A woman living with disability is in opposition with a Victorian council over a lack of suitable parking options in her street after copping several fines.

Rhiannon Tracey has repeatedly been fined for using a no-standing zone outside her home in Geelong but said she has no other option.

Haiti declares a state of emergency following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise with the First Lady also wounded in the shooting. 

Thousands of healthcare and frontline workers marched in New York City on Wednesday in a ticker-tape parade honouring their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio declared “We've got a lot to appreciate, because we're well underway in our recovery."

Queensland has recorded one new COVID 19 case over the past twenty four hours. 

The new case was in home quarantine for their entire infectious period and a close contact of two known cases in Tarragindi in Brisbane's south. 

Sunshine Coast hospital staff have been marked heroes after exposing themselves to the COVID 19 virus to save a patient's life. 

Ten staff were involved in the incident, and are being forced into a fourteen day isolation after becoming casual contacts.

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Queensland police have renewed its tyre spike protocols following the death of senior constable David Masters.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says a range of businesses, including the company that owns Bunnings and Officeworks, have offered to host COVID vaccine hubs in the future.

Some of the country's biggest companies met with Mr Frydenberg and vaccine taskforce head Lieutenant General John Frewen on Wednesday to discuss how they might support the rollout in the coming months.

Sydney is now bracing for another surge in Covid-19 cases as concerns grow in its south western suburbs. 

Following news the city has planned to extend its lockdown by another week NSW health authorities have recorded twenty seven new cases yesterday in the community.