COVID-19
Byron Bay braces for lockdown
Mayor Michael Lyon said he expected a lockdown to be announced at a press conference due to be held by ...
Testing wait times blow out in Central Victoria
More than 1200 people were tested on Monday after five new Central Victorian cases and 15 exposure sites were confirmed. ...
How Byron anti-vaxxers are forcing jabs into bins
Now the alternative paradise is struggling to balance its love for both personal freedoms and the collective good in the ...
‘Highly volatile’: Shocking protest video
The footage shows a wall of officers moving protesters back along a road from the CBD.The woman, who is wearing ...
Fears after Covid case at airport for ‘hours’
Chief health officer Jeannette Young said a person who transitioned through Brisbane Domestic Airport on the evening of Friday September ...
Woolies makes big vaccination move
The supermarket chain will use two closed Big W department stores in Wetherill Park and Canterbury-Bankstown for the vaccination drive. ...
Sign Victoria overwhelmed by Covid
The state recorded 567 new locally acquired Covid-19 cases on Monday – the highest of the outbreak so far – ...
Vaccination rate of 80 per cent not ‘freedom day’, AMA warns
The Australian Medical Association has cautiously backed the government’s national plan to reopen that nation but warned politicians against selling ...
Bold new Covid-19 test in development
Victoria’s Innovation and Medical Research Minister Jaala Pulford claims the rapid Covid-19 NAB-Test could also “predict a person’s immunity to ...
Fake vaccine passports selling for thousands online
The Sunday Herald Sun can reveal the Australian Federal Police are investigating black market vaccine passports being sold on the ...
Victoria records 507 new local cases
It’s the eighth straight day Victoria has recorded more than 400 new cases and fourth in a row above 500 ...
Vax targets not ‘freedom day’, doctors say
The Australian Medical Association has cautiously backed the government’s national plan to reopen that nation but warned politicians against selling ...
Victoria has 535 new cases, one death
The tally brings the state’s number of active cases to 4,974.Of the new infections, contact tracers have been able to ...
Ring of steel to deter protesters
Despite the closure of main roads and suspension of public transport into the city, protesters are still planning on following ...
Police hit streets ahead of planned anti-lockdown protests
Hundreds of police are expected to gather in the city ahead of midday.Mr Elliott said those who broke the law ...
NSW records 1331 new cases and six deaths
The latest figures were released a senior cardiologist called on all health workers in hospitals to be vaccinated after a ...
First Moderna doses arrive in Australia
About 350,000 Covid-19 doses arrived in Sydney overnight, with another delivery of 700,000 doses due to arrive on Sunday.The doses ...
Victoria records 510 new cases, one death
It’s the sixth straight day Victoria has recorded more than 400 new cases as infections continue to trend upwards.One new ...
Cops swoop on Sydney funeral service
Tensions flared when officers moved them on from Rookwood Cemetery on Wednesday, citing that many individuals were from outside the ...
Covid response ‘criminalised half the city’
Arab Council Australia chief executive Randa Kattan said residents of the hotspot council areas were punished for having working-class jobs ...
NSW reveals major quarantine change
It’s understood more than 100 fully vaccinated people will take part in a test of the new system, which will ...
NSW reveals major quarantine change
It’s understood more than 100 fully vaccinated people will take part in a test of the new system, which will ...
Victoria has 514 new cases; NSW set for early freedoms
But chief health officer Brett Sutton has warned infections will keep rising as the virus spreads rapidly through the north ...
‘I haven’t seen my son’: NSW-Vic border ban crushes family
Like many Australians, the Denton family have found 2021 to be a challenging year. Kandis Denton, who lives in Telopea, ...
Day Victoria will hit vaccine target
But when will we reach our target to have 70 to 80 per cent of the population fully vaccinated, and ...
More Aussies would take pay cut to work from home
A new Productivity Commission study shows that some employees would be willing to take a pay cut in return for ...
Qld records new local Covid case
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the student was in home quarantine and had not been infectious in the community. The school ...
State announces major Pfizer change
Vaccine rates in the state have languished for those aged under 40 amid supply issues but the Premier will now ...
Cops search for ‘dressing gown’ man
A 55-year-old man attended a drive-through Covid-19 testing clinic at Everley Road, Auburn, just before 3pm on Tuesday.Police say he ...
‘Hard work’: Vaccine boss’s frank admission
Covid-19 taskforce commander Lieutenant General John Frewen on Wednesday conceded it would be “hard work” to boost the jab figure ...
