COVID-19
One new virus case in hotel quarantine
The Health Department confirmed the positive case in a tweet on Saturday morning.“Yesterday there was 1 new case reported,” it ...
Victoria’s new rules to boost venue crowd capacity
From Saturday, Victoria will allow full capacity for seating, indoors and outdoors, for events that have a maximum of 1000 ...
Australian vaccine rollout: ‘Nothing is off the table’
Prof Kelly suggested that the government was even considering a deal with Moderna to redress vaccine shortfalls.“We are looking at ...
Funds fall as super savers hit by COVID
But the super sector’s biggest funds — including AustralianSuper, Aware Super and Hostplus — went from strength to strength, according ...
Scramble to jab Melbourne’s high-risk suburbs
Victoria is keen to take a greater role administering the COVID-19 jab across the population.The Herald Sun can reveal state ...
ScoMo blasted over vaccine ‘debacle’
The Opposition Leader’s scathing attack follows the federal government announcing it will overhaul its plan after damning health advice recommended ...
What vaccine fallout means for you
This follows the UK concluding there is a link between the vaccine and rare blood-clotting events. Here’s all you need ...
‘Mysterious’: MP slams Aus vaccine maker
“I do find that a little mysterious,” Brad Hazzard told ABC 7.30 host Leigh Sales.His comments came just a day ...
Surprising group least likely to get vaccine
The Australian National University study also suggests that if young women have been turned off by the government’s handling of ...
How 10 million Aussies can get a COVID jab right now
Unless we do this, they say it will be almost impossible to vaccinate 20 million people by October with only ...
‘No link’ between vaccine and Qld death
The 82-year-old, who had been living at the Blue Care Yurana aged care facility in Springwood, south of Brisbane, received ...
Gov orders immediate review of vaccine
The advice comes as more evidence has linked the Astra-Zeneca vaccine to rare blood clots.The federal government has demanded Australia’s ...
Australia won’t stop AstraZeneca rollout
Department of Health secretary Professor Brendan Murphy said local authorities were in touch with Europe and UK regulators about potential ...
‘Simple fact’: PM explains vaccine fail
A war of words erupted overnight after the commission – the European Union’s executive branch – rejected claims it blocked ...
New concerns over AstraZeneca and blood clots
The announcement came after a day of confusion over whether the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had found a link between ...
COVID-19 death identified as VIP
Malcolm “Mal” Kela Smith was a two-time governor of the Eastern Highlands and a pioneer of PNG’s aviation industry. The ...
Jacinda’s startling travel bubble warning
But Jacinda Ardern is warning prospective travellers to prepare for disruptions when the long-awaited trans-Tasman arrangement begins on April 19.Speaking ...
Vaccine passports: How Australia’s trial compares to the world
In Australia, accounting firm KPMG has urged the Morrison government to consider the practicality of a “vaccine passport” scheme to ...
Call to treat rollout as ‘national emergency’
Labor has ramped up its attack on the federal government’s vaccine rollout, saying protection against different variants is being put ...
Australia’s shameful vaccine statistic
University of New South Wales strategic health policy consultant Adjunct Professor Bill Bowtell said Australia’s rate of cumulative doses per ...
Airline’s big Aus-NZ travel bubble hint ahead of decision
The New Zealand Prime Minister said she would make an announcement about the bubble on Tuesday April 6, as airlines ...
World’s best weapon against COVID: Secret mission to revive abandoned UQ vaccine
Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, which are being relied on to protect the nation, require two doses each – a huge ...
Lockdown state’s big virus call
There were four positive cases recorded overnight, but all were from international arrivals.Deputy Premier Steven Miles said this showed it ...
‘Within days’: Australia’s COVID vaccine milestone
Vaccinations are on track to top one million “within days”, The Australian reports.Health Minister Greg Hunt said there had been ...
‘Disruptive’: Premier accused of panicking
Coronavirus restrictions remain in place across the state despite the Greater Brisbane lockdown ending on Thursday. Speaking to Sky News ...
Could outdoor dining parklets be here to stay?
It comes as councils have been urged to upgrade outdoor dining parklets using trees and public art amid a push ...
Aged care COVID jab delay: Elderly now urged to see a GP
And some nursing home patients are refusing to have the vaccine because they are worried about side effects.News Corp has ...
Pubs call for full trade as JobKeeper dries up
The Australian Hotels Association Victoria chief Paddy O’Sullivan is urging the state government to end capacity restrictions on pubs and ...
Qld records no new virus cases
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath confirmed no new transmissions of the virus were diagnosed while there was one case recorded in ...
Major change to vaccine rollout
Each this week blamed the other for failing to reach their individual vaccine targets.About 750,000 jabs have been administered nationwide ...
