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The Moderna vaccine has been provisionally approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration for use in Australia, with one million doses due in the second half of September, which will go to pharmacies. …

The 26-year-old man has been summonsed to appear before the ACT Magistrates Court on September 16 this year. …

The Morrison government will provide $378.6 million for a new redress scheme for Stolen Generation survivors as part of more than $1 billion for its Closing the Gap implementation plan. …

The opposition has urged the government to provide a $300 incentive payment to everyone who is fully vaccinated by December 1, to accelerate the rollout. …

Seven in ten people over 16 will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID restrictions to begin to be eased, under targets agreed in principle by national cabinet on Friday. …

The prime minister has condemned the anti-lockdown rallies while defending free speech. …

Despite Premier Gladys Berejiklian declaring a state of emergency, her plea to divert extra vaccines to New South Wales have fallen on deaf ears. …

Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon. …

Bob Brown joins the podcast to discuss the state of the Greens, Labor, and Australia’s climate change policy …

As the Delta strain escalated our COVID experience to a new stage of national disruption, Scott Morrison has been under a form of political house arrest, driven by circumstances and choice, writes Michelle Grattan …