More mass vaccination hubs are planned for mid-year in a bid to catch up on the botched roll-out as the Prime Minister's switches to a war footing, admitting we're beset with problems and issues; and the Prime Minister regrets hurting the former Australia Post boss who was forced from her job.. But he stops short of apologising for his outburst in parliament.

Mass vaccination strategy under review

The former Australia Post boss, forced from her job after the Prime Minister lashed her in parliament, speaks out; and doctors told to be on the lookout for any blood clotting with patients who've received the Astra Zeneca vaccine after another rare but troubling case.

Holgate ‘humiliated’ and ‘unlawfully’ stood down

Pfizer is now Australia's best hope to complete the vaccine roll-out. But with no estimate on when everyone will get an injection, we'll assess the alternatives, like Novovax; and an influential World Health Organisation advisor is under fire for suggesting the use of air-tight face masks should be balanced against the risk of acne.  

Australia's vaccine alternatives

Officials insist Australia's vaccine program is still going well, despite the changed advice about AstraZeneca and extremely rare blood clots; Where to from here as Australia scrambles to secure other vaccines? We're joined by health policy expert Bill Bowtell and epidemiologist Catherine Bennett.

Australia's vaccine program in disarray

Health authorities to decide whether the extremely small risk of rare blood clots will change Australia's vaccine strategy, what happens if young people are advised against the Astra Zeneca? And the government's delayed action on a major report on sexual misconduct, will its "in principle" response to some recommendations do the job?

Experts mull very rare vaccine blood clot risk

On PM, we’ll pick apart the Prime Minister's latest justifications for Australia's slower than expected vaccine program; and a propaganda push from China's embassy in Canberra, trying to cast doubt on credible evidence of human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

Morrison blames supply for missed vaccine targets

Quarantine free travel to New Zealand starts soon, but any outbreak will derail plans, so it's flyer beware; and Malcolm Turnbull deemed a distraction, as he's dropped from a low emissions body in New South Wales.

Quarantine free travel to NZ remains at risk from outbreaks

Local production of the AstraZeneca vaccine is not yet at the promised one million doses a week; and dozens dead in flash flooding across Indonesia and Timor Leste, just as they're struggling to contain COVID-19 in Dili.

Another missed vaccine target

Brisbane residents out of lockdown for the holiday weekend, we'll look at whether people are prepared to risk going away; and as Australia's vaccine roll-out is limited by supply, scientists call for local production of other vaccine technology.

Lockdown lifts after COVID alert

The states openly at war with the federal government over Australia's troubled vaccination program; and a COVID outbreak forces the last minute scuttling of the Byron Bay BluesFest, thousands of music fans are devastated.

Blame game over slow vaccine rollout

Queensland's COVID cases rise and the spread among hospital workers remains a critical mystery; and not all medical workers are vaccinated yet, a leading epidemiologist tells PM Australia’s ‘very slow’ and people on the front line need to be vaccinated before anybody else.

Australia’s ‘very slow’ vaccination effort

Millions are in a three-day lockdown in Greater Brisbane, as authorities try to stop a growing COVID outbreak; and the trouble in the Suez could be over soon, as the big ship that’s been jamming the shipping route is partially freed.

COVID cases prompt Greater Brisbane lockdown

The bobcats and tip trucks are finally moving into some flood hit towns, as the piles of destroyed walls, furniture and appliances just keep growing, PM has a special report from Wingham on the NSW mid-north coast; and is a reckoning imminent for corporations that try to silence complainants who report sexual misconduct?

A battle against mud and muck

After delays and denials, the Prime Minister's office starts looking into whether his staff secretly briefed reporters against the alleged rape victim Brittany Higgins and her loved ones, we’ll explain how 'backgrounding' in Canberra works; and the defence force rolls in to flood hit towns now smothered in mud, but not far away, some fear they're on their own.

Brittany Higgins complains about secret briefings

Tragedy in the floods, two men have been found dead in their cars in two states hit by torrential rain; and while some begin the clean-up, others, like residents at Wiseman's Ferry on the Hawkesbury River, are still waiting for the water to fall.

Deaths as cars washed away in floods

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