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Christine Kellett is The Australian’s digital director. She was previously content director, The Weekend Australian’s digital editor and has been a news editor, chief of staff and senior reporter at titles including The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times and news.com.au.

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Premier Peter Gutwein arrives inside the tally room alongside wife Amanda as he celebrates the Liberal party's win during the Tasmania state election 2021. Picture: Zak simmonds

Liberals claim election victory in Tasmania

Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein says after a ‘convincing’ election win, it ‘appears increasingly likely that we will also govern in majority’.

Matthew Denholm, Paul Garvey and Michael McKenna

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Police continue search for Russell Hill and Carol Clay in the Hotham area finding two shovels at the 14km marker on a bend in steep terrain. Missing Person Squad detectives and Search and Rescue officers will be on the Great Alpine Road in Mount Hotham from around 9am. Picture: Jason Edwards

Search resumes for missing campers

Victoria Police are desperately searching again for a pair of missing campers after abruptly suspending their quest.

Angelica Snowden

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‘The AFL has a bit more power than the RSL … obviously’

Melbourne’s troubled Anzac Day march and dawn service was bittersweet for veterans and descendants.

Angelica Snowden

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 23: WA Premier Mark McGowan speaks to media at Dumas House on April 23, 2021 in Perth, Australia. WA Premier Mark McGowan has announced a snap three-day lockdown for the Perth and Peel regions of Western Australia, effective from midnight tonight. The snap lockdown comes after a Victorian man who flew to Melbourne after completing 14 days of hotel quarantine in Perth tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. The man stayed in a room at the Mercure hotel in Perth adjacent to someone who later tested positive for coronavirus, and was in the community while infectious prior to his departure from Western Australia, with close contact of his also testing positive today. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)

Defiant Premier threatens revolt over flight caps

WA Premier Mark McGowan says he won’t lift the international arrival cap in May unless the commonwealth steps in to assist with quarantine.

Paige Taylor, Olivia Caisley and Christine Kellett

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Lockdown Premier reveals seventh infection

The coronavirus outbreak in Perth spreads to a restaurant case and the WA Premier asks the federal government to ‘step up and help’ with quarantine.

Rhiannon Down and Paige Taylor

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Health staff reject ‘experimental’ jabs

Frontline healthcare workers are resisting pressure to have the COVID-19 vaccine, due to its ‘experimental’ nature.

Robyn Ironside and Nicholas Jensen

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Social media image of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.

Injured Andrews to miss budget for recovery

Victorian Premier gives an update on his serious spinal injuries, says he has ‘no alternative’ but to focus on his rehab.

Adeshola Ore and Ellie Dudley

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Fast-tracked drug ‘tags and clears’ coronavirus

The first new drug treatment for COVID-19 is being expedited by the TGA. In clinical trials Sotrovimab has seen an 85 per cent reduction of hospitalisations among COVID-19 patients.

Michael McKenna and Joseph Lam

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL, 08, 2021: Prime Minister Scott Morrison with Greg Hunt, Brendan Murphy and Paul Kelly, during a late press conference at Parliament House in Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire/Gary Ramage

‘Act on jab or we’ll lose economic war’

Business is demanding the Morrison government commit to a new timeline for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and reconsider taxpayer-funded industry support.

Rosie Lewis and Natasha Robinson

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A nurse holds a vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vial at

No new target for first vaccine doses: PM

Conceding there are too many uncertainties, Scott Morrison says it is not possible to say if every Australian will receive the jab before the end of the year.

Remy Varga, Anne Barrowclough and Olivia Caisley

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