The latest news as the COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out across Australia
Health advice underpinning Queensland’s controversial Covid-19 lockdown rules and vaccination mandates won’t be released by the government – because a conclusive document doesn’t exist.
In the pioneering study, the Queensland researchers will examine tissue samples from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic to protect the state from death in the next pandemic.
A woman who supported hundreds of Queenslanders locked out of the state at the height of Covid lockdowns has been recognised for her kindness – but she’s still angry about the experience.
High-profile former president of the Australian Medical Association Kerryn Phelps has taken to social media to slam the Queensland Premier’s Covid response.
The State Government spent four times as much spruiking its Covid-19 recovery plan as it did promoting vaccination to Queenslanders.
Police, ambulance officers and a nurse who do not want to be vaccinated against Covid-19 are about to begin their legal challenge.
Queensland has taken another huge leap to returning to life as normal after Covid-19 with vaccine mandates for hospitality and entertainment venues scrapped as jab rates climb and authorities feel more at ease about the recent wave of the virus.
Six more Queenslanders have sadly lost their lives to Covid, as 4029 new cases are recorded. The figures come as authorities discuss whether close contacts may soon no longer be required to immediately quarantine.
Queensland has set a sad new daily record, with 18 people dying of Covid in the past 24 hours, including an unvaccinated man aged in his 30s. A total 9974 cases were recorded. The Premier has also released modelling showing the ‘worst case scenario’.
The boss of Queensland’s biggest airport has claimed it will take years to rebuild international travel into and out of the state, with passenger levels not expected to return to 2019 levels until 2024.
Unions are demanding the state government amend its directive allowing critically essential asymptomatic close contacts to go to work, insisting “let it rip” policies would increase supply issues and put lives at risk.
Eligible Queenslanders are being encouraged to get their Covid booster shots to increase their protection as the state heads towards the peak of the Omicron wave. Here’s exactly how you can organise your vaccine appointment today.
The start to the Queensland school year will be delayed for almost all year levels as health officials expect the omicron variant of the Covid virus to peak at the end of the month.
Anxious parents are waiting on ‘concrete decisions’ on a possible delay to the start of the school year due to Covid, with both primary and high schools likely to be impacted.
With schools at risk of becoming ‘superspreader hubs’ when huge numbers of unvaccinated kids return this month a call has been made to open them up for mass vaccinations. VOTE IN THE POLL
Queensland students could return to remote learning amid fears schools could become superspreader hubs, with teachers exposed to unvaccinated children.
The Covax Australia private testing company has been asked to stop PCR testing as ‘under-resourced’ Queensland Pathology units reach max capacity. It comes as a major testing bungle forced hundreds of Queenslanders to get retested.
A court decision that would have narrowed the grounds for police and ambulance officers challenging vaccine directives has been overturned.
As Queensland enters day two of its new normal with open borders, there is encouraging news from its new chief health officer.
Queensland’s borders have opened and some major cities have finally reached the fully-vaccinated milestone just in time while others are still lagging behind, leaving them at risk.
Queensland border rules will change from Monday when the state opens to Covid hotspots. Here’s everything you need to know.
Some of Queensland’s biggest tourism destinations and hospitality venues are looking to hire police to enforce the unvaccinated ban.
The Deputy Premier says Queensland is well and truly ready for a predicted surge in Covid cases as the state hits the 80 per cent fully vaccinated.
With Queensland’s borders reopening to Covid hotspots on Monday, we reveal the communities still behind in vaccination rates. SEE THE FULL LIST
Queensland transplant recipients will be denied the life-saving surgery if they are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 – even if they fear possible side effects.
Queenslanders will be able to spend Christmas with their interstate loved ones under a long-awaited road map but those who refuse to get vaccinated will face curbs on their freedom. Here’s everything you need to know.
NSW and Victoria’s proactive approach to opening up is the reason behind Annastacia Palaszczuk’s border announcement, but there are tens of thousands of Queenslanders who must do their bit, writes Peter Gleeson.
Queensland travel operators tell the Premier in their own words why she must end the politicking and start the planning while they still have an industry.
Thousands of Queenslanders are yet to protect themselves from Covid-19 due to concerns about vaccinations. We’ve debunked some of the most common myths.
As NSW residents get ready to head overseas again without quarantining, Queenslanders stuck interstate still don’t know when they can come home.
Rather than keeping Queenslanders safe, Annastacia Palaszczuk’s new mantra seems to be to keep them guessing, writes Kylie Lang. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Queenslanders need a clear roadmap setting out when the border will reopen and whether there will be restrictions for those who choose not to be jabbed, writes The Editor. Should there be restrictions on those who choose not to get vaccinated? Have your say here.
About 7000 Queensland Health staff are yet to receive their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination despite a state government mandate to have done so by October 1.
The Premier is urging Queenslanders to get vaccinated now, hinting a border opening date is just around the corner. Her warning comes as thousands of Brisbane Pfizer doses are at risk of going to waste as demand wanes.
They’re especially vulnerable to coronavirus and their vaccination rate is sometimes years behind, so parts of this demographic may remain locked down.
As hardware giant Bunnings joins the state’s vaccination rollout, there’s one question about the deal the Health Minister is dodging.
The Premier has signalled Queensland hitting the 80 per cent statewide vaccinated milestone may not be enough, calling for an “even spread” of Covid-19 protection across the state, despite some areas unlikely to hit targets until 2022.
Queensland should mandate the Covid vaccine or face seeing its bright economic future go to waste, according to a new report.
More than a dozen Queensland high schools will serve as vaccination hubs this weekend, complete with stalls offering up ‘immunity sausages’. Check out the full list.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has revealed she won’t tell Queenslanders when she will reopen the borders until after the next national cabinet meeting in November.
Restrictions have eased across Queensland after no new cases of Covid-19 were recorded overnight. The good news comes ahead of another ‘Super Pfizer weekend’ to boost vaccination rates.
Unvaccinated health workers are still working in Queensland hospitals despite the government’s hardline stance that anyone yet to be jabbed would be forced to take leave from the end of last week. See what they’re doing about it.
The Queensland Government has found yet another excuse not to open up the state when vaccination rates hit 80 per cent. TIMELINE OF DENIAL
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s latest request to Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggests Queensland is as far from reopening as ever, as she demands answers the Federal Government says she already has.
Thousands of Queensland Health staff have just days to get their first Covid-19 vaccination or risk being banned from government facilities.
As a slick new ad campaign encourages Queenslanders to get vaccinated, the State Government has given its strongest indication yet the borders will remain closed for Christmas. WATCH THE ADS
Young teens in Queensland are getting vaccinated faster than anyone else in the state, with nearly one in five showing up for their first jab in less than a fortnight.
Queenslanders who are rolling up their sleeves to get vaccinated to avoid ongoing lockdowns deserve confidence this crippling pandemic is coming to an end, Lawrence Springborg says in a rare public criticism.
A southeast Queensland mother-of-three who hasn’t seen her children for a month has opened up about her horror experience trying to get a border exemption, at one point being rejected because she’d applied too early. But thousands of others are in the same boat. Here are their stories.
Queensland could be marking Christmas alone, with the Premier backing away from the national plan to open up once 80 per cent of the population is vaccinated. VOTE IN OUR POLL
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