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Good morning and happy New Year’s Eve to all. Mostafa Rachwani here with you to take you through the morning’s news.
We begin with the prime minister Scott Morrison, who yesterday announced changes to the definition of close contacts after a national cabinet meeting. The changes include shortening isolation periods for positive cases and restricting close contacts to someone who has been with a confirmed case in a home-like setting for more than four hours.
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