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Coronavirus (COVID-19)Coronavirus booster program moves closer

Health and medical advice is being prepared for the federal government ahead of COVID-19 booster shots being made widely available.

Paul Osborne

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
‘reckless and irresponsible’CommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Goiran questions lawfulness of mandated jabs

Shadow Attorney General Nick Goiran has questioned the lawfulness of the McGowan Government’s sweeping ‘no jab, no job’ policy in a ‘sponsored’ post on Facebook.

Peter Law

Travel boostCommentsWA to allow quarantine-free travel from Qld

People travelling from Queensland to WA will not be required to quarantine from Wednesday, as the State Government moves to reclassify the state as ‘very low risk’.

Charlotte Elton

PoliticsHundreds challenge Vic’s Covid jab mandate

Authorised workers, employer groups and healthcare workers have joined a mass legal action against the Victorian government’s mandates on vaccines.

Rhiannon Tuffield

Prison timePremiumAnother Demons fan jailed for grand final border breach

A Melbourne fan who sneaked across the WA border to witness the Demons’ historic AFL Grand final win has been sent to prison.

Tim Clarke

Family affairPremiumNev Power’s son involved in helicopter ‘COVID breach’

Businessman Neville Power allegedly breached WA’s border restrictions on a private chopper with his son Nick, who previously dated Bachelorette Brooke Blurton, it can be revealed.

Peter Law

Coronavirus (COVID-19)Mass burial of COVID-19 victims in PNG

A hospital morgue overflowing with COVID-19 victims in the PNG capital Port Moresby has prompted authorities to appove a mass burial.

AAP

Right moveCommentsPremiumWorkforce vaccine mandate a bold but vital measure

‘Until Wednesday’s announcement, we were in a holding pattern. Some people were delaying vaccination for a stronger impetus, while others were content to keep life as it is.’

Katie Attwell

investigation
investigation
‘The great resignation’CommentsPremium
investigation
Why millions of Aussies are about to quit their jobs

Dubbed ‘the great resignation’, in the US it’s seen a record-breaking 4.3 million people quit their jobs in the month of August alone, while in the UK job vacancies have hit a high of one million.

Kate Emery

Shut downCommentsPremiumTribunal rejects nurse's compulsory vaccine challenge

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has dismissed a Ballina hospital nurse's application to review mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for health workers.

AAP

Coronavirus (COVID-19)Latest COVID-19 in NSW: by the numbers

NSW has recorded 294 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths.

AAP

Hunt them downCommentsPremium‘We’ll find you’: top cop’s warning to McGowan’s trolls

Acting WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch has vowed to hunt down and ‘bring to justice’ anyone who bombarded Premier Mark McGowan’s phone with threats last week.

Daryna Zadvirna

Laying down lawPremium‘No one is above WA’s COVID laws’: McGowan on Nev Power

Premier Mark McGowan says ‘no one is above the law’ after the man who spearheaded Australia’s COVID-19 economic task force, Neville Power, was charged with breaching WA’s quarantine laws.

Briana Fiore

Coronavirus (COVID-19)Red Cross urges action for COVID-hit PNG

Humanitarian groups are called for urgent international help for Papua New Guinea as it struggles with a surge in COVID-19 cases.

AAP

CoronavirusPremiumInfected driver’s hospital disturbance

The rideshare driver at the centre of last week’s Covid scare has allegedly been found outside his hospital room days after he was “too sick to speak”.

Staff writers

Coronavirus (COVID-19)NZ reports 2nd-highest daily COVID cases

New Zealand has had its second-worst day of daily COVID-19 infections, recording 109 new cases.

AAP

Coronavirus (COVID-19)Special considerations for year 12 exams

Sport will return to schools next week and students sitting their final exams will be given "special considerations" as schools close for cleaning after cases.

Jack Gramenz

Coronavirus (COVID-19)Victoria's daily COVID-19 cases snapshot

After Melbourne's first weekend of freedom, Victoria has recorded 1461 new COVID-19 cases and another seven deaths.

AAP

Coronavirus (COVID-19)Qld not considering further jab mandates

Vaccination is compulsory for Queensland's healthcare workers and police, but the government has ruled out mandates for other state workers.

Marty Silk

Coronavirus (COVID-19)NT to allow home quarantine on November 23

People travelling to the Northern Territory from interstate will be able to quarantine for two weeks at a private residence, but only if fully vaccinated.

AAP

CovidFormer Covid adviser’s alleged border breach

A former Covid adviser who spearheaded a taskforce guiding the nation out of the pandemic has allegedly broken border rules.

Melissa Iaria

NATIONAL COVID WRAPCommentsVictoria records another seven COVID deaths

Victoria has recorded 1461 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths as unvaccinated residents have been warned they could be locked out of venues until 2023. SEE THE LATEST NATIONAL UPDATES.

AAP & staff writers

UpdatedAlarming figure in state’s daily infections

As Victoria begins to open up after six gruelling lockdowns, an alarming figure has revealed the stark reality of how the outbreak has swept across the state.

Anthony Piovesan and Jack Paynter

UpdatedNSW records 294 new Covid cases

NSW has recorded 294 new Covid cases and four more deaths on Monday as infection numbers continue to remain stable.

Jack Paynter