COVID-19

NSW has 825 new cases; Regional Vic lockdown confirmed

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It comes as Victoria has recorded 61 new locally acquired cases of Covid-19 on Saturday.Of the local cases, just 22 ...

Heartbreak as regional sport axed at final hour

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Clubs across the state received news of the cancellation from their local leagues late on Friday, with many understanding the ...

Qld vaccine advice changes again

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Supply of the vaccine was ramped up to issuing the second dose eight weeks after the first when the Delta ...

State with no cases prepares for lockdown

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Peter Gutwein said he was not declaring a lockdown at Friday’s morning announcement, instead providing Tasmanians with a plan if ...

CEO’s warning: ‘Australia is falling behind’

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In an open letter published today, News Corp Australasia’s executive chairman Michael Miller called on all businesses and corporate leaders ...

Regional Victorian town on alert

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Goulburn Valley Health chief executive Matt Sharp said the positive case at Shepparton in central Victoria was reported on Friday ...

Positive Covid case confirmed in Shepparton

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Goulburn Valley Health chief executive Matt Sharp confirmed the new case had been recorded 190km north of Melbourne. The case, ...

Hotspot tradies busted 120km from home

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NSW Police said eight people from local government areas of concern were found at a construction site in Kiama, south ...

NZ lockdown sparks Aussie border changes

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Victoria announced late last night that New Zealand is now a “red zone”, making nonresident travellers banned from the state. ...

Wild requests from locked down city

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Among dozens of questionable requests on the site seen by NCA NewsWire, was a user asking for someone to transport ...

Sex worker could be ‘missing link’ to St Kilda mystery cases

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A homeless, Covid-positive sex worker could provide the missing link between a growing cluster of mystery cases in the St ...

Qantas mandates vaccine for staff

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Frontline employees – which include cabin crew, pilots and airport workers – will need to be fully vaccinated by November ...

Big changes for this year’s VCE students

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VCE results have also been pushed back, with students receiving their marks at 7am on December 16, not December 13 ...

NSW records 633 new local Covid-19 cases

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Concerningly, at least 62 of those were active in the community while infectious, she added.Ms Berejiklian also said “we haven’t ...

NSW records 633 Covid cases

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The Victorian Department of Health confirmed the new local cases – the same as Tuesday’s figure – revealing four new ...

State locks out parts of NT

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The new move will prevent people from the two local government areas (LGAs) in lockdown, as well as areas north ...

Number causing havoc in Melbourne grows

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Melbourne was plunged into even tougher restrictions overnight as the dreaded 9pm to 5am curfew returned and the city’s sixth ...

Tributes for 15yo who died with virus

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Osama Subuh, from Lakemba in Sydney’s west, died on Sunday. He had contracted pneumococcal meningitis as well as Covid-19. NSW ...

NSW records 452 new cases, one death

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At least 50 of those were infectious while in the community.A woman has also lost her life to the virus.VICTORIA ...

Public holiday for Qld after ‘excellent news’

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The announcement that residents of Brisbane, Moreton Bay and Scenic Rim, who lost their Ekka public holiday due to the ...

NSW meat processor shuts door over Covid

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The sheepmeat giant made the call to send workers home to protect the local community from Covid-19 and slow its ...

Telstra pays workers $200 to get Covid jab

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Telstra chief executive Andy Penn revealed the company’s new plan to the company’s 28,000 employees on Monday morning, announcing a ...

PM slams Premier’s Covid plans

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Speaking to the Today Show on Monday, Mr Morrison lamented that Mr McGowan‘s plans to pursue a zero Covid policy ...

Regional NSW venues on Covid alert

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NSW Health has updated its list of venues exposed to Covid with locations across the state including in Dubbo, Mudgee, ...

Qld records no new Covid cases

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As of Monday, only a limited number of residents who live in the former “border bubble zone” are allowed to ...

NSW has 415 cases; PM secures 1m new Pfizer jabs

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It came as 415 new cases of Covid were announced in NSW on Sunday and four more deaths were recorded ...

Displaced Victorians isolating in Albury tent city

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Dozens of travellers in caravans and tents are completing their 14-day quarantine at the Albury Showgrounds, next door to a ...

New tool to fight Sydney outbreak

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The commonwealth announced on Sunday it would roll out the new testing at the Uniting Bankstown Aged Care Facility on ...

Huge boost for nation’s vaccine rollout

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They will be rolled out through Sydney’s vaccination hubs after Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the doses would be targeted ...

One million extra Pfizer vaccines on the way

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The first shipment of vaccines is due to arrive in Australia on Sunday night — and are additional to the ...