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‘Vaccines alone won’t get out us out of lockdown cycle – we need border control’

I hear people saying over and over again in interviews their greatest fear is that when restrictions are eased we’ll get another spike of ­infections and a further lockdown. So how do we dodge them? We’re pinning our hopes on our exemplary vaccination rollout and it is undoubtedly bringing hospital admissions and deaths down. But… Read More »

Cop quits after NT virus border breach

A police officer has resigned after breaching COVID-19 border restrictions, as the Northern Territory reports one new case of coronavirus. The 27-year-old was among a group of five people who crossed the Queensland border into the Territory and he resigned on Saturday. They failed to complete the required border entry forms when they entered on… Read More »