Scott Morrison to meet with the national security cabinet over the Taliban's takeover of almost all of Afghanistan; New South Wales records 478 locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and 8 COVID related deaths and Roger Federer out of tennis for months with a knee injury.

The Taliban take over the presidential palace in Kabul; New South Wales Police to enforce tough new COVID-19 regulations; And in sport, another injury setback for one of the all-time great tennis players.

COVID-19 threatening Indigenous communities in western New South Wales, Long testing queues on day-one of ACT's lockdown, A review finds a stand-alone Tasmanian AFL team would be difficult to sustain.

New South Wales records 390 new coronavirus cases and two more deaths, Fifteen new local COVID-19 infections recorded in Victoria, Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to the quarter-finals of the Canadian Open.

COVID-19 cases remain high in New South Wales, as Canberra prepares of lockdown, The High Court refuses to hear an appeal on behalf of a four-year-old girl whose Tamil family are fighting to avoid deportation, History will be made next year when all 18 AFL clubs field a women's team at the highest competitive level.

New South wales records 345 new cases of community transmission and two deaths, The Taliban gains further ground in Afghanistan, Plans are being made for Football Australia to launch bids for the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cups.

More areas of regional New South Wales under lockdown; A new US move to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Britain; Outrage as some returning Olympians face up to 28 days quarantine in Australia.

344 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in New South Wales and another two deaths, Melbourne's lockdown extended for another week, In sport, tennis star Serena Williams still recovering from an injury sustained at Wimbledon...

The Dubbo local government area in regional New South Wales to go into lockdown, The Taliban captures more territory in Afghanistan, Argentine football star Lionel Messi leaves Barcelona and joins French team Paris Saint-Germain.

In this bulletin, New South Wales health officials face a parliamentary inquiry into their handling of the coronavirus outbreak; the Taliban captures more territory in Afghanistan; and in AFL, the Grand final parade is scrapped again this year because of coronavirus concerns in Victoria.