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Aged-care workers won’t be forced to get a vaccine – yet
State and territory leaders have not agreed to force aged care workers to get a COVID vaccine, at a national cabinet meeting...
Greater Melbourne workers who lost jobs to COVID lockdown eligible for Commonwealth payments
People in greater Melbourne who have lost work as a result of the lockdown will receive a payment of either $500 or...
Virgin founder’s warning for Australia’s lacklustre COVID vaccination
Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson says businesses and people will be held back unless more people get vaccinated, and Australia will fall...
Government may use Howard Springs facility only for arrivals from India
The government is considering using Howard Springs to only quarantine returned travellers from India, as a way to expedite getting people out...
Spy boss says ASIO expects Australian terrorist attack in the next year
The head of the nation’s intelligence agency has told a parliamentary inquiry that it is anticipating there will be a terrorist attack...
Australian regulators to probe link between AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots
The federal government has asked the nation’s medical and vaccine regulators to urgently look into findings from the European Medicines Agency of...
‘The system is broken’: Brittany Higgins’ powerful message to women’s rally in Canberra
Brittany Higgins, the former Liberal staffer whose rape allegations sparked a national discussion about the workplace culture at Parliament House, has spoken...
Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses arrive in Australia ahead of rollout
The first doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine have touched down in Australia as preparations continue for the first stage of the...
Caps on returning Australians to lift within days
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says national cabinet has agreed to increase the cap on international passenger arrivals from mid-February, but flagged people...
COVID test required within three days of travel for international passengers
International travellers coming to Australia will from tomorrow have to take a COVID-19 test and return a negative result within three days...