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Tamsin RoseFederal Political Reporter

Tamsin Rose is a federal political reporter for the Herald Sun. Before heading to Canberra she worked as a police reporter, general news reporter and social media producer.

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Norovirus outbreaks can occur in local thoroughfares such as schools, aged care facilities, restaurants and hospitals.

‘Heartbreaking’: Victoria’s aged care horrors revealed

The aged care industry is plagued by “abuse, mistreatment and neglect” with meals served “like dog food” according to harrowing royal commission findings.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 16: A general view of the Holiday Inn on February 16, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Residents with COVID-19 have been evacuated from the Holiday Inn hotel on Flinders due to water damage to the building. The residents are being moved to the Pullman hotel. Victoria is in stage 4 lockdown from as of Saturday for five days, following the confirmation of new COVID-19 cases of the UK virus strain in the community linked to the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel. Victorians are only able to leave their homes for essential shopping, caregiving, essential work, permitted education, or exercise for two hours per day with household members only. People must stay within a 5km radius of home. The stage 4 restrictions are due to end at 11:59pm on Wednesday 17 February. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Push to prioritise vaccine for hotel quarantine staff

In a bid to return international travellers to Melbourne, calls are growing to speed up vaccinations for hotel quarantine workers.

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View of Parliament House of Canberra, Australia.

Audio, letters emerge in MP rape allegations

A woman who claimed she was raped in 1988 by a now federal minister wrote to a friend saying she feared a trial would become an “emotional bloodbath”.

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The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is loaded into a syringe ahead of use on eligible people identified by homeless service agencies from the parking lot of the L.A. Mission on February 24, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Pfizer vaccines thrown out due to storage error

More than 120 doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been thrown out because of a storage error at a Melbourne aged care centre.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media on February 17, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Victoria's stage 4 lockdown which has been in place for the last 5 days will end at 11:59pm tonight after no additional COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours. From midnight, masks will be mandatory indoors and outdoors where social distancing isn't possible, household gatherings will be limited to 5 and outside gatherings are limited to 20. School will resume from Thursday, and weddings and funerals can go ahead subject to capacity and density rules. Hospitality will be able to resume. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

The restrictions likely to be lifted on Friday

With the Holiday Inn cluster under control, restrictions are expected to be eased on Friday. These are the likely changes.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photo FEBRUARY 18, 2021: Bourke Street Mall as Melbourne begins to reopen after a five day COVID lockdown. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

Push for workers to return, restrictions set to roll back

Melbourne’s Lord Mayor is pleading for employers and the state government to return workers to the inner city, while Victoria’s restrictions could be eased as early as Friday.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos December 13 2020: Police at the Novotel Hotel in South Wharf on Sunday morning. The Novotel is one of the hotspot hotels designated for quarantining positive Covid cases in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty

COVID scare in hotel quarantine workers

Two Melbourne quarantine hotel workers have returned negative COVID-19 test results, after early returning concerning results. Meanwhile, Victoria’s vaccine rollout has begun.

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