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Jamie Walker is a senior staff writer, based in Brisbane, who covers national affairs, politics, technology and special interest issues. He is a former Europe correspondent (1999-2001) and Middle East correspondent (2015-16) for The Australian, and earlier in his career wrote for The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong. He has held a range of other senior positions on the paper including Victoria Editor and ran domestic bureaux in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide; he is also a former assistant editor of The Courier-Mail. He has won numerous journalism awards in Australia and overseas, and is the author of a biography of the late former Queensland premier, Wayne Goss. In addition to contributing regularly for the news and Inquirer sections, he is a staff writer for The Weekend Australian Magazine.

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Naseli Kyle-Smith, Zamarys Andrews and Aaroshon Tyson all received their first COVID jab on Monday January 10, 2022, at the Workshop St Clinic in Yarrabah.

More young, female cases in Indigenous community

The eruption of Covid-19 in Indigenous Australia has been given shape by case data from the hard-hit community of Yarrabah in northern Queensland.

Jamie Walker

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Insurers call on taxpayers for help

The $55bn insurance industry will enter the federal election campaign, urging major parties to increase spending on natural disaster resilience and contain the mounting damage bill.

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Nation

Pearson lashes ‘lurid’ project report

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has rejected a “torpedo hit” in Nine newspapers on his signature Good to Great Schools Australia literacy program.

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16/2/22: Charles Billich and wife, Christa at their gallery in the Rocks. On new year's eve, they were due to present Donald Trump with a painting at his Mar-a-Lago bash in Florida: instead, both contracted Covid and fell so ill they feared death. John Feder/The Australian.

Reality check after Trump trip nearly kills society couple

Living large in their open marriage, no A-list is complete without Charles and Christa Billich. How ironic, then, that they fell to earth with a thud at one of the most exclusive parties going.

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CommentaryPolitics

Right man to end Queensland’s conspiracy of silence

Peter Coaldrake is a veteran of probing the use of power in Queensland. Which makes him the perfect man to examine the accountability of the Palaszczuk government.

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Grim numbers tell story of remote Covid surge

At any given time there are up to 14 people packed under Emma Costello’s roof, sleeping four to a room. There’s no mystery why Covid finally hit Indigenous Australia hard and fast.

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Indigenous

Indigenous deaths hit 11 since entry eased

Eleven Indigenous people have died from Covid-19 in Queensland since the state threw open its domestic border seven weeks ago.

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Health Minister Yvette D'Ath, Education Minister Grace Grace and Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard hold a press conference at the Coomera State Special School. Pics Adam Head

How far will Fitzgerald go?

The Queensland graft buster didn’t take a narrow view of sleaze in the Bjelke-Petersen era and he shouldn’t hold back now.

Jamie Walker

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State of Origin Presser, Adelaide Oval Tuesday March 2, 2021, NRL commissioner Peter Beattie - pic Mike Burton

Ex-premiers urge revamp of watchdog

Four-time state election winner Peter Beattie wants to strip politicians of the power to appoint the head of Queensland’s statutory anti-corruption agency.

Jamie Walker

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LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 06: Neil Young performs onstage during the 2015 MusiCares Person of The Year honoring Bob Dylan held at Los Angeles Convention Center on February 6, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic)

In the digital space, everyone can hear you stream

Neil Young’s streams are up 50 per cent since the Canadian-born performer made Spotify choose between him and controversial podcaster Joe Rogan.

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