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SYDNEY, Jan 15 — An official petition to Australian lawmakers urging them to exempt international students from border closures has received nearly 3,000 signatures, citing “bad quality” online lessons and lack of schooling for some. The petition, which is backed by social media campaign...

The borders remain open for essential purposes, such as trade and for transporting goods.

2021 is off to a bumpy start, but ABC Radio Melbournes Libbi Gorr has tips to survive and thrive ThuThursday 14 updated ThuThursday 14 Together we can survive whatever 2021 throws at us. ( Share Print text only The year definitely seems to have woken up on the wrong side of the bed. Victorians queued, deli-style, on the first day of the year to get back across into the Victorian–New South Wales border by midnight, accepting two weeks of binge-watching and iso that lay ahead in return for a le...

By Brian Latham Bloomberg – South Africa’s decision to shut its land borders was preceded by a week of pandemonium as hundreds of thousands of foreigners tried to return to work after the December holidays. Beitbridge, the only legal road crossing between Zimbabwe and South Africa – and southern Africa’s busiest inland border post – was the worst affected. People waited, not always patiently, for as long as four days in lines of traffic that stretched miles from the border gate with d...

Here are the coronavirus border closure rules across all states and territories in Australia MonMonday 11 updated ThuThursday 14 JanJanuary 2021 at 8:22am Whether youre arriving by road, sea or air, each state has coronavirus border rules you need to be aware of. ( Print text only Cancel Since the pandemic began, state border closures have been a moveable feast as COVID-19 outbreaks have heated up and simmered down across the country. Monday saw three local cases recorded in Greater Sydney, whi...

Acting PM hopes travel demand survives border closures Politics by MICHAEL WRAY Premium Content Subscriber only ACTING Prime Minister Michael McCormack says he hopes recent snap lockdowns and border restrictions in some states wont discourage interstate travel and tourism. Mr McCormack has made a quick dash to north Queensland for a listening tour to discover how the region is handling the pandemic while he stands in for Scott Morrison, who is on leave. W...

NBL season opener to take place in warehouse as schedule adjusted for COVID-19 state border closures WedWednesday 6 updated WedWednesday 6 JanJanuary 2021 at 2:36am The Cairns Taipans will now host the opening game of the 2021 season inside a converted former Bunnings Warehouse site. ( Print text only Cancel With its launch already significantly delayed, the NBL has been forced to again adjust its fixtures for the upcoming season in light of state border closures. Key points: The Cairns Taipans...

The Chief Medical Officer says the vaccine will not be a "magic bullet immediately" and the PM says a premature rollout of the jab would be "very dangerous". Here's a recap if you missed today's coronavirus press conference.

Some 500 Greater Sydney residents and returning Queenslanders have been refused entry to the state since the border closed again.

By the hours as civilians are attacked on city streets. well go live to jerusalem coming up. and a powerful story about the migration crisis in europe. richard engel first met a pregnant refugee trying to survive through border closures and tear gas weeks ago in hungary. now richard has found her again and her new baby and brings us the next chapter of that story. but first, to our big story, the lights are up, the podiums are set. as we are just a few hours away from the first face-off amon...