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The Update
The Update from Nova Podcasts brings you the latest Australian and world news: from politics to sport and entertainment headlines. Releasing 3 times a day. Listen to us in your smart speaker by asking for: Nova news flash briefing.
Episodes
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Fallout Continues In US Capitol
Joe Biden's US election win has been formally validated by US Congress. The aftermath of the violent invasion of the US Capitol building. Donald Trump has been…
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Rioters Storm The US Capitol
There's been wide-spread condemnation after Pro-Trump rioters storm the Capitol Donald Trump's Twitter account locked No new local Covid-cases in NSW or…
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Julian Assange Denied Bail By UK Judge
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been denied bail by a UK judge. The democrats have claimed one of the two US senate seats in the state of Georgia…
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Melbourne Boxing Day Sales Bargain Hunters on Notice
Shoppers from Melbourne's Chadstone Shopping Centre and Cricket Fans possibly exposed to Covid Unlicensed Driver charged over tragic hit-run in NSW Central…
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Australia's Vaccine Rollout Schedule Revealed
The rollout of Australia's Covid-19 vaccine could be two weeks ahead of schedule. 1.3 million people across the UK receive first dose of vaccine as coronavirus…
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Thousands Of Victorians Locked Out Of Their Own State
Nearly Two Thousand Victorian Residents Awaiting Clearance To Cross Border Home Fears a Sydney Teen May Have Carried Covid-19 to Regional Areas New Coronavirus…
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UK Judge Rejects Julian Assange's Extradition To The US
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's pleas for extradition to the US have been rejected by a UK court over mental health concerns. The Oxford Astra Zenica…
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Reduced Crowds At SCG
Cricket Australia bows to pressure -- reducing SCG crowds for the Pink Test to 25% Melbourne's Black Rock cluster grows -- as no new cases are recorded in NSW…
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Masks Now Mandatory In NSW
Face masks are now mandatory in certain public indoor areas of Greater Sydney, Wollongong, Blue Mountains and the Central Coast. The Job Keeper payments have…
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Covid Mask Mandate Rolled Out In Greater Sydney
A Covid mask mandate is being rolled out across Greater Sydney, the NSW Central Coast, Wollongong and the Blue Mountains. Health authorities have renewed calls…
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Border Closures Again Cutting Off NSW
New South Wales has been officially cut off from Victoria.. again An announcement on the easing of restrictions for parts of Sydney is due Your car…
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A New Version Of The Australian Anthem Given The Official Tick
We'll now sing a revised version of the Australian Anthem -- to reflect our long Indigenous History A handful of new COVID-19 cases for NSW and Victoria -- as…
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Subdued Celebrations Across The Country As We Welcome 2021
Celebrations were scaled back across the country overnight - as we welcomed in the new year Long queues are forming at the Victoria New South Wales border as…
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Desperate Search For Links Between Coronavirus Cases In Sydney And Melbourne
Desperate search for links between new Coronavirus cases in Sydney and Melbourne Victorian Government mandates mask-wearing indoors Aussie farmers could be the…
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Contact Tracers ScrambleTo Get On Top Of New Melbourne Outbreak
Contact tracers in Melbourne are scrambling to get on top of a new outbreak that has ended the state's two month streak of no locally acquired cases New…
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Another Surge In NSW Covid Cases
18 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in NSW overnight with 9 linked to the Avalon cluster. Changes to NSW visitor rules, and Victorians also urged to…
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The SCG Retains Hosting Rights For The Third Test
The SCG has been given the all-clear to host the Third Test between Australia and India A testing blitz is underway in Wollongong US Vice President-elect…
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Three New NSW Covid Cluster Cases
NSW Health is investigating the source of an extra two Covid-19 cases reported overnight. Three confirmed cases have also been linked to the Avalon cluster…
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NSW Police Prepare For New Restrictions On NYE
NSW Police finalise plans on how to enforce restrictions across Sydney on NYE Nine people from the Northern Beaches fined over COVID-19 breaches D-Day for the…
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Sydney NYE Foreshore Celebrations Axed
NSW Premier says Sydney foreshore NYE celebrations for frontline workers has been cancelled. Five new Covid-19 cases linked to Northern Beaches cluster…
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Sydney Waits To Find Out How New Year's Eve Will Look
A decision on what restrictions will be in place for Sydney's New Years Eve plans expected as early as today A man who fled a Melbourne quarantine hotel…
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Sydney's Northern Beaches Back Into Lockdown
Sydney's Northern Beaches is back into lockdown - as the coronavirus outbreak in the area grows. "Stay at home" orders for residents will be in place until…
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Nine New Cases Of Coronavirus In NSW
NSW has recorded nine new locally acquired cases of Coronavirus in the last 24-hours. Aussie cricketer DEAN JONES has been remembered during the traditional…
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Sydneysiders Urged To Avoid Boxing Day Sales
Sydneysiders are being urged to avoid Boxing Day sales amid coronavirus fears. Cashed up shoppers are expected to spend 4.9 billion dollars in the…
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A Child Caught Up In New NSW Cases
A child is among FOUR new cases linked to the NSW Covid outbreak. Retailers panic as NSW Premier urged people to avoid Boxing Day sales in the CBD. The Queen…
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Another Great Result For Sydney Covid Cluster
Another great result for NSW with 9 positive cases in a 24 hour period. Of those 7 are linked to the Avalon cluster with tracing underway for the other two…
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NSW Urged To Limit Movement This Christmas
Sydneysiders are being urged to make sure to limit movements and comply with the health restrictions this Christmas. The Queensland and NSW Premiers are again…
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Sydney Christmas Covid Restrictions Ease
Another good day for NSW with only 8 new cases out of 42 thousand tests A fresh hurdle has emerged for Australians stranded in the U-K who are trying to get…
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NSW To Find Out What Restrictions Will Ease Today
Residents on the Northern Beaches and in greater Sydney are waiting to see what Christmas Day will look like. Singapore is banning travellers who have been in…
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Sydney's Covid Cluster Numbers Drop
Some good news for COVID numbers in NSW with the state recording only 8 new infections from a whopping 44 thousand tests People importing nicotine for…
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Greater Sydney Shut Off To More States
Queensland and Victoria are now shut off to anyone who has recently been in the Greater Sydney region. In the wake of the latest outbreak, New South Wales has…
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Greater Sydney Officially Cut Off
Greater Sydney has been cut off from other states with tougher border restrictions imposed by Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and the ACT. While…
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Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race Cancelled
For the first time in history, the iconic Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak on Sydney's northern beaches…
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Sydney Covid Numbers To Spike
New South Wales authorities are bracing for a spike in COVID numbers - with warnings it could take weeks to get the situation under control. While contact…
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Northern Beaches Virus Hotspot
Sydney's Northern Beaches has been declared a "national coronavirus hotspot", after the outbreak in the region spread to 28 people. Contact tracers are trying…
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Sydney’s Northern Beaches In Lockdown
Cyclone YASA starts to make landfall in Fiji… Don Bradman’s baggy green yet to be sold after attracting a bid of $391,000… Australia is…