Daniel Andrews says Victoria is "well-placed" to end its five-day lockdown on time, however the premier has warned some restrictions are likely to remain in place.Victoria recorded two new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and two infections in hotel quarantine on Tuesday, the fourth day of the state's "circuit breaker"...

Scott Morrison has cast doubt on claims a Liberal Party staffer was contacted by his top adviser over rape allegations.Brittany Higgins alleges she was sexually assaulted at Parliament House by a male colleague after a night out in 2019.The prime minister has expressed frustration he was not made aware of...

Australia's medical regulator has approved a second coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for millions of jabs to be administered in coming months.The Therapeutic Goods Administration on Tuesday approved the AstraZeneca vaccine for people aged 18 and over, with decisions about those aged over 65 to be made on a case-by-case...

ASTRAZENEVA VACCINE APPROVED FOR AUSTRALIA* The Therapeutic Goods Administration has granted provisional approval to AstraZeneca for its COVID-19 vaccine, meaning it can now be supplied in Australia.* It will initially be imported before supplies start coming out of CSL's facility in Melbourne.* Two doses will be needed, ideally separated by...

A Victorian principal spent almost $23,000 of his government-funded school's money on gambling, booze, gift cards and an overseas holiday.Between 2016 and 2018, cheques for school equipment were deposited into the principal's own bank account, at his request, resulting in the misuse of $22,850.Ombudsman Deborah Glass declined to name the...

People turning to IVF to try and have children are being offered a new online tool to help navigate the complex process.Hundreds of thousands of Australians have used in vitro fertilisation and other reproductive technologies to conceive.But until now, there hasn't been an easy way to find and compare fertility...

AUSTRALIA'S COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT PHASESPhase 1a (up to 1.4 million doses):Quarantine and border workersFrontline healthcare workersAged care and disability care staffAged care and disability care residents---Phase 1b (up to 14.8 million doses):Elderly adults aged 80 years and overElderly adults aged 70-79 yearsOther healthcare workersAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged...

Authorities are yet to rule out an extension to Victoria's five-day "circuit breaker" lockdown, as the state recorded one new locally acquired case of COVID-19.Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday confirmed the case is a woman who attended a function with an infectious hotel quarantine worker on February 6.The woman is...

China has fired back at the US over allegations that Beijing withheld some information about the coronavirus outbreak from World Health Organisation investigators.In a statement on Saturday, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Washington had "deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the COVID-19...

A false-negative test result from a Holiday Inn hotel worker put Victorian authorities off the scent of a family function where COVID-19 spread into the community.A three-year-old child and a woman in her 50s were the latest locally acquired infections reported on Sunday, the second day of Victoria's five-day lockdown.Health...