An Australian company has signed a 300 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL with the White House to provide rapid Covid tests for the US military.

ELLUME, based in BRISBANE, has been developing the technology over the past decade.

The test connects to a smart phone to deliver a result in 15 minutes.

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A new poll suggests 75 per-cent of AUSSIES will likely get the COVID VACCINE when its rolled out.

The NEWSPOLL found 46 per-cent would definitely get it.

17 per-cent are still opposed.

...Meanwhile PERTH has entered the SECOND DAY of lockdown.

No new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the last 24 hours after just one case on Sunday triggered the shutdown.

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Former Collingwood player HERITIER LUMUMBA has labelled the club's response to a damning racism report as BIZARRE.

MAGIES President EDDIE McGUIRE yesterday described it as a proud day for the club... saying the report proved their commitment to tackling the issue.

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The UN has condemned the coup in MYANMAR.

The military seized power of the country yesterday after detaining its leader.

A 1 year STATE OF EMERGENCY has now been declared and a night time curfew is in force.

It's all got to do with the country's NOVEMBER ELECTION...the military claims it was FRAUDULENT.

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IN ENTERTAINMENT

- PRINCE HARRY has won a defamation case against the Daily Mail in the UK...which had claimed HARRY turned his back on his former colleagues in the Royal Marines.

- The man who played SCREECH in the original SAVED BY THE BELL - Dustin Diamond - has died of cancer at the age of 44.

- RITA ORA has arrived in SYDNEY, going into HOTEL QUARATINE.

She's in AUSTRALIA to film THE VOICE.

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