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The SCG will host the third Test against India after Cricket Australia deemed it safe to play in Sydney after a marathon day of meetings.

NSW is not out of the woods in its suppression of a COVID-19 outbreak, Premier Gladys Berejiklian warns, with three new cases diagnosed without immediate links to the northern beaches cluster.

A US judge has denied bail to Ghislaine Maxwell, citing the risk the British socialite could try to flee from charges she assisted in the late financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking of girls.

A lockdown in Sydney's northern beaches will be extended into the new year after a COVID-19 cluster associated with the area grew to 126.

NSW has cancelled plans to thank front line coronavirus workers by giving them a bird's eye view of Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks.

Scammers are set to take advantage of Australian fears of coronavirus and public efforts to contain the disease in the coming year.

NSW has recorded seven new COVID-19 cases from 23,933 tests.All were recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday and are linked to the northern beaches, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Sunday.

A strong majority of NSW voters support the legalisation of euthanasia, according to a poll conducted amid a new push for the state's parliament to debate the issue.

NSW has recorded nine new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 as authorities implore Sydneysiders to think twice about attending Boxing Day sales.

Victoria has recorded its 57th consecutive day without a locally-acquired COVID-19 case.