COVID-19
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Open homes return to Melbourne market
It comes after one of the busiest auction weeks this year, with 1405 homes going under the hammer last week – including...
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Berwick school on knees as Covid cluster grows
Mr Grossek, principal of Berwick Lodge Primary School, told Leader “it’s not a pretty state at the moment” and confirmed that 70...
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Unvaxxed teen among Qld’s new cases
Investigations are now underway into whether the close contact entered Queensland illegally. The other case was a woman from Melbourne in her...
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TikTok comedian to face court over Covid rally
Kairouz, 24, is one of 50 people charged with attending an anti-lockdown rally in Sydney on July 24.The comedian, whose claim to...
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Schools hit by Covid closures climb over 200
Schools are also now being hit by outbreaks multiple times after cases earlier in the year.Trinity Grammar in Kew was the site...
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Covid scare at popular Macca’s
Anyone who went to the McDonald’s Clayton II store, at 1736-1740 Dandenong Rd, from 5am – 9am on October 18 should get...
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Denied: ‘One last chance to give dying mum a cuddle’
I don’t think of her the way she is now, lying prone in a bed a shell of her former self barely...
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New Covid vouchers for parents of kindy kids
The ‘First Lap’ program will be broadened to cover children in kindergarten this year, or kids who are starting school in 2022.Previously...
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Positive case at Rowville shopping centre
Red Rich Fruits, at 713 Maroondah Highway Coldstream, has been identified as a Tier 1 site, after a Covid case attended the...
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Docs allegedly issuing fake vax certificates probed
The Health Department confirmed it was aware of allegations against Ashley Street Medical Centre in Maidstone with the matter referred to the...
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Dodgy vax certificates scam targets frantic anti-vaxxers
Free of charge, people opposed to the vaccine mandate were ironically required to enter their personal health information on the unsecured site,...
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NSW records 296 cases, four deaths, as crowds return
There were 480 people in hospital with the coronavirus disease, 119 of whom were in intensive care. The new coronavirus figures come...
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When booster jabs will become available
Deputy chief health medical officer professor Michael Kidd said a Therapeutic Goods Administration committee would meet on Monday to look at the...
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Premier confirms ‘fundamental change’ coming to Covid rules
Daniel Andrews says Victoria would be fast-tracked back to more normal living conditions as the state races towards key vaccination targets.In a...
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332 new cases, 2 deaths; Covid to impact Big Boxing Day sales
The cases came from more than 64,000 tests, with the state’s hospitalisation rate also decreasing.There are now 469 Covid patients in hospital...
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Infected man still ‘serious’ after oxygen
Health authorities on Saturday morning said Duran Raman, 36, was now in a “stable but serious condition” in Gold Coast University hospital...
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NSW records 332 new Covid cases
NSW Health reported two deaths in the latest figures, which cover the 24 hours to 8pm last night.The cases came from more...
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Vic Covid cases spike as NSW drops
Seven hundred and seventy Victorians are now in hospital with Covid-19 across the state, including 144 people in the Intensive Care Unit.The...
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What it’s really like to eat out post-lockdown
Or if you were at the newly opened Hotel Collingwood for lunch, champagne or espresso martinis seemed to be the drink of...
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Qld’s desperate race to stop outbreak
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Friday said there were five new cases in hotel quarantine.The update comes as police investigate whether Broadbeach man...
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Qld races to track infected man’s movements
Duran Raman, aged in his 30s, has been named as the unvaccinated man from Broadbeach who on Thursday broke Queensland’s 15-day streak...
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Another positive case at Whitehorse Woolies
The supermarket giant advised on its website on October 19 of a staff member from its Vermont store at Brentford Square shopping...
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Dozens of cases at aged care home
In an update on Thursday, October 21 Estia Health confirmed an additional nine residents and five employees at its South Morang home...
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Doc’s shocking message to anti-vaxxers
The AMA Victoria president Roderick McRae said those who did not believe Covid-19 existed or was a serious threat should inform their...
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All the rule changes in Victoria tonight
Daniel Andrews has previously outlined the easing of restrictions for when the state hit its 70 per cent double-vaccination target. On Wednesday,...
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Victoria hits 70 per cent vaccination milestone
Scott Morrison has praised Victorians for surviving “the battle of a generation” as the state reaches the 70 per cent vaccination target...
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How mandatory jab rule will be enforced in venues
The team of officers will hit venues from Friday when fully vaccinated people will be allowed to once again enter retail and...
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The measures making return to classroom safe
Healthcare worker Wendy Dalziel is thrilled her 12-year-old daughter Annabel will return to the classroom, and said hitting the 70 per cent...
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Surprising find on school Delta spread
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute experts also said face masks for grade three students and above would help reduce the virus spread, while...