COVID-19

SA records 1266 new cases, three deaths

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On Monday there were 1505 new infections and six deaths.Hospitalisations have again decreased to 273 from 281, with 22 people ...

Sutton to face grilling on pandemic powers

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The new cross-party parliamentary committee was established as part of the state’s new pandemic specific legislation and is tasked with ...

Back-to-school Covid rules: All your questions answered

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All primary and secondary students and staff and early childhood education and care staff will be asked to test twice ...

Teachers’ booster jab deadline revealed

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The announcement comes as tens of thousands of students across the state prepare to return to school after a summer ...

Aussies in $451m Covid cash grab: Are you eligible?

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New federal government data shows 2.38 million people in Australia have been paid $13.31 billion in assistance through three programs ...

NSW, Vic record 23K new Covid cases, 35 deaths

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In the latest reporting period, 7362 infections were recorded from PCR tests and 5664 were from rapid antigen tests.There were ...

‘Matter of time’ until third dose mandated

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has warned it’s “only a matter of time” before people will need three doses of a ...

Tall timber costs could send tradies to the wall

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Builders are reporting paying more than twice as much for untreated pine in some Victorian regions this month, than they ...

‘New approach’ flagged for Covid restrictions

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Opposition leader Matthew Guy will on Sunday call for the state government to adopt the plan which would also include ...

24k Covid-19 cases in NSW, Vic as death toll soars

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The state recorded 52 Covid-related deaths in the latest reporting period, after 49 people died with the virus on Saturday.There ...

‘Matter of time’: Dan’s bold claim on third jab

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It comes as the state reported 10,589 new infections and 20 deaths on Sunday.Currently only 31 per cent of Victorians ...

Qld records 10,391 Covid cases

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It is a drop on the day before when 12,775 infections were reported.The number of people with Covid in hospital ...

Victoria records massive drop in cases

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There are currently 953 patients in Victorian hospitals being treated with the virus. Of those in hospital, 114 people are ...

Victoria records 12,250 new cases and 31 Covid deaths

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Victoria recorded 12,250 new cases and 31 Covid deaths in the past 24 hours.There are now 953 infected people in ...

NSW’s deadliest day, 25K new Covid cases in Vic and NSW

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It is the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day of the pandemic across Australia. NSW Health confirmed ...

NSW records new deadliest day of pandemic

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It is the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day of the pandemic in a single state across ...

Lambie unleashes over cricket trip

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Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck has come under fire for attending The Ashes test match on the same day he ...

‘Nazi’: Shock moment Ardern’s van chased by anti-vaxxers

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Footage of the incident posted online shows the group using their own vehicles to attempt to block Ms Ardern in ...

Final vaccine blitz for children before term one

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State-run vaccine hubs will throw open their doors for walk-up jabs for children. Since the child vaccination rollout began on ...

Victoria records 13,755 Covid cases

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There are now 1057 infected people in Victorian hospitals, with 117 in intensive care and 40 on ventilators.Victoria’s pre-Omicron peak ...

NSW records 17,316 Covid cases

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Out of the people in hospital, 181 are treated in intensive care units. There were 17,316 new cases of the ...

‘Hanging on by fingernails’: Aussie Covid casualties

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And two Australian studies have shed a disturbing light on how alarming conditions are for doctors and other frontline health ...

‘Fearful’: Covid-19 outbreak rocks mine

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The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union said the outbreak at Albemarle’s Kemerton Lithium Hydroxide Processing Plant was first notified on Sunday, ...

‘Lowest approval rating’: NSW cops Covid blowtorch

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Only 35 per cent of NSW respondents to the YouGov survey, conducted between December 27 and January 10, said the ...

Two ways to get ‘super immunity’ against Covid-19

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However, Health experts from Oregon Health and Science University say the same is also true for people who get infected ...

Cases rise in Qld as Omicron peak nears

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There have now been 138 virus fatalities in the Sunshine state – a figure that stood at seven deaths three ...

Disapproving verdict on Victoria’s Covid response

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Thirty-six per cent of Victorian respondents to the YouGov survey, conducted between December 27 and January 10, said the state ...

Government plan for Covid recovery at home

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The Victorian government will launch a new campaign encouraging people with mild Covid symptoms to recover at home. More than ...

All the Covid rules extended in NSW

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It comes as 29 more people died from the virus and 18,512 new cases were recorded on Tuesday. Here are ...

NSW makes big call on Covid rules

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Premier Dominic Perrottet said the decision was made out of caution as the state’s third vaccine dose numbers slowly increase. ...