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Zoe Smith is a Network News senior producer and night editor. She has over 20 years of experience in journalism and has worked at digital and print mastheads across Australia and the UK.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos February 12, 2021: The Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, and the Minister for Health, Martin Foley, hold a press conference to discuss the current Victorian Covid situation at the Treasury Theatre in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ David Crosling

Vic Premier ‘not shopping for advice’ amid nebuliser row

Daniel Andrews has hit back at lockdown critics as his quarantine boss apologised for the way a man has been treated after he used a nebuliser.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 10: Protestors demonstrating against student fees are stopped outside the Houses of Parliament by the police due to the current lockdown restrictions preventing public gatherings, on February 10, 2021 in London, England. With a surge of COVID-19 cases fueled partly by a more infectious variant of the virus, British leaders have reimposed nationwide lockdown measures across England through at least mid February. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK threatens jail terms in harsh new quarantine crackdown

British travellers are facing strict new quarantine laws, while an Australian scientist has challenged China’s COVID-19 narrative.

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First 10,000 Aussie vaccine doses in WA revealed

WA has a start date for its vaccine rollout, as the federal government is aiming to vaccinate four million Australians by mid-April.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 08: Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan speaks during a press conference on Covid-19 following the National Cabinet meeting on January 8, 2021 in Perth, Australia. Australia's national cabinet met today to discuss concerns about the UK variant of the Covid-19 strain as Brisbane enters a three-day lockdown after a cleaner working at a quarantine hotel tested positive for strain. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)

Quarantine-free travel to WA as Aussie vaccine ‘still on track’

Western Australia will open its border to some eastern states as Australia’s rollout of the COVID vaccine is ‘still on track’ despite the EU’s jab ban.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 27: A mobile clinic to test for Covid-19 stands in Brooklyn on January 27, 2021 in New York City. With the overall infection rate across the state on the decline and 72% of healthcare workers now having received the COVID-19 vaccine, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that some restrictions in New York may be lifted in the near future. According to the Governor this will not include indoor dining. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

COVID shock: 110 million in US ‘have immunity’

As many as one-third of Americans could have immunity to COVID-19, according to new claims.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA-NCA NewsWire Photos: 27 OCTOBER 2020:Chris Bowen and Peta Murphy during a press conference in Parliament House, Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

PM slammed over stranded Aussies

Opposition health spokesman Chris Bowen has delivered a stinging attack on prime minister Scott Morrison, following news that there would be no lifting of international traveller caps.

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Biden team vows to bring back ‘truth and transparency’

Joe Biden has kicked off his presidency by demanding respect among staff and reversing key Trump policies with a flurry of executive orders.

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TOPSHOT - Outgoing US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2021. - President Trump travels his Mar-a-Lago golf club residence in Palm Beach, Florida, and will not attend the inauguration for President-elect Joe Biden. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

‘Very generous’: Biden opens Trump letter

Donald and Melania Trump have arrived back in Mar-a-Lago but not before they left behind personal letters for Joe and Jill Biden in the White House.

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Inside Tomic’s hotel quarantine room: Tennis star Bernard Tomic’s girlfriend, social media star Vanessa Sierra, has given NCA NewsWire an exclusive preview into their quarantine lives, showing off their small room and revealing the pair are playing video games “up to 11 hours a day”. She plays pokemon, while he prefers World of Warcraft. Ms Sierra says with training sessions still not announced, she would have more time to create “some hot onlyfans content”. Picture: Supplied via NCA NewsWire

‘I’m real’: Tomic’s girlfriend defends outburst

Vanessa Sierra, the girlfriend of tennis star Bernard Tomic, has backtracked over her controversial hotel quarantine comments.

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US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on September 22, 2020. - President Trump travels to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a campaign rally. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Biden slaps down Trump’s power play

In a bid to show he’s still in power, Donald Trump made a major COVID announcement, but Joe Biden’s team quickly dismissed it.

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