COVID-19
Thousands of Australians targeted by coronavirus scammers ‘pretending to be government officials’
Coronavirus-related scams are on the rise, with the ACCC warning some scammers are pretending to be contact tracers. Powered by ...
SA to close border with NSW
Premier Steven Marshall announced the hard border closure would come into effect just after midnight on New Year’s Day amid ...
Alleged border dodger roams free in Victoria for 14 hours
The 57 year-old Bateau Bay resident was caught when an off-duty police officer spotted her car, allegedly en route to ...
NYE chaos as masks return, cases linked to Thai restaurant
From 5pm, the limit of people allowed in homes will be halved from 30 to 15, potentially throwing into chaos ...
Gladys under attack for virus response
University of New South Wales head of biosecurity and research Raina MacIntyre warned New Year’s Eve had the potential to ...
Victoria virus cases rise to six
She said the three additional cases were uncovered through contact tracing after three positive cases were discovered in Victoria on ...
NYE celebrations will be different this year. Here’s what you can and can’t do in Sydney and around Australia
As NSW deals with a growing COVID-19 cluster on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, here is an overview of the restrictions in ...
NSW records 18 new coronavirus cases as NYE restrictions tightened for Greater Sydney
NSW has reported 18 cases of community transmission of coronavirus, and a second cluster of the deadly disease in Sydney’s ...
NSW cases spike amid New Year’s concern
Sydney recorded 18 new cases in the past 24 hours with nine of those linked to the northern beaches cluster.There ...
Nine more fined for COVID wedding breach
Three men and two women from Narraweena, a man and woman from Collaroy Plateau and a man and woman from ...
‘Concerning’ new Sydney cluster erupts
Sydney recorded 18 new cases in the past 24 hours with nine of those linked to the northern beaches cluster.But ...
Victoria ‘nowhere near’ border call
Minister for Police Lisa Neville said it was a “day-by-day proposition” but warned the level of coronavirus being transmitted across ...
VCE results revealed: Students celebrate after horror year
The COVID-19 class of 2020 have risen bright and early to search for their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank and study ...
Sydneysiders urged to be on ‘high alert’ as three out of six new COVID-19 cases recorded outside of the Northern Beaches
A number of new COVID-19 cases don’t have immediate links to the Avalon cluster in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, the NSW ...
The federal government is considering deporting backpackers over Bronte Beach party
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke was “shocked at the scenes” at Bronte Beach on Christmas when a crowd breached social distancing ...
German districts decide against using vaccine after cold chain issues
Some districts in Germany have made the decision to not use vaccines delivered over the weekend after it was discovered ...
Call for pre-flight UK testing to stop super strain spread
But the federal government — in charge of international borders — says it is not necessary, instead touting the strength ...
NZ ups hotel COVID tests as UK strain spreads
The country will soon require high-risk travellers arriving from the US and UK to undergo three coronavirus tests – up ...
Sydneysiders lied their way into Qld: cops
Gold Coast chief superintendent Mark Wheeler said the group had crossed into the Sunshine State on Sunday with ‘G’ Passes ...
Harsh penalties for not using NSW app
The NSW government will make it mandatory for those businesses to use the Service NSW app in an effort to ...
Decision on ‘G hosting third Test hours away
Melbourne Cricket Club chief executive Stuart Fox said the announcement was imminent and would probably take place this afternoon.“It will ...
China implements strong measures to curb winter rebound of COVID-19
Beijing’s Shunyi District reported two new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, sparking a countrywide attempt to curb the outbreak ...
Zhang Zhan chronicled China’s COVID-19 crisis. Now she is accused of spreading lies
Zhang Zhan, who reported about the coronavirus from Wuhan during the lockdown, will face trial this week, in the first ...
NSW records five new coronavirus cases linked to the Northern Beaches as NYE restrictions revealed
Stay-at-home orders will stay in place until at least 9 January for the northern zone of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, with ...
Dayannah has a rare heart condition that could impact thousands of Indigenous Australians
Rheumatic heart disease, or RHD, threatens 5,000 lives in Australia, and health experts warn cases could double in the next ...
Bondi partygoers fined for breaching Sydney’s coronavirus restrictions
Eleven people were fined $1000 each for attending a Boxing Day party in North Bondi. Powered by WPeMatico
‘100 per cent’ COVID cure being produced in Australia
The federal government is “confident” it has backed the right COVID vaccine as data to be released in Australia shows ...
Bondi partygoers fined for COVID breach
NSW Police said they were called to a home in North Bondi just before 11pm on Saturday after receiving multiple ...
‘So strict’: All Sydney’s new restrictions
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the scheme, designed to reward healthcare and other frontline workers for their efforts during the height ...
Two new Victorian cases in hotel quarantine
The returned travellers are a woman aged in her 20s and a child aged under 10.There are currently 11 active ...
