathered around the Lincoln Memorial to hear from several speakers about racial injustice, including King’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, who emphasized the need to vote. Footage shows protesters blocking the path of a police vehicle during the rally. Credit: Raws Media via Storyful

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Traffic delays following Coast chemical fire

THERE are traffic delays throughout a Gold Coast suburb following a building fire this morning.

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Ban on plastic straws a step closer

Single use plastic products are close to being banned in Queensland, after a proposal was motion was green-lit in parliament.

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Bruny Island ferry has ‘contact’ with wharf

A REPLACEMENT vessel has been deployed after one of SeaLink’s ferries struck the wharf at Kettering on Saturday morning.

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Water still undrinkable in 99 suburbs

The tap water in almost 100 Melbourne suburbs remained undrinkable on Saturday morning, despite Yarra Valley Water indicating the problem would be solved on Friday.

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Tasmania’s toxic cradle — the days it rained acid

THE environmental awakening experienced by ocean evangelist Craig Leeson brought back my memories of growing up on the North-West Coast. Leeson’s amazing story, told by award-winning reporter Tim Martain in the TasWeekend magazine, is one of journey and discovery.

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Australia’s population growth ‘to drop to World War One levels’

New research suggests this year’s population growth in Australia will drop lower than it did during World War One.

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New technology to monitor the dark web for ‘malicious and criminal attacks’

Tech Guide Editor Stephen Fenech said the system was an important development in internet security.

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Hotel guards sacked for sleeping on job

Sleeping and making TikTok videos on the job has seen 12 security guards at NSW quarantine hotels get sacked.

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Victoria’s new milestone as PM wants stranded Aussies home

Victoria’s daily coronavirus case number has dropped below 100, with 94 new infections recorded on Saturday alongside 18 deaths.

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Health alert issued for dozens of new venues

On Friday evening, Queensland Health issued a public health alert, mentioning dozens of new locations visited by confirmed cases of coronavirus.

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Woman Confronts Shopper in British Columbia, Saying She Left Dog in Hot Car

A woman recorded herself confronting a shopper in Kamloops, British Columbia, on August 19, saying she left her dog in a hot car for more than 40 minutes. Sintich Kat wrote she had noticed a family park their car at Walmart, exiting and leaving the dog inside the vehicle. “I didn’t want to jump to conclusions so i decided to just sit in my car for a few minutes to see how long they took to come out. After 10 minutes i decided to try to call SPCA … no answer … then bylaw … no answer … so called RCMP.” Kat said that after she got in touch with a locksmith, she and other shoppers broke the dog out of the car. “The dog was so happy. I put him into my vehicle ASAP with air-conditioning on! Waited for the owners to show up. When they opened the back hatch of their vehicle they started loading groceries and didn’t seem to even notice that they were missing the dog!” she said. Footage uploaded by Sintich Kat to Facebook shows Kat addressing the woman who allegedly left the dog in the car. “Yes, I am fully aware that the dog was in the vehicle,” the woman says. “We left him in here. He was in here for 40 minutes.” “That’s really smart,” Kat says sarcastically. “It was longer than 40 minutes. Definitely longer. And how hot is it out?” “It’s 28 degrees [82.4 F],” the other woman responds. After more back and forth between the two, the alleged dog owner drives off and raises her middle finger. Storyful has not confirmed Kat’s version of events. Local news reported the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was notified about the incident. Credit: Sintich Kat via Storyful

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Big Katy Perry baby name clues we missed

Even the most casual of Katy Perry fans might have picked up the theme in her birth announcement yesterday.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is open to taking back New Zealand terrorist

The Prime Minister says the Christchurch mosque terrorist could end up serving his life sentence in an Australian prison.

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Suffering upon suffering: Hurricane Laura and coronavirus wreak havoc with people's lives

It's been a frightening 24 hours for people in Hurricane Laura's path.

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Bag of 'human remains' found in Suffolk river prompts investigation

A bag of bones has been found in a river in Suffolk, which the police believe are human remains.

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Palaszczuk cancels Schoolies 2020

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has officially cancelled Schoolies this year.

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Andrews unable to confirm lockdown end date

Daniel Andrews has pledged to release a roadmap out of lockdown as coronavirus cases continue to fall in Victoria, but the Premier remains reluctant to pen a date for the release of the plan.

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‘Big fat no’: New Arnott’s logo slammed

Arnott’s has launched a brand new corporate logo – but it has left many Aussies underwhelmed.

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Victorians rescue woman with dementia during horrific Melbourne storms

Two Victorians have told how they smashed a window to help their neighbour who has dementia after a tree fell on her house and trapped her during horrific storms overnight.

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Thousands Lose Power as Severe Storm Whips Through New Haven, Connecticut

A tornado warned storm whipped through New Haven, Connecticut, on August 27. Footage of the storm shows strong winds and rain lashing a parking lot. The National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning earlier in the day. Local news reported as of the evening of August 27, sixty thousand people were without power. Credit: @CivilMikeD1 via Storyful

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Youth relocating to regions ‘achievable’

The Daily Telegraph’s Editor Ben English says the push to get more young people living in the regions is “achievable” but more action is needed.

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EXPERT VIEW: Call for vigilance as COVID returns to Coast

HEALTH authorities are calling for extra viligance across the Gold Coast after two new cases of COVID were confirmed in Pimpama overnight.

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Hurricane Laura: ‘Unsurvivable’ storm hits the US coast

Powerful winds of up to 241km/hr and power outages across Louisiana as Hurricane Laura hits the US coast.

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Trump ‘failed to protect’ the American people: Kamala Harris

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris has slammed Donald Trump over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he has "failed at the most basic and important job of a president of the United States."

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Gold Coast Schoolies cancelled as case drop offers new hope

Australia’s hotel quarantine caps are being reviewed after it was revealed 18,000 Australians living overseas are unable to get commercial flights home.

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High-profile Republicans desert Trump

More than 150 former aides and staffers to the Republican Party’s last three standard-bearers – former president George W. Bush and senators John McCain and Mitt Romney – are throwing their support behind Joe Biden, they announced on Thursday.

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Why star refused to do Ellen show

US actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell has revealed she thinks embattled talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is socially awkward.

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Schoolies cancelled as PM dodges questions on stranded Aussies

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said Australia’s hotel quarantine caps are being reviewed after it was revealed 18,000 Australians living overseas are unable to get commercial flights home.

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Annastacia Palaszczuk announces Schoolies will not go ahead

Schoolies will not be going ahead on the Gold Coast this year, with the Queensland Premier saying the event was deemed "high risk".

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BREAKING: 2 new COVID cases on Coast, fresh restrictions for city, Schoolies cancelled

THE Brisbane COVID-19 cluster has spread to the Gold Coast, with two new cases recorded in Pimpama overnight linked to the Queensland Corrections training facility.

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Virus shock: Schoolies dumped

Restrictions are set to be imposed on the Gold Coast after a new cluster grew overnight, and the annual Schoolies event has been called off as Queensland records three new COVID-19 cases.

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“Great all-rounder”: Mike Noga dies at 43, industry reels

ESTEEMED Tasmanian and Australian musician Mike Noga has died at age 43.

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Showdown over Victoria’s tough restrictions

A showdown is looming between Daniel Andrews and Melbourne’s Lord Mayor Sally Cap over the damaging impact stage 4 lockdown is having on Melbourne businesses.

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Wild weather keeps SES crews busy

WILD weather left a trail of destruction across the Bellarine overnight with wind ripping off rooves and tearing down trees.

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Kenosha shooter: Rittenhouse posed with guns and attended a Trump rally

The teenager who allegedly shot and killed two protesters at a BLM rally in Wisconsin posted himself holding guns on social media captioned with 'Blue Lives Matter'.

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Homes evacuated after 'large diesel train' catches fire near Llanelli

Police are evacuating homes in Llangennech, close to Llanelli in Wales, due to a train fire.

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Australia must fight back against foreign governments influencing our policy: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared the Australia must protect itself from foreign governments seeking to undermine foreign policy through deals with state governments.

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Emergency rescue work to free driver in fatal Harbour Bridge collision

Firefighters have worked to free a woman in her 40s trapped in her vehicle following a fatal head-on collision between a BMW travelling south-bound and a Mitsubishi Mirage travelling north-bound on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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Body of missing Qld kayaker found

The body of a kayaker, who was last seen five days ago, has been found in a river at Alberton, south of Brisbane.

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BOM reveals wet spring ahead

Bureau Manager of Climate Operations Dr Andrew Watkins discusses the spring outlook and preliminary information about winter.

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‘Flying blind’: Stinging attack on Premier over economy

COVID recovery has been put centre stage as Gold Coast election candidates faced off against one another for the first time on Thursday morning.

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Ardent reports massive $136m loss

DREAMWORLD owner Ardent Leisure has reported a massive $136.6 million loss for the full year following the closure of its Gold Coast theme parks and Main Event centres in the US due to COVID-19.

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FNQ Rugby column: Eyes on spiteful skirmish sequel, sideline chat

The fallout from the disappointing abandonment of the FNQ Rugby grand final rematch a few weeks ago might finally be over.

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Minister admits ‘there have been mistakes’

Labor leader Anthony Albanese will ramp up his attack on government shortfalls in aged care during a speech at the National Press Club today.

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NBA playoffs in jeopardy after Milwaukee Bucks boycott match after police shooting

The NBA playoffs are in jeopardy after the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted a match after the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Wisconsin.

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Jacob Blake protests: Two dead after shootings at BLM rally in Kenosha

Two people are dead after a man with a rifle opened fire on protesters in Kenosha.

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Suspect seen at front row of Trump rally

A teenager has been arrested on murder charges after he allegedly opened fire on Black Lives Matter protesters, killing two and seriously injuring another.

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Gigi’s breathtaking baby bump photos

Pregnant with her first child, model Gigi Hadid has taken to Instagram with a series of stunning black-and-white images of her baby bump.

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Macaulay Culkin shocks fans with real age

Macaulay Culkin cracked up fans with a hilarious post about his birthday on Twitter.

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Police officer who shot Jacob Blake named

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has named the police officer who shot Jacob Blake as Rusten Sheskey of the Kenosha Police Department.

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Principal Podcast: Heidi Booth’s ‘baptism by fire’

HEIDI Booth does not know what to expect next year in her third round as principal of Helensvale State School.

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NT solar export project to create ‘thousands of jobs’

Technology Editor at the Australian David Swan says a new renewable energy project by Sun Cable will “create thousands of jobs and potentially create billions of dollars worth of investment in the economy”.

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Qantas workers to protest at airports over job cuts

Hundreds of Qantas workers and family members are set to protest at airports across the country after the airline flagged further job losses.

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Drop in private capital expenditure a ‘head ache’ for RBA’s economic recovery plan

Australia’s Q2 Private Capital Expenditure has reported drop in spending and “there are expectations it could fall by as much as 40 per cent” according to InvestSMART’s Evan Lucas.

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Cairns traveller tests positive to COVID-19

A CAIRNS traveller is among two new COVID-19 cases confirmed across Queensland today.

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PM to front rural concerns at NSW Bush Summit

The Daily Telegraph’s Bush Summit is set to go ahead tomorrow in the New South Wales town of Cooma with the aim of addressing and resolving some issues facing rural towns and farmers this year.

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Pandemic pain hits Goulburn businesses

Despite having no coronavirus cases in the city, businesses in Goulburn are deeply affected by the fact they have to play by Sydney’s rules.

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Victoria’s coronavirus caseload to dictate economy reopening

Premier Daniel Andrews is pleading with Victorians to continue getting tested as the coronavirus caseload dictates the state's timeline to reopen.

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Call made Lorne Falls Festival

This year’s Lorne Falls Festival has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and border restrictions, organisers have announced this morning.

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Tony Abbott appointed as UK trade envoy

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been appointed as a trade envoy for the United Kingdom as Boris Johnson pushes forward with a post-Brexit Britain.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The rise of the Chinese surveillance state

The Chinese Communist Party is crafting a nightmare surveillance state – flooding the country with an ocean of surveillance cameras which now invade the homes of minorities.

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States bordering Victoria introduce border town buffer zones

SA Premier Steven Marshall has announced buffer zones between South Australia and Victoria will be reinstated on Thursday at midnight.

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Vic marks second-deadliest day with 24 deaths overnight

Victoria has marked its second deadliest day since the outset of the coronavirus pandemic with 24 new fatalities overnight.

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Hero surfers super-honoured by Australian Bravery Award

YOUNG Tasmanian surfers Zeb Critchlow and Tyler Hollmer-Cross say they are “super-honoured” to have received an Australian bravery award for their actions in the water off Marion Bay in June, 2018.

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NZ Stock Exchange down

Stock exchange operator NZX is down again, less than 24 hours after being hit by a cyber attack.

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Photos show tribe’s grisly tradition

Strange photographs show Indonesian families digging up their dead loved ones, dressing them up and lighting cigarettes for them before posing for family snaps.

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Heartbreaking moment Christchurch mosque victims face gunman: “We are not broken”

Dozens of victims and family members have spoken at the sentencing of terrorist Brenton Tarrant, who attacked two Christchurch mosques on March 15 last year.

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Republican National Convention 2020: Watch Melania Trump and Mike Pompeo live

Watch the Republican National Convention 2020 second night, with First lady Melania Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo taking the stage.

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U.S. Presses Other Muslim Nations to Establish Ties With Israel

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Security Council Leader Rejects U.S. Demand for U.N. Sanctions on Iran

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New case amid record number of tests

Queensland has recorded one new COVID-19 cases, after a record number of tests were carried out on Tuesday.

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18 firearms, wounding and assault charges over New Norfolk spree

UPDATE, 9.30AM: Tasmania Police have dealt out 18 charges to four people in relation to yesterday’s series of events in New Norfolk and Marga where shots were fired and two people, including a police officer, were stabbed.

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Teen’s fight not over after horror crash

UPDATE: A Daintree teenager is showing some signs of improvement four days after he was involved in a serious head-on crash at Rocky Point.

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Free parking brought back to CBD

FREE parking will be reintroduced throughout Geelong CBD from next week, passing through council by a single vote.

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Boy remains in hospital after bike crash

A YOUNG boy injured in a bike crash at Jan Juc remains in hospital.

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Paul Murray’s ‘Our Town’ series stops in Goulburn tonight at 9pm

Paul Murray will bring his popular Sky News Australia program to the Southern Tablelands tonight for a special episode of Paul Murray Live Our Town, airing at 9pm AEST on Sky News on Foxtel and regional free-to-air channel Sky News on WIN.

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Genomic testing to reveal Qld ‘missing link’

Genomic testing results will be released within 48 hours which will conclusively prove whether the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre cluster is linked to one of the Logan women who allegedly lied on their border declaration before entering the state.

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PM to fast track $1bn in defence spending to create 4,000 jobs

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced $1 billion in defence spending will be brought forward to support 4,000 jobs and fast track numerous projects across the nation.

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Tony Abbott set to take new Brexit role

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is set to take on a role spruiking British trade deals.

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Tony Abbott’s surprise new job

Australia’s ex-Prime Minister Tony Abbot has been appointed joint president of Britain’s relaunched Board of Trade, tasked with drumming up deals for Britain around the world.

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Trump ‘is the body guard of Western civilisation’

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has kicked off the Republican National Convention with a passionate speech claiming Donald Trump will protect America from a "rotten cartel of insiders."

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NZ court hears Brenton Tarrant meticulously planned out terror attack

A New Zealand court has heard Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant meticulously planned out his attack and plotted to kill as many people as possible when he opened fire on two Christchurch mosques in March 2019.

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Council of the Ageing CEO defends Aged Care Minister after inquiry gaffe

Council on the Ageing Chief Executive Ian Yates has praised the work of sidelined Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck after the minister was criticised for forgetting the number of aged-care fatalities during an inquiry last week.

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Devonport man seriously beaten with paling, metal pole

A DEVONPORT man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following an alleged home invasion involving a metal pole and a fence paling on Monday night.

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Victoria records 148 new infections, eight deaths

Victoria has recorded 148 new coronavirus cases and eight additional deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the national death toll to 525.

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Federal court to make decision on Palmer-WA border battle

Clive Palmer’s border battle with the West Australian government could come to an end today, with the federal court decision expected to be handed down.

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Car catches fire in Sydney Harbour tunnel

A car has caught fire in the Sydney Harbour tunnel forcing lanes to close in both northbound and southbound directions, causing significant delays.

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Why Coast’s minnow tech company is ‘prodding a large bear’

A DEAL worth $20 million or more is in the wind in one of the city’s most expensive beachfront strips, the Mermaid Beach street tagged Multi-Millionaires’ Row.

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Brisbane cluster could be linked to Logan women

Health authorities have confirmed the first case linked to a Brisbane COVID-19 cluster contracted the same strain as a young woman who returned to Qld from Melbourne last month.

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Coronavirus: What is this “R-value” I keep seeing?

The R-value is an important concept in epidemiology, and it’s a crucial number in understanding the threat of an infectious disease.

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Geelong girls’ romantic fates with farmers revealed

TWO Geelong women were crowned winners on Farmer Wants a Wife – but the romances sparked on screen did not last.

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Selfish Aussie hit and run drivers cost us an extra $6000

Australians are paying higher insurance premiums because of thoughtless motorists who bump into parked cars and don’t leave their details.

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Wisconsin protests: Riots erupt after US police shoot at black man seven times

Cars are on fire and windows smashed after fresh protests erupted over the shooting of Jacob Blake by US police.

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Robin Williams’ tragic final hours

In summer 2014, Robin Williams’ death by suicide shocked the world. The comedic genius who voiced Aladdin’s genie in the Disney cartoon and donned drag for Mrs. Doubtfire – a beloved ball of positive energy – had been privately tormented.

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Jerry Seinfeld’s brutal public take-down

Jerry Seinfeld has publicly blasted the owner of a New York stand-up comedy club after he claimed “NYC is dead forever” as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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National guard called in as protests ignite over US police shooting of black man

The US national guard is being sent in to contain protests and pockets of violence in the wake of a police officer shooting a black man in Wisconsin.

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NFL chief 'sorry' for not listening to player who led anthem kneel protest

The commissioner of the NFL has said he wishes the league had "listened earlier" to Colin Kaepernick, the player who knelt during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.

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‘Dictator Dan’ savaged for power grab

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews is facing ongoing criticism after revealing he planned to extend his state of emergency declaration for another 12 months.

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Female mayor tipped to lead city by 2025

THE Gold Coast will have a female mayor by 2025, a cruise ship terminal and second casino, Movie World film studios will double in size, and the Hinterland will have at least six new schools to cater for a population boom.

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Usain Bolt reportedly tests positive to COVID-19

Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has reportedly tested positive to the coronavirus after hosting a birthday party in Jamaica to celebrate his 34th birthday.

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‘All attention’ on Woolworths ahead of financial results

All attention is going to be on Woolworths to make sure they have been able to turn those toilet paper and hand sanitiser sales into profits ahead of their full-year financial results, The Motley Fool’s Scott Phillips says.

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Cairns executive accused of raping backpacker learns fate in court

A FORMER top Cairns executive has been found guilty of raping a young Norwegian backpacker in a motel room after picking her up drunk on the side of the road.

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Nationals leader could be rolled by Christmas

Senior National Party members are defending the party’s stability after a report that leader Michael McCormack could be rolled before Christmas.

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Anti-riot police storm Paris bar during Champions League final

Police have clashed with crowds in Paris after football fans were said to have been found flouting rules to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

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Coast childcare giant unveils massive loss

GOLD Coast-based childcare giant G8 Education has unveiled a $239 million first-half loss and flagged that it will exit its Singapore operations.

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Titans Cup final one of 25 matches to watch live

The girls take centre stage in The Gold Coast Bulletin’s livestreaming sport schedule this week with the final of the state’s premier schoolgirl rugby league competition, the Titans Cup, being brought to you live on Wednesday.

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‘Humiliating to plead for basics’

A couple in hotel quarantine at Melbourne’s Pan Pacific Hotel were forced to call “three times a day” for more food, until they realised on day 10 of their stay only one of them was listed as staying in the room.

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Probe into Lib branch stacking claims

Victorian Liberal MPs at the centre of a new branch stacking scandal have rejected the allegations and requested an independent investigation.

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One new case as detention centre cluster grows

The relative of a detention centre worker has tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the number of active cases in Queensland to 18.

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Flood and wind warnings issued after a wild weekend

A STRONG wind warning has been issued for Tasmania’s Lower East Coast, South East Coast and South West Coast while Jordan and Coal Rivers have been put on flood warning.

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Can you help? Girl, 11, missing from Gold Coast

AN 11-year-old girl with “no money or phone” has been missing for almost a week.

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Investigations into suspected triple arson continue

INVESTIGATIONS into the suspected arson of three neighbouring houses scheduled for demolition the next day are still ongoing.

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Vic records lowest daily caseload in nearly three months with 116 new infections

Victoria has recorded 116 new coronavirus infections overnight marking the state’s lowest number of daily infections since July 5 which saw 74 cases.

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Donald Trump walks out of press conference

Donald Trump walked out on reporters after a question about his “major coronavirus breakthrough” in a press conference.

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Trump’s election campaign to have a ‘Hollywood feel’

RMIT University’s Joe Siracusa says Trump’s election campaign will "have a Hollywood, New York feel to it” as the President seeks to secure another four years in the White House.

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Woman in Belarus tells CNN reporter to 'Leave, Satan'

Protests continue in Belarus as embattled President Alexander Lukashenko, who has has been in power for 26 years, is facing pressure from inside and outside the country to resign. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.

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Donald Trump announces ‘major breakthrough’ in ‘powerful’ coronavirus treatment

President Donald Trump said a coronavirus treatment that involves blood plasma donated by people who’ve recovered from the disease will be expanded to more Americans after the FDA approved its use.

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Trump wants to fast-track Oxford's potential coronavirus vaccine in time for election - report

US President Donald Trump is considering fast-tracking approval of a possible coronavirus vaccine so it can be used before the election, according to a report.

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How to find the best NBN deals right now

One in six Australians have no idea what type of internet connection they have and many are unclear on what speeds they need, which could leave them wasting money.

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LIST: Four new clubs opening on in Surfers Paradise

A GOLD Coast MP has called on landlords to “bite the bullet” and ease rent demands to help struggling retailers and venues on the Glitter Strip.

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Nominate the Far North’s best coach

IT’s been a tough year for sport so we’re looking to celebrate the Far North’s best coach.

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‘By 30 it’s too late’: Women need to learn etiquette

MISTRESS Chrissy hands over an original hot-pink 1950s prom dress and is about to place a taxidermy mouse on my head.

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AMP Capital CEO demoted over sexual harassment allegations

AMP chairman David Murray and board member John Fraser have resigned over the handling of sexual harassment allegations against AMP Capital CEO Boe Pahari.

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AMP bosses quit over sex scandal

A number of AMP executives have stood down in the wake of an explosive sexual harassment case.

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Truck speeds with no-one driving

An “idiot” truck driver has filmed himself speeding along a NSW country road with his feet comfortably up on the dashboard, and sitting in the passenger seat.

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Daniel Andrews unveils regional COVID economic response campaign

Premier Daniel Andrews highlighted the new ‘Click for Vic’ campaign and encouraged Victorians to help local businesses by getting involved.

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‘There’s very little chance any of us will die from COVID-19’: Rowan Dean

A Victorian government ad with prominent woke celebrities lecturing on how the virus is the enemy not the lockdowns is emblematic of “how freedom disappears” according to Sky News host Rowan Dean. A Victorian government ad campaign featuring celebrities like Magda Szubanski and Waleed Ali, told viewers to remain diligent with COVID-safe activities like handwashing, while reminding them the lockdowns aren’t the enemy, the virus is. “This is insidious. What is so repulsive about that ad is that they’re going on about ‘oh the lockdown isn’t the enemy, the virus is the enemy,” Mr Dean said. “We’re talking about totalitarianism, the invisible unseen enemy out there. “We all know what the virus is, we all know what the risks are, and we all know that there’s very very little chance of any of us ever actually dying from it.” He said collaboration between the entertainment industry and governments working together to “sell this insidious message” is typically how freedoms begin to disappear. Sky News host James Morrow said the Victorian government was running an “utterly Stalinist line” with this ad campaign. Image: Getty

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Andrews turning neighbours against each other is the ‘hallmark of totalitarianism’

The Victorian government misleading the public on the number of people disobeying stay-at-home orders is a clever, but “cynical and underhanded” strategy by Premier Daniel Andrews to turn people against each other, says Sky News host Rita Panahi.

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Healthcare COVID infection trend down as daily cases remain in the 200s

Victoria has recorded 208 new cases of coronavirus and 17 deaths since Saturday.

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Incat challenges new Spirit ferry build plan

A LEADING Tasmanian shipbuilder has questioned claims an interstate company could create thousands of jobs if the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels were built in Australia.

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Bending bandit strikes Cairns street signs

THEY call him the Bender – a fly-by-night vandal taking out his frustration on innocent street signs across a quiet Cairns suburb.

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Can anti-vaxxers be forced to get virus jab?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison took many people by surprise this week when he said a COVID-19 vaccine would be “as mandatory as you could possibly make it”.

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Will New Town High and Ogilvie go co-ed?

PARENTS pushing for a co-ed high school in Hobart say they simply want the same options for their children as residents of other regions around Australia.

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Trump’s sister’s brutal new sledge

Donald Trump’s sister has reportedly been heard saying the President has “no principles” and lies in a secretly recorded audio.

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Women charged under Terrorism Act in New IRA investigation

Two women have been charged by police investigating the activities of dissident republican group the New IRA.

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Worst UK wheat harvest in 40 years prompts flour price hike fears

Britain's worst wheat harvest in 40 years is likely to cause a price hike in flour and bread, the industry has warned.

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The 43 venues QLD covid patients visited

Public health alerts have been issued for more than 40 spots across Brisbane, Ipswich and Logan, as officials race to track any potential cases linked to an outbreak at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre.

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Why your post is taking a 1500km detour

With an estimated one third of all of Australia’s demand for deliveries coming from Victoria, parcels haven’t been spared from the embattled state’s coronavirus lockdown.

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Even icy cold weather will be used as ‘conclusive proof’ of catastrophic global warming

Sky News host Rowan Dean says the shivering low temperatures recorded in Australia’s south east will no doubt see any school kid, labor politician and luvvy claim it as “conclusive proof of catastrophic global warming”.

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‘Go woke go broke’: Private and public institutions fall prey to Leftist agenda

Sky News host Rowan Dean says the “pernicious influence” of identity politics and Left political correctness ideology is corrupting the very essence of what makes Western societies so successful.

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Bride donates wedding food to charity

A pair of Ohio newlyweds turned their cancelled wedding reception into an act of kindness.

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Weather Explained

Have you ever heard of TWO Hurricanes slamming the same US city in under 48 hours? This is a serioius risk in New Orleans. WATCH Sky News Meteorologist Rob Sharpe explain the threat.

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Melania’s White House reno slammed

It’s all coming up roses Saturday at the White House.

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Ugly public feud between stars exposed

Actress and activist Rose McGowan has accused her Charmed co-star Alyssa Milano as being a MeToo “fraud.”

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NT election a lesson for Qld Premier Palaszczuk

Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says, “there is a real lesson” political parties in Western Australia and Queensland can learn from the Northern Territory election.

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‘Great bloke’: Tragic end to father-son trip

UPDATE: A body has been found after a 28-year-old man fell overboard while his father slept on a luxury fishing charter boat in the Far North.

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Jamala Lodge offers unique wildlife experience for holidaymakers amid COVID-19

Jamala Wildlife Lodge owner Richard Tindale says his unique tourist attraction in Canberra allows guests to experience close encounters with animals from the National Zoo and Aquarium while enjoying five-star accommodation.

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Victoria records 208 new COVID cases

There were 208 new cases of coronavirus and 17 deaths in Victoria on Sunday, as authorities race to get on top of an outbreak at two Melbourne hospitals.

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‘Snow Dog’ Looks Too Cool Donning Goggles in Katoomba Snowfall

Wintry conditions in Katoomba, New South Wales, didn’t faze Forrest the ‘snow dog’, seen soaking up the chilly conditions on August 22. The Bureau of Meteorology warned of snow and strong winds as a cold snap swept southeastern Australia over the weekend. “It will be a cold and windy weekend for many parts of NSW. Some winds could be strong enough to bring down trees and powerlines,” the Bureau of Meteorology warned. Other communities, including Blackheath, Orange, Oberon, Tumbarumba, and more, also recorded snow. Credit: @itsme.rhys via Storyful

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Man in his 50s one of 13 new coronavirus deaths in Vic

A man in his 50s is one of 13 new coronavirus fatalities recorded in Victoria overnight.

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Why Premier cancelled Cabinet visit to Cairns

FEARS of a COVID-19 outbreak have forced Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to cancel her Cabinet visit to Cairns for the second time.

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NSW coronavirus numbers remain low

NSW recorded nine new coronavirus cases overnight.

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Spring in air as first Group One of the season kicks off at Winx Stakes Day

Spring is in the - chilly - air with the first Group One of the season back at Randwick racecourse for the Winx Stakes.

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‘Loving father’ electrocuted on the job

A Melbourne father didn’t make it home from work this week after he was electrocuted under a house in the city’s east, leaving behind his wife and two young sons.

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‘They can’t remain as royals’

Piers Morgan has called for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to be stripped of their titles after Meghan hit out at Donald Trump.

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Call for Meghan to be stripped of title

Piers Morgan has called for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to be stripped of their titles after Meghan hit out at Donald Trump.

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Technical errors impact Tasmanian COVID tests

A TECHNICAL error has meant some COVID test requested by Tasmanian GPs were not processed.

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Blackheath Blanketed in Snow Amid Cold Snap

Snow fell in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, on August 22, as a cold snap brought wintry conditions to southeastern Australia. “It will be a cold and windy weekend for many parts of NSW. Some winds could be strong enough to bring down trees and powerlines,” the Bureau of Meteorology warned. Video shows snow falling in Blackheath in the Blue Mountains. Nearby areas, including Katoomba, were also seen blanketed in snow. Credit: @robbie_son_of_dobbie via Storyful

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Racing’s resilience on show during pandemic

Racing has been remarkably resilient during the pandemic, losing crowds but keeping the industry moving from strength to strength.

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Dad’s desperate search for man overboard

A MAN has disappeared after falling off a well-known Far North charter boat with his father and crew launching a desperate search.

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Cat Enjoys Watching Snowfall in Blue Mountains, Australia

A cat couldn’t keep its eyes off the snowflakes falling in Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, as a cold snap brought wintry conditions to southeastern Australia on August 22. “It will be a cold and windy weekend for many parts of NSW. Some winds could be strong enough to bring down trees and powerlines,” the Bureau of Meteorology warned. Nearby areas, including Blackheath, were also seen blanketed in snow. Credit: @cassscullyflorist via Storyful

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California battles hundreds of wildfires

[NFA] California's lightning-sparked wildfires more than doubled in size into some of the largest in state history on Friday, with one blaze advancing to within a mile of the University of California Santa Cruz. Caroline Malone reports.

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Google ridiculed for ‘scare campaign putting fear into its users’

Tech Guide Editor Stephen Fenech has ridiculed Google’s open letter as “a scare campaign meant to put fear into its users”.

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Snow Falls in Blue Mountains, Australia, as Cold Snap Sweeps Region

Snow fell in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, as a cold snap brought wintry conditions to southeastern Australia on August 22. “It will be a cold and windy weekend for many parts of NSW. Some winds could be strong enough to bring down trees and powerlines,” the Bureau of Meteorology warned. Video shows snow falling in Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, while nearby areas, including Blackheath, were also seen blanketed in snow. Credit: Danny Lodewyke via Storyful

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Coronavirus Victoria: State records 182 new cases and 13 more deaths as COVID-19 spread slows

Victoria has seen a slight decrease in the spread of COVID-19 as the State reported 182 new cases but tragically 13 more deaths.

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Lebanon in a state of ‘unimaginable’ disaster

Photographer and blogger Dr Anthony Rahayel says the current state of devastation in Lebanon is “unimaginable” and the road to recovery will be long as the people do not trust their government.

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Lawyer claims Floyd ‘killed himself’

The knee-on-the-neck arrest of George Floyd had nothing to do with his death — because he actually “killed himself,” a lawyer for one of the four charged cops has claimed.

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Full House star jailed for college scam

Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli will both be jailed over the college admissions scandal.

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'Poisoned' Navalny leaves hospital in Siberia - report

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning, has been driven out of a hospital in Siberia in an ambulance, according to reports.

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Pub fined $10,000 over birthday party for Craig Laundy’s son

A Sydney pub has been issued fines totaling $10,000 after it hosted a birthday party for Craig Laundy’s 22-year-old son.

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CEOs of Australia’s biggest companies reveal economic impact of border closures

This week in finance the chief executives of some of Australia's biggest companies revealed the economic effect domestic and international border closures are having on their businesses.

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Bodycam Video Shows Police Holding Man on Hot Asphalt Before Death in Custody

Phoenix police officers held a man on hot asphalt for almost six minutes before dying in custody on August 4, bodycam video released by the police department on August 20 showed. Ramon Timothy Lopez was chased after allegedly stealing a drink from a convenience store in Phoenix, Arizona. Video shows Lopez being tackled on a road and restrained by the pursuing officer and multiple other officers who arrive shortly after. The video goes on the show him being put in a leg restraint and moved into the back of a police vehicle, at which point he is not responsive. One officer can be heard saying at the 11:58 mark of the video that he was breathing. Lopez was then taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:20 am according to reports. Temperatures were as high as 99 degrees in Phoenix at the time of the arrest according to local reports. Credit: Arizona Police via Storyful

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Migrants in Calais 'jungle' still willing to risk their lives despite migrant death

Sudanese migrants and asylum seekers in Calais have told Sky News they will not be put off trying to cross the English Channel to the UK despite a migrant drowning at sea.

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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? 'Best ever' player to win top prize for first time in 14 years

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Warning of spiral of debt as '6 million Britons fall behind on household bills'

Unpaid household bills built up during lockdown will lead to a spiral of debt for many unless financial support is provided, according to Citizens Advice.

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Qld health officials identify ‘historic’ coronavirus case

Queensland has recorded zero new coronavirus cases overnight, however serology reports revealed one newly identified "historic" case.

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Mel Doyle quits Channel 7 after 25 years

It is the end of an era at Channel 7 with acclaimed journalist and host Melissa Doyle leaving the network after more than two decades.

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Minister’s awkward moment during COVID-19 Senate committee

The Minister for Aged Care Richard Colbeck got caught in a Senate committee when he didn’t know how many seniors have died in aged care during COVID-19.

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Child approached, followed in quiet Hobart suburb

POLICE are investigating a report that a child was approached and followed by a man in Lenah Valley yesterday afternoon.

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No new Qld cases as cluster link investigated

Queensland has recorded no new COVID-19 cases overnight, as authorities continue to search for a link between the state’s latest case and known clusters.

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‘Time to prove’ rural, regional residents ‘are not forgotten Australians’

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says “this is a time for federalism to shine” as the nation’s premiers come together today at the bidding of the Prime Minister to discuss potential border bubbles.

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Students Party at IU Bloomington, Defying Social Distancing Restrictions

Students at Indiana University, Bloomington, gathered for what appeared to be a large party on August 19, defying COVID-19 city and county regulations. Footage posted on Twitter by Ryan Cutshall shows large groups of people socializing outside several houses. “Wow… @IUBloomington social distancing at it’s finest. Get the contact tracers ready, they’re going to be busy in a week,” Cutshall wrote. The University responded to the incident, saying: “We are investigating last night’s incident involving a large gathering of students. This violated county and state regulations for groups and physical distancing as well as our own guidelines. This behavior constitutes a serious threat to the IU community.” Credit: @r_cutshall via Storyful

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‘Disgraceful decision’: Resources cut as bushfire season takes off

FEARS are surfacing that the COVID-19 emergency response and funding cutbacks will see less resources fighting fires as the season takes off near the Gold Coast.

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Melbourne’s jogging ‘Spiderman’ boosting morale

A jogger dressed as Spiderman has been lifting spirits in his Melbourne neighbourhood during his permitted one hour of outdoor exercise.

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‘We will find you:’ Cop warns abusers

An international investigation into child abuse material could see a Brisbane man serve up to 15 years behind bars after he was allegedly found possessing child abuse material.

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Trump’s weird rant about sharks: ‘They’ll say it’s cruelty to animals’

US President Donald Trump's speech to supporters today featured all of his usual attacks on Joe Biden - plus a weirdly fascinating rant about sharks.

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WSJ Opinion: The Obama-Biden Virus Response

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Time for govt to stop ‘dumb Aussies’ ruining the economy

Sky News contributor Peter Switzer says the federal government needs to introduce a system "that will stop dumb Aussies" ruining the economy and has called for a border reopening timetable.

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Travel agencies join list of COVID-19 closures

TASMANIA’S travel agents are really busy – but not booking trips.

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Fed govt to offer $5000 incentives to healthcare workers

Nurses, personal care workers and cleaners will be offered cash incentives as part of a federal government boost to help Victoria fight the coronavirus crisis.

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Virus cases dip below 200 in Victoria

Victorian coronavirus cases have dipped below 200 for the first time in more than a month, recording 179 new infections overnight.

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Conman Peter Foster faces extradition hearing in Cairns court

CONMAN Peter Foster will be flown out of the Far North on Monday to face charges in New South Wales over a multi-million dollar sports betting scheme.

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Airport manager pleads with state and territory leaders to open the borders

Canberra Airport Managing Director Stephen Byron is calling on national leaders to reopen domestic borders as the aviation sector struggles to stay afloat amid strict coronavirus border controls.

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Vic records 179 new coronavirus cases and nine deaths

Victoria has recorded another 179 coronavirus cases and confirmed nine more deaths overnight, taking the national death toll to 472.

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New world news from Time: Belarus’ Leader Warns of Tough New Steps Against Protesters

MINSK, Belarus — Belarus’ authoritarian leader threatened Wednesday to bring criminal charges against opposition leaders and called on his security services to get tougher on demonstrators — a possible harbinger of a renewed crackdown on the peaceful protests challenging the extension of his 26-year rule.

President Alexander Lukashenko also accused the West of fomenting the unrest as he sought to consolidate his grip on power amid widening demonstrations.

Lukashenko spoke as the European Union rejected the official results of the Aug. 9 vote that kept him in office and expressed solidarity with protesters. The EU said it’s preparing sanctions against Belarusian officials responsible for the brutal post-election police actions.

During the first four days of protests, police detained almost 7,000 people and injured hundreds with rubber bullets, stun grenades and clubs. At least three protesters died.

The crackdown stirred broad outrage and helped bolster protesters’ ranks. On Sunday, an estimated 200,000 people rallied around the Belarusian capital’s main square. The huge crowds forced the authorities to back off, and police refrained from interfering with demonstrations over the last five days.

But faced with a widening strike that engulfed the country’s biggest industrial plants, police moved again Tuesday to disperse some protests. Officers briefly detained about 50 demonstrators who gathered outside the Minsk Tractor Factory to support its workers, who have been on strike since Monday, according to Sergei Dylevsky, leader of the factory’s strike committee.

“People are on strike demanding Lukashenko’s resignation, and authorities respond with batons and riot police,” Dylevsky told The Associated Press. “Lukashenko is not changing.”

The Interior Ministry said police dispersed demonstrators who were hampering factory workers’ passage and detained two of them for taking part in an unsanctioned demonstration.

Police also blocked all entrances to the Janka Kupala National Theater in Minsk, where the troupe on Tuesday gave notice en masse after its director, Pavel Latushko, was fired for siding with protesters. Actors who arrived at the theater Wednesday morning were not allowed in.

“It’s unprecedented that in the 21st century law enforcement is deployed to a cultural institution. The situation speaks for itself,” said Latushko, a former culture minister and diplomat, who joined the opposition’s Coordination Council.

After the council’s first meeting Wednesday, members said they would focus on launching talks with the government on the transition of power. “We are ready for dialogue,” Latushko told the AP.

The council called for a new presidential vote organized by newly formed election commissions and demanded an investigation into the crackdown on protests and compensation for the victims.

“Only a new election can solve the crisis,” leading council member Maria Kolesnikova said.

The opposition body consists of top associates of Lukashenko’s main challenger, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, as well as rights activists and representatives of striking workers. It also includes the nation’s most famous author, Svetlana Alexievich, who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in literature.

Tsikhanouskaya, who moved to Lithuania after the vote, said in a video statement Wednesday that the council will spearhead a peaceful transition of power and help prepare a new fair presidential election. She called on EU leaders to support “Belarus’ re-awakening.”

European Council President Charles Michel said after chairing an emergency teleconference of the 27-nation bloc leaders that the EU does not recognize the official vote tally and “stands in solidarity with the people of Belarus.” He said it will impose sanctions on “a substantial number” of people linked to Belarus’ election fraud and violence.

Lukashenko, who has been dubbed “Europe’s last dictator” in the West, defiantly dismissed the EU criticism and told its leaders to mind their own business. Belarus is not an EU member.

“They have plenty of their own problems,” the 65-year-old former state farm director said at a meeting with officials. “And they shouldn’t nod at Belarus to distract attention from those problems. Those gentlemen have a log in their eyes, but they don’t see it.”

The Belarusian leader accused the West of financing the protests and ordered law enforcement agencies to halt the money flows. He also instructed Belarus’ State Security Committee, which still goes under its Soviet-era name KGB, to “track down and stop the instigators of the unrest organizers.”

“There must be no more unrest in Minsk,” Lukashenko said. “The people are tired. They want peace and silence.”

Undeterred by his threats, several hundred protesters gathered outside the Interior Ministry’s headquarters in heavy rain, shouting calls for the minister’s resignation.

“They are trying to scare us,” said 20-year-old demonstrator Alexander Filistovich. “Lukashenko doesn’t know other methods, but we don’t fear.”

The Belarusian leader also warned members of the Coordination Council that they could face criminal responsibility for their attempt to create “parallel power structures.”

Turning to the striking blue-collar workers, Lukashenko warned that they would face dismissal and told law enforcement agencies to protect factory managers from the opposition pressure.

“If some think that the government has tilted and lost balance, they are mistaken,” he said. “We will not waver.”

Lukashenko has repeatedly spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin since the weekend, claiming that he secured the promise of security support if Belarus needs it. The two nations have an agreement that contemplates close political, economic and military ties.

The Kremlin has warned the West against interfering in Belarus’ affairs, but remained non-committal regarding security help. Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the treaty includes provisions for possible assistance, but noted that “there is no need for that now.”

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Associated Press writers Daria Litvinova and Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow and Lorne Cook in Brussels contributed to this report.

New world news from Time: How the Pandemic Is Reshaping India

With a white handkerchief covering his mouth and nose, only Rajkumar Prajapati’s tired eyes were visible as he stood in line.

It was before sunrise on Aug. 5, but there were already hundreds of others waiting with him under fluorescent lights at the main railway station in Pune, an industrial city not far from Mumbai, where they had just disembarked from a train. Each person carried something: a cloth bundle, a backpack, a sack of grain. Every face was obscured by a mask, a towel or the edge of a sari. Like Prajapati, most in the line were workers returning to Pune from their families’ villages, where they had fled during the lockdown. Now, with mounting debts, they were back to look for work. When Prajapati got to the front of the line, officials took his details and stamped his hand with ink, signaling the need to self-isolate for seven days.

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After Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared on national television on March 24 to announce that India would go under lockdown to fight the coronavirus, Prajapati’s work as a plasterer for hire at construction sites around Pune quickly dried up. By June, his savings had run out and he, his wife and his brother left Pune for their village 942 miles away, where they could tend their family’s land to at least feed themselves. But by August, with their landlord asking for rent and the construction sites of Pune reopening, they had no option but to return to the city. “We might die from corona, but if there is nothing to eat we will die either way,” said Prajapati.

As the sun rose, he walked out of the station into Pune, the most infected city in the most infected state in all of India. As of Aug. 18, India has officially recorded more than 2.7 million cases of COVID-19, putting it third in the world behind the U.S. and Brazil. But India is on track to overtake them both. “I fully expect that at some point, unless things really change course, India will have more cases than any other place in the world,” says Dr. Ashish Jha, director of Harvard’s Global Health Institute. With a population of 1.3 billion, “there is a lot of room for exponential growth.”

Read More: India’s Coronavirus Death Toll Is Surging. Prime Minister Modi Is Easing Lockdown Anyway

The pandemic has already reshaped India beyond imagination. Its economy, which has grown every year for the past 40, was faltering even before the lockdown, and the International Monetary Fund now predicts it will shrink by 4.5% this year. Many of the hundreds of millions of people lifted out of extreme poverty by decades of growth are now at risk in more ways than one. Like Prajapati, large numbers had left their villages in recent years for new opportunities in India’s booming metropolises. But though their labor has propelled their nation to become the world’s fifth largest economy, many have been left destitute by the lockdown. Gaps in India’s welfare system meant millions of internal migrant workers couldn’t get government welfare payments or food. Hundreds died, and many more burned through the meager savings they had built up over years of work.

Now, with India’s economy reopening even as the virus shows no sign of slowing, economists are worried about how fast India can recover—and what happens to the poorest in the meantime. “The best-case scenario is two years of very deep economic decline,” says Jayati Ghosh, chair of the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. “There are at least 100 million people just above the poverty line. All of them will fall below it.”

Atul Loke for TIMERajkumar Prajapati, third from right, gives his family’s details to local officials at the train station in Pune on Aug. 5.

Atul Loke for TIMEThe Tadiwala Chawl area of Pune emerged as a COVID-19 hotspot.

Atul Loke for TIMEWorkers from the Pune Municipal Corporation spray disinfectant in the Tadiwala Chawl area.

In some ways Prajapati, 35, was a lucky man. He has lived and worked in Pune since the age of 16, though like many laborers, he regularly sends money home to his village and returns every year to help with the harvest. Over the years, his remittances have helped his father build a four-room house. When the lockdown began, he even sent his family half of the $132 he had in savings. The $66 Prajapati had left was still more than many had at all, and enough to survive for three weeks. His landlord let him defer his rent payments. Two weeks into the lockdown, when Modi asked citizens in a video message to turn off their lights and light candles for nine minutes at 9 p.m. in a show of national solidarity, Prajapati was enthusiastic, lighting small oil lamps and placing them at shrines in his room and outside his door. “We were very happy to do it,” he said. “We thought that perhaps this will help with corona.”

Other migrant workers weren’t so enthusiastic. For those whose daily wages paid for their evening meals, the lockdown had an immediate and devastating effect. When factories and construction sites closed because of the pandemic, many bosses—who often provide their temporary employees with food and board—threw everyone out onto the streets. And because welfare is administered at a state level in India, migrant workers are ineligible for benefits like food rations anywhere other than in their home state. With no food or money, and with train and bus travel suspended, millions had no choice but to immediately set off on foot for their villages, some hundreds of miles away. By mid-May, 3,000 people had died from COVID-19, but at least 500 more had died from “distress deaths” including those due to hunger, road accidents and lack of access to medical facilities, according to a study by the Delhi-based Society for Social and Economic Research. “It was very clear there had been a complete lack of planning and thought to the implications of switching off the economy for the vast majority of Indian workers,” says Yamini Aiyar, president of the Centre for Policy Research, a Delhi think tank.

One migrant worker who decided to make the risky journey on foot was Tapos Mukhi, 25, who set off from Chiplun, a small town in the western state of Maharashtra, toward his village in the eastern state of Odisha, over 1,230 miles away. He had tried to work through the lockdown, but his boss held back his wages, saying he did not have money to pay him immediately. Mukhi took another job at a construction site in June, but after a month of lifting bricks and sacks of cement, a nail went through his foot, forcing him to take a day off. His supervisor called him lazy and told him to leave without the $140 he was owed. On Aug. 1, he walked for a day in the pouring monsoon rain with his wife and 3-year-old daughter, before a local activist arranged for a car to Pune. “We had traveled so far from our village to work,” said Mukhi, sitting on a bunk bed in a shelter in Pune, where activists from a Pune-based NGO had given him and his family train tickets. “But we didn’t get the money we were owed and we didn’t even get food. We have suffered a lot. Now we never want to leave the village again.”

Although Indian policymakers have long been aware of the extent to which the economy relies on informal migrant labor like Mukhi’s—there are an estimated 40 million people like him who regularly travel within the country for work—the lockdown brought this long invisible class of people into the national spotlight. “Something that caught everyone by surprise is how large our migrant labor force is, and how they fall between all the cracks in the social safety net,” says Arvind Subramanian, Modi’s former chief economic adviser, who left government in 2018. Modi was elected in 2014 after a campaign focused on solving India’s development problems, but under his watch economic growth slid from 8% in 2016 to 5% last year, while flagship projects, like making sure everyone in the country has a bank account, have hit roadblocks. “The truth is, India needs migration very badly,” Subramanian says. “It’s a source of dynamism and an escalator for lots of people to get out of poverty. But if you want to get that income improvement for the poor back, you need to make sure the social safety net works better for them.”

Atul Loke for TIMEA doctor waits for a dose of remdesivir while a nurse attends to a newly admitted COVID-19 patient at Aundh District Hospital in Pune.

Atul Loke for TIMEAfter her condition improved, a COVID-19 patient is helped into a wheelchair so she can be transferred from the intensive-care unit to an observation ward.

Atul Loke for TIMEA young worker dressed in personal protective equipment sweeps the floor of the intensive-care unit.

The wide-scale economic disruption caused by the lockdown has disproportionately affected women. Because 95% of employed women work in India’s informal economy, many lost their jobs, even as the burden remained on them to take care of household responsibilities. Many signed up for India’s rural employment scheme, which guarantees a set number of hours of unskilled manual labor. Others sold jewelry or took on debts to pay for meals. “The COVID situation multiplied the burden on women both as economic earners and as caregivers,” says Ravi Verma of the Delhi-based International Center for Research on Women. “They are the frontline defenders of the family.”

But the rural employment guarantee does not extend to urban areas. In Dharavi, a sprawling slum in Mumbai, Rameela Parmar worked as domestic help in three households before the lockdown. But the families told her to stop coming and held back her pay for the last four months. To support her own family, she was forced to take daily wage work painting earthen pots, breathing fumes that make her feel sick. “People have suffered more because of the lockdown than [because of] corona,” Parmar says. “There is no food and no work—that has hurt people more.”

Girls were hit hard too. For Ashwini Pawar, a bright-eyed 12-year-old, the pandemic meant the end of her childhood. Before the lockdown, she was an eighth-grade student who enjoyed school and wanted to be a teacher someday. But her parents were pushed into debt by months of unemployment, forcing her to join them in looking for daily wage work. “My school is shut right now,” said Pawar, clutching the corner of her shawl under a bridge in Pune where temporary workers come to seek jobs. “But even when it reopens I don’t think I will be able to go back.” She and her 13-year-old sister now spend their days at construction sites lifting bags of sand and bricks. “It’s like we’ve gone back 10 years or more in terms of gender-equality achievements,” says Nitya Rao, a gender and development professor who advises the U.N. on girls’ education.

In an attempt to stop the economic nosedive, Modi shifted his messaging in May. “Corona will remain a part of our lives for a long time,” he said in a televised address. “But at the same time, we cannot allow our lives to be confined only around corona.” He announced a relief package worth $260 billion, about 10% of the country’s GDP. But only a fraction of this came as extra handouts for the poor, with the majority instead devoted to tiding over businesses. In the televised speech announcing the package, Modi spoke repeatedly about making India a self-sufficient economy. It was this that made Prajapati lose hope in ever getting government support. “Modiji said that we have to become self-reliant,” he said, still referring to the Prime Minister with an honorific suffix. “What does that mean? That we can only depend on ourselves. The government has left us all alone.”

By the time the lockdown began to lift in June, Prajapati’s savings had run out. His government ID card listed his village address, so he was not able to access government food rations, and he found himself struggling to buy food for his family. Three times, he visited a public square where a local nonprofit was handing out meals. On June 6, he finally left Pune for his family’s village, Khazurhat. He had been forced to borrow from relatives the $76 for tickets for his wife, brother and himself. But having heard the stories of migrants making deadly journeys back, he was thankful to have found a safe way home.

Atul Loke for TIMEKashinath Kale’s widow, Sangeeta, flanked by her sons Akshay, left, and Avinash, holds a framed portrait of her late husband outside their home in Kalewadi, a suburb of Pune. Kale, 44, died from COVID-19 in July as the family desperately tried to find a hospital bed with a ventilator.

Meanwhile, the virus had been spreading across India, despite the lockdown. The first hot spots were India’s biggest cities. In Pune, Kashinath Kale, 44, was admitted to a public hospital with the virus on July 4, after waiting in line for nearly four hours. Doctors said he needed a bed with a ventilator, but none were available. His family searched in vain for six days, but no hospital could provide one. On July 11, he died in an ambulance on the way to a private hospital, where his family had finally located a bed in an intensive-care unit with a ventilator. “He knew he was going to die,” says Kale’s wife Sangeeta, holding a framed photograph of him. “He was in a lot of pain.”

By June, almost every day saw a new record for daily confirmed cases. And as COVID-19 moved from early hot spots in cities toward rural areas of the country where health care facilities are less well-equipped, public-health experts expressed concern, noting India has only 0.55 hospital beds per 1,000 people, far below Brazil’s 2.15 and the U.S.’s 2.80. “Much of India’s health infrastructure is only in urban areas,” says Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the D.C.-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy. “As the pandemic unfolds it is moving into states which have very low levels of testing and rural areas where the public-health infrastructure is weak.”

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When he arrived back in his village of Khazurhat, Prajapati’s neighbors were worried he might have been infected in Pune, so medical workers at the district hospital checked his temperature and asked if he had any symptoms. But he was not offered a test. “While testing has been getting better in India, it’s still nowhere near where it needs to be,” says Jha.

Nevertheless, Modi has repeatedly touted India’s low case fatality rate—the number of deaths as a percentage of the number of cases—as proof that India has a handle on the pandemic. (As of Aug. 17 the rate was 1.9%, compared with 3.1% in the U.S.) “The average fatality rate in our country has been quite low compared to the world … and it is a matter of satisfaction that it is constantly decreasing,” Modi said in a televised videoconference on Aug. 11. “This means that our efforts are proving effective.”

Atul Loke for TIMEParents keep their child still while a health care worker takes a nasal swab for a COVID-19 test at a school in Pune.

Atul Loke for TIMEA health care worker executes a rapid antigen COVID-19 test in the local school of Dhole Patil in Pune.

Atul Loke for TIMEA health care worker checks a woman’s temperature and oxygen saturation in the Dhole Patil slum on Aug. 10.

But experts say this language is dangerously misleading. “As long as your case numbers are increasing, your case fatality rate will continue to fall,” Jha says. When the virus is spreading exponentially as it is currently in India, he explains, cases increase sharply but deaths, which lag weeks behind, stay low, skewing the ratio to make it appear that a low percentage are dying. “No serious public-health person believes this is an important statistic.” On the contrary, Jha says, it might give people false optimism, increasing the risk of transmission.

Modi’s move to lock down the country in March was met with a surge in approval ratings; many Indians praised the move as strong and decisive. But while other foreign leaders’ lockdown honeymoons eventually gave way to popular resentment, Modi’s ratings remained stratospheric. In some recent polls, they topped 80%.

The reason has much to do with his wider political project, which critics see as an attempt to turn India from a multifaith constitutional democracy into an authoritarian, Hindu-supremacist state. Since winning re-election with a huge majority in May 2019, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the political wing of a much larger grouping of organizations whose stated mission is to turn India into a Hindu nation, has delivered on several long-held goals that excite its right-wing Hindu base at the expense of the country’s Muslim minority. (Hindus make up 80% of the population and Muslims 14%.) Last year the government revoked the autonomy of India’s only Muslim-majority state, Kashmir. And an opulent new temple is being built in Ayodhya—a site where many Hindus believe the deity Ram was born and where Hindu fundamentalists destroyed a mosque on the site in 1992. After decades of legal wrangling and political pressure from the BJP, in 2019 the Supreme Court finally ruled a temple could be built in its place. On Aug. 5, Modi attended a televised ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone.

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Still, before the pandemic Modi was facing his most severe challenge yet, in the form of a monthslong nationwide protest movement. All over the country, citizens gathered at universities and public spaces, reading aloud the preamble of the Indian constitution, quoting Mohandas Gandhi and holding aloft the Indian tricolor. The protests began in December 2019 as resistance to a controversial law that would make it harder for Muslim immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, to gain Indian citizenship. They morphed into a wider pushback against the direction of the country under the BJP. In local Delhi elections in February, the BJP campaigned on a platform of crushing the protests but ended up losing seats. Soon after, riots broke out in the capital; 53 people were killed, 38 of them Muslims. (Hindus were also killed in the violence.) Police failed to intervene to stop Hindu mobs roaming around Muslim neighborhoods looking for people to kill, and in some cases joined mob attacks on Muslims themselves, according to a Human Rights Watch report.

Atul Loke for TIMEWorkers push the body of a COVID-19 patient into the furnace of Yerawada crematorium in Pune on Aug. 11.

“During those hundred days I thought India had changed forever,” says Harsh Mander, a prominent civil-rights activist and director of the Centre for Equity Studies, a Delhi think tank, of the three months of nationwide dissent from December to March. But the lockdown put an abrupt end to the protests. Since then, the government has ramped up its crackdown on dissent. In June, Mander was accused by Delhi police (who report to Modi’s interior minister, Amit Shah) of inciting the Delhi riots; in the charges against him, they quoted out of context portions of a speech he had made in December calling on protesters to continue Gandhi’s legacy of nonviolent resistance, making it sound instead like he was calling on them to be violent. Meanwhile, local BJP politician Kapil Mishra, who was filmed immediately before the riots giving Delhi police an ultimatum to clear the streets of protesters lest his supporters do it themselves, still walks free. “In my farthest imagination I couldn’t believe there would be this sort of repression,” Mander says.

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A pattern was emerging. Police have also arrested at least 11 other protest leaders, including Safoora Zargar, a 27-year-old Muslim student activist who organized peaceful protests. She was accused of inciting the Delhi riots and charged with murder under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, a harsh anti-terrorism law that authorities used at least seven times during the lockdown to arrest activists or journalists. The law is described by Amnesty International as a “tool of harassment,” and by Zargar’s lawyer Ritesh Dubey, in an interview with TIME, as aimed at “criminalizing dissent.” As COVID-19 spread around the country, Zargar was kept in jail for two months, without bail, despite being 12 weeks pregnant at the time of her arrest. Restrictions in place to curb the spread of coronavirus, like not allowing lawyers to visit prisons, have also impacted protesters’ access to legal justice, Dubey says.

“The government used this health emergency to crush the largest popular movement this country has seen since independence,” Mander says. “The Indian Muslim has been turned into the enemy within. The economy has tanked, there is mass hunger, infections are rising and rising, but none of that matters. Modi has been forgiven for everything else. This normalization of hate is almost like a drug. In the intoxication of this drug, even hunger seems acceptable.”

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Close to going hungry, Prajapati says the Modi administration has provided little relief for people like him. “If we have not gotten anything from the government, not even a sack of rice, then what can we say to them?” he says. “I don’t have any hope from the government.”

Still a change in government would be too much for Prajapati, a devout Hindu and a Modi supporter, who backs the construction of the temple of Ram in Ayodhya and cheered on the BJP when it revoked the autonomy of Kashmir. “There is no one else like Modi who we can put our faith in,” he says. “At least he has done some good things.”

Prajapati remained in Khazurhat from June until August, working his family’s acre of farmland where they grow rice, wheat, potatoes and mustard. But there was little other work available, and the yield from their farm was not sufficient to support the family. Now $267 in debt to employers and relatives, he decided to return to Pune along with his wife and brother. Worried about reports of rising cases in the city, his usually stoic father cried as he waved him off from the village. On his journey, Prajapati carried 44 lb. of wheat and 22 lb. of rice, which he hoped would feed his family until he could find construction work.

On the evening of his return, Prajapati cleaned his home, cooked dinner from what he had carried back from the village, and began calling contractors to look for work. The pandemic had set him back at least a year, he said, and it would take him even longer to pay back the money he owed. The stamp on his hand he’d received at the station, stating that he was to self-quarantine for seven days, had already faded. Prajapati was planning to work as soon as he could. “Whether the lockdown continues or not, whatever happens we have to live here and earn some money,” he said. “We have to find a way to survive.”

—With reporting by Madeline Roache/London