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Scott Morrison rules out overturning assisted dying ban on territories, sparking Senate candidate fight

The Northern Territory and ACT remain banned from voting on legalising voluntary assisted dying and, as of Thursday, are the last jurisdictions without it. It's now erupted into an election issue.
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Cost of living relief centrepiece of WA budget, but no wage increase for public sector workers

Mark McGowan says this year's budget aims to ease cost of living pressures, but welfare groups say it's not enough while unions describe the absence of a pay rise for public sector workers is a "kick in the guts".
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Push for Indigenous COVID vaccinations as WA border opens

The WA Vaccine Commander says Indigenous vaccination rates in some communities are "nowhere near" high enough ahead of the state's border opening at midnight. 
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Gary Dreibergs with an Indigenous woman and a little boy in a vaccination room

SA Health updates exposure sites after almost a week

SA Health's list of exposure sites grows — almost a week after it was last updated — with a Hindley Street nightclub being added to the list.
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Many women starting IVF have undiagnosed endometriosis

New Australian research has found one third of women who undergo fertility treatment have undiagnosed endometriosis. Emma Pollard reports.
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Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds

States demand 'immediate' extra health funding

Scott Morrison accuses Queensland of using the pandemic to 'extort' more money from the Commonwealth, as state and territory health ministers call for hospital 'crisis funding'. Andrew Probyn reports.
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Duration: 2 minutes 6 seconds

New regional Victoria COVID cases confirmed

The chance of regional Victoria getting out of the state's lockdown is slipping away with new confirmed cases. 
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A COIVD testing clinic in Cowes

Is the Delta variant more infectious in children?

Children appear to be testing positive in numbers not previously seen in Australia. Michael Slezak reports.
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Duration: 2 minutes 6 seconds

There are long lines for Bondi COVID-19 testing centres after a positive case in the area.

Due to local transmission of COVID-19 in Sydney, Bondi testing clinics have long lines with people trying to get tested.
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Duration: 54 seconds

'Surely it's one thing we can do for women': Vending machine delivers period dignity

A vending machine for free period products is installed at Echuca-Moama's women's health centre and expected to deliver 100 packs of pads and tampons each month.
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Two women wearing pink t-shirts smile in front of a period pack vending machine

live:NSW Now: Kathleen Folbigg appeal judgment due

MORNING BRIEFING: A decision is expected on Kathleen Folbigg's appeal against a review that reinforced her convictions for killing her babies.
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Leading epidemiologist says it's critical to isolate air circulating between hotel rooms and corridors

A leading epidemiologist says it is critical to isolate the air circulating between rooms and corridors in hotel quarantine to avoid the spread of COVID-19.
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A close-up shot of a man from the waist down walking outside a hotel pulling two large white suitcases on wheels.

Herd immunity may need us to vaccinate children, Brendan Murphy says

Health Department secretary Brendan Murphy tells a parliamentary committee that if herd immunity against COVID-19 is possible, we may need to vaccinate children, who are not currently included in the vaccine roadmap as "if recommended".
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Brendan Murphy sits at a long table.

'All people living in Australia' will be offered COVID-19 vaccine, including asylum seekers

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says the Government will offer COVID-19 vaccinations free to all visa holders in Australia, including refugees and asylum seekers, in order to achieve "the maximum level of coverage".
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Federal health Minister Greg Hunt

Singapore becomes first Asian nation to approve Moderna's COVID vaccine

Singaporean officials say they expect the nation's first shipment of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to arrive around March, in the wake of the country becoming Asia's first to approve the jab.
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You view a small vaccine vial with clear liquid and a red cap, standing on a white trestle table.

Security guard with UK coronavirus variant delivered medicine to COVID-positive quarantine guest

WA Premier Mark McGowan reveals the security guard at the Four Points Hotel who contracted the highly infectious UK variant of COVID-19 delivered medicine to a returned traveller who had coronavirus.
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The exterior of the Four Points Sheraton in Perth with a large sign on a brick wall.

McGowan waits on easing restrictions with NSW 'because you just don't know what will happen'

WA's Premier says NSW will likely reach 28 days without community transmission of COVID-19 in mid-February, at which point his Government will consider easing restrictions for that state.
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Queensland police officer directs cars at a border check point on the Gold Coast.

'Our efforts are extraordinary': 630,000 COVID cases in a day — and none of them in Australia

veHealth Minister Greg Hunt says the fact there have been over 100 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide but Australia has gone 12 days without community transmission is an "immensely powerful reminder of Australia's circumstances".
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A woman wears a colourful mask, jacket, shirt and jeans as she walks past Flinders Street Station.

Travellers from quarantine hotel at centre of NZ outbreak arrived in Sydney

Acting Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd says 12 people who were in hotel quarantine in Auckland arrived in Sydney before the travel bubble was suspended, with three of them transiting on to Hong Kong.
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A man in a mask pushes a suitcase trolley at Sydney airport, in front of a sign with silver fern that says: "We've miss you".

Sydneysiders 'breathing dirty air' as new research to focus on effectiveness of masks

Researchers from the University of NSW are turning their focus from how masks can stop the spread of coronavirus, to how they can protect against bushfire smoke.
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Thick smoke obscures the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour bridge in Sydney, Thursday, November, 21, 2019.

I'm a Victorian stuck on the wrong side of the border. Can I get home?

Victorians who missed the border crossing deadline are being warned not to attempt to make the crossing because they will be turned around. So what happens next?
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Silhouettes of a family walk past an airport window as a plane takes off outside.

Calls for urgent inquiry into initial SA COVID-19 outbreak

It comes as the state's transition commission meets to decide on borders and business capacity limits.
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Duration: 6 minutes 29 seconds

Chief Medical Officer Andrew Wilson says Victoria's PPE guidelines go beyond those of the World Health Organization.

Victoria's Chief Medical Officer Andrew Wilson has defended the state's personal protective equipment (PPE) guidelines for healthcare workers, but says authorities are also "very careful" about ensuring the long-term supply is sustainable.
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Duration: 2 minutes 37 seconds

Brett Sutton tells the inquiry he would have preferred to be Victoria's state controller

Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton gives evidence to the COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry about the position of state controller.
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Duration: 2 minutes 41 seconds

Footage shows streaker running onto Perth Stadium field during AFL clash

Video posted on social media showed the moment a 28-year-old man ran onto the field during a game between Collingwood and Geelong. He is facing a $50,000 fine for breaching a COVID-19 quarantine zone.
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Duration: 36 seconds