Home Gatherings Restricted Until Boxing Day 24/12/20
The northern beaches is split into separate high and low-risk zones until Boxing Day in response to the Avalon COVID cluster. Anti-vax chef Pete Evans has had his Facebook page permanently deleted for posting claims about COVID-19 vaccines. Holiday-makers banned from Queensland are piling onto the receding beaches of Byron Bay. NSW has launched an audacious 11th hour bid to claim not one but two India-Australia Tests for Sydney this summer. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
23 Dec 20203min
Prison Likely For Actor Found Guilty Of Manslaughter 23/12/20
31 year old Blake Davis acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter for striking aspiring rapper Jett McKee in the head with a samurai sword. Labor leader Anthony Albanese’s declared Australia needs more COVID-19 vaccine doses more quickly. Dossiers claim a Bondi nanny allegedly helped kidnap Chileans as part of the secret police for Augusto Pinochet’s regime. Cricket Australia’s poised to make its call on the fate of Sydney’s SCG test match as early as today. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
22 Dec 20203min
QLD-NSW Border Shuts Again 22/12/20
Queensland introduces a hard border with NSW amid the coronavirus outbreak on Sydney’s northern beaches. Strengthened quarantine rules for flight crew will come into effect today. Former Red Wiggle Murray Cook has undergone heart surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve. The Boxing Day Test has been officially saved but the prospects of Sydney hosting a Test match remain in grave doubt. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
21 Dec 20203min
Airlines Accused Of Holding NSW Lives To Ransom 21/12/20
THOUSANDS of international flight crew and hundreds of foreign diplomats were given a free pass to avoid mandatory hotel quarantine as airlines are accused of holding NSW lives and livelihoods to “ransom" The closure of NSW’s Liddell coal-fired power station will add nearly $100 a year to average bills from 2022, new modelling by the Australian Energy Market Commission reveals. CORONAVIRUS may have changed the world of Australians in 2020 but not the crime world with the AFP Eastern Command alone seizing a record 22.4 tonnes of drugs. Cricket is bracing itself for the distinct possibility that the Sydney Test could be moved, but administrators are refusing to give up on the SCG’s New Year’s showpiece. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
20 Dec 20203min
Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race Is Off 20/12/20
The world-famous Sydney to Hobart yacht race is off, dead in the water after the Tasmanian government announced travellers from Greater Sydney would need to quarantine for two weeks on arrival in the wake of the growing Covid-19 cluster on the northern beaches. SYDNEY is facing a return to life under restrictions as residents in the northern beaches were placed in an emergency four-day lockdown to contain the rapidly ballooning COVID-19 outbreak. SHE’S the mystery woman who financial adviser Melissa Caddick could not fool. ACTOR Hugh Sheridan has opened up about the anxiety attack that derailed his life and saw him hospitalised. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
19 Dec 20203min
Sydneysiders Urged To Mask Up 19/12/20
ALL Sydney residents have been urged to don a mask to help save Christmas as a mandatory local lockdown appears imminent on the northern beaches to halt a rapidly ballooning coronavirus cluster. TECH billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes still remembers the day he was cut from the high school basketball team — ending his dream of playing professionally. IT WAS the extravagant $6.5m renovation plan that was too much for even well-heeled Mosman. ALMOST a decade on from his doomed comeback, Ian Thorpe has finally revealed what everyone in Australian sport already suspected — he quit swimming way too young because he never got the proper help he needed to cope with the enormous pressure he was under. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 Dec 20203min
Sydneys Northern Beaches In Lockdown Over Covid Fears 18/12/20
THE northern beaches is effectively under lockdown and NSW is facing potential border restrictions after Avalon’s COVID cluster exploded to 17 cases last night. THE HSC coronavirus class of 2020 has triumphed over adversity and performed just as well as their peers the year before, NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell has revealed. A GLAMOROUS former St George Bank employee used her staff access to create an online banking account for an elderly person without their knowledge and drain almost $350,000 of their life savings, a court has heard. NSW coach Brad Fittler has flagged an overhaul of the Blues’ selection policy following their disastrous performance in this year’s State of Origin series. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
17 Dec 20203min
Fresh Covid 19 Cases In Sydney Spark Fears 17/12/20
THREE new cases of coronavirus just over a week before Christmas have anxious health experts sweating on fears of a fresh outbreak in Sydney. STATE Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall has been forced to repay almost $1500 to the taxpayer after claiming a charter flight to his grandfather’s 80th birthday party on parliamentary expenses. A MEDITATION guru to the stars who was staying with former Women’s Weekly editor Deborah Hutton after a marriage breakdown is accused of a violent attack on two people with one allegedly placed in a chokehold. EVEN with a mass COVID-19 vaccine roll out in Australia next year, top medical experts say we will still need to continue with social distancing, extensive testing and contact tracing to keep safe. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
16 Dec 20203min
