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Morrison reaches out to military for new mandarins Save Share Prime Minister Scott Morrison has again reached out to military and intelligence specialists to lead key public service agencies, appointing three new department secretaries with strong defence backgrounds. Kathryn Campbell, a former Human Services chief and a major-general in the Australian Army Reserve, has been appointed secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to replace Frances Adamson. Ms Adamson has been appoin...

(Image: Tom Red/Private Media) The fact that in the last two weeks we’ve seen more of “COVID-19 Taskforce commander” Lieutenant General John Frewen than the prime minister, while the country’s largest city was back in lockdown along with much of the rest of the country, isn’t an accident. Since June 21, Morrison has done five interviews and two media conferences, the most recent last Friday after the national cabinet meeting. He hasn’t been seen for nearly a full week. In the same t...

The Victorian couple who skipped Melbourne’s lockdown and plunged Queensland into Covid chaos could face prosecution in three states, and possible jail time.

The National Cabinet met today to discuss Australia's COVID-19 response and changes to the Australian COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy. National Cabinet...

Share on Twitter All residential aged care facilities managed by the federal government will receive COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the day, Health Minister Greg Hunt has vowed, after being grilled on the delayed rollout. One day earlier, Mr Hunt told the ABCs 7.30 program that as of Thursday morning there were still 74 aged care homes across the country that had not received vaccines, almost two months after the original deadline. But in a press conference on Friday afternoon, Mr ...

Victoria has rejected an offer for additional contract tracing help because they don’t believe they need it, the country’s top health officer says.

New figures show almost a quarter of all available doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are not being used. The federal health department on Monday released data comparing the availability of vaccine doses and the number of jabs delivered. Nationally, dose utilisation as of week 12 of the vaccine rollout was 77 per cent. The Northern Territory had the worst lag of all the jurisdictions, with 47,652 doses available and 22,953 administered, giving it a utilisation rate of just 58 per cent. New figures ...

Department of Health There have been 2,663,221 vaccinations completed as increasing supplies of vaccine are delivered to more than 5200 sites across the country. As of today, 4,620,108 doses of vaccine have been delivered to those sites by the Australian Government, with 4,086,946 doses available for use. The Vaccine Operations Centre (VOC) continues to play a lead role in the vaccination rollout. It is working in close partnership with the states, territories and the primary care sector to saf...

Health by MADURA MCCORMACK Premium Content Subscriber only Queenslands coronavirus jab drive is failing to keep pace with Victoria and New South Wales as new mass vaccination hubs in those states trigger a rapid ramp-up of the rollout. The Sunshine State is in danger of being left behind as analysis of vaccination data shows Victorias new jab hubs, which opened last Monday, allowed the state to increase the number of daily jabs by 4000, with its week-on-week...

Liberal Party of Australia The National Cabinet met today to discuss Australia’s COVID-19 response and changes to the Australian COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy. National Cabinet continues to work together to address issues and find solutions for the health and economic consequences of COVID-19. There have been 29,801 confirmed cases in Australia and, sadly, 910 people have died. More than 16.8 million tests have been undertaken in Australia. Globally there have been over 150 million cases and sadl...