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Green lightNovavax roll-out date set after final approval

Australia's newest COVID-19 vaccine Novavax will be distributed from February 21 after being ticked off by ATAGI.

Alex Mitchell

Shock newsCommentsPremiumGreg Hunt ‘set to retire’ from politics

Health Minister Greg Hunt is reportedly set to announce his retirement after 18 months of leading Australia’s health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Sarah Ison

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The West Australian exclusive
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Cook smashes Feds for dragging feet on Pfizer jab

Health Minister Roger Cook has slammed Federal counterpart Greg Hunt for not acting quicker to secure a Pfizer vaccine supply that would have better protected West Australians.

Lanai Scarr & Peter Law

Shock revelationsCommentsPremiumEmails reveal red tape delays pushed back Pfizer talks

Global pharmaceuticals company Pfizer requested a meeting with Health Minister Greg Hunt in June 2020 just months after the pandemic began but was denied due to legal delays.

Lanai Scarr

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opinion
THIRD WAVECommentsPremium
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Why we need a COVID inquiry urgently

Sydney is in dreadful shape, NSW regions are under threat, south-east Queensland and Victoria are shuttered, and the vaccine rollout remains beset by difficulties – calling for a COVID exit plan.

Michelle Grattan

COVID-19 battleVideoCommentsPremiumFeds sends huge PPC shipment to help NSW’s virus fight

The Federal Government is sending millions of protective masks, gloves and goggles to New South Wales as the State recorded more than 100 positive cases on Monday.

Sarah Ison

Crunching the numbersCommentsPremiumJenna Clarke: Our pollies ‘lack self-awareness’

The longer the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the more chickens we’re seeing come home to roost for our pollies and the politically adjacent.

Dual jabCommentsPremiumReserve COVID vaccine doses set to be released

Some vaccine doses held in reserve for second jabs would be released immediately under changes to the rollout currently under consideration by the Morrison Government.

Josh Zimmerman

Leading the WACommentsPremium‘Golden triangle’ residents leading State in COVID jabs

Residents of the affluent western suburbs are rolling up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccinations faster than in any other part of the State.

Josh Zimmerman

Condition ‘improving’CommentsPremiumGreg Hunt’s medical condition revealed

Health Minister Greg Hunt’s medical condition has been revealed after the 55-year-old Federal politician was admitted to hospital yesterday.

Sarah Ison

Coronavirus restrictionsPremium‘No reason’ for State borders to remain closed: Hunt

There is currently no Commonwealth advice or expert body in favour of state border closures, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says.

Sarah Ison

Coronavirus crisisPremiumHow Australia is ‘winning COVID-19 fight’

Health Minister Greg Hunt says Australia is continuing to win the fight against coronavirus, with just one current case of community transmission in Australia.

Lanai Scarr

Coronavirus crisisPremiumNew figures prompt ‘hope and aspiration’ in virus fight

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says Australia is seeing a “consolidated flattening of the curve”, prompting a sense of “hope and aspiration” for COVID-19 containment in coming months.

Sarah Ison

Coronavirus restrictionsPremiumPubs, clubs to face new crowd limits in COVID-19 fight

Australians will face a radically different way of life with indoor crowd restrictions limited to 100 — and potentially as few as 50 people — from this week.

Lanai Scarr

Coronavirus crisisVideoPremiumMinister lashes reported racism towards Chinese Aussies

Health Minister Greg Hunt is “very concerned” by reported racism towards Chinese Australians in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, confirming the Government was reviewing its travel ban “this week”.

Sarah Ison

ExclusivePremiumMental health issues ‘turning kids welfare dependent’

Australia faces a generation of increased welfare dependence unless more is done to provide support for children with severe anxiety and mental health issues, according to Patrick McGorry.

Lanai Scarr and Sarah Ison