‘Toughest month’ ahead for WA
WA Premier Mark McGowan warns the ‘toughest month’ of the pandemic is still to come as the state prepares to reopen its border.
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Private school labels boarder isolation rules ‘unfair’
A leading private school has described SA’s strict Covid-19 rules as “completely unfair” after 19 of its boarders were sent home – hundreds of kilometres away – to self-isolate.
Pollies test positive: Morrison, Minns contract Covid
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has tested positive for Covid-19 — along with NSW Labor leader Chris Minns — who are both now isolating for seven days.
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SA’s kid jab rates slow amid Omicron wave
More children in South Australia are being infected with Covid but the number being vaccinated has fallen dramatically, according to new figures.
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New industry cops vaccine mandate
More than 20,000 people will soon need be double-dose vaccinated after a jab mandate was introduced to their industry.
Victorian man dies waiting for ambulance
Ambulance Victoria is in the spotlight again after another patient died while waiting for a specialist ambulance.
Top Crow takes ‘coerced vaccination’ to court
Top footballer Deni Varnhagen says SA’s vaccine mandate amounts to “coercion” of medical professionals – and wants a court to strike it out.
Covid scare puts 100 Qld cops in isolation
More than 100 Queensland police officers have been forced to isolate after three of their colleagues tested positive to the virus.
Covid test scramble before Christmas Day
The last minute present dash has been replaced with a panicked scramble to get Covid tested – and it’s pushing pharmacies and testing clinics to the brink.
State with highest road toll revealed
The death of a truck driver has extended one state’s unwanted record as having the highest road toll in the nation.
‘There’s lots of reasons he shouldn’t have been out’
Health authorities have growing concerns about a teenager who tested positive to Covid-19 but continued clubbing in the city, as the nightclub involved vows to seek justice.
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