COVID-19
Big news for Covid booster shots
The booster shot is expected to be delivered to Australians aged over 18 at least six months after the “completion ...
Sydney woman’s sad goodbye to ‘warrior’ mum over Zoom
Daily Telegraph journalist Mercedes Maguire described her mum Teresa Florez as a “true warrior” and the “very best of mums”.Ms ...
Morrison: Victoria should scrap vaccine passports
It comes after former deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth joined health experts in calling for the Victorian government to ...
Virus closes Peninsula cocktail bar
The Dromana venue shut on Tuesday after being told of the case by the Department of Health.A statement from the ...
Fiji travel changes as Aussies only want vaxxed to fly
A survey of 1500 Australians commissioned by Medibank Travel found the majority of respondents said they miss travel (71 per ...
Open homes return to Melbourne market
It comes after one of the busiest auction weeks this year, with 1405 homes going under the hammer last week ...
Berwick school on knees as Covid cluster grows
Mr Grossek, principal of Berwick Lodge Primary School, told Leader “it’s not a pretty state at the moment” and confirmed ...
Unvaxxed teen among Qld’s new cases
Investigations are now underway into whether the close contact entered Queensland illegally. The other case was a woman from Melbourne ...
TikTok comedian to face court over Covid rally
Kairouz, 24, is one of 50 people charged with attending an anti-lockdown rally in Sydney on July 24.The comedian, whose ...
Schools hit by Covid closures climb over 200
Schools are also now being hit by outbreaks multiple times after cases earlier in the year.Trinity Grammar in Kew was ...
Covid scare at popular Macca’s
Anyone who went to the McDonald’s Clayton II store, at 1736-1740 Dandenong Rd, from 5am – 9am on October 18 ...
Denied: ‘One last chance to give dying mum a cuddle’
I don’t think of her the way she is now, lying prone in a bed a shell of her former ...
New Covid vouchers for parents of kindy kids
The ‘First Lap’ program will be broadened to cover children in kindergarten this year, or kids who are starting school ...
Positive case at Rowville shopping centre
Red Rich Fruits, at 713 Maroondah Highway Coldstream, has been identified as a Tier 1 site, after a Covid case ...
Docs allegedly issuing fake vax certificates probed
The Health Department confirmed it was aware of allegations against Ashley Street Medical Centre in Maidstone with the matter referred ...
Dodgy vax certificates scam targets frantic anti-vaxxers
Free of charge, people opposed to the vaccine mandate were ironically required to enter their personal health information on the ...
NSW records 296 cases, four deaths, as crowds return
There were 480 people in hospital with the coronavirus disease, 119 of whom were in intensive care. The new coronavirus ...
When booster jabs will become available
Deputy chief health medical officer professor Michael Kidd said a Therapeutic Goods Administration committee would meet on Monday to look ...
Premier confirms ‘fundamental change’ coming to Covid rules
Daniel Andrews says Victoria would be fast-tracked back to more normal living conditions as the state races towards key vaccination ...
332 new cases, 2 deaths; Covid to impact Big Boxing Day sales
The cases came from more than 64,000 tests, with the state’s hospitalisation rate also decreasing.There are now 469 Covid patients ...
Infected man still ‘serious’ after oxygen
Health authorities on Saturday morning said Duran Raman, 36, was now in a “stable but serious condition” in Gold Coast ...
NSW records 332 new Covid cases
NSW Health reported two deaths in the latest figures, which cover the 24 hours to 8pm last night.The cases came ...
Vic Covid cases spike as NSW drops
Seven hundred and seventy Victorians are now in hospital with Covid-19 across the state, including 144 people in the Intensive ...
What it’s really like to eat out post-lockdown
Or if you were at the newly opened Hotel Collingwood for lunch, champagne or espresso martinis seemed to be the ...
Qld’s desperate race to stop outbreak
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Friday said there were five new cases in hotel quarantine.The update comes as police investigate whether ...
Qld races to track infected man’s movements
Duran Raman, aged in his 30s, has been named as the unvaccinated man from Broadbeach who on Thursday broke Queensland’s ...
Another positive case at Whitehorse Woolies
The supermarket giant advised on its website on October 19 of a staff member from its Vermont store at Brentford ...
Dozens of cases at aged care home
In an update on Thursday, October 21 Estia Health confirmed an additional nine residents and five employees at its South ...
Doc’s shocking message to anti-vaxxers
The AMA Victoria president Roderick McRae said those who did not believe Covid-19 existed or was a serious threat should ...
All the rule changes in Victoria tonight
Daniel Andrews has previously outlined the easing of restrictions for when the state hit its 70 per cent double-vaccination target. ...
