Tag: chief health officer

Victoria's health director Brett Sutton insists he was unaware that private security was used in Melbourne's quarantine hotels until May, even though he responded to an email on arrangements more than a month earlier

Australia's rainforest-dwelling stinging trees are notoriously painful, and Queensland researchers say they now know why.

Australia's unemployment rate is falling, but those without work say it is not getting any easier to find a job, especially in locked-down Victoria.

Diary notes made by Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton seem to directly contradict comments to Parliament by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews over the offer of military assistance in hotel quarantine.

Actor and Wongutha-Yamatji man is first Indigenous artist to win any of the prizes in the Archibald’s 99-year history

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk returns a negative COVID-19 test after losing her voice, as her second-in-charge calls out the Prime Minister for trying to tear down her Government ahead of the election.

A Gold Coast man is charged with making threats to kill Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Chief Heath Officer Jeannette Young after police raid a Nerang house.