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Australians in need of mental health support are set to benefit from a $2.3 billion package included in the federal budget.

Australia's tourism sector is urging the government to set a time frame for the nation's reopening as question marks remain over when international travel will resume.

The federal budget will include record funding on aged care and a "full response" to the damning findings of the royal commission into the sector.

The pause in flights out of India has dramatically halted the rate of positive COVID-19 cases in quarantine in Australia.

All Australians over 50 have access to coronavirus vaccines as health experts move to reassure people the AstraZeneca jab is safe.

Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout is facing a critical juncture as Prime Minister Scott Morrison prepares to meet with premiers and chief ministers to rejig the program.

Australia's health experts say even with the proposed reset of the COVID-19 vaccination program there is no way of putting a timetable on its completion.

Australia is set to shift to mass coronavirus vaccination clinics in a bid to roll out more jabs under the troubled immunisation program.

A woman in WA has suffered a case of rare blood clots believed to be linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Thousands of people living and working in specialist disability care are still waiting for their first vaccine doses, eight weeks into the rollout.

The state government has banned residents under the age of 50 from getting the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

The final report from the aged care royal commission suggested a needs-based system.

Australia has hit the half a million milestone for COVID-19 vaccinations but is way short of the four million jabs the government predicted just a few months ago.

A snap lockdown in Brisbane days out from the Easter weekend threatens to spark nationwide chaos.

Scott Morrison admits the national vaccine rollout is a "tough" project to deliver, as hundreds of thousands of Australians seek to register with doctors and Commonwealth clinics for their shots.

A delegation of time-poor nurses and carers wants 2021 to be the year of the aged care federal budget.

Senior government figures and health advisers say the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective, following calls from a backbench colleague to suspend Australia's rollout.

More stranded Australians will soon be able to return each fortnight with a quarantine facility in the Top End given the-all clear to increase its capacity.

Australians have been told to still expect their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by October, with the federal government sticking by its time frame despite initial delays in the rollout.

The Morrison government has left the door open to a tax increase to find billions of dollars needed to fix Australia's besieged aged care system.

Medical experts believe the federal government's coronavirus vaccination target will be hard to achieve unless jab rates are dramatically ramped up.

Early issues with Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout are being ironed out as the federal government assures the public safety is paramount.

Defence Minister Linda Reynolds will take indefinite leave after being admitted to hospital on the advice of her heart doctor.

Unemployed workers will receive a permanent $50 a fortnight increase to the JobSeeker payment once the coronavirus supplement is scrapped.

More doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine have arrived in Australia as the early stages of the jab rollout continue.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has lashed Facebook for its heavy-handed censorship of Australian news and information.

Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout will begin on February 22 after the first doses of the Pfizer jab arrived in Sydney.

The European Union has promised not to block shipments of coronavirus vaccines to Australia.

Health Minister Greg Hunt has downplayed concerns about the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as medical professionals begin training to administer jabs.

Officials are expecting the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to receive approval by the middle of February.

Western Australia has not recorded any new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the fourth consecutive day, federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has revealed.

Western Australia has recorded no new local cases of COVID-19 overnight, according to Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt.

Australia has put a stop to the New Zealand travel bubble for 72 hours after a South African variant of COVID-19 was detected in a woman after 14 days of isolation.

Australians will start to be vaccinated against coronavirus in February, following new advice provided to the federal government.

Australia will be among the first countries to conditionally approve the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, following a decision to bring forward the rollout to early March.

Australia's top medical officer says there will be no delays in the rolling out of coronavirus vaccines once safety approvals are given.

Private health insurance premiums will cost 2.74 per cent more a year on average, after the federal government approved an industry push for another increase.

Canning MP Andrew Hastie has been appointed Assistant Minister for Defence in a ministerial reshuffle.

A national coronavirus vaccine rollout is anticipated for early next year.

Australia is extending a ban on cruise ships by another three months, concerned the risk of coronavirus is still too high.