COVID-19
New Omicron case arrives in Qld
Chief health officer Dr John Gerrard said the omicron case was detected in a man who had arrived from Kenya. ...
New problem facing kids at Christmas
SA Health announced on Monday night the Willunga Primary School became an exposure location after infected people attended the school ...
Hazzard’s lockdown vow after 804 NSW cases
The state recorded 804 new Covid cases overnight and one death, a jump of 268 extra daily infections than Monday’s ...
How to get your free travel voucher
About 250,000 vouchers will be offered from December 16 through Public Transport Victoria’s website.The vouchers will be in addition to ...
How to get your free travel voucher
About 250,000 vouchers will be offered from December 16 through Public Transport Victoria’s website.The vouchers will be in addition to ...
Nine new Omicron cases; Club cluster explodes
NSW Health confirmed on Monday that 84 people linked to the Argyle House nightclub have now tested positive – a ...
Covid outbreak at Mill Park school
Eleven cases have been linked to the school, the sixth school in the municipality to battle a Covid cluster in ...
Covid cluster at Yarra Ranges primary school
It’s one of a number of schools across the state battling outbreaks according to the latest information from the state ...
Huge border change imminent
The emergence of the omicron variant caused the government to put a two week pause on the reopening plan, which ...
’Monumental’: Huge Qld cheap flight sale
In tandem with border restrictions being wound back on Monday, Virgin has announced more than one million seats have been ...
Call for flu jabs, to prevent ‘twindemic’
As a result of reduced circulation of the flu in the community during the pandemic, Australians have become more vulnerable ...
‘Freedom’ rally to fill Melbourne streets
Protesters have met for several weeks to rally against the state’s vaccine mandates, Covid restrictions and Victoria’s pandemic legislation.This week, ...
What you need to know about Qld border
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk revealed this week that travellers no longer had to wait two weeks to be considered fully vaccinated, ...
Protesters to cause weekend CBD chaos again
Demonstrators are expected to gather at Parliament House at midday, before then marching to Carlton Gardens.Protesters were originally scheduled to ...
Major change to booster shot plan
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation on Sunday approved Moderna to join Pfizer as the preferred vaccine for booster ...
Victoria records 1193 cases, 13 deaths
It now brings the total number of active infections in the state to 11,457. There are currently 323 people hospitalised ...
One new local Covid case in Qld
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath urged residents to still consider the Delta variant as serious.“Just because it’s not Omicron, doesn’t mean ...
UK braces for ‘tsunami of infections’
UK scientists have now warned two doses of a Covid vaccine are not enough to ward off the Omicron variant, ...
New Covid test making travel easier
The new Omicron strain has seen some countries — like the United States — introduce tighter entry requirements, such as ...
NSW records 560 new Covid cases
According to the recent figures, there are now 150 people in hospital, including 25 in ICU.A total of 82,517 tests ...
Fears Omicron has spread to new state
Premier Steven Marshall on Friday morning said genome testing was underway for new overnight cases of Covid-19.“We are very concerned ...
Revealed: NSW’s most Covid exposed communities
Having set the target of either December 15 or 95 per cent double dose for the trigger to end a ...
‘Game changer’: PM’s Omicron prediction
Scott Morrison said it could potentially be a “game changer” across the globe as the world tries to recover from ...
Big jump in NSW Covid cases
It comes after 420 cases were recorded on Thursday, 403 on Wednesday and 260 on Tuesday.The state has now reached ...
Victoria records 1206 virus cases, 2 deaths
There are now 313 infected Victorians in hospital, with 61 in active intensive care and 25 on a ventilator.A total ...
Anti-vaxxers slammed over false domestic violence claims
Gabrielle Williams publicly lashed a “deplorable” misinformation campaign claiming unvaccinated people are being denied family violence support. The campaign is ...
Alarming cancer stats from Victoria’s long lockdown
Figures released by the Cancer Council’s Victorian Cancer Registry (VCR) found 2420 fewer Victorians were diagnosed with the most common ...
Qld finally hits major vaccine milestone
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday congratulated Queensland and the NT for hitting the milestone set out in the national ...
Senior students sent packing after Covid scare
A Year 11 student at Menai High School in the Sutherland Shire tested positive for Covid-19 last week, with all ...
Victoria records 1232 cases
The new figures came from more than 70,000 tests.Victoria’s health department also confirmed 315 people were in hospital, with 52 ...