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Queensland has launched a $5.2 million tourism campaign to entice visitors back after strict border controls were abolished, with Annastacia Palaszczuk saying "why wouldn't you want to come here?".

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Grace Tame has alleged she received a “threatening phone call” from a senior member of a government funded organisation telling her not to say anything "damning" about Scott Morrison during an Australian of the Year event.

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The Finance Minister has urged Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to reconsider a move to require international visitors to be tripled vaccinated or risk losing major tourism dollars and marquee events.

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Employment Minister Stuart Robert says the key is to not be “distracted” but to be focused on the “welfare of the Australian people”.

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Glenn Wheatley, who managed both John Farnham and Delta Goodrem, died in Melbourne on Tuesday from COVID-19 complications.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed the "key issue" that will determine when Australia will fully reopen to all tourists as the Qantas boss says the current border rules do not "make sense".

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Dozens of staff and students are in quarantine after a teacher at a Western Australian primary school tested positive for COVID-19.

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The consumer watchdog says it is receiving more than 120 reports per day about rapid antigen test (RAT) price gouging as it warned businesses could face court over the offending.

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Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says it’s necessary to know what the cost of living is for ordinary Australians.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has disagreed with text messages allegedly shared between former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian and a currently serving Liberal Cabinet Minister calling him a “fraud” and a “complete psycho”.

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved Pfizer's oral pill Paxlovid for emergency treatment of COVID-19.

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QR code check-ins will return for New South Wales residents but the government is adamant they will not enforce a mask mandate despite a surge in coronavirus cases over the past two weeks.

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Leaked modelling which claims Australia could record up to 200,000 coronavirus cases each day in late January or early February has been labelled “highly misleading” by the nation’s top medical expert and “completely unlikely” by the Prime Minister.

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Australians are ready for a gradual reopening of international borders with almost 80 per cent saying they would like travel bubbles with countries that have high vaccination rates.

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State and territory leaders have been ordered to rollout their booster programs as soon as possible and to reopen vaccination hubs across the country amid the spread of Omicron.

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Another entertainment venue in New South Wales has been added to the list of growing coronavirus exposure sites after 84 cases were identified in two popular spots by health officials.

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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has tested positive to COVID-19 in the United States.

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) believe existing vaccines should protect against the Omicron variant that has now spread to 57 countries around the world.

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More than 100 firefighters are working to contain an emergency level bushfire in south-west Western Australia.

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US President Joe Biden has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin the US and European allies will respond with "strong economic and other measures" if the Kremlin decides to invade Ukraine.

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