COVID-19

Twist in woman’s sacking over Covid vax

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Robyn Pskiet worked at food wholesaler and distributor Nocelle Foods for more than 16 years until her dismissal in January ...

Australia’s Covid response savaged

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The Australian National Audit Office found while the vaccines were delivered with minimal wastage, the rollout did not meet deadlines. ...

How Vic ‘weak link’ endangered national Covid response

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Plagued, a new book by The Australian’s Simon Benson and Geoff Chambers, has alleged that Murphy told then-Prime Minister Scott ...

Staggering spike behind Covid reinfections explained

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Chief health officer Brett Sutton said they had seen a rise during the most recent wave and there were “more ...

Why Dan is teaming up with Albo

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday announced the finalisation of an agreement which will see an mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility ...

Healthcare workers flock to one state

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Doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals have been recruited over the past year from overseas to help ease pressure ...

Baby joy for Angel of Mercy after Covid horrors

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Having heartbreakingly held the hands of Covid patients so they didn’t die alone during the worst of 2020s pandemic waves, the ...

Hospital anti-vax protest ‘beneath contempt’

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Dr Stephen Parnis, an emergency physician and past Australian Medical Association vice president, said the protesters “made it difficult and ...

’Too soon’: Tough choice for parents

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Cost of living pressures, unaffordable childcare fees and a lack of emotional and social intelligence from our little ones is ...

Why Melbourne is behind other capital cities

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Damning new figures from the Property Council of Australia — obtained exclusively by the Herald Sun — shows the city’s ...

Experts claim worst of pandemic is over

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It comes as the number of Covid cases dropped across Victoria in the last week. The state recorded more than ...

Sassy response to anti-vaxxer’s question

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Queensland senator Gerard Rennick wasted no time in the new parliament, submitting a question on notice to the minister about ...

Victoria’s new mask move amid winter wave

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Free N95 and KN95 masks will be handed out at various locations across the state over the next four to ...

One state reaches Covid surge breakthrough

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on Monday the state hit its peak on July 25 – much sooner than national modelling ...

‘Common sense’: State’s new mask move

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Free N95 and KN95 masks will be handed out at various locations across the state over the next four to ...

How Covid-affected AOs generated millions

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An economic impact study to be released on Monday reveals the past two AOs created the equivalent of more than ...

‘Flat-lined’: Concerns over Aussie Covid booster rollout

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Around five million people received a second dose more than six months ago but have not come back for a ...

True destruction of food wastage revealed

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Food waste continues to be a major modern issue, with almost 931 million tonnes of the stuff piling up each ...

Huge clue Covid may have peaked

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A downturn in Australia’s seven-day rolling average suggests the country could be nearing peak Covid infections sooner than expected. “We ...

When Aussie babies can get their Covid vax

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Federal health minister Mark Butler on Wednesday revealed the government had accepted advice from Australia’s peak vaccine advisory body to ...

Nurse reveals next crisis facing healthcare system

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The Nursing and Midwifery Health Program Victoria is an independent service for workers to discuss mental health, substance abuse, family ...

Huge clue Covid may have peaked

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A downturn in Australia’s seven-day rolling average suggests the country could be nearing peak Covid infections sooner than expected. “We ...

Big vaccine change for Aussie babies

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The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation on Wednesday signed off on the vaccine for the approximately 70,000 young children ...

Has Australia’s winter Covid wave turned a corner?

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And future waves are unlikely to be as severe in Australia, although the virus will never likely go away.The latest ...

Australia’s alarming Covid-19 milestone

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In the last seven days, Australia has recorded an additional 275,335 Covid-19 cases and 620 deaths, according to Covid Live.However, ...

Experts’ big prediction on Victoria’s winter Covid wave

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The latest data shows Victoria’s seven-day average of hospitalised Covid patients has dropped marginally from 831 last week, to 811 ...

St Basil’s managers forced to give evidence

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St Basil’s chairman Kon Kontis and facility manager Vicky Kos will now be forced to give evidence to a coronial ...

Aussies not getting fourth Covid jab

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Almost four million Australians aged 16 and over (3,935,669) have had four doses of the Covid vaccine, according to data ...

Aussies not getting fourth Covid jab

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Almost four million Australians aged 16 and over (3,935,669) have had four doses of the Covid vaccine, according to data ...

St Basil’s managers forced to give evidence

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St Basil’s chairman Kon Kontis and facility manager Vicky Kos will now be forced to give evidence to a coronial ...