All state and territory leaders aside from WA’s have agreed to get rid of their coronavirus-caused border closures before the end of the year. With December still a few weeks away, here’s what’s due to change.
NT Government fast tracks decisions on Palmerston liquor licence applications
Two liquor licence applications in Palmerston that are now being expedited by NT Government — following its controversial move to sidestep the independent Liquor Commission — have previously been opposed by NT Police.
NSW goes a week without locally acquired COVID cases
Despite the milestone, multiple suburbs in north-west Sydney are on alert after coronavirus traces were found in a sewage system that covers 120,000 people.
Another newborn dies at crisis-hit Sydney hospital
The latest death follows a NSW Government review into the death of four newborns and a threat by 20 obstetricians to resign over concerns about the hospital.
For people with this little-understood mental condition, a diagnosis is all too rare
Morgan Bayer has spent most of her life gripped by a volatile mental disorder so misunderstood that she didn’t know she was a sufferer, despite years of mental health support.
Sydney’s historic QVB is like a ghost town but there are signs of a ‘slow recovery’
The QVB shopping centre, like much of Sydney’s CBD, is a shadow of its former self in terms of bustling crowds, but as the festive season approaches, there is optimism about what’s ahead.
Armin supports 10 people on his wage — and the pandemic has pushed him to the edge
This casual chemist stocktake assistant is among almost 1 million people across Australia who work fewer than their usual hours because of underemployment due to the coronavirus.
Motorists stream into WA at the stroke of midnight as coronavirus border restrictions ease
About 30 vehicles line up to cross the border between Western Australia and South Australia when the state’s tough COVID-19 border policy significantly relaxes at the stroke of midnight.
Welcome back, Australia: Sandgropers embrace reunification as hard border falls
Seven months ago, Western Australia slammed shut its doors to the rest of the nation. Now it’s on the road back to rejoining the rest of the country, but not everyone’s sure it’s going in the right direction.
Promising Alzheimer’s drug suffers setback as health experts knock it back
A drug company is seeking to get an experimental Alzheimer’s drug approved by the FDA. If they succeed it would be a major breakthrough. But just how convincing is the evidence for its use?