The Queensland doctor who gave two aged care residents excessive doses of the coronavirus vaccine had not completed the mandatory training, the federal health minister has confirmed.Greg Hunt says he was initially given incorrect information from Healthcare Australia on Wednesday, the company which is undertaking the vaccine rollout for the...

Victoria has gone five days without recording a coronavirus case.The Health Department confirmed there were no new local or overseas acquired cases recorded on Wednesday, following 20,201 tests.There remain 20 active cases of COVID-19 in the state, a decrease in five since Tuesday.Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan said 675 frontline...

Facebook will reinstate Australian news on its platform after the Morrison government agreed to further amend its mandatory media bargaining code.Treasurer Josh Frydenberg confirmed the last-minute legislative changes on Tuesday afternoon after days of high-level negotiations with the social media giant."Facebook has re-friended Australia," he told reporters in Canberra.Seven West...

Unemployed workers will be given an extra $50 a fortnight once coronavirus supplements are scrapped, but bosses will be able to dob in anyone who turns down a job.The federal government is boosting the permanent base of the dole to $620.80 a fortnight.The increase works out to an extra $3.57...

The United States has crossed the staggering milestone of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths just more than a year since the coronavirus pandemic claimed its first known victim in Santa Clara County, California.In a proclamation honouring the dead, President Joe Biden ordered the US flag to be flown at half-staff on public...

Former NRL star Sam Burgess is due to spend more time fronting a magistrate after allegedly committing driving offences.The 32-year-old was allegedly driving a BMW X5 when stopped on the Hume Highway south of Sydney on Monday."He was subjected to a random roadside drug test before being taken to Southern...

Scott Morrison has become one of the first in Australia to get a COVID-19 vaccination, describing it as a 'curtain raiser' to the national rollout which starts on Monday.The prime minister joined Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly and Chief Nursing Officer Alison McMillan getting vaccinated at a Sydney medical centre,...

Queensland's COVID-19 vaccine rollout is set to begin, with 100 frontline health workers on the Gold Coast to receive the state's first jabs.And the state's chief health officer says remaining restrictions on residents are likely to change as a critical mass of people become vaccinated.Workers at the Gold Coast University...

There has been a massive increase in children under 12 seeking help from a children's mental health app and experts say the full impact of the coronavirus epidemic won't be understood for some time.Smiling Mind, a mental health service for students, has recorded a spike in people accessing its free...

Prince Charles has visited his father Prince Philip in hospital in London.Philip, who turns 100 in June, was admitted to King Edward VII's hospital on Tuesday as a precautionary measure and he walked unaided into the medical centre.Charles arrived at the hospital on Saturday afternoon, stepping out of a Tesla...