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Health The new mutant strain of coronavirus is between 30 and 90 per cent more deadly than the old one but vaccines will still work, UK scientists say.

Crime From the outside it looks like a resort, but inside this Sunshine Coast nursing home is a house of horrors putting residents’ lives on the line.

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Health Chief Health Officer has renewed her plea for people to get a COVID-19 test after viral fragments were found in wastewater at four Queensland locations.

Health An Aussie scientist on a mission to find the origin of COVID-19 in China has been promised access to the lab where the ‘bat woman of Wuhan’ works.

Health Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed for the first time whether Aussies workers will be forced to get the virus jab to keep their jobs.

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Health A returning international traveller has tested positive for COVID-19 while in hotel quarantine in Cairns, the city’s health authorities have confirmed.

Health One of Australia’s most senior cops has opened up about an image that left him with PTSD and almost cost him his career. WARNING: Confronting

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Your Story Peak Downs Highway crash victim speaks out to save the lives of others

Health After two weeks of mandatory masks and limitations on gatherings, Brisbane residents are dancing into the weekend as restrictions ease.

Health Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has opened up about Queensland’s COVID vaccine rollout preparations.

Health Fallen soldier’s mother is furious she was never invited the Interim Veteran Commissioner’s fly by visit to Townsville.

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Health The widowed mum of a young boy with a rare heart defect is in the fight of her life after her husband received a shock cancer diagnosis.

Health While the federal government has assured Australians the coronavirus vaccine will not be mandatory, some employers may say otherwise.

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News The Queensland Ambulance Service were called to the incident at Bargara last night

Health Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed that strict COVID restrictions for the Greater Brisbane area will ease on Friday morning.

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Health A number of hams sold in independent supermarkets and butcher shops across the country, have been urgently recalled after they were found to be contaminated.

Crime One of the women accused of lying on her border declaration form to get back into Queensland last year will have one of her charges dropped, a court has been told.

News Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australians should not “be embarrassed” about asking China questions about origin of coronavirus.

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Health A world-first study is underway into a potentially lifesaving therapy for children having stem cell transplants.

Council News Anne Baker speaks out on proposal to move returned Queensland travellers to remote mine camps.