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The South Australian government will help cover the clean-up costs for fruit and vegetable growers hit by last week's devastating hailstorm.

The storm swept through parts of Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills last Thursday, damaging buildings, cars and causing significant crop losses.

It also caused widespread damage in the Barossa Valley and further north in the state's Riverland, with a total damage bill likely around $100 million.

Primary Industries Minister David Basham has been visiting affected areas in recent days and says the government will provide an initial $50,000 to help cover clean-up costs.

It will help pay for the removal of shattered glass, plastic and other waste from farms on the Adelaide plains, home to many horticultural producers.

Mr Basham said the government was also working with industry bodies to assess the further needs of those impacted by the storm, including grain growers.

"This storm packed a punch and it has been eye-opening to see the damaged it has caused to crops, produce and infrastructure," he said.

"The impact is incredibly varied, from 80 per cent crop loss in some areas to patchy damage."

Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas also visited affected farmers north of Adelaide on Thursday and called for wider financial help.

He said some farmers were facing bills and losses of up to $500,000.

"These devastating storms have caused significant damage across some of our state's most important growing regions," Mr Malinauskas said.

"It is vital the leaders in our community assess the crops firsthand and hear directly from local growers to gain a genuine understanding of the extent of the damage."

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COVID-19 cases in NSW are on the rise as the state is on the cusp of having 90 per cent of its adults fully vaccinated.

This means the state is on track to reach the government's 'world leading' ambition of having 95 per cent of citizens fully vaccinated.

After a week of daily case numbers below 300, the tally jumped by 118 to 308 in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday.

However, NSW's high vaccination rates appear to be protecting it from cases spiralling in hospitals, with 302 COVID-19 patients in hospital and 64 of them in intensive care - down four on the previous day.

The latest vaccination rates released by the federal government show 89.05 per cent of people over 16 are fully vaccinated and 93.78 per cent have had one jab.

In the 12-15-year-old age group, 79.6 per cent have had their first dose, and 65.1 per cent are fully vaccinated, NSW Health says.

Meanwhile, more than 20 million COVID tests have been processed since the beginning of the pandemic.

That's almost 2.5 tests for everyone in the state as health authorities have constantly urged people to get tested at the slightest sign of symptoms.

There were four COVID deaths on Wednesday, including a 38-year-old unvaccinated woman from western Sydney with underlying health conditions, who died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Australian Council of Social Service CEO Cassandra Goldie said hundreds of thousands of people in Sydney have had their COVID disaster payments cut off, leaving many to survive on $45-a-day JobSeeker payments.

The federal government is stopping disaster payments two weeks after states reach 80 per cent vaccination rate.

Premier Dominic Perrottet this week warned the state to expect infections and hospitalisations to increase, saying low numbers won't be sustainable as the state opens up, with extensive new freedoms to kick in next week.

The Hunter New England Local Health District has become the state's worst hotspot, recording about a third of the state's tally, with 103 new cases taking the total number in the latest outbreak there to 3282.

That's a jump of 68 from the previous day and there are now 904 active cases, with 33 in the Moree Plains LGA, 16 in the Mid Coast LGA, 11 in Port Stephens and nine in Tamworth.

Mr Perrottet has declined to reveal what the latest case modelling predicted, maintaining the state's post-lockdown opening up would go ahead, on the back of "world-leading" vaccination rates.

NSW Health's sewage surveillance program detected fragments of the virus in samples collected from Holbrook, Merimbula, West Wyalong, Manilla and Uralla, where there are no known cases.

There have been 530 COVID-19 related deaths in NSW since the latest outbreak began in mid-June.

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Four-year-old Cleo Smith has been found alive and well, more than two weeks after she went missing at a campsite on Western Australia's northwest coast.

She was rescued from a locked house in Carnarvon, some 75 kilometres south of where she went missing, about 1am on Wednesday by WA Police.

"One of the officers picked her up into his arms and asked her 'what's your name?'" Deputy Commissioner Col Blanch said.

"She said - 'My name is Cleo.'"

The girl is well and has been reunited with her mother Ellie Smith.

A man from Carnarvon is in custody and being questioned by police.

"This is the outcome we all hoped and prayed for. It's the outcome we've achieved because of some incredible police work," Mr Blanch said, thanking Cleo's parents, the WA community, volunteers and his police officer colleagues.

"We'll have more to say on the rescue of Cleo as the day unfolds.

"For now - welcome home Cleo."

The little girl vanished from her family's tent at the Blowholes campsite, about 950km north of Perth, on October 16.

Investigators on Tuesday said they had spoken to more than 110 people who were at the campsite when she went missing but were yet to track down a driver of a car seen leaving in the middle of the night.

They believed she had been taken by an "opportunistic" offender.

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