New Rule In New South Wales

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  Now, Capital Canberra To Enter Lockdown As Australia Battles Delta Surge

  Extra Australian military personnel may be called in to ensure compliance with lockdown rules in Sydney, the New South Wales state government said on Thursday, as the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant spreads into regional areas.

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  Mitchell Starc Likely to Replace Injured Mitchell Johnson in Sydney

  Mitchell Johnson, Australia's leading bowler, was ruled out of the match on Sunday due to hamstring soreness, paving the way for the comeback of New South Wales pacer Mitchell Starc.

• Asian-led Consortiums Win Australian Casino Bids

  A Hong Kong billionaire and a Chinese-Australian investment consortium won bids Tuesday to build multi billion dollar mega-casinos in Queensland after other contenders were ruled out by the state government.

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  Australia relax rule to make play for Sam Robson

  Sam Robson, whose mother hails from the English city of Nottingham, previously could not be chosen for New South Wales as a domestic player because although born in Australia, he played county cricket on a British passport.

• Australia's wealthiest woman fights her children in court over multi-billion dollar inheritance

  Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart lost an appeal for a confidential court hearing over the handling of a multi-billion family trust, pitting her in open court against three of her children over an empire started by her mining pioneer father. Ms Rinehart had argued that under an agreement reached by the family in 2006 and 2007, the dispute sh...

• Australian law proposes Muslim women must remove veils

  Women wearing the burqa in the Australian state of New South Wales may have to remove their veils and reveal their faces to the police, starting next week.