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Australians will need three COVID vaccine doses to be 'up to date', but some changes are still unclear

ATAGI is getting rid of the concept of being "fully vaccinated" altogether and says a third dose is necessary to be considered "up to date" with vaccinations. But what does that actually mean — and what will happen next?

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting opportunity to review progress: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the 4th Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting is an opportunity to review the progress made since a vision was laid out at the Quad Leaders' Summit in September last year.

Dynamite News · Feb 11, 2022

Anthony Albanese hits back at ‘nonsense’ suggestion China wants Labor to win federal election

Opposition leader says Asio has not raised any concerns about ALP candidates while NSW branch questions ‘timing and source of allegations’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 11, 2022

Australia's Scotty James wins snowboard halfpipe silver at Beijing Winter Olympic Games

Australia's Scotty James wins silver in the snowboard halfpipe at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

James takes silver in Olympic halfpipe

Australian snowboarder Scotty James has won silver in the Olympic halfpipe behind Japan's Ayumu Hirano.

AAP · Feb 11, 2022

Australian religious groups say shelving of discrimination bill ‘disappointing’ and ‘confusing’

Groups such as the Australian National Imams Council urge Coalition to return focus to initial purpose of the bill

The Guardian - AU · Feb 11, 2022

Australians are spending less time on Facebook and much, much more on TikTok

The average time Australian users spent on TikTok increased a whopping 40 per cent last year. Is this the beginning of the end for rival Facebook?

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

Children are being used as 'human shields' in Syria – what is the world doing about it?

Islamic State recently staged their most sophisticated attack since 2019 – a prison break to release former IS fighters in an effort to refill their ranks once again.

The Conversation · Feb 11, 2022

Meth smuggler branded 'a complete liar'

A man who tried to import more than 150kg of methamphetamine into Australia has been branded a complete liar by a judge who jailed him for nearly two decades.

AAP · Feb 11, 2022

Non-Indigenous Australians shouldn't fear a First Nations Voice to Parliament

The 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart is one of the most significant documents on constitutional change in Australian history. The result of extensive consultation and debate, it explains how First Nations want to be included in the constitution.

The Conversation · Feb 11, 2022