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Lydia LynchQueensland Political Reporter

Lydia Lynch covers state and federal politics for The Australian in Queensland. She previously covered politics at Brisbane Times and has worked as a reporter at the North West Star in Mount Isa. She began her career at the Katherine Times in the Northern Territory.

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison holds a Joint Media Conference with HE Mr Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic and then is a guest at a working dinner at the Presidential Palace in France on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Picture: Adam Taylor/PMO

PM chooses Labor seat for quarantine

Scott Morrison has rejected claims his push to build a new quarantine hub in a Labor-held seat is politically motivated.

Lydia Lynch

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JANUARY 20, 2021.Flight Centre managing director Graham Turner poses for photos at the company's headquarters in Brisbane. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

‘Virus will be a part of our lives by year’s end’

Flight Centre CEO Graham Turner believes Australians will soon be ‘living with Covid’ so there’s no need for quarantine facilities.

Lydia Lynch

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22nd December 2020, Dixon Street Coolangatta, Gold Coast . Police and Council workers install large plastic retaining barriers blocking entry into Queensland from NSW through Tweed Heads after QLD closed its borders to Sydney Residents due to other major Covid breakout.Photo: Scott Powick Newscorp

Qld ‘Great Wall’ may return as NSW cases surge

Concrete blocks may be reinstalled along Queensland’s southern border if Sydney’s Covid outbreak continues its march.

Lydia Lynch

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 23, 2021: Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles talks to the media.Picture: NCA NewsWire / John Gass

VAD medics face $220k telehealth fine

Federal government rejects premier’s request to exempt Qld doctors from prosecution for giving advice on voluntary assisted dying.

Lydia Lynch

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 21, 2021: Deputy Premier of Queensland Steven Miles during a press conference in Brisbane. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Hard line threatens voluntary dying showdown

Queensland Deputy Premier says church-run hospitals and nursing homes must allow voluntary euthanasia for some terminally ill patients.

Jamie Walker and Lydia Lynch

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School in fear as outbreak grows

A Waverley school student is among 10 new virus cases as Covid-19 mask restrictions extend to Greater Sydney.

Kieran Gair and Lydia Lynch

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JUNE 22, 2021.Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks during a press conference at the official opening of the Alexandra Hills TAFE. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

Palaszczuk issues new Sydney travel warning

Queensland poised slam border shut to Sydney, but will welcome Melbourne residents in time for school holidays.

Lydia Lynch

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 21, 2021: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk during a press conference in Brisbane. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Qld reports new case, set to ease visitor limits

A new local Covid-19 case has been detected in Queensland, as the state prepares to open to Melbourne travellers.

Jess Malcolm and Lydia Lynch

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21/06/2021 Covid-19 vaccine staff at the Melbourne Showgrounds vaccine hub. Aaron Francis/The Australian

States, feds row over Pfizer

Biggest states say they’ll have to cut the number vaccines they administer because of a lack of Pfizer supply.

Olivia Caisley, Lydia Lynch and Angelica Snowden

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - MAY 27, 2021.Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young speaks during a press conference at Parliament House. The Queensland government imposed travel and other restrictions as a result of the recent Covid outbreak in Victoria.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

State’s top doctor named governor

Queensland Premier says there is ‘no-one more deserving of the title Her Excellency’ than Jeannette Young.

Lydia Lynch

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