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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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 08: Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan speaks during a press conference at Dumas House on January 8, 2021 in Perth, Australia. Western Australia will reintroduce a hard border with Queensland and require all individuals who have arrived in WA from Queensland since January 2 to quarantine as Brisbane enters a three-day lockdown after a cleaner working at a quarantine hotel tested positive for the UK Covid-19 strain. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)

Ministers face quarantine in Canberra

West Australian federal MPs and their staff will have to quarantine in Canberra after Perth went into a five-day lockdown with a plane-load of politicians stranded on a flight.

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Vaccine ‘trade war’Nation

A nurse (R) gets her second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 in a medical centre of Budapest on January 28, 2021, as the second round of vaccination among health workers continues. - Hungary extended a coronavirus state of emergency for 90 days and partial lockdown measures until March 1, and it would issue a decree licensing any vaccine already used on a million people. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Enough doses coming despite EU, says govt

As the EU threatens a ban on exports of coronavirus vaccines from the bloc, authorities in Australia stick to a late-February rollout.

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live: coronavirus crisisNation

Nurse Francine Millward (L) adminsters an injection of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre set up at Thornton Little Theatre managed by Wyre Council in Thornton-Cleveleys, northwest England, on January 29, 2021 as Britain's coronavirus vaccination campaign continues. - Britain on Friday claimed its streamlined approach to developing Covid vaccines and support for biotech firms helped it to steal a march on other countries still struggling to implement a roll-out. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Doses still begin next month, confirms govt

As a promise on Australian delivery is restated, a preview of research being published soon says vaccination is already easing the pandemic.

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Nation

A car is stuck in flood waters on York St South Melbourne. Friday, January, 29. Picture: David Crosling

Pleas for help as state hit by floods

Emergency services received more than 500 calls for help as a huge storm dumped a month’s worth of rain on Victoria in less than 12 hours.

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AUSTRALIA DAYPolitics

New citizen Daniel Mensah Adobaw with wife Nadia Samperi on Australia Day at Government House, Sydney Tuesday, 26 January, 2021. Picture: Nikki Short

Legions of new citizens pledge their loyalty

Thousands of new citizens pledged their loyalty to Australia in ceremonies around the country on Australia Day.

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AUSTRALIA DAYNation

Australia Day Chef.Andy Clappis (L) opened his Italian restaurant in near Willunga 15 years ago and shares his love of Italian food and culture with all his diners. His dad Enzo (R) immigrated to Australia in the 50s and taught him a love of the food business. Both of them were features in the Australia Day Council's ad for Australia Day. They love making bread together.Friday 22 January 2021 Pic Roy VanDerVegt

Love of food and family an ideal recipe

Andy Clappis’s dad Enzo brought his love of food with him when he immigrated to Australia from Italy as a teenager. Now both father and son are successful restaurateurs.

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AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEARNation

Buy from the Bush founder Grace Brennan is backing the New South Wales government's campaign, BuyRegional, which encourages people to purchase Christmas presents from drought-stricken communities. Picture: Dylan Robinson

Australian of the Year: last chance to choose nominees

Rural communities hit by drought, bush fires and COVID-19, have had one saving grace in mum of four Grace Brennan.

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HEAT WAVENation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 28: A general view as people gather at Bondi beach on November 28, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast heatwave conditions in NSW this weekend, with temperatures expected to exceed 40 degrees across the state. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

Heatwave to scorch the eastern seaboard

Fire authorities are on high alert as much of Australia’s eastern seaboard braces for a heatwave with temperatures forecast to soar higher than 40C over the Australia Day long weekend.

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Science

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 19: A prepared syringe with the Biontech-Pfizer vaccine is brought into a vaccination booth on January 19, 2021 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The State of Hesse is operating one of its vaccination centers, where thousands of people would otherwise come together at concerts and trade fairs. On the first day of regular operation, around 500 people are to be vaccinated against Covid-19. (Photo by Boris Roessler - Pool /Getty Images)

Quick and safe vax method

Australian scientists have created a new method for synthesising vaccines that will enable the quicker and safer production of vital immunisations.

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TRAVELNation

‘Vax passports’ will be a prerequisite to travel

Travel industry bodies say app-based COVID ‘vaccination passports’ will be a mandatory requirement when international tourism resumes.

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