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NSW police have arrested and charged 85 people with drug-related offences at Field Day music festival in Sydney.
Sniffer dogs helped police detect and seize MDMA, ketamine, psilocin (mushrooms), LSD, cocaine and cannabis.
More than 80 people were arrested for drug possession and two for supply.
Almost 12,000 people attended the annual New Year's Day festival at The Domain in the city's centre to watch electronic duo Peking Duk, DJ Anna Lunoe and Brisbane singer Mallrat among others.
One of the drug supply charges was of a 22-year-old man allegedly found with 50 capsules of MDMA.
Police allege the man "struggled with police" during the search causing a senior constable minor injuries.
The man was then arrested and charged with supplying a prohibited drug, assaulting police and resisting arrest.
He was refused bail to face Parramatta Local Court today.
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Tropical Cyclone Seth is expected to trigger dangerous surf and abnormally high tides as it begins to head south off the Queensland coast.
The category one system was about 630 km east northeast of Hervey Bay and 720 km northeast of Brisbane, the Bureau of Meteorology said early Sunday morning.
It was moving south southeast at 29 kilometres per hour.
Although maintaining its intensity, Seth is forecast to slow and shift southwest on Sunday afternoon.
While unlikely to directly impact the coastline over the following 48 hours, the BoM said the cyclone would cause dangerous surf and abnormally high tides about the southeast Queensland and northeast NSW coastlines from Sunday.
Severe weather warnings are current for both regions.
The bureau says Seth should weaken as it transitions into a sub-tropical system on Monday.
"Movement beyond this time becomes uncertain," it said.
"However there is a general indication that it will drift westward closer to or over the Australian coast during next week."
Seth was downgraded from category two to a category one on Saturday.
Meteorologist Helen Reid said "Indications were that it would only be a tropical cyclone for another day or two and that if it crossed the coast it would not be as a tropical cyclone."
A strong wind warning was issued from Mackay to Sunshine Coast on Saturday, with gales expected to impact the southeast by Sunday after gusts of more than 100km/h off the coast on Friday night.
BOM also issued a severe weather warning from Wide Bay to the southeast coast with high tides expected to reach an "astronomical peak" over the next few days, easing on Wednesday.
Areas that may be affected include Gold Coast, Maroochydore, Coolangatta, Moreton Island, Noosa Heads, Caloundra, North Stradbroke Island, Rainbow Beach and Redcliffe.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said "Authorities were doing some modelling on Saturday to see what impact the expected high tide would have on low lying areas."
The area was expected to be hit on Sunday with waves of up to four metres.
Wild conditions forced Surf Life Saving Queensland to close 14 beaches on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday afternoon.
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The Omicron variant is disrupting daily life for most Australians during the summer school holidays as people in Queensland wake up to new mask requirements.
Masks must be worn indoors across Queensland from Sunday after the state recorded another 2266 COVID-19 cases on the first day of the year.
Masks were previously only required indoors at supermarkets, shops, on public transport and ride share as well as airports and planes, cinemas and theatres in Queensland.
From Sunday they will also be required at workplaces unless unsafe to do so, pubs, clubs and cafes unless when seated, indoor stadiums and sport arenas, libraries, hair dressers and nail salons and medical centre waiting areas.
Queenslanders were also urged to return to work-from-home arrangements where possible.
Australia's two most populous states - NSW and Victoria - kicked off 2022 with record numbers of new COVID-19 cases on Saturday.
NSW recorded another 22,577 COVID cases and four deaths as the state's huge outbreak continues to surge.
The rising case numbers come as Premier Dominic Perrottet continues to focus on hospitalisation and intensive care numbers rather than the daily case total.
There are currently 901 people hospitalised with the virus in NSW, with 79 people in intensive care.
Victoria recorded another 7442 COVID-19 infections - a jump of more than 1500 cases from Friday's 5919 infections.
Meanwhile, Western Australia has moved both Tasmania, which jumped from 520 active COVID-19 cases to 938 on New Year's Day, and the ACT, which increased by 448 cases to a total of 1479, from medium risk to high risk.
This means that, from Monday, anyone entering the state from the ACT or Tasmania must be fully vaccinated, take a PCR test within 24 hours of arrival and take another test on day 12 of their 14-day self-isolation.
They must also use the G2G Now app while in quarantine.
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Australia is hopeful Travis Head will be the only enforced omission for the SCG Test after the rest of the squad tested negative for COVID-19.
Head is isolating in Melbourne after contracting the virus, meaning he will miss the fourth Ashes Test that begins on Wednesday.
There were concerns that teammates and support staff would become part of an outbreak, prompting selectors to add cover players Mitch Marsh, Nic Maddinson and Josh Inglis to an enlarged squad.
Every person in Australia's touring party, including family members, was tested on Friday.
Cricket Australia (CA) has revealed those results, confirming there are no new COVID-19 cases among players and support staff.
The test result of one family member is yet to be received.
Australia and England's squads will continue to be tested daily, with the prospect of further cases still possible in coming days, but the hosts aren't planning on summoning additional players.
CA was notably concerned about opener Marcus Harris, who dined with Head this week as Australia celebrated taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-Test series against England.
Harris did not board Friday's delayed charter flight, remaining in Melbourne as a precautionary measure after Head's result triggered a yes-no-wait-maybe process.
CA is still mulling the best way for Harris, Marsh, Maddinson and Inglis to travel from Melbourne to Sydney for the fourth Test.
Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon drove from Victoria to NSW and it's possible the quartet may also hit the road.
CA's health experts have shielded Australian and English players from commercial airlines in an effort to reduce the risk of any of them catching the coronavirus.
Players and support staff are barred from dining indoors but free to leave their hotels provided they practise social distancing.
Some three support staff and four family members in England's travelling group contracted COVID-19 in Melbourne, while under-pressure coach Chris Silverwood did not make the trip north because he is isolating as a close contact.
Match referee David Boon has tested positive, meaning NSW-based Steve Bernard will be in charge of the SCG Test.
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