COVID-19

Health authorities stress coronavirus vaccines will be safe in Australia following reports of elderly deaths in Norway

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Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack has sought to allay concerns over the Pfizer vaccine following 29 deaths in elderly people ...

Greg Hunt says there are ‘no remaining coronavirus hotspots’ in Australia as border restrictions ease

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After recording zero local coronavirus cases for the tenth consecutive day, Victoria will allow residents in Brisbane to return home. ...

Mandatory mask rules to remain in New South Wales as Sydney records six new locally-acquired coronavirus cases

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New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian urged Sydneysiders to come forward and get tested. Powered by WPeMatico

Joe Biden vows to ‘manage the hell out of this operation’ as he reveals coronavirus plan for first 100 days in office

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The afternoon address came a day after he unveiled a $US1.9 trillion stimulus package for the battered economy that included ...

Victoria eases border restrictions for Qld

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After recording zero local coronavirus cases for the tenth consecutive day, Victoria will allow residents in Brisbane to return home. ...

States eye further easing of restrictions after Australia recorded no new local coronavirus cases

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As NSW notches two days of zero coronavirus cases, states and territories are slowly easing restrictions that apply to half ...

Nancy Pelosi says any member of Congress who aided Capitol rioters may be prosecuted

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says members of Congress should be prosecuted if they’re found to have aided the pro-Trump rioters ...

‘A shock to the system’: Stranded Australians voice their frustration as Emirates suspends international flights

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There are approximately 37,000 Australians still stranded overseas, with the nation’s international arrivals cap slashed by almost half. Powered by ...

Victoria relaxes Qld border rules

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Premier Daniel Andrews said the region would be downgraded from a red to an orange zone after Queensland appeared to ...

Victoria relaxes Qld border rules

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Premier Daniel Andrews said the region would be downgraded from a red to an orange zone after Queensland appeared to ...

NSW records one new COVID-19 case

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NSW Health’s Dr Chatu Yapa said the infection is believed to be connected to the Berala BWS cluster but said ...

Outrage as Aus Open players ‘put before people’

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Players arrived on charter flights before entering 14 days of quarantine.Among them was American Tennys Sandgren, who was allowed in ...

Andrews urged to put farmers ahead of foreign students

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Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud sent a stern warning to Victoria on Friday, after reports that the state government was ...

Watch: Queensland COVID-19 update

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is providing a COVID-19 update alongside state health officials after proposing putting all international arrivals in ...

Bosnia’s refugee crisis deepens as freezing winter temperatures set in

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Humanitarian aid organisations and the military are scrambling to provide relief as temperatures have dropped below -9C at night. Powered ...

Watch: US President-elect Joe Biden is speaking live

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The US President-elect Joe Biden is giving a COVID-19 update as the US surpasses 23 million infections. Powered by WPeMatico

Queensland Health denies possible virus safety breach after reports infected woman left hotel quarantine

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Experts have tentatively backed Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s proposal for outback quarantine camps but say they must be carefully planned ...

Biden unveils $1.9 trillion stimulus plan

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US President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $US1.9 trillion spending package to combat the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on ...

Nick’s about to unmask Virginia Valentine’s murderer

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WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER EPISODE 144 Nick is about to unmask Virginia Valentine’s murderer.“Virginia Valentine had just taken her ...

Foley defends Sandgren decision, despite positive test

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But he said the same courtesy would not be shown to tennis superstar Andy Murray unless he could provide a ...

‘Race against time’: Biden unveiling $2.5t COVID rescue plan

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With his fellow Democrats narrowly controlling both houses of congress, Biden has a shot at passing what would be the ...

Mutant strain confusion; NSW issues restriction-easing ultimatum

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Days after it was revealed six cases of the UK variant were linked at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, the state’s ...

One out of three pubs failed this test

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Hospitality venues and hairdressers were told they had to start using the Service NSW QR code system to record customer ...

‘There must be no violence’: Donald Trump releases video statement on Capitol riots after historic second impeachment

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The House voted in favour of a single article of impeachment formally charging the US leader with inciting insurrection, one ...

Lisa Montgomery has become the first woman on US federal death row to be executed since 1953

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The execution of convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery is the first time the US government has implemented the death sentence for ...

WATCH: The QLD Premier is live

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is providing a COVID-19 update alongside state health officials after a Brisbane quarantine hotel was evacuated ...

Brisbane hotel shut over UK variant link as states issue urgent quarantine advice

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An outbreak of the highly contagious UK variant of COVID-19 in a Queensland quarantine hotel has grown to six cases, ...

Coronavirus deaths reach new record in the US, with three Americans dying every minute

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US authorities announced that all incoming airline passengers will soon need a negative COVID-19 test before entering, as the country ...

Victoria records week without local COVID

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Victoria has reached one week without recording a local or interstate acquired case of coronavirus, though there are three new ...

Fourteen COVID-19 cases in NSW still unlinked, one month after Avalon outbreak discovered

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Fourteen coronavirus cases detected in NSW in the past month are still yet to be linked to a cluster as ...