COVID-19

Protester charged after alleged ’dog act’

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Police launched an investigation last week after the officer was allegedly thrown to the ground and kicked as protesters took ...

‘Coming fast’: Big change to Pfizer rollout

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Monday her government was getting on with administering the jab to the 30 per cent ...

Crucial virus thing Victorians aren’t doing

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The Burnet Institute and Doherty Institute followed a group of more than 570 Victorian participants from key age groups since ...

Grim prediction on Sydney lockdown

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The grim prediction on Sunday was followed by federal Finance Minister Simon Birmingham also speculating other states would keep their ...

‘Pre-Covid life has died’: Doctor goes viral

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In a now viral Facebook post, Sacha Kepreotis described first-hand how Sydney’s hospitals were buckling under the pressure of rising ...

Qld lockdown ends, but there’s a catch

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Seven of those are linked to the Indooroopilly cluster, but one case is under investigation on the Gold Coast, and ...

NSW records 262 new local Covid-19 cases

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Concerningly, at least 50 were active in the community while infectious, she added.More to come. Powered by WPeMatico

Qld teachers, FIFO workers jab priority

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School staff and childcare workers have been added to the state’s 1B priority list, as well as fly-in-fly-out, freight and ...

NSW braces for Sunday Covid figures, as Qld lifts lockdown

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said it was important that residents of the 11 local government areas that spent the past eight ...

All the new Queensland restrictions

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said it was important that residents of the 11 local government areas that spent the past eight ...

Unit block locked down after 14 cases

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The apartment building on Campbell Street in Liverpool was locked down on Friday after 14 cases were confirmed, the South ...

Qld records 13 new Covid cases

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Deputy Premier Steven Miles said all of the cases were linked to the Indooroopilly cluster which plunged the state into ...

‘It depends’: Lockdown end uncertain

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The state’s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said she could not make a decision until she had Sunday’s case numbers ...

Armidale to lock down; Premier to give Covid update

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As Sydney grapples with it’s worsening Delta outbreak, alarm is growing in regional NSW with Armidale now expected to lock ...

China’s ‘batwoman’s ‘doomsday’ Covid warning

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Virologist Shi Zhengli – who slammed claims that the bug leaked from her lab as “baseless” – says spiralling case ...

Three states in lockdown: How it affects you

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There are rules that have changed for every state after these locksdowns have come into effect.See how each state compares ...

Australia’s top misinformation superspreaders

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Some of these individuals now boast more than 100,000 followers on Facebook alone — and while that social platform and ...

NSW records 291 new virus cases

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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the new figures, stating at least 50 of the new cases were infectious in the ...

Urgent virus alerts for Virgin flights

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It comes as seven surprise new cases on Thursday plunged Victoria into its sixth lockdown, just hours after Premier Daniel ...

Most hated restriction here to stay

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Queensland recorded 10 new locally acquired cases of Covid-19 on Friday as authorities faced tough questions about restrictions and the ...

Weird reason Queenslanders leaving home

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Steven Miles on Wednesday said authorities were still seeing people leave their home to shop or browse for non-essential items.While ...

Blitz to vax Aussie ‘superspreaders’

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National Covid vaccine task force co-ordinator Lieutenant General John Frewen has released a plan that aims to motivate all eligible ...

Apartment block locked down over Covid

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Police reportedly swarmed the unit block on Warby ST in Campbelltown on Tuesday night, ensuring no one could come and ...

VAFA handball over lockdown training session

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Instead it has handballed the issue to the state’s governing body, AFL Victoria.A Richmond Central player recorded a group of ...

NSW records 233 new virus cases

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The new figures come after NSW Health issued a mammoth list of new exposure sites which were littered across 79 ...

NSW records 199 new local Covid-19 cases

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Concerningly, 50 were active in the community while infectious, she added.More to come. Powered by WPeMatico

Sydney areas with the lowest vaccination rate

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As Sydney enters its sixth week in lockdown, federal data based on Medicare addresses shows the top areas in Sydney ...

Victorian areas with the lowest vaccination rate

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One in every five people aged over 15 in the region (25.9 per cent) have had two shots of a ...

Qld Covid cases spike amid worrying prediction for NSW

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The current cluster, which was first detected at Indooroopilly State High School last week, now stands at 47. All 16 ...

‘Unacceptable’: Sign Qld doesn’t get it

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Health authorities and police have lashed the “unacceptable” and “disappointing” behaviour that resulted in 70 people being fined for breaching ...