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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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COVID-19 PANDEMICNation

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)

WA could lift Victoria border restrictions early

WA Premier won’t rule out ditching fourteen-day mandatory quarantine early, saying Victorians ‘are doing well’; NZ has first local case in months.

Ellie Dudley and Adeshola Ore

COVID-19 PANDEMICNation

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 18: Australian Open signage is seen at Melbourne Park on January 18, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne Park will host WTA and ATP events along with the ATP in the lead up to the 2021 Australian Open. Melbourne Park is currently under strict lockdown due to players quarantine conditions travelling from overseas into Australia. (Photo by Mike Owen/Getty Images)

Three UK virus cases linked to Australian Open

A super-infectious mutant strain of COVID-19 has been reported in three people linked to the Australian Open.

Ellie Dudley

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The scene of a helicopter crash that killed three National Guard troops in upstate New York. Picture: Twitter

National Guard troops killed in chopper crash

Three members of the US National Guard have been killed in a military helicopter crash in upstate New York.

Christine Kellett

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Mob was ‘seconds away’ from reaching Vice President

Report reveals how close the mob came to Mike Pence, as US prosecutors say rioters intended to ‘capture and assassinate’ lawmakers.

Christine Kellett and Agencies

LIVE: COVID-19 PANDEMICNation

Covid-19 Quarantined return travellers, some who were in the Hotel Grand Chancellor are now allowed to leave the Westin Hotel in the Brisbane CBD, Brisbane Saturday 16th January 2021 Picture David Clark

Transferred travellers are released

Quarantined travellers in Brisbane have been released after being moved because of the Chancellor hotel virus cluster, and now 47 tennis players arriving for the Australian Open have been isolated.

Ellie Dudley and Courtney Walsh

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Outgoing US president Donald Trump's video on Twitter after a day of violence in the nations capitol . Screen grab from Twitter account of Donald Trump

‘No more violence’: Trump calls for calm after vote

President returns to Twitter to address his supporters, as Olympic swimmer is charged over Capitol riot | WATCH

Christine Kellett and Agencies

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICNation

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos December 18, 2020: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk during a press conference in Brisbane. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Deadline for Queenslanders to come home

Queensland has joined Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia in closing borders to greater Sydney as NSW records another 30 cases.

Geoff Chambers, John Ferguson and Christine Kellett

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A Qatar Airways crew member enters Sydney international airport to fly on a repatriation flight back to France on April 2, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. - The French government has chartered three Airbus A380 aircraft flown by Qatar Airways to repatriate mostly French nationals wanting to return home from Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one from Perth which left March 31, one today from Sydney and a third from Melbourne on April 4. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP)

Row brews over risky flight crews

The NSW government is pushing for a national approach to the quarantining of international flight crews, as questions are raised over glaring loophole.

Christine Kellett

LIVE: CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICNation

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 13: WA Premier Mark McGowan addresses the media with a COVID-19 update on November 13, 2020 in Perth, Australia. Western Australia's borders will reopen from midnight tonight with travellers from all states and territories permitted to enter WA having to meet exemption criteria put in place during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Travellers from Victoria and New South Wales will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days and take a COVID-19 test on day 11, while all other travellers will be required to undergo a health screening and temperature check on arrival and declare they haven't come from Victoria or NSW. Travel arrangements also need to be registered on the G2G Pass app. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

WA halts entry from NSW as Qld, Vic act too

WA Premier Mark McGowan says NSW is playing ‘whack a mole’ with the virus and has closed the border with NSW, while Queensland and Victoria have raised hurdles.

Christine Kellett and Joseph Lam

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This handout image courtesy of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released on December 12, 2020, shows Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar (R) and General Gus Perna (C) visiting the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Operation Center (VOC) at the HHS' Hubert H. Humphrey building in Washignton, DC. - The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will reach hospitals and other sites across the United States by Monday morning, a top official said Saturday, ready to be injected into the arms of millions of the most vulnerable Americans. (Photo by Christopher Smith / US Department of Health and Human Services / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

‘Asking too much’: How Pfizer delivered in record time

A pushy CEO and his team overcame unproven science, manufacturing bottlenecks and crazy deadlines — but the effort put severe strain on the company’s staff.

Rachel Baxendale and Christine Kellett

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