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Two aged care residents in Queensland were mistakenly given too much of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: Shutterstock

Stood-down doctor didn't do vaccine training before giving incorrect doses

"None of this is good enough and the federal government must explain itself," Premier Palaszczuk said.

DIGESTAnother 'please explain' moment for the government

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg Picture: Elesa Kurtz

'A difficult dismount': Frydenberg flags targeted support beyond JobKeeper

Picture: Shutterstock

Doctor stood down after vaccine administered incorrectly twice

Influencers? Craig Kelly MP and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.

DIGESTWinning friends, influencing people 21st century style

Janine Graham

Travel agents want JobKeeper extended until after Australia's border reopens to international travel. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Extend JobKeeper until after Australia's border reopens: travel agents

Dan Jervis-Bardy

The line outside Centrelink in Braddon in March 2020. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

JobSeeker set for modest $50 per fortnight increase

Sally Whyte
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Dr Nick Coatsworth models his COVID-19 socks. Pictures: Bree Guthrie

Rocking the socks: Canberra healthcare workers deliver first round of vaccines in style

Bree Guthrie

Corey Horsburgh makes brief comments to the media after leaving court. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBER'What I did was wrong': Raider had up to 11 drinks before driving

Blake Foden

The Kalano Crocs went all the way to the grand final -taking on the Brothers In Arms - at the 2021 Imparja Cup in Alice Springs. Picture: Matthew Lodge.

Kalano Crocs rise to victory in Alice Springs

Roxanne Fitzgerald

She's currently ranked second, but Naomi Osaka is the best women's player in the world right now. Photo: TPN/Getty Images

OPINIONWhy Naomi Osaka's on top of world

Howard Kotton

Corey Horsburgh makes brief comments to the media after leaving court. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBER'What I did was wrong': Raider had up to 11 drinks before driving

Nathan Buckley is entering the final year of his contract with Colllingwood. Photo: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images

OPINIONHeat looks set to rise on Buckley

Howard Kotton

Cameran and Clintan Dehne train every day after school. Picture: Tom Robinson.

Katherine brothers fighting Thai style

Tom Robinson

ANU student Jozef Meyer points out a dieback affected snow gum in Koscziosko National Park. Picture: Kate Matthews

LISTENWhat's killing our Snow Gums?

ANU student Jozef Meyer points out a dieback affected snow gum in Koscziosko National Park. Picture: Kate Matthews

LISTENWhat's killing our Snow Gums?

Dr Alex Ritchie and his daughter, Shona, at his home in Canberra. PHOTO: Tom Melville

LISTENUncovering Canowindra's forgotten fossils

Dr Alex Ritchie and his daughter, Shona, at his home in Canberra. PHOTO: Tom Melville

LISTENUncovering Canowindra's forgotten fossils

Aussie Ark president Tim Faulkner says devils can help keep fox and feral cat numbers down.

LISTENDevils make a comeback on the mainland

Aussie Ark president Tim Faulkner says devils can help keep fox and feral cat numbers down.

LISTENDevils make a comeback on the mainland

The indoor pool and bar at the new W Hotel Melbourne. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Why Melbourne is where the action's at

Michael Turtle

Raising a glass to pioneering wineries of Australia's oldest wine region

Raising a glass to pioneering wineries of Australia's oldest wine region

Louise Goldsbury

New domestic routes for exploring Australia's best

New domestic routes for exploring Australia's best

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Another Round is about four high school teachers who consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives. Picture: Supplied.

WHAT'S ONKatherine Film Society kicks off with Another Round - 'an intoxicating look at midlife crises'

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Northern Territory Senator Sam McMahon is urging residents to get involved in clean up efforts taking place next month. Picture: Roxanne Fitzgerald.

WHAT'S ONRegistrations now open for Australia's largest clean up

Joel Arthur and Lloyd Hurrell of the National Gallery hang Vincent Van Gogh's famous Sunflowers in the lead-up to the opening of Botticelli to Van Gogh, the gallery's next blockbuster. Picture: Keegan Carroll

WHAT'S ONHanging out for the real Sunflowers

Sally Pryor

Another Round is about four high school teachers who consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives. Picture: Supplied.

WHAT'S ONKatherine Film Society kicks off with Another Round - 'an intoxicating look at midlife crises'

Firestarter The Story of Bangarra will be screened in Katherine for the rest of February. Picture: Supplied.

Film Review: Firestarter - the story of Bangarra delivers in spades

Kathryn Freeman

Shonae Hobson, curator of Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion at the National Museum of Australia. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

New show is keeping to the seasons, First Nations-style

Ayla Connolly

Katherine paramedics have experienced a wave of support since their workplace struggles were made public. Picture: Tom Robinson.

Community shows support for embattled ambos

Tom Robinson

Katherine Doorways Hub Senior Case Manager Dean Jones. Picture: Roxanne Fitzgerald.

Q&A With: Katherine Doorways Hub Senior Case Manager Dean Jones

At Tuesday night's monthly Ordinary Meeting of Council, elected members voted in a 14 per cent pay rise ahead of the next election. Picture: Roxanne Fitzgerald.

'I elect we put it at its highest rate': Council vote in pay rise

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Katherine paramedics have experienced a wave of support since their workplace struggles were made public. Picture: Tom Robinson.

Community shows support for embattled ambos

The cotton industry has its eye on developing a gin 10km from the centre of Katherine

The cotton industry has its eye on developing a gin 10km from the centre of Katherine

Roxanne Fitzgerald

On Sunday, February 21, at around 5am the Katherine River reached its peak height of 15.65 metres. Picture: Roxanne Fitzgerald.

The Katherine River peaked at 15.65 metres, a height unrivalled in over a decade

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Some of the Brahman cattle run on the Lester familys Larrizona station. Photo by Kate Harding Rural Photographics.

Lesters sell prime NT Brahman station

Some of the Brahman cattle run on the Lester familys Larrizona station. Photo by Kate Harding Rural Photographics.

Lesters sell prime NT Brahman station

REGIONAL INTEREST: PIPA Survey respondents showed a sharp uptick in interest in regional areas as well as coastal locations.

Investors look to the regions

REGIONAL INTEREST: PIPA Survey respondents showed a sharp uptick in interest in regional areas as well as coastal locations.

Investors look to the regions

Larrizona's features include 1000ha of cultivation used to producing seed, hay and to background livestock.

New beef cattle barons snap up sixth Northern Territory station

Chris McLennan

ON THE MOVE: The value of owner occupier home loan commitments rose across most states and territories, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures. Photo - Shutterstock.

Record housing loan commitments continues to climb

Property scarcity pushes prices up

Property scarcity pushes prices up

Scamwatch: Scammers target tax file numbers

Scamwatch: Scammers target tax file numbers

Firestarter The Story of Bangarra will be screened in Katherine tomorrow at 7.30pm. Picture: TFF.

Travelling Film Festival brings Firestarter - The Story of Bangarra

A selection of critically acclaimed feature films, documentaries and shorts will be screened in Katherine in February, including Diving In, a nine minute Australian film about love on equal footing. Picture: TFF.

'Against all odds' Travelling Film Festival returns to Katherine

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Scamwatch: Scammers target tax file numbers

Scamwatch: Scammers target tax file numbers

David Collins, Jessi Bell and Lloyd Beggs from Proper Creative are in the midst of immortiising Vincent Lingiari on Railway Terrace. Picture: Tom Robinson.

Influential Aboriginal rights activist honoured in Railway Terrace mural

Tom Robinson

Mimi Art's new home will be built from native string-bark cut from the Aboriginal owned and operated Gumatj saw mill near Nhulunbuy. Picture: Supplied.

Tired, old and marred by two floods: Mimi Arts demolition set in motion

Roxanne Fitzgerald

Corey Horsburgh makes brief comments to the media after leaving court. Picture: Keegan Carroll

SUBSCRIBER'What I did was wrong': Raider had up to 11 drinks before driving

Katherine River over the weekend (left) and how it normally looks (right). Main photo: Roxanne Fitzgerald.

Top End river becomes a wet season torrent

Tracey Coward and Andrew Tonkin.

The Sunday Roast | Back to 1991

CLOSE LOOK: Residents on the weekend took a close look at the thrilling sight of a Top End river in flood during a good wet season but there remains risks. Picture: Roxanne Fitzgerald.

Thrillseekers witness a Top End river become a wet season torrent

A scene from The Truffle Hunters. Picture: Sony.

REVIEWTruffle documentary is delicious

Jane Freebury

Denzel Washington and Rami Malek in The Little Things. Picture: Nicola Goode

REVIEWPolice drama isn't totally arresting

Ron Cerabona

A scene from Bennelong in Firestarter. Picture: Daniel Boud

REVIEWBrilliant look at Bangarra's history

Cris Kennedy

Andy Saunders and his mum Pam. Credit Summer Night Walks

Andy Saunders talks about his 'place' in new series

NOW: Australia must act on its intergenerational responsibility to protect all kids from climate impacts. Picture: Shutterstock

OPINIONTime for generational solidarity on climate

Susanne Legena

Katherine Doorways Hub Senior Case Manager Dean Jones. Picture: Roxanne Fitzgerald.

Q&A With: Katherine Doorways Hub Senior Case Manager Dean Jones

Now that's a party at the back. Photo: Jonathan Carroll

REAL AUSTRALIAMulletfest: Taking Australia to the world

Rick Allen

ALONE AND VULNERABLE: Single older women without children face unique challenges. Image: Pixabay

The single woman, no kids paradox

Eileen Wood

SHOW GOES ON: The fundraising event will be the first time Maria Venuti will sing publicly since her stroke five years ago.

Maria Venuti to return to stage for 80th birthday

Geraldine Cardozo

IN THEIR ELEMENT: Silver Salties having a swell time at Terrigal on the NSW Central Coast.

You don't need gills to be in the water

John Piggott

Peter Dutton was told about the alleged rape days before the prime minister says he was informed.

Dutton knew of rape allegation before PM

The environmental impacts of eradicating dingoes from the landscape are visible from space.

Dingo landscape impact seen from space

Single women without children - now known as SWWC - are a rising phenomenon in Australia. Photo: file

The single woman, no kids paradox

New solar rules aim to ensure household energy systems don't trip during any voltage disturbances.

New rules to come for solar households

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Melbourne company Relectrify hopes to reuse old electric car batteries for power storage.

Electric car batteries reused for storage

Rebecca Gredley
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New radio wave standards have been set well below where exposure is known to impact health.

Radio wave limit update amid 5G 'hysteria'

Callum Godde
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Susan Neill-Fraser, 67, is serving 23 years' jail for killing partner Bob Chappell on their yacht.

Final preparations in Neill-Fraser appeal

Ethan James

Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has been hospitalised for a pre-existing condition, she said in a statement. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Defence Minister's return unclear following hospitalisation

Harley Dennett

Graziers on the Burdekin will be visited by reef regulations compliance officers later this year.

AgForce tells farmers to fight

Jessica Johnston

Cotton gin plan for Katherine

Cotton gin plan for Katherine

Roxanne Fitzgerald

GAINS: Jim Richardson has been reducing the use of fertiliser on his Burdekin cane farm for the past 10 years. Picture: Scott Radford-Chisholm.

Reducing fertiliser a win for growers

Jessica Johnston

If everything about driving a car was linear, it'd be much simpler. Photo: Shutterstock.

When it comes to linearity, cars offer little to none of it

Sam Hollier

Autumnal colours (and a mini makeover) you're sure to fall for

Autumnal colours (and a mini makeover) you're sure to fall for

Top kitchen trends that'll stand out from all the rest this year

Top kitchen trends that'll stand out from all the rest this year