Christopher Harris

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Alexander Darling |Christopher Harris |Courtney Kruk

Pinned post from By Courtney KrukHealth authorities are warning against a surge of COVID cases as a new variant emerges and vaccination rates fall to their lowest since vaccines were introduced five years ago. Figures show more than 15,000 COVID cases have been reported in Queensland since January, with nearly 3000 people hospitalised with the virus.

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Courtney Kruk |Christopher Harris |Sean Parnell

Updated May 30, 2025 — 9.00amfirst published at 7.15am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Key posts1 of 1Latest postsPinned post from 9.00am‘All three levels of government should chip in’: debate over Story Bridge bill continuesBy Courtney KrukDebate over who should pay for repairs needed on the Story Bridge continues, with Brisbane’s lord mayor again putting a case forward for federal funding.

1 week ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Christopher Harris |Michael Koziol

By Christopher HarrisIndependent MP Dai Le has reflected on being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014 following the shock news that beloved actor Magda Szubanski has announced she has stage four blood cancer. “I mean, as a breast cancer survivor, when I watched that clip, I remember also when I had to shave my hair off because I knew that my hair would fall off once chemo started,” Le told Channel Nine’s Today program.

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Christopher Harris |Michael Koziol

A New Zealand court on Thursday discharged the husband of an Australian diplomat without convicting him, months after the man pleaded guilty to assault for drunkenly spitting on a teenager during a street altercation on the night of a rugby match in Wellington. The man was granted permanent name suppression.

1 week ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Christopher Harris |Sean Parnell

By Christopher HarrisNationals MP Barnaby Joyce has dismissed claims his failure to land a spot on the front bench was about generational change. The now backbench MP also said he contacted Susan Ley in a bid to get the Coalition back together after it briefly split from the Liberal Party earlier this month. “It’s not about generational change. There are people who are older than me now,” he told Channel Nine’s Today show. “I’m 58 I’m not 103. The people in their 50s, that’s basically all of them.