Queensland health authorities are on high alert after a mutant, super-spreading strain of COVID-19 was found in Australia.

The cost of private health insurance is about to go up for the second time in six months.

Just weeks after getting up off the canvas when the Queensland border reopened following eight months of devastation, the $28bn a year tourism industry is back on the ropes, following the latest hard border closure.

And women’s sportswear brand Lorna Jane is being sued by the competition regulator for allegedly making false claims that its activewear could stop and eliminate the spread of COVID-19.

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