Rhiannon Down

Rhiannon Down is a political reporter in The Australian’s Canberra bureau. She began her career at the paper in the Sydney bureau, where she covered mostly courts and crime, after joining the newspaper as a cadet.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 8, 2021: VictoriaÃs COVID reponse commander Jeroen Weimar speaking at a press conference on Monday morning. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty

‘Early days’ as Holiday Inn cluster hits 11

Authorities concede three new Melbourne cases, suspected to be the virulent UK strain, pose a ‘challenge’ to the community.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 10, 2021: The Holiday in at Tullamarine Airport which is being used as a COVID quarantine hotel, is being closed down and evacuated. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ David Crosling

Two new cases in Melbourne hotel cluster

The number of cases linked to the Holiday Inn quarantine hotel has risen to eight; SA has closed its border to Melbourne.

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A female authorised officer was working at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport and tested positive for COVID-19 late on Sunday. Monday FEBRUARY 8, 2021. Picture: David Crosling

Three cases linked to Melbourne hotel

Another virus case has been linked to Melbourne’s Holiday Inn just hours after the infection of a returned traveller was announced.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 19, 2021.Recently returned travellers arrive at the Sofitel hotel in Sydney for their mandatory quarantine period. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Hotel link to positive probed

An investigation is under way to establish whether a traveller who returned from South America to Wollongong in NSW contracted COVID-19 while in hotel quarantine in Sydney.

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NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - February 8, 2020. Apprentices at HVTC crafted Prime Minister Scott Morrison a Cronulla Sharks trophy out of metal. Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits HVTC Training Company at Rutherford in the Hunter Valley. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Peter Lorimer.

PM accused of dodging Kelly row

Scott Morrison has been accused of avoiding concerns over Craig Kelly after saying his treatment of the controversial Liberal MP ‘got enough oxygen last week’.

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03/02/2021: Police outside the Park Royal Hotel at Melbourne Airport where CQV is investigating a potential transmission of coronavirus between hotel quarantine residents at the Park Royal Hotel after two separate resident groups on the same floor returned genome testing results for the same UK variant.Picture: David Geraghty

Restrictions affect gatherings, masks and return to work

A Victorian hotel quarantine worker has tested positive for coronavirus, forcing Premier Daniel Andrews to reinstate restrictions for the state.

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02-02-21 - Fire fighters battle the Wooroloo Fire today- Please credit DFES Incident Photographer Evan Collis

More than 70 homes lost in WA fires

Fire authorities continue to battle an out of control bushfire in Wooraloo near Perth that has claimed 71 homes.

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29/01/2021. Bondi hair salon Toni & Guy owner Kelly Prestia with client Sophia Wilson at her salon in Bondi beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs. Search engine Google has threatened to pull its service from Australia which could impact small business customer base. Britta Campion / The Australian

Salon owners happy to get big tech out of their hair

Small businesses say they’re happy to give search engine Google the flick, as the tech giant threatens to withdraw from Australia.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 19: Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets with team member Savannah Alegre, Specialist Team Lead of the Microbiology Laboratory at AstraZeneca on August 19, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The Australian government has announced an agreement with the British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to secure at least 25 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine if it passes clinical trials. The University of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine is currently in phase-three testing. If the vaccine proves to be successful, Australia will manufacture and supply vaccines and will be made available for free. The project could deliver the first vaccines by the end of this year or by early 2021. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams - Pool/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Australia immune from EU vax curbs

The Morrison government claims Australia’s vaccine rollout remains on track, despite the EU planning to restrict the export of Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs.

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Auctioneer David Gray in action during the aucton. Action from the Auction at 24 Dudley Street Pagewood. The property sold for 1.57 Million dollars. Picture: John Appleyard

Auction action soars

Auction clearance rates in Sydney and Melbourne soared above 80 per cent at the weekend.

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