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Queensland records over 1,000 COVID-19 deaths as doctors warn booster shots remain 'critically important'

Queensland surpasses 1,000 COVID-19 deaths, with the pandemic virus on course to feature among the state's leading reasons for lives lost this year.

WA Premier Mark McGowan says masks and restrictions unlikely to return ahead of winter

WA Premier Mark McGowan says masks and restrictions unlikely to return ahead of winter

Premier Mark McGowan continues to resist calls for fresh restrictions as he hopes WA will hit its COVID peak before the height of the flu season. Here's why an epidemiologist thinks it's a sensible approach.

Intergenerational inequality to rise as tax and welfare perks target older voters, experts warn

Intergenerational inequality to rise as tax and welfare perks target older voters, experts warn

Benefits available to older, wealthier people are outweighing the support given to younger people, with election policies from both major parties set to worsen the situation, according to experts.

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An 'archaic' law has been removing Australians with disability from the electoral roll 'in droves', advocates say

Shea MacDonough, 36, is voting in her first federal election after fighting what disability advocates say is an outdated law.

With wait times for public elective surgeries stretching out, Australians are funding their own procedures

With wait times for elective surgeries in public hospital systems ballooning following lockdowns, some patients are self-funding their own procedures to try and skip the queue.

Hopes Australian-first mental health literacy course can help kids nationwide

A mental health literacy course adapted from the US is being taught and evaluated in Australian schools for the first time. If the results are good, researchers hope it will quickly go national as it has in North America.

There's no Victorian COVID-19 lockdown, but Melburnians are choosing to stay home anyway

As a wave of Omicron infections wreaks havoc across workplaces and the healthcare system, the data suggests many Victorians are voting with their feet and staying close to home.

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