ACT residents are advised not to travel to the Greater Sydney, Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong or Shellharbour areas, and Victoria has closed its border.
The escalating situation has prompted NSW to pivot its vaccine rollout strategy, with AstraZeneca to be offered at mass vaccination clinics to people aged over 40.
The head of Australia's vaccine task force wants young people living in Sydney to get vaccinated as quickly as possible as the city's coronavirus crisis worsens.
The federal government has embarked on a stark reset of its public vaccination push, unveiling a shocking ad portraying a young woman struggling to breathe, while also launching a military-tinged campaign for Australians to "arm" themselves against the coronavirus pandemic.
"I suspect it wouldn't take our greatest detective within the Queensland Police Service to identify who leaked that self-serving letter," Mr Dutton told 4BC radio.
Subscriber: Police have not ruled out terrorism as a motive as they allege Thomas Matthews, 30, deliberately drove at the trio as the officers conducted roadside stops outside the National Arboretum on Sunday afternoon.
The details of how a Wollongong police bungle nearly stopped sexual assault allegations against NRL player Jack de Belin and his friend Callan Sinclair going to trial have now been revealed.
Subscriber: Canberra Raiders chief Don Furner is frustrated by the "shock" of the club being forced to move interstate at the 11th hour as the city marks one year without a locally acquired COVID-19 case.
Juniors Alisha Kunar, Zali Ilitch, Zoe Cowles and Yuvani Chhetri were courtside on Sunday for their own matches and agreed Barty's win would lead to increased participation.
