Northern Territory Police attended the scene of a fatal crash near Kintore yesterday afternoon.
Police received a report just after 3:30pm of a single vehicle rollover on a remote unsealed road, approximately 100km east of Kintore.
Local police attended with the assistance of the local clinic.
Five men were occupants of the vehicle. One male was deceased, and four surviving passengers all suffered injuries including two with serious injuries. All were flown to Alice Springs Hospital via Royal Flying Doctors Service.
Major Crash detectives have attended the scene and are investigating the circumstances of the crash and will prepare a report for the Coroner.
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Every state and territory is on alert for a national outbreak of the highly contagious Delta strain of COVID-19 as 37 new cases of community transmission were recorded in four separate jurisdictions on Sunday.
The federal cabinet’s national security committee is due to meet on Monday morning with a specific COVID-19 agenda, particularly to consider the outbreaks, a government spokesman said. Prime Minister Scott Morrison will also reconvene the national cabinet to meet as soon as possible this week.
Acting Premier James Merlino flagged further border restrictions.
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Senior Victorian cabinet ministers were actively considering shutting the border to New South Wales entirely, as well as parts of Queensland and Western Australia, where new COVID-19 cases were recorded over the weekend.
The Andrews government is actively considering shutting the border to New South Wales entirely, as well as parts of Queensland and WA, with a national security meeting to discuss the spread of COVID-19 on Monday.
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