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What WA scare means for AFL Grand final

A truck driver has tested positive to Covid-19 in Western Australia but the AFL already has some plans in place for any issues.A NSW truck driver has sparked fears for the AFL Grand Final after he tested positive to Covid-19.WA health…

Woolies worker floored by customer’s note

One personal shopper opened an online order only to find out the customer had left a surprising note directed at them.Woolworths says its staff have been touched by a wave of “kind” messages customers have left on their online orders, as…

Covid conspiracy victims piling up

They believe Covid-19 is a hoax and vaccines are unsafe or part of some crazy plot. Now, they’re falling ill and dying in large numbers.A self-described ‘natural healer’ and Islamic preacher who repeatedly told his followers that Covid-19…

State on edge over missing Covid contacts

Health authorities are searching for more than a dozen people who failed to check in at a business visited by an infected Covid-19 case from NSW.South Australian authorities are scrambling to find more than a dozen people who failed to…

STI concern in regional Victorian city

A sexual health concern is emerging out of a regional Victorian city, with infection rates soaring among a vulnerable cohort of people.A spike in syphilis cases among women living in Mildura has health officials worried the infection will…

Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Melbourne

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease is being investigated in Melbourne’s south east after the discovery of two cases.The Victorian health department is investigating after two cases who live in the Cranbourne East area were reported to…

Unvaccinated no longer have any excuse

On Wednesday this week Victorian Premier Dan Andrews posted a single word tweet: “Zero.”Hemingway himself couldn’t have conjured a declaration of more dramatic brevity. Sadly the scenario it described was just as brief.Andrews was of course…

Twist in 27yo man’s Covid-19 death

The family of a 27-year-old Sydney man who died after contracting Covid-19 claim he returned a negative test result the day before his death, making his suddenly deteriorating health even more shocking.Aude Alaskar, who was married just…