Georgie Moore
National cabinet decides COVID-19 boosters mandatory for aged-care workers
Booster COVID-19 doses will be mandatory for aged-care workers across the country under new vaccine advice. States and territories agreed during Thursday’s...
PM seeks details of ‘threatening’ Tame call
Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants former Australian of the Year Grace Tame to give his government the name of the agency she...
ABC, SBS to get $4.2 billion over three years
Australia’s public broadcasters will receive $4.2 billion over three years as the Morrison government ends an $84 million funding freeze. It has...
Tudge investigation still not finished: PM
Liberal minister Alan Tudge won’t return to the education portfolio when federal parliament resumes next week because of an ongoing departmental investigation...
Concerns over ‘opaque’ political donations
Donations to Australia’s two major political parties are dominated by “large and opaque” sources, sparking calls for a real-time disclosure scheme and...
Troops a warning, not a threat: Russian ambassador
Russia describes its troops massed on Ukraine’s border as “not a threat” but a warning against “reckless military adventures” backed by the...
Timing of $1bn reef funding boost raises questions
Climate scientists have questioned the timing of a $1 billion Great Barrier Reef spending splash days before Australia’s deadline to update UNESCO...
Push for more Indigenous COVID protections
The federal government has resisted calls for tighter COVID-19 restrictions across Central Australian Indigenous communities as infections spike. While the Northern Territory...
No change to full vaccination definition
No decision has been made about whether to require Australians to have three COVID-19 vaccines to be considered fully immunised, ahead of an...
Apps provide eating disorder ‘petri dish’
Social media has been labelled “the perfect petri dish” for eating disorders, with support groups demanding companies clean up their platforms. A...