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WA emerges after snap five-day lockdown following COVID scare

Cafes, shops and fitness studios are back in action across the state's south-west as Western Australians return to the streets - albeit with masks on - after WA's snap COVID lockdown ended last night.

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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

2/13/21

Victoria to enter snap five-day coronavirus lockdown from midnight tonight

Victoria will enter a "short, sharp circuit-breaker" lockdown for five days to respond to fears the highly infectious UK strain of the virus has spread in the community, Premier Daniel Andrews confirms.

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2/21/21

BBC News

Australian PM is vaccinated as rollout begins

Scott Morrison received the Pfizer vaccine as Australia begins its nationwide inoculation programme.

From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

2/22/21

He was in such a hilarious predicament.

On the one hand he needed to be vaccinated first to show the vaccine was safe.

On the other, he couldn't barge to the front of the queue.

Solution? Have a little old lady vaccinated first, then him.

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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

3/14/21

What happens when your government gets COVID response right:

Labor party: 50 seats and counting

Liberal (Conservative) party: 2 seats and counting.

4 seats still in doubt.

ABC News

Western Australia Election 2021 Results - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Western Australia Election 2021 Results

Historic Labor victory will cast long shadow over future governments

Labor has secured total control of WA politics and could become the first government in the State's history to win a third four-year term if it continues to ride the unprecedented wave of popularity to the 2025 election.

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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

3/24/21

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Thousands evacuated in Australia's worst floods in nearly half a century

Australian authorities issued fresh flood warnings and evacuation orders on Tuesday as torrential rains again pummelled several parts of the country, sweeping away homes, roads and livestock in the worst downpour in more than half a century.

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4/2/21

CNN

Man comes face-to-face with angry octopus in rare attack

Octopuses are normally playful and inquisitive, but an Australian man saw another side to the marine creatures when one defended its home aggressively.

From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

4/11/21

U.S.

South African variant can 'break through' Pfizer vaccine, Israeli study says

The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can "break through" Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found, though its prevalence in the country is low and the research has not been peer reviewed.

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4/24/21

Here we go again...

Perth spending Anzac weekend in lockdown, shoppers in a frenzy before announcement made

People in Perth and the outer-metropolitan area of Peel are waking to the first morning of a three-day lockdown sparked by COVID transmission at a quarantine hotel.

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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

5/15/21

'For every one that died, 10 more were coming in for the funeral' - agony of the plague that came to stay

Farmer Adam Macrae says it felt like thousands of mice descended on his Coonamble property almost overnight a few months back and since then he has spent tens of thousands trying to fight them. But they're still there.