A cricket match between New South Wales and Victoria has been postponed this morning due to a possible COVID-19 case.

The Sheffield Shield match was scheduled for 10am this morning but has been postponed after Victorian bowler Will Sutherland returned a test result that requires further analysis.

The Victorian team is self isolating whilst further investigations take place

10 people were found dead at the bottom of a refugee boat, along with 99 survivors rescued from Libyan waters late on Wednesday.

Doctors Without Borders reported a rescue ship found the wooden boat after responding to a distress call off the Libyan Coast.

The team aboard the ship carried out three similar rescues in the previous 24 hours, with a total of 186 survivors on board. 

More than fifty nine thousand asylum seekers have reached neighbouring Italian shores this year, fleeing human rights abuses in Libya, Iraq and Syria.

Blockaders are setting up camp near the Cherry Tree State Forest in attempts to stop logging that is reported to be in breach of logging rules.

In a media release, North East Forest Alliance or NEFA say the Cherry Tree corridor is an essential piece of forest on the Border Ranges National Park as it is home to endangered species such Black Striped Wallabies and Koalas.

NEFA is calling for the logging to be stopped and protesters are calling for support to blockade the area.

Queensland’s indigenous vaccination rates are being criticised by Griffith University’s Professor James Charles as being a ‘National and state shame’. 

Vaccination rates of indigenous people in Queensland are trailing behind, with communities such as Cassowary Coast, Mareeba and the Central Highlands having rates below thirty five percent of double dosed vaccination for first nations residents over the age of fifteen.

Professor Charles says that opening up the border with these vaccination rates would leave these communities vulnerable to disease

Qantas is requesting an extension to operate freight flights during curfew hours. 

Tweed Shire Mayor Chris Cherry says these flights are disturbing residents living under flight paths and locals want it to stop.

These freight flights were approved to allow for the delivery of medical supplies during the pandemic.

A Queensland man has been charged after allegedly escaping hotel quarantine in Tasmania, after climbing down from a third story balcony overnight

The man flew into Launceston from Sydney on Wednesday without a valid travel permit, and was found after spending about 9 hours in the community

Public Health authorities have advised that the man has returned a negative COVID test

The incident is the second reported escape from the Peppers Seaport hotel since it became a hotel quarantine facility.

South Australian Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman has lost a vote of no confidence in the State’s House of Assembly in a result of 23 to 22.

This is the first time in South Australia that a Minister has lost the confidence of the lower house.

The vote came just hours after an inquiry into Ms Chapman recommended that she be found guilty of contempt of Parliament.

The Philippine Government has condemned the actions of China, after Philippine Military supply vessels were blockaded and fired upon by water cannons by Chinese Coast Guard Ships.
This is the latest escalation of a long running territorial dispute over the body of water.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin warned that the vessels were covered by a mutual defense treaty with the United States, and that the resupply mission would continue as planned.