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Priya and Nades Murugappan and their Australian-born children, Tharnicaa and Kopika, in a photo taken during their court fight to remain in Australia.
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Australia news LIVE: Victoria records two new local COVID-19 cases linked to Southbank apartment; Biloela family to reside in Perth

A Tamil asylum seeker family who has spent the last two years on Christmas Island will be allowed to reside in Perth for the time being, Victoria recorded two new cases of coronavirus, and Australia and the UK have agreed on a post-Brexit free trade deal. 

  • by Broede Carmody, Natassia Chrysanthos and Nick Bonyhady
Ertunc Eriklioglu after his arrest on November 20, 2018.
Terror charges

Terror plotters drew inspiration from 2018 Bourke St attack, court told

  • by Adam Cooper
Priya and Nades Murugappan and their Australian-born children, Tharnicaa and Kopika, in a photo taken during their court fight to remain in Australia.
Opinion
Immigration

The treatment of Biloela’s Murugappan family shows cruelty never works

  • by Steve Biddulph
The contact register system is expanding to cover most shops and venues in WA.
Coronavirus pandemic

SafeWA loopholes to close after police access data during investigations

  • by Hamish Hastie
Natasha Darcy has been found guilty of murdering her partner Mathew Dunbar.
Courts

‘He would help out anyone he met’: How suicide defence put ‘generous’ murder victim on trial

  • by Jenny Noyes

Healthcare

Mr Cook told the crown he would stand by them.
Hospitals

Burnout warning in WA’s under-pressure hospitals as staff leave blows out

The number of staff owed more than eight weeks of annual leave at the five largest agencies under the Department of Health umbrella went up by more than 1800 people to 10,874 last year.

  • by Peter de Kruijff
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Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic

Greater risks than airborne transmission when it comes to quarantine

The strong advocacy for replacing hotel quarantine with standalone facilities to mitigate airborne transmission misses a very important point.

  • by Dr Leena Gupta and Dr Teresa Anderson
People with intellectual disability in NSW are up to eight times more likely to be sent to hospital with conditions that could be managed in primary care.
Disability

‘Unacceptable’ rates of avoidable hospital visits for people with intellectual disability

  • by Lucy Carroll
Eastern suburbs council staff who would otherwise be ineligible for a COVID-19 inoculation under the current rollout have been given access to vaccines in a partnership with an inner-city Sydney hospital.
Opinion
Vaccination

Vaccine rollout looks discriminatory against young people

  • by Luke Beck
Morale at Fiona Stanley Hospital has plummeted.
Hospitals in crisis

Fiona Stanley staff ‘having panic attacks’ before work as pressure mounts

  • by Marta Pascual Juanola
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