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Most passengers on two Queensland hotspot flights will be released from isolation before Christmas following public backlash, Australia opens its international borders to vaccinated skilled workers, students and working holiday makers, England regroup ahead of the Ashes Second Test in Adelaide.

Australia opens its international borders to vaccinated skilled workers, students and working holiday makers; New South Wales removes quarantine requirements for travellers from African countries; and in sport, the Newcastle Jets A-League Men's team have been forced into isolation after a player tests positive for COVID-19.

An in-principle agreement to manufacture mRNA vaccines in Australia from 2024; Victoria's COVID-19 hospitalisations reach the highest level in almost a month and a new campaign to promote COVID-19 booster shots.

An in-principle agreement to manufacture Moderna in Australia from 2024; Victoria's COVID-19 hospitalisations reach the highest level in almost a month and Paris to host its opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics on the River Seine.   

In this bulletin, a new vaccine manufacturing facility to be built in Victoria; Scott Morrison urges state and territory leaders to drop remaining COVID-19 restrictions, and in sport, the UEFA Champions League round-of-16 draw repeated after the initial draw was rendered invalid.

Australia says a new one-billion dollar defence deal with South Korea boosts security in the Indo-Pacific, Skilled migrants and international students can return to Australia from Wednesday, A capacity crowd expected in Melbourne for the Socceroos' World Cup qualifier against Vietnam in January.

Australia strikes an historic defence deal with South Korea, Queensland opens its borders to interstate travel. The Socceroos will play in Melbourne for the first time in more than four years when in January.

Queensland opens its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from New South Wales, Victoria and the A-C-T; New Caledonia votes to stay part of France, rejecting independence; And in sport,Mercedes launch protests after rival Max Verstappen is crowned Formula One world champion.

US President Joe Biden pledges federal assistance following the country's worst ever tornado disaster, Moderna's COVID vaccine approved for booster shots in Australia, Milly Clark and Eloise Wellings claim personal bests in the Melbourne Marathon.

The death toll continues to rise across six states in the US, following a catastrophic tornado, wait times to receive vaccine boosters cut from six to five months and a win for Australian female freestyle skiers, with three World Cup medals claimed in Europe.