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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Jack Derwin New South Wales government reportedly considering giving up against the Delta variant of the virus. (James D. Morgan, Getty Images)
Good morning folks, and welcome to the end of another week.
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New South Wales could give up the fight against the Delta variant. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that senior ministers consider the state to be at a fork in the road after two weeks of lockdown. We have to decide whether we accept a lockdown so that we get cases down to zero or whether we do what no other state has done and accept the virus will circulate in the community, one reportedly said.