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The Kings Park complex in Southbank where some residents have tested positive.
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Australia news LIVE: Restrictions eased in Victoria as state records three new COVID-19 cases; UK-Australia strike historic trade deal

Hundreds of residents in a Melbourne townhouse complex are anxiously awaiting the results of coronavirus tests, Australia and the UK have marked a new era in international relations and a Tamil asylum-seeker family has been reunited in Perth.

  • by Broede Carmody, Natassia Chrysanthos and Nick Bonyhady
There were no queues at the vaccination hub at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds on Monday.
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Coronavirus pandemic

Victoria COVID LIVE updates: Restrictions eased in Melbourne as state records three new local cases

  • by Kate Rose
There were no queues at the vaccination hub at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds on Monday.
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Coronavirus pandemic

What are Victoria’s new COVID restrictions?

  • by Mathew Dunckley
A man is accused of lifting a woman over the side of a balcony.
Crime

Neighbours help woman allegedly detained and lifted over Sydney unit balcony

  • by Daniella White
Men arrive at the men’s only Australian Club for the vote on whether to allow women as permanent members.
Opinion
Gender equality

The men-only club I can no longer belong to ... because gents in suits can’t rule the world in the 21st century

  • by John Hewson

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
PPE -
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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