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AM Bulletin 1 Aug 2021

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Queensland's south-east begins the state's strictest lockdown so far to prevent the spread of a COVID outbreak, police to target Sydney supermarkets and larger retail outlets to ensure people are following COVID check-in and face mask requirements, and in sport, Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah becomes the second-fastest woman in history in the Olympic 100m title.



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