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Australia's phased virus vaccine rollout

AUSTRALIA'S COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT PHASESPhase 1a (up to 1.4 million doses):Quarantine and border workersFrontline healthcare workersAged care and disability care staffAged care and disability care residents---Phase 1b (up to 14.8 million doses):Elderly adults aged 80 years and overElderly adults aged 70-79 yearsOther healthcare workersAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged...

Andrews tight-lipped on lockdown extension

Authorities are yet to rule out an extension to Victoria's five-day "circuit breaker" lockdown, as the state recorded one new locally acquired case of COVID-19.

China fires back at virus probe sceptics

China has fired back at the US over allegations that Beijing withheld some information about the coronavirus outbreak from World Health Organisation investigators.

Vic cases linked to 'weak positive' worker

A false-negative test result from a Holiday Inn hotel worker put Victorian authorities off the scent of a family function where COVID-19 spread into the community.

US Senate acquits Trump of inciting riot

The US Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol last month, sparing him from conviction in his second impeachment trial in a year despite broad condemnation of his role in sparking the deadly siege.

Croc killed after remains found in Qld

A four-metre crocodile believed to be behind a fatal attack on a missing fisherman in north Queensland has been captured and killed, after human remains were found.

Fishermen dead despite 'heroic' NSW rescue

NSW police and surf lifesavers have been praised for their heroic efforts after two rock fishermen drowned but a third survived after being swept off rocks near Port Kembla south of Sydney.