The Queensland premier has announced plans to begin opening up the state from next month, but vaccination targets must be achieved first.
Tracey Ferrier
Vaccine Commander Chris Dawson has revealed what percentage of people won’t roll up for WA as the Government announced how it is working to bolster the State’s lagging rate of double dosed residents.
Briana Fiore
Western Australia's vaccine boss has issued a strong plea to the people yet to have the COVID-19 jab to get themselves protected.
Tim Dornin
A CSIRO study has found testing wastewater on flights is an effective and cheap way to screen incoming overseas passengers for COVID-19.
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NSW has recorded 265 cases of locally acquired COVID-19 and five deaths as fully vaccinated people enjoy more freedoms and schools welcome back some students.
A suite of restrictions have eased further in NSW, after the state reached the 80 per cent double-dose vaccination milestone.
Australians are one step closer to being able to freely and safely travel overseas with the Federal Government formally launching vaccine passports.
Lanai Scarr
Telethon-funded research is putting WA at the cutting edge of treatment for a rare neurological disorder — one that may help a child like Ava have a better quality of life.
Charlotte Elton
A medical device that dulls the pain and anxiety for people with a fear of needles has been announced a category winner at the 2021 Good Design Awards.
Eight people who came into contact with a COVID-positive truck driver while he was in WA have not yet returned negative results.
More than 10,000 FIFO workers and nurses — some in uniform — have flocked to Forrest Place to slam the State Government’s vaccine mandates and closed border. SEE THE EXTRAORDINARY PICTURES
NSW has recorded 319 new local COVID-19 cases and another two deaths as the state rapidly approaches its next vaccination milestone.
The Victorian government has announced $200 million in infrastructure funding for the state's health services and community and Indigenous organisations.
Australians have become more physically active during lockdown but the extra exercise has unfortunately led to unexpected injuries, research shows.
A research project undertaken by the NSW government and Edith Cowan University has found flexible COVID working arrangements have tended to be a positive.
Footage has emerged of a St John Ambulance paramedic violently shoving a hospital patient to the ground.
WA’s already-stretched hospitals are having to assist people who have been released from jail into homelessness and then turn up to emergency departments out of desperation.
Annabel Hennessy
Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein says police should throw the book at a NSW man who sparked a three-day lockdown after he fled hotel quarantine.
Ethan James
Western Australia has the lowest number of per-capita ICU beds in the country, at just six per 100,000 people.
Recent arrivals into WA from Tasmania are being urged to get tested for COVID-19 after Hobart and southern Tasmania were shunted into a snap three-day lockdown over an infected NSW traveller.
Peter Law
New international research shows the brain structure of a person diagnosed with depression could increase their risk of attempting to end their lives.
Marty Silk
South Australia won't rush to follow NSW and open its borders to international travellers, Premier Steven Marshall says.
The NSW government will bring forward the restoration of multiple freedoms as part of a revised COVID-19 lockdown roadmap.
Victorian health authorities warn a dangerous drug, which can lead to death, has been found inside MDMA being distributed around Melbourne.
Emily Woods
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