COVID-19
NSW records spike in Covid cases
New daily infections have spiked from 260 cases on Tuesday and 208 cases on Monday – which was a drop ...
Inside Sydney’s Omicron boat party
Two of five people who tested positive to Covid after attending the “Sydney’s ultimate RnB and Commercial Boat Party” on ...
Naturopath banned over Covid claims
The Health and Community Services Complaints Commissioner (HCSCC) Grant Davies issued a prohibition order against Wayne Liebelt after investigating the ...
Border closures too late, say experts
Infectious diseases expert Professor Peter Collignon said the government was “shutting the gate after the horse had already bolted”.He mirrored ...
Sydney ranked among world’s worst party cities
The Benchmarking Sydney’s Performance 2021 report was collated by the Committee of Sydney and chief executive Gabriel Metcalf, who said ...
Victoria’s travel permit system ‘inhumane’: Obudsman
In a report tabled in parliament on Tuesday, Ombudsman Deborah Glass slammed the program as “inhumane” and a “bureaucratic nightmare” ...
How Qld will enforce vaccine rules
A green tick displayed on businesses from next week will mean unvaccinated people are unable to enter.Travellers will be allowed ...
Queensland Premier’s big border vow
The Queensland Premier announced on Monday that border restrictions would ease four days early, with fully vaccinated NSW tourists to ...
Map: Suburbs still ravaged by Covid as Omicron arrives
With the Omicron variant now confirmed in NSW, health bosses will be keeping a close eye on the spread.New postcode ...
NSW records 260 Covid cases
There are 155 people in hospital with the virus, including 28 people in intensive care.Of the over 16 population, 92.8 ...
NSW records 10 new Omicron cases
The new local cases of the Covid variant are connected to a cluster at a Villawood gym, in Sydney’s southwest, ...
Aussies caught in shocking ‘debt trap’
Where once upon a time instalment payments were associated with a clothes and accessories splurge, new research shows more and ...
Medical regulator urges families to get kids vaccinated
Children aged five to 11 are set to be eligible to receive the Pizer jab as early as January, following ...
Real reason kids should get vaxxed
The Therapeutic Goods Administration announced on Sunday that it had provisionally approved the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for Australian children aged ...
Spike in Omicron cases linked to Sydney private school
The state now has 26 confirmed cases of Omicron after officials detected a further nine linked to Regents Park Christian ...
Omicron school cluster grows as NSW records 325 new Covid cases
The three cases were students of a year 9 class at Regents Park Christian School and officials have so far ...
Suspected Omicron case in Qld
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said genomic testing had ruled out the Delta variant, with more tests underway to determine if ...
Victorian cases remain stubbornly high
With the new infections, there are currently 14,383 active cases across the state. There are 288 people hospitalised, with 44 ...
NSW cases stable despite Omicron fears
The daily figures remain relatively stable despite concerns over a new variant.There are 139 people in hospital with Covid-19 across ...
Vic has 1365 new cases, 9 deaths, NSW figures stable
On Saturday, Victoria recorded 1365 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths, with more than 91 per cent of the state ...
Huge booster shot breakthrough
Addressing the media in Canberra, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation reviewed the ...
’Too sick to talk’: Ex-premier’s Covid shock
Jay Weatherill caught the virus after attending the 40-year reunion of Henley High School at Theatre Bugs in Adelaide on ...
Schools push for key tool in Covid battle
It comes as more than 35 schools have been listed as exposure sites, with Holy Rosary Primary School in White ...
Disgusting attack on Vinnies over jab rule
The incident took place at the Vinnies in Frankston, in the city’s south, and involved human faeces being smeared across ...
Victoria records 1188 new virus cases
There are 289 infected Victorians in hospital, with 43 in intensive care and 22 on a ventilator.More than 91 per ...
SA Governor isolates, parliament shut after Weatherill gets Covid
Former South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has tested positive for Covid-19, sending parliament into a shutdown while contact tracing is ...
Revealed: Posh boys’ junior school Covid cluster
But leaders at St Kevin’s College Toorak’s Glendalough junior school campus say the outbreak is “no great surprise” as its ...
The parents refusing to vaccinate their kids
Data from the Australian National University shows a high number of parents would vaccinate their children if they were given ...
Victoria on Omicron high alert
Victoria recorded a rise to 1419 cases and ten deaths on Thursday as updated pandemic figures showed 288 infected Victorians ...
Pics show frenzied attack on cop
Jonathan Paul Sargent, 29, flung horse manure and a pot plant at a mounted police officer during a protest in ...
