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Wednesday, December 06

Ground flaw: Why our hotel quarantine system is designed to fail

The current Victorian coronaries lockdown is, once again, wholly attributable to the failure of Australia’s favoured hotel quarantine system, write University of Melbourne researchers Tony Blakely, Ameera Katar and Driss Alt Quakrim

Quarantine, rollout blamed after 17 hotel outbreaks in six months

Victoria’s latest coronavirus outbreak has been blamed on failures in hotel quarantine and a flagging national vaccine rollout.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a freeze on the deeming rate for pensioners, ensuring their pay is not affected by interest rate rises for two years. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)

Next up: GPs set to start vaccinating all over-50s as jabs top 3 million

From Monday people over the age of 50 can get their COVID-19 vaccination from a GP.

As Indian 'mercy flights' resume, Dutton insists we're ready to cope

Defence Minister Peter Dutton insists the quarantine system will be able to cope when a travel ban lifts and flights from India resume.

India flights to resume, but travellers must test negative before boarding

Australians in India who fail a pre-flight coronavirus test will be banned from boarding when rescue planes restart from May 15.

PM says repatriation flights from India 'on track' to resume May 15

Australia has indicated it is on track to restart repatriation flights from India where thousands of people are stranded under a controversial travel ban.

Yes or no: Premier presses PM on new quarantine camp to get more Aussies home

More Australians will be able to return home over coming months with a quarantine facility in the NT increasing fortnightly capacity to 2000 but plans for a new Queensland facility remain in limbo.

Opinion
Why Morrison will go back to the future to solve issue of Aussies stranded overseas

Dennis Atkins Tuesday, January 19