Queensland vaccination rules to ease further from 14 April; two bodies recovered from Blue Mountains; Australia imposes new sanctions on Russia as foreign and defence ministers label Putin a ‘war criminal’; major Optus mobile network outage; ministers respond to criticism of PM; NSW records 12 Covid deaths and 19,183 new infections; Victoria records eight deaths and 12,007 new infections; Queensland eight deaths and 9,946 new infections; ACT one death and 918 infections. Follow all the day’s news
Tourist rescued after mission to investigate California family’s hiking deaths
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A Michigan man who is said to have traveled to California’s Sierra national forest to investigate the heat-related deaths of a young family on a hiking trail last year had to be rescued last month, according to the Ma...
Australia spent $20bn on first-home buyer support over a decade – and pushed up prices, report says
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Australian governments have poured more than $20bn into supporting first-home buyers in the past decade, the cornerstone of “one-sided” housing policies that set the country apart from more balanced policies abroad, a...
Tell us: how have you been affected by the Covid situation in UK hospitals?
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Amid rising numbers of Covid-19 cases, we would like hear about what the situation in hospitals is like for patients, their relatives, and healthcare workers. You can get in touch by filling in the form below or conta...
Who’s clapping now? UK healthcare workers with long Covid have been abandoned
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UK frontline doctors, like the rest of our NHS colleagues, stepped up to provide medical care to patients with Covid-19 from the start of the pandemic, long before any available Covid vaccines. Most were not furloughe...
More Australians to be eligible for fourth dose of Covid vaccine as Omicron infections rise
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A fourth Covid vaccine will be made available to more Australians as health authorities attempt to stave off further spread of the infectious virus which continues to place the health system under enormous pressure. T...
Donetsk governor urges people to flee after more civilian deaths
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The governor of Donetsk, the last remaining eastern province of Ukraine partially under Kyiv’s control, has urged the region’s 350,000 people to flee amid reports of fresh deaths and injuries. At least seven civilians...
Rents rise at fastest rate in 14 years across Australia
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Rents have risen at the fastest rate for 14 years as Australia’s landlords seek to recoup costs in the face of rising interest rates and higher inflation. According research firm CoreLogic’s quarterly rental review, t...