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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The Leader of the Australian Labor Party, Anthony Albanese, is in Sydney today with the Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Manager of Opposition Business, Tony Burke, and will hold a press conference.Anthony Albanese addressing the media.Photo: Tim Pascoe

Albanese steps up pressure on jabs

Anthony Albanese is ramping up his calls for an accelerated rollout of a coronavirus vaccine before March, as federal health officials say they hope to beat their current deadlines.

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Human Nature concert at The Coliseum, Rooty Hill Picture: Twitter

Outrage over packed concert, over-capacity wedding

An RSL concert and a wedding with 700 guests collide to increase virus fears in Sydney’s west.

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Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Ainsley Melham in Pippin. Pic: David Hooley. Supplied for Elizabeth Fortescue

Kerri-Anne Kennerley in on-stage trapeze fall

Performer Kerri-Anne Kennerley is recovering in hospital after she suffered a serious fall on stage, forcing her to bow out of her role in musical Pippin.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 30, 2020. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian provides a COVID-19 update at St Leonards in Sydney Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Restrictions tighten as Covid spreads

The NSW government has imposed stricter restrictions on Sydney as Victoria recorded three community coronavirus transmissions.

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NSW OUTBREAKNation

30/12/20: People from the Wollongong area line up for testing at the Wollongong Hospital. John Feder/The Australian.

Worshippers and shoppers head the queues

Health authorities in Wollongong struggling to process hundreds of tests for residents.

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WILD WEATHERNation

Gloomy weather in Sydney Tuesday, 29 December, 2020. Picture: Nikki Short

New year washout for soggy east coast

Wild weather will continue to batter Australia’s eastern seaboard, but authorities warn the deluge will do little to counter the looming threat of summer bushfires.

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Road toll hits 22Nation

Surf life saving flags will no longer be in place to not promote people going to the beach.

Drownings spike as we holiday at home

The number of summer drownings in Australia has surged this year as more holidaymakers flock to local beaches and waterways in the absence of overseas travel.

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