Australia will create a A$380 million ($280 million) reparations fund for members of its Indigenous population who were forcibly removed from families, Australian media reported on Thursday, months after 800 survivors filed a class action lawsuit.

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Australia to establish $280 million reparations fund for 'Stolen Generation'

New South Wales has recorded 262 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. 



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NSW records 262 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths

One of the six cases is a teacher at Al-Taqwa College who was reported just hours after the state confirmed a zero-case day on Tuesday, its first in almost a month.

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Victoria records six local COVID-19 cases, with three, including Al-Taqwa College teacher, still under investigation

The vast majority of the 183,690 doses will be sent to the epicentre of Sydney's outbreak in the southwestern suburbs.

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NSW to receive fast-tracked delivery of almost 185,000 Pfizer vaccine doses

NEW YORK - The United Nations is 'deeply concerned' about the safety and protection of tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah who could be trapped by fighting between government forces and the Taliban, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday. The Taliban have stepped up their campaign to defeat the U.S.-backed government since April as foreign forces complete their

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U.N. concerned about civilians in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah

Australia Post will pay its former chief executive Christine Holgate $1 million as a termination payment, after mediation before a former Federal Court judge.

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Christine Holgate to receive million-dollar payout from Australia Post

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for a moratorium on COVID-19 booster shots in wealthy nations through at least the end of September as poor countries struggle with access to vaccines.



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WHO calls for pause on COVID-19 booster shots in wealthier countries

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — A plane carrying a Belarusian Olympic sprinter seeking refuge landed in Austria on Wednesday after she resisted an attempt by her Olympic team’s officials to send her home, where she feared reprisals from the authoritarian government.



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