Greg Hunt has pointed the finger at one group of people over the takeup of booster shots. The Health Minister has been slammed for failing to know how many aged care residents who died from Covid-19 during the Omicron wave had received their ...

Aged care workers in the worst COVID-hit areas of Sydney will be prioritised in the state's vaccine rollout, the government said, as the state enters an extended lockdown.  NSW will prioritise aged care workers and over 10,000 teachers in the ...

The government has elaborated on the $11 million grant program to help with getting every aged care worker vaccinated. This week Scott Morrison announced that vaccination would now be a condition of work for staff in aged care, with mid-September ...

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has defended Australia’s vaccine rollout after states and territories lashed the government over claims they were holding back vaccine doses from the public. Australia has administered a mere 670,000 vaccines as of March 31, falling ...

Brisbane residents will have access to urgent COVID-19 testing even when asymptomatic as fears grow over a cluster in the city. Queensland has confirmed 10 cases of the highly infectious UK COVID-19 strain, four locally acquired, plunging Greater Brisbane into ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the aged care royal commission’s final report “candid” and "ambitious” but the government has so far “made no decisions” on its findings. Commissioners Lynelle Briggs and Tony Pagone have set out a roadmap for government ...