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The Narrabri Gas Project has been delayed by an appeal despite a stark warning about a looming gas shortfall for NSW. The worsening Delta outbreak has led to NSW residents getting jabbed at one of fastest rates in the world. Golfing world left stunned by a Blue Mountains amateur. D-Day has finally arrived for NRL expansion. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HSC exams will be held outdoors under new proposals to get students safely back to school. The Wiggles will double in numbers and take the children’s act into the 21st century with diversity. A mini series starring Isla ­Fisher has been slammed for filming in the Inner West during lockdown. Canberra Raiders star Curtis Scott has turned to Alcoholics Anonymous and undergone psychiatric treatment to save his rugby league career. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NSW plunged into its harshest ever Covid crackdown. The United Nations Security Council is prepared to recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. A meditation guru could apply to have alleged home invasion charges dealt with under the mental health act. John Coates has given his first interview since the Olympic flame was extinguished. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Star has turned around a Covid-induced $95 million loss in the past financial year to post a $57.9 million profit. Premier Gladys Berejiklian has told other states that they must learn to “live” with Covid cases that NSW has foisted upon them. Australia is scrambling to process visa applications for Afghan workers. It has now been 847 days since Souths last beat either of the top contenders for this year’s NRL title.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police say members of the notorious A-lamed-dine clan have been caught flouting public health orders in Covid hot spots,...despite some of their family and friends having already caught the virus Football NSW is offering up empty fields across Sydney for mass vaccination hubs... and reaching out to culturally ­diverse communities with multilingual messages to ease vaccine anxieties.    Acclaimed neurosurgeon Charlie Teo will today fight for the right to continue operating on patients when he is called before an urgent panel of the NSW Medical Council, which is set to hear a number of complaints against him.  The shadow of Jarryd Hayne continues to linger over Parramatta after it emerged that the club was being sued by the ­liquidator of a company that made third-party payments to the former Eels star.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au, See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US President choppered back to the White House to deliver a brief mid-afternoon address to explain that the total collapse of the Afghan government to the Taliban unfolded more quickly than anticipated. Health authorities have raised the white flag on identifying venues visited by Covid cases. The state’s Firearms Registry finally has a computer system that automatically red flags dangerous people. Matt Moylan on the Sharks' extended bench for Saturday’s showdown against Wests Tigers.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More than 250 Army and Air force personnel to Kabul to join Coalition forces in Afghanistan. Premier Gladys Berejiklian has backed away from her commitment to loosen restrictions once NSW reaches 80 per cent double-vaccination coverage. Cronulla officials are concerned front-rower Andrew Fifita may become the second Sharks player lost from a serious throat injury this season. Clubs are worried about an NRL repatriation plan which will involve players moving out of Queensland just two full days after their final match this season.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hundreds of Afghan workers who helped Australian troops will be evacuated from Kabul in a “last flight out of Saigon” moment for the nation, as the Taliban moves in on the capital. Australians are being put at risk by dodgy doctors amid revelations dozens of fakes, fraudsters and unregistered medics have been caught illegally treating patients.  Poland has come to Australia’s rescue with a million extra Pfizer doses to be distributed in Sydney’s hardest-hit areas after our plight was ignored by the US and its president Joe Biden. And in sport, Cronulla Sharks front-rower Andrew Fifita is undergoing tests in a Brisbane hospital after experiencing breathing difficulties when injured against the Knights on Sunday. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has backflipped on her incremental lockdown approach, announcing on Saturday afternoon the entire state will live under strict stay-at-home restrictions. Rapid antigen testing able to detect Covid-19 in less than 15 minutes will be rolled out in an aged-care facility in a Western Sydney hotspot tomorrow in a bid to keep Sydney’s most vulnerable safe in the ­latest outbreak. NRL superstar Sam Burgess says he still cares about his ex-wife Phoebe and while they “didn’t work as a married couple” their aim was to “work out as parents”. And TV host Karl Stefanovic wants to step in to help his bosses at the Nine Network retain the NRL television rights. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People will need a permit to travel to regional NSW while travel to second properties will only be allowed by one person to undertake essential maintenance or tend to animals under a tightening of the public health orders.  Five minors allegedly ­laughed, smiled at a camera and taunted a 16-year-old boy while he pleaded for his life as Sydney’s street gang culture claimed another casualty. Tenants have a limited ­window to take advantage of discounted rents in some of Sydney’s most desirable ­suburbs. And in sport, five years ago, Jack Perkins and James Courtney were discussing how they had ended their V8 endurance  season without a win when Perkins accidentally revealed a shocking secret. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia’s national statisticians have been blasted for adopting “radical gender theory” by stating in new guidelines that a person’s biological sex can change over a lifetime. A Sydney businessman and convicted criminal ­believed to be Byron Bay’s ‘‘patient zero’’ could be slapped with more charges as  investigations continue into exactly when and where he travelled. The Australian Defence Force has been called in to help   Western Sydney RSL’s mission to look out for veterans and war widows too proud to ask for help during the current lockdown.  And in sport, Mark Skaife has urged the owner of the Bathurst 1000 blocking event to put his personal interests aside and allow the Supercars showpiece to go ahead, for the good of the nation. For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Top cop Mick Fuller has been drafted to stop the state’s Covid chaos amid revelations health orders are too weak to be enforced and the community is in open defiance. Byron Bay’s patient zero is a Sydney businessman with convictions for drugs, burglary and forgery, who immigration authorities once claimed had arrived in Australia on a false passport. Vicious barbs directed at Matt Lodge’s criminal history and his family were the catalyst for several Warriors players targeting serial sledger Will Chambers during their spiteful clash with Cronulla last weekend.  And sports and government officials are planning to bid for the men’s football World Cup, part of a strategy to bring a string of major events to Australia before and after the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A million dollars has been spent by the Berejiklian Government on “PR spin” and community consultation for a project that is yet to   receive the go ahead –  raising the walls of Warragamba Dam. Christmas lunch with “everyone around the table” is the Prime Minister’s target for NSW, but there is a widening divide between the two people at the helm of containing Sydney’s second Covid wave. The pandemic has transformed the humble oven into a vital tool for fatigued families battling their housebound blues and a lifeline for a number of businesses scrambling for revenue streams as the lockdown continues to keep their doors shut.  And in sport, Sharks coach Josh Hannay has declared Will Chambers has been dropped from first grade due to form – not for his two-week sledge-a-thon.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Court documents have revealed single mum Kayla Dawson allegedly lured a 16-year-old boy to her Doonside home where he was bashed to death by a group of kids as young as 13 over a pair of stolen AirPods. Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledged Australians’ “pandemic frustrations” as the Moderna vaccine was approved for use in Australia. Australian farmers are willing to go to the United Nations to fight a global environmentalist who claims people should eat no more than 14 grams of red meat per day — the equivalent of just three blueberries. And in sport, George Burgess is ready to run out for a rugby league comeback against his former club South Sydney and twin brother Tom.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription atdailytelegraph.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Brisbane Olympics may be a long way off but Aussie youngsters are brimming with confidence and enthusiasm for a golden future thanks to the nation’s spectacular success in Tokyo.  Twelve suburbs in Penrith have now been placed under the strictest lockdown conditions in Sydney, as thousands yesterday flocked to Homebush to get vaccinated. Haircuts are among the services that could return when vaccination rates are high enough, even if strict lockdown measures are still required across Greater Sydney.  The most extraordinary peacetime Games of the Olympic era drew to a close last night with a restrained and thoughtful closing ceremony to be held in front of 68,000 empty seats. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Social media and big tech companies will be required to protect online users from cyber bullies and “digital lynch mobs”… or face being named, shamed and fined under a proposed new list of demands. Australia will have a third vaccine option within weeks with the country’s drug regulator set to approve the Mod­erna jab within a fortnight. Strike Force Raptor once prided itself on being the achilles heel of every bikie gang member in the state.  Demand for property in ­regional NSW is set to continue after the pandemic and there are many pockets where property investors can cash in on rising prices and enjoy good returns.  For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vouchers would be offered to councils to give to ratepayers on the condition they meet set vaccination targets under a plan to boost jab rates among NSW residents. Sydney’s housing boom isn’t done yet and there are multiple city pockets where budding property investors can still cash in on rising prices – especially in the city’s west and coastal regions. A simple expansion of the existing screening test for babies could save countless lives. An emotional Genevieve Gregson has battled through a TV interview in which she opened up about her horror Achilles injury in the final of the 3000m steeplechase. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Against all the odds, the Australian team at the Tokyo Olympics is on the verge of eclipsing one of the country’s proudest sporting achievements. The head of the global Hillsong Church Brian Houston was on Thursday sensationally charged with allegedly concealing child sex offences committed by his father Frank Houston. The NSW government’s worst fears have been realised as Sydney recorded its deadliest day of the outbreak, with five deaths and a new record case load as a snap lockdown was ordered for the Hunter.  Sydney’s economy desperately needs help to revive after being smashed by restrictions that have lasted for more than a month and may well continue into September. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NSW will receive a fresh injection of nearly 184,000 Pfizer jabs over the next two weeks in a bid to raise vaccination rates in Covid-stricken Sydney and surrounding regions. Essential workers have led the charge in NSW’s biggest battle yet, fighting on the front lines of the war against Covid-19, but they say it’s our turn now to take up arms. A forklift driver aged just 27 has become the state’s youngest coronavirus fe-ta-li-ty as pressure mounts on the government to ensure more is done to vaccinate those aged under 40.  Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy are on the cusp of securing Australia’s first Olympic gold medal in beach volleyball since 2000. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transport Minister And­rew Constance has been forced to implement new signs reminding motorists of hidden mobile speed cameras. Hospitality giants are pushing for a vaccine passport-style reopening of ­venues for double-vaccinated patrons as soon as next month as the NSW government weighs jab incentives. Two dozen doctors are being audited for potentially breaching Medicare rules by incorrectly claiming rebates for more than 300 telehealth ­consultations. Tamarama’s most expensive hole in the ground has ­finally sold for a stonking $13million dollars. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.