Australia's COVID-19 vaccination program has been given a major boost, with children as young as five set to receive a Pfizer jab in time for the new school year; the death toll from a volcanic eruption on Indonesia's Java Island rises; a pilot and his passenger have had a lucky escape, after their light plane crashed south of Perth. Presented by Jodie Speers. More news across the day on 7NEWS.com.au and 7Plus. 

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After almost 30 years, there's been a major development in the baffling disappearance of Sydney model Revelle Balmain, with five people arrested on unrelated charges just days after a new investigation into the mystery was launched; New South Wales now has eight cases of the Omicron variant - including a young child; and the clean up effort has begun in Queensland, after megalitres of rain hit parts of the state, but residents are being warned not to let their guard down with another round of flooding expected tonight. Presented by Jodie Speers. More news across the day on 7NEWS.com.au and 7Plus. 

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A Queensland man has died after his car was swept off the road into floodwaters near Toowoomba, with three states still on alert as heavy rain and storms lash some areas; New South Wales has recorded another case of the Omicron variant, bringing the state's total to six; and South Australia's parliament will be adjourned this morning after the state's former Premier Jay Weatherill tested positive to COVID. Presented by Jodie Speers. More news across the day on 7NEWS.com.au and 7Plus. 

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A woman in her 30s has tested positive to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 after arriving in Sydney from southern Africa, becoming the fifth case in New South Wales; the Queensland town of Inglewood was evacuated overnight as historic levels of flooding threatened properties and lives; and Jeffrey Epstein's former pilot has given crucial evidence on day two of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial in New York. Presented by Jodie Speers. More news across the day on 7NEWS.com.au and 7Plus. 

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Australia's international borders will stay shut for two weeks longer than planned in response to concerns over the new Omicron COVID variant; Pioneering actor David Gulpilil has passed away aged 68, after a four-year battle with lung cancer; the Queen's reign is about to come to an end on the Caribbean island of Barbados, as it becomes the world's newest republic. Presented by Jodie Speers. More news across the day on 7NEWS.com.au and 7Plus. 

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