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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 appointed the governor of South Australia. Social Services secretary and Australian Army Reserve Major-Gen...

(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 time period, Frewen has done four media conferences — one with Morrison — and six interviews, inc...

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 ABC's 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 Hunt said he had received information that all aged care facilities would receive vaccines by the e...