Australia news LIVE:Russian and Ukrainian forces fight for control of Mariupol;South Australia swears in new premier
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Australia news LIVE:Russian and Ukrainian forces fight for control of Mariupol;South Australia swears in new premier

There are reports Russia has bombed a school in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol,Australia’s Foreign Minister has labelled Vladimir Putin a war criminal and the Prime Minister insists South Australia’s recent election is not necessarily a sign of things to come at a federal level.

  • byBroede Carmody andPallavi Singhal

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As it happened:Big explosion near Lviv International airport;Treasurer touts budget repair
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As it happened:Big explosion near Lviv International airport;Treasurer touts budget repair

Rescuers are scouring the rubble of a bombed theatre in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol,United States President Joe Biden will discuss Russia’s invasion with his Chinese counterpart tomorrow and federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is talking up budget repair.

  • byBroede Carmody andAmelia McGuire
Australia news LIVE:United States announces military support package for Ukraine as Russia’s attacks on Kyiv intensify;COVID cases grow in NSW,Victoria
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Australia news LIVE:United States announces military support package for Ukraine as Russia’s attacks on Kyiv intensify;COVID cases grow in NSW,Victoria

Fighting is intensifying in Kyiv’s suburbs,the United States has unveiled a $1.1 billion support package for Ukraine and NSW and Victorian health authorities are urging people to get their booster shots to avoid the possibility of some coronavirus restrictions being reintroduced.

  • byBroede Carmody andDaniella White
Australia news LIVE:China sanctions to be backed by Australia if arms sent to Russia as Ukraine war continues;attacks on Kyiv intensify;Australian fuel prices soar
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Australia news LIVE:China sanctions to be backed by Australia if arms sent to Russia as Ukraine war continues;attacks on Kyiv intensify;Australian fuel prices soar

Russia is edging closer to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv,Australia’s expert vaccine body is currently weighing up COVID-19 booster shots for people aged 12 to 15 and the Prime Minister continues his tour of Western Australia.

  • byBroede Carmody andMary Ward
Australia news LIVE:US,China discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine;Scott Morrison flags tax relief amid record high petrol prices
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Australia news LIVE:US,China discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine;Scott Morrison flags tax relief amid record high petrol prices

The United States has warned China not to send military aid to Russia,Scott Morrison has suggested tax relief should be prioritised over cutting the petrol and diesel excise and the NSW floods clean-up continues.

  • byBroede Carmody andPallavi Singhal
Australia news LIVE:Russia’s air strikes expand to Ukraine’s west;NSW floods clean-up continues
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Australia news LIVE:Russia’s air strikes expand to Ukraine’s west;NSW floods clean-up continues

Russia has reportedly struck a Ukrainian military base near the Polish border,the Prime Minister is being urged to reduce the petrol and diesel excise amid high fuel prices and the NSW flood cleanup continues.

  • byBroede Carmody,Sherryn Groch andGeorgina Mitchell
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As it happened:Australia grants thousands of Ukrainians automatic visa extension;NT police officer found not guilty of murder
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As it happened:Australia grants thousands of Ukrainians automatic visa extension;NT police officer found not guilty of murder

The Kremlin says it will look into the bombing of a maternity hospital in Ukraine following previous denials,Australian experts are calling for the federal government to establish a natural disaster insurance scheme and politicians are mourning the sudden death of Labor senator Kimberley Kitching.

  • byBroede Carmody,Karl Quinn andAmelia McGuire
Australia news as it happened:Ukraine condemns Russian air strike on maternity hospital;NSW floods declared a national emergency
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Australia news as it happened:Ukraine condemns Russian air strike on maternity hospital;NSW floods declared a national emergency

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned a Russian air strike on a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol,Australian flood victims will be given up to $3000 in emergency payments and the Morrison government wants to grow defence force ranks from about 60,000 personnel to 80,000 by 2040.

  • byBroede Carmody,Erin Pearson andJosh Dye
As it happened:US,UK ban Russian oil imports as Putin’s war on Ukraine continues;NSW records first Japanese encephalitis virus death
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As it happened:US,UK ban Russian oil imports as Putin’s war on Ukraine continues;NSW records first Japanese encephalitis virus death

US President Joe Biden says he wants to thwart Russia’s “war machine”,damaging winds are forecast for Sydney after roads turned into rivers and Prime Minister Scott Morrison is due to tour flood-damaged parts of NSW today.

  • byBroede Carmody,Amelia McGuire,Hanna Mills Turbet andBianca Hall
Australia news LIVE updates:Sydney’s Georges River residents issued SES evacuation orders as rain,flooding worsens in south-west Sydney;Ukraine slams Russia’s escape route proposal
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Australia news LIVE updates:Sydney’s Georges River residents issued SES evacuation orders as rain,flooding worsens in south-west Sydney;Ukraine slams Russia’s escape route proposal

Moscow has offered Ukrainians escape routes to Russia and its ally Belarus,former NSW minister Andrew Constance says his state’s disaster response has not improved since the Black Summer bushfires and Shane Warne’s body will be flown home today.

  • byBroede Carmody,Pallavi Singhal andHanna Mills Turbet
As it happened:Russian troops break Ukraine ceasefire;Shane Warne tributes continue to flow
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As it happened:Russian troops break Ukraine ceasefire;Shane Warne tributes continue to flow

Follow all the news from Ukraine as it happens,plus the tributes keep following for cricket great Shane Warne after his sudden death in Thailand.

  • bySarah McPhee andRoy Ward