The federal government has accused Annastacia Palaszczuk of misleading Australians over the risks to children if and when COVID restrictions are eased.
Australians have been promised an easing of rules to allow those who cross borders to quarantine at home.
Scott Morrison says it should be possible to get the 1.2 million-strong 12- to 15-year-old cohort vaccinated fairly quickly.
The MRC’s pitch to host fully vaccinated crowds at its Caulfield Cup carnival is likely to fall days short of a 70 per cent national two-dose vaccination rate.
Vaccinated Australians will be able to use their phones to gain exemptions to lockdown rules under a national cabinet plan to use digital records to verify vaccine status.
The nation has lost count of “roadmaps” that have emerged,all solemnly agreed and announced,on the way out of the pandemic. Instead,each state goes its own way.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been told by other state leaders that she must consult national cabinet about any plan to deviate from an agreed strategy to contain COVID-19.
Senator Rex Patrick has succeeded in his appeal for documents from national cabinet to be made available under FOI.
Morrison’s skill at triple backward somersaults could save him,unless it reaches the point where people no longer believe his smudging of fact and fiction.
Australians will use a QR-code vaccine certificate for international travel under a multimillion-dollar plan to reopen the borders,but the Coalition can’t agree on using it for domestic travel.
National cabinet’s 70 per cent vaccination rate could be met by mid-November but hinges on young men and laggard states.