Millions of Queenslanders have been plunged into another snap lockdown amid fears a hospital worker from Brisbane may have spread the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 to north Queensland, reports AAP. Land clearing in New South Wales has continued to rise since the Berejiklian government relaxed vegetation laws, prompting the opposition, the crossbench and environment groups to call for an urgent overhaul of the legislation.The aged care industry and unions say a new staff vaccine mandate will do little to solve the long-standing problems caused by the government’s “completely failed” rollout, labelling Monday’s announcement an exercise in “blame-shifting”.Sydney’s Covid-19 outbreak has derailed Ben Roberts-Smith’s war crimes defamation trial by at least a month – and possibly longer – with concerns raised for the safety of four Afghan witnesses waiting in Kabul to give evidence, amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan.Meanwhile, the Northern Territory has recorded two more Delta variant coronavirus cases – the wife and daughter of a worker who left the Granites mine in the Tanami desert on Friday.New South Wales authorities announced 19 new cases of Covid-19 had been reported, as the Berejiklian government unveiled a business support scheme for the locked down areas of Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong.In Western Australia, Perth and Peel begun the first day of their four day lockdown, as the state recorded no new cases of Covid apart from a new case on Monday night that was a key factor behind the snap lockdown.The state announced two cases on Tuesday. Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced a three-day lockdown for south-east Queensland, as well as Townsville, Magnetic Island and Palm Island, after a hospital worker who travelled while infectious to the regions was diagnosed with the Delta strain of Covid-19.The expanded vaccine access prompted younger Australians seeking the vaccine despite blood clot concerns to call GPs in droves, catching clinics off guard. The comments followed a Monday night announcement from Scott Morrison that under 40-year-olds could access the AZ vaccine. Australian Medical Association president Dr Omar Khorshid says he does not endorse the prime minister’s announcement that anyone under 40 can receive the AstraZeneca vaccine from their GP, adding it took him by surprise.Here are the main developments of the day: 09.51 BST What happened today, Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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