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Nicholas Jensen is commentary editor at The Australian. He previously worked as a reporter in the masthead’s NSW bureau. He studied history at the University of Melbourne, where he obtained a BA (Hons), and holds an MPhil in British and European History from the University of Oxford.

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HORROR STATISTICNation

One in four women victims of sexual violence

Three million men and women in Australia have been the victims of sexual violence, new ABS data shows.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 11, 2021.Covid-19 testing clinic at Emerton after nearby Mount Druitt Hospital in Western Sydney underwent a deep cleaning after a positive COVID-19 case attended the emergency department .Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Woman in 30s with Covid-19 dies in Sydney

This brings the total number of deaths since the beginning of the current outbreak to 75.

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NSW OUTBREAKNation

Jab target ‘a week ahead’ amid 818 new cases

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said a record 738,000 residents were vaccinated in NSW last week as she announced three deaths.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY, 22, 2021: Residents are seen receiving their first dosage of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination at Uniting Banks Lodge Peakhurst Aged Care, in Sydney. Australia has begun its Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination rollout this morning, with hopes 60,000 doses will be administered by the end of the week. NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

Low aged care staff jab rates as deadline nears

Nursing homes in northern NSW and the Margaret River in WA been outed as having the nation’s lowest vaccination rates | How each facility compares across the nation.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, AUGUST, 20, 2021: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian arrives for a COVID-19 press conference in Sydney. New South Wales has recorded 642 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases overnight. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

NSW extends lockdown, masks, curfew; 644 cases

Sydney’s lockdown has been extended until September 30 and curfew put on 12 LGAs with four more deaths and 71 infectious in the community.

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EXPLAINERNation

Desperate Premier unveils ‘final list’ of restrictions

Faced with an unrelenting number of new Covid-19 cases, Gladys Berejiklian has imposed a range of strict new measures in a bid to get on top of the outbreak.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, MAY 17. 2021: New COVID-19 Vaccination Hub at the Melbourne Showgrounds. Staff prepare the vaccinations. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling

‘At-risk groups need own targets’

Australia’s most vulnerable could be over-represented among the unvaccinated when the nation hits its 70 per cent target unless government starts prioritising them now, welfare group ACOSS warns

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Rescue pushNation

In this handout photo courtesy of the US Air Force, an Afghan child sleeps on the cargo floor of a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, kept warm by the uniform of the C-17 loadmaster, during an evacuation flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2021. - Tens of thousands of people have tried to flee Afghanistan to escape the hardline Islamist rule expected under the Taliban, or fearing direct retribution for siding with the US-backed government that ruled for the past two decades. Evacuation flights from Kabul's airport restarted on Tuesday after chaos the previous day in which huge crowds mobbed the tarmac, with some people so desperate they clung to the outside of a US military plane as it prepared for take-off. (Photo by - / US AIR FORCE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

PM confirms 60 more evacuated out of Kabul

Scott Morrison has confirmed 60 more Australian citizens and locally engaged Afghan staff have been airlifted out of Kabul overnight, as the first RAAF flight lands in Perth.

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(FILES) In this file photo a syringe is filled with a first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccination clinic at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA in Los Angeles, California on August 7, 2021. - Covid-19 vaccination efficacy is decreasing over time, US authorities warned on August 18, 2021 as they authorized booster shots for all Americans from September 20 starting eight months after an individual has been fully vaccinated. The move comes as scientists and health experts grapple with how to beat back the surging Delta variant of the coronavirus, and follows extensive debate over whether a third injection of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines would be appropriate. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)

Pfizer for under-40s as jab rollout hits milestone

Australia reaches 50pc single dose vaccinations for eligible population and adds over 16s to rollout list as NSW hits new peak of 681 Covid-19 cases.

Nicholas Jensen, Rachel Baxendale and Remy Varga

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST, 18, 2021: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks to media at a press conference in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

NSW hits record 633 cases, NZ link emerges

Gladys Berejiklian says every person with the virus is spreading it to at least one other; NZ cluster reaches 10 as Jacinda Ardern points the finger.

Rachel Baxendale, Nicholas Jensen and Max Maddison

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