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Will the states and territories planning a Christmas reopening hold their nerve as COVID infections tick up?

The Prime Minister's confident all five to 11-year-olds who want a COVID vaccine will have it by the time school goes back, but roll-out weary doctors aren't so sure.

There's flooding in the east, while communities in Western Australia are battling bushfires, accusations are flying that we're still ill-prepared.

Evidence mounts that vaccine booster shots will be critical in limiting the spread of the Omicron variant.

The Prime Minister touts success in getting first home buyers into the market, but what about the role of government policy fuelling surging prices?

Claims the NDIS is in crisis, with a woman with advanced Parkinson’s about to run out of funding, advocates are scrambling to make sure she's not left to fend for herself.

Why the COVID outbreak on a Sydney party boat could help us learn more about the Omicron variant and how vaccines will protect us.

Why Russia's test of Western resolve over Ukraine is being watched very closely by China's rulers.

We'll go to Halls Creek in remote Western Australia where an Aboriginal health worker has set a new standard for sporting families, she has five grandsons playing in the AFL.

Nationals MP George Christensen is condemned for appearing on a program that peddles COVID conspiracies and lies. We'll look at the consequences of his actions

China threatens retaliation as the US pulls officials, though not athletes from the Beijing winter Olympics over mass incarceration and torture of China's Uighers, former Socceroo Craig Foster tells PM other countries should join.

More troubling stories from the disability community, an 86-year-old grandmother told by the NDIS she should be the main carer for her disabled granddaughter after a family tragedy.

Queensland to open its border early to vaccinated fellow Australians, despite the emergence of the Omicron variant.

Gladys Berejiklian enjoys the Prime Minister's backing for federal politics and a straw poll in the seat of Warringah reveals plenty of support, despite the corruption inquiry around the former Premier.

And as the Pope, visiting asylum seekers in Greece, condemns “cynical disregard for those on the fringes”, a prominent Afghan public intellectual now safe in the US discusses refugees and the outlook for his Taliban ruled country.

We'll assess Labor's 2030 emissions reduction plan, it's more ambitious than the Coalition, but does it rise to the challenge of climate change? 

As authorities in New South Wales try and work out whether Omicron is already spreading in the community, Australia's peak body on vaccines has advised it won't yet bring boosters forward.

On this International Day of People with Disability, we meet Joel and Helen Fernandes who are challenging perceptions about relationships between people with different abilities.

The end of the parliamentary year - sees a Minister stand aside and deny an allegation of abuse during his affair with a staffer.

The Women's Tennis Association halts all tournaments in China and Hong Kong over continuing questions about the safety of Chinese player, Peng Shuai.

And mining the moon - Australian scientists working out how to dig up the moon's surface to make fuel and oxygen for astronauts.

A top United States envoy makes a bold prediction on the China-Australia relationship, suggesting Beijing will now seek re-engagement on Australia's terms.

Former attorney general Christian Porter announces his retirement from politics and Greg Hunt is expected to follow. Meanwhile, politicians consider a landmark report on Parliament's culture of misogyny and abuse.

And new research confirms that when it comes to finding food, seagulls are no birdbrains.

The review sparked by Brittany Higgins' rape allegation is out and it is damning, finding that sexual harassment is rife inside parliament house in Canberra.

COVID exposure alerts in New South Wales after a woman infected with the Omicron variant arrives from southern Africa, we’ll see how Australians are feeling about the risk.

And a new republic has been ushered in as the Caribbean island nation of Barbados ditched the Queen as head of state, it’s a land where the history of slavery looms large.

Days into the revelation of the Omicron coronavirus variant and questions outnumber answers. One of those, is how effective the current vaccines will be against the omicron variant.

The link between Australia's devastating recent bushfires and climate change hardens with new CSIRO research.

The Royal Commission into defence and veteran suicide hears of the misery that follows some people's service.