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A drive through testing clinic in the Rockdale LGA.
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Australia news LIVE: Victoria records four local COVID-19 cases as state’s sixth lockdown begins; NSW, Queensland cases continue to grow

NSW is reeling after the deadliest day of its current outbreak, Victoria has gone from recording zero cases earlier this week to a statewide lockdown and Queensland’s outbreak continues to grow.

  • by Broede Carmody
Infectious disease experts, including Catherine Bennett and Peter Collignon (pictured) have questioned whether WA’s latest COVID case could be a false-positive.
Coronavirus pandemic

‘It doesn’t fit’: Experts question whether WA’s FIFO coronavirus case is a false-positive

  • by Heather McNeill
Australia’s peak accountants group says businesses still need suport even after lockdown ends.
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Coronavirus pandemic

Victoria records four new cases as state begins sixth lockdown

  • by Abbir Dib
Stores within Loganholme’s Hyperdome were among new additions to the Queensland Health COVID-19 exposure site list on Wednesday, August 4, 2021. 
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Coronavirus pandemic

Full list: Salvation Army, Officeworks, Aldi outlets among new exposure sites

  • by Matt Dennien, Toby Crockford, Cloe Read and Jocelyn Garcia
Professor Ziqi Sun’s “eureka” moment came while walking through the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane
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Bamboozled in the bamboo, quick-thinking professor turns to batteries

  • by Stuart Layt

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Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young and Deputy Premier Steven Miles at a government COVID-19 update amid the strictest lockdown faced by south-east Queensland on Thursday.
Coronavirus pandemic

Lockdown lifts if Qld does ‘something special’. Experts cannot see it

Queensland authorities are becoming more hopeful the lockdown can be lifted on Sunday as planned, but experts warn specific targets still need to be met.

  • by Stuart Layt
Premier Daniel Andrews has called another lockdown for Victoria.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic

Lockdown six needed to tackle mystery cases

Contact tracing is no longer enough to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant – people who have contracted the virus just can’t be found fast enough.

  • by Catherine Bennett
Thousands of extra Pfizer doses will arrive in Queensland from next week.
Coronavirus pandemic

More Pfizer shots sooner in Queensland as Feds bring forward delivery

  • by Stuart Layt
Children with mental health concerns may not get the medical attention they need.
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Hospitals in crisis

WA’s frantic efforts to deal with one health crisis leaves another exposed - and our children may pay the price

  • by Aja Styles
Authorities are urging residents of Brisbane and the other 10 locked down LGAs to avoid leaving their house if possible until Sunday.
Coronavirus pandemic

Lockdown likely to be extended unless cases plummet, experts warn

  • by Stuart Layt
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