Public Health

Public hospitals are seeing pre-pandemic levels of emergency department presentations, but how long patients have to wait depends on where they live. A report

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says mortality rates were enough for her to push past civil liberties concerns in her government's eye-catching new Smokefree

New Zealand's government will slash the number of retailers selling cigarettes and prevent Kiwis born from 2011 onward from ever buying tobacco as part of its ambitious

Patients in Queensland are waiting longer than clinically recommended to see medical specialists as a "growing and ageing" population increases demand on the state's

Australians have been warned not to let their guard down against COVID-19, despite the country reaching the 90 per cent first-dose vaccination

Fragments of the coronavirus have been found in Katherine's wastewater as the Northern Territory's first community outbreak rolls on.

Thousands of Australians are expected to benefit from new PBS listings for drugs used in treating respiratory illness, blood cancer and early onset puberty.

Western Australia will soon ease border

Queensland will fully reopen by mid-December even if it hasn't vaccinated 80 per cent of its population, but the premier says her plan is safe and cautious.

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Trade Minister Dan Tehan is hopeful tourists, migrant workers and international students may be able to return to Australia before the end of the year.

There was a drop in COVID-19

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says international travel could resume well before the end of the year with Australia's vaccination rollout gaining momentum.

Health outcomes for the unvaccinated may be worse than predicted, says a trusted public health expert, as NSW approaches the October peak of hospitalisations.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has offered a glimmer of hope that the 9pm New Year's Eve fireworks on Sydney Harbour might go ahead this year.

Authorised workers and those with COVID-19 vaccination bookings will need to show proof to board limited buses into Melbourne's CBD during a planned protest.

Industry bodies say businesses are confused and fearful over the unclear plans to reopen when restrictions lift across NSW next month. Confusion

South Australia is looking to recruit 370 more nurses to help with the COVID-19 response and other issues in the health system. South Australia

Unvaccinated Victorians could be "locked out" of major sporting events, cinemas and pubs once the state reaches its COVID-19 immunisation targets.

Kids will be back to school by October in NSW, while plans to reopen some industries rely on the state meeting its 70 per cent vaccination rate target.