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Sydneysiders will again be forced to wear their masks on public transport and New Zealand has halted flights from NSW after two new COVID-19 cases set the state on edge again.

Disgraced former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has been jailed for at least three years and eight months for sexually assaulting a young woman who says he has destroyed her life.

New Zealand has responded to two new COVID-19 community cases in Sydney by pausing quarantine-free travel for 48 hours.

International driver's licence holders from all Australian visa classes may soon be forced to convert to a NSW licence after three months in the state, the transport minister says.

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Facebook's oversight board has upheld the company's suspension of former US president Donald Trump but says the company was wrong to make the suspension indefinite and gave it six months to determine a "proportionate response".

Australia's IPL contingent will be evacuated en masse from India to other nations within 72 hours while anxiously hoping for the lifting of a travel ban to return home.

A man from Sydney's eastern suburbs has been diagnosed with COVID-19 but there's no indication where he picked up the virus.

Westpac is being sued for alleged insider trading, amid claims the bank unfairly profited from a $12 billion interest rate swap deal.

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has called for a nationwide lockdown as the country's tally of coronavirus infections surged past 20 million, becoming the second nation after the United States to pass the grim milestone.