18 Aug 2021

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton

From Nine To Noon, 9:54 am on 18 August 2021

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Susie to look at how multiple jurisdictions are now battling the Delta outbreak, with Sydney's lockdown tightened further to stop people moving around, Canberra's extended by two weeks and Melbourne's by another week.

Among the greatest concerns is the fact it's now reached into rural areas in remote parts of New South Wales and indigenous communities, which have low vaccination rates.

Meanwhile PM Scott Morrison has confirmed that some local staff in Afghanistan who worked for Australia will not be able to be rescued, as Australia mounts its evacuation mission.

And Police are investigating a terrible home invasion and attack that has left former Wallabies rugby player and now Tongan national coach, Toutai Kefu, in hospital with stab wounds. 

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Photo: AFP