One of Queensland’s most popular bars has been evacuated after a Covid scare and people have been turned away from businesses across the state on the first day of the new vaccine mandate. 

Queensland’s mask mandate is back for a number of venues and settings across the entire state amid a “dramatic escalation in cases” in New South Wales. 

Alexa Leary’s parents have revealed the “horrendous” trauma of the moment the young triathlete came off her bike, and the extraordinary journey to get her back on her feet. 

A major investigation has been launched into Tasmania’s jumping castle accident that tragically killed five children as the owner of the hiring company involved went to ground. 

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