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The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will no longer be manufactured in Australia due to the demand for Pfizer and Moderna.

The safe and effective jab received a lot of criticism despite being approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).

At one stage, Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young told people under 40 not to get the AstraZeneca vaccine, even though it was approved for use by ATAGI.

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The vaccine is made by biotechnology company CSL. It will likely cease production once they finish the current order and the Federal Government is unlikely to extend the contract.

"Notwithstanding the perhaps disproportionate criticism that this vaccine's reputation has experienced, we couldn't be prouder that the AstraZeneca vaccine has given protection to many millions of Australians," CSL's Chairman told investors.

"Obviously we don't want to be manufacturing something that's not going to be utilised and we will have a number of options heading into the future," Associate Professor Paul Griffin from the University of Queensland told 9News.

"It has received a lot of negative press and it's a vaccine that's proven highly effective and very safe."

Almost 12.5m (12,431,618) doses of AstraZeneca have been given to Australians, compared to 18.6m (18,591,613) vials of Pfizer and 335,378 shots of Moderna.

In February, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the locally-made vaccine would be rolled out of a Melbourne factory.

The vaccine is credited with inoculating most of the United Kingdom.

A Melbourne man who repeatedly tried to escape quarantine when he was infected with COVID-19 has been jailed for months for putting the community "in grave danger".

Nathan Hetherington, 22, fronted Melbourne Magistrates' Court today, pleading guilty to charges including conduct endangering serious injury and criminal damage.

Hetherington was in the secure COVID-19 ward at Melbourne psychiatric hospital, The Albert Road Clinic, when he tried to escape the facility three times last month.

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The court heard he was also withdrawing from ice on the three days last month that he trashed the building and tried to escape.

When he was told he had to isolate for 14 days, Hetherington kicked down doors and punched holes in the walls, and repeatedly breached the 'High risk red zone'.

During one escape attempt, Hetherington managed to get out of the fire exit, flee the building and get onto a tram on St Kilda Road.

He was arrested further down the road.

Prosecutors slammed Hetherington's "self centred attitude towards his community".

"He has no care about anyone other than himself," a prosecutor said.

The magistrate agreed, telling Hetherington: "The danger of what you did to the community is enormous."

"There has to be a jail term for that."

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A man has died at an indoor rock climbing gym in Sydney's inner west.

Emergency services were called to the gym in St Peters at around 11.40am today after reports of a man being unconscious.

The man later died at the scene.

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He is believed to have fallen 10 metres, however the exact cause of death remains unknown.

Police have launched an investigation and a report will be prepared for a coroner.

A popular white wine sold at BWS and Dan Murphy's nationally has been recalled due to containing an allergen not declared on the bottle's label.

All 2021 bottles of South Island White Mist Sauvignon Blanc 750ml are being recalled due to containing sulphites as an undeclared allergen.

According to the recall, consumers who have a sulphites allergy or intolerance "may have a reaction if the product is consumed".

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Those who have purchased the product and have a sulphites or intolerance are advised not to drink the wine and to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Under Australia's Food Standards Code, added sulphites must be declared on the label of a packaged food when present in concentrations of 10 mg/kg or more.

Sulphites occur naturally in some foods but are also widely used as an additive to prevent microbial spoilage.

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"International scientific committees and FSANZ have thoroughly investigated the safety of sulphites and concluded that for most people sulphites are safe," Food Standards Australia and New Zealand notes on its website.

"However some sulphite-sensitive people, many of whom also have asthma, may react to sulphites with allergy-like symptoms."

Consumers who purchased the sauvignon blanc and wish to receive further information can contact Pinnacle Drinks on 1300 721 920 or send an *************@****************om.au.” title=”email ” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>email.

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Bonza promises to be the independent low-cost airline many Australian consumers have prayed for, but some are questioning whether the market is big enough to host another player.

Funded by US private investment firm 777 Partners, Bonza said it would begin flying from as early as next year using Boeing 737-8 aircraft.

Its strategy, according to CEO Tim Jordan, would be to provide routes into leisure destinations where travel is normally limited by connections via major cities.

But cracking Australia's duopoly airline market is a task easier said than done.

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Neil Hansford is chairman of Strategic Aviation Solutions. He has over 40 years providing business plan assessments to airlines, and says the focus on purely flying holidaymakers is not sustainable.

"The thing is, nobody will survive in Australia on flying just the leisure market. You need an element of the business market to get sufficient yield from your passengers," Mr Hansford said to 9News.com.au.

"You can't just fill planes with 90 per cent of cheap seats."

According to Hansford, Bonza's headline strategy of providing unique routes to regional communities has one major hurdle: the physical size of the runways they intend to land at.

"The amount of airports that will be able to take the 737-800 in regional areas is low. It's a whole different requirement for airports to take this aircraft compared to a Dash 8-400," Mr Hansford said.

"You need a 30-metre runway. Once you're on the coast, you're fine – we've upgraded the airports up and down the east coast. But Bonza is talking about operating to regional centres and certainly Rex is not going to give them any starts on home routes like Armidale, Tamworth and Wagga.

"So Qantaslink and Rex are likely to hold onto passengers on those routes pretty well."

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But Bonza's CEO is confident that the Australian market is primed for a new competitor.

"Bonza's mission is to encourage more travel by providing more choices and ultra-low fares, particularly into leisure destinations where travel is now often limited to connections via major cities," Mr Jordan said at the airline's launch.

"Bonza will deliver enormous benefits to all Australians, but particularly to regional communities by providing new routes and greater travel opportunities.

"Bonza will also play a leading role in Australia's post-pandemic economic recovery – creating jobs, stimulating travel and consumer spending and helping regional communities, especially those that rely on tourism, get back on their feet."

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Mr Hansford said strategically, Bonza may take an interest in routes to the Whitsundays or picturesque coastal areas in Western Australia, but only time will tell whether the passenger demand is high enough to support a separate carrier.

"Australia is a very hard market to crack because we've only got 26 million people on the fifth-largest continent. And basically 70 per cent of us live on the eastern seaboard. That's why it's difficult," Mr Hansford said.

"If you asked me for some odds of whether it'll get off the ground – meaning a five or six aircraft fleet – I would give you odds of no greater than five per cent."

The amount of petrol sold in Sydney plummeted 45 per cent during lockdown but that hasn't stopped the oil companies reaping bumper profits at the expense of drivers.

Big oil had a profit margin of 11 cents a litre in 2019 but as the lockdown of last year took its toll, profit margins rose to 17 cents and are sitting at 16.6 cents a litre so far this year, data compiled by the NRMA exclusively for 9News shows.

The profit margin in the last price cycle was 18.1 cents a litre, according to the NRMA, and was as high as 18.4 cents a litre through a 53-day price cycle from March 20 this year to 11 May.

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The discount price cycle also appears to have vanished. The cycle that ended on August 24 lasted 55 days – almost eight weeks.

Prices can jump 20 cents a litre overnight but fall abysmally slowly.

The figures are in stark contrast to pre-pandemic 2019 when price cycles lasted as little as 19 days.

So far this year, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have had the most expensive petrol.

The yearly average for regular unleaded so far this year is 145.1 cents a litre, compared to 122.9 cents a litre last year and 126.2 cents a litre in in 2017.

While some of the price hikes can be blamed on higher global oil prices, profit margins are higher than they should be as companies try to claw back lost revenue from reduced driving.

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NRMA spokesman Peter Khoury told 9News Sydney is heading towards the worst prices on record.

"Prices are so high now that we're starting to be concerned not just about what sort of impact that's going to have on the family budget but also the economy," Mr Khoury said.

The average price in Sydney is expected to hit $1.70 a litre this week.

Global oil demand is on the rise as economies open up and that is pushing prices higher.

Crude oil prices are at their highest level in four years but the higher margins are also contributing to the pain at the bowser.

"The price cycles are overwhelmingly being manipulated by the oil companies to benefit the margins and to ensure motorists are exposed to higher prices for longer," Mr Khoury said.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) monitors petrol prices and said they were largely driven by global factors but excused retailers for trying to claw back lost revenue.

"Lower demand for petrol during the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be a factor influencing the high gross retail margins as retailers may have increased their prices to offset the lower sales volumes," the ACCC said in a statement to 9News.

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"Petrol retailing is a high-volume low-margin business with many fixed costs. This means that when sales volumes decline, the cost per unit of petrol increases. To generate revenue to partially cover their fixed costs, some retailers may have been setting retail prices higher than they otherwise would."

The industry argued their margins aren't all profit but also cover fixed costs such as rent, labour and utilities.

"We've seen a 50 per cent decline on average in the two biggest states of NSW and Victoria but our costs have stayed the same. So our revenue has halved from fuel but our costs have stayed the same," Mark McKenzie of the Petroleum Marketers' Association said.

Across any capital city, the spread of prices can be upwards of 50c a litre, just as we head out of lockdown and regional travel is back on the cards.

Mr Khoury said the NRMA wanted families to spend their money on domestic and regional tourism.

"We want to see those dollars spent in regional communities, not at the bowser. We want families to spend their money on Christmas not on (high) petrol prices," he said.

It's never been more critical to do your research before filling up – get online, download the apps and check where is cheapest.

Third shots of COVID-19 vaccines are already being given to Victorians with weakened immune systems, with a broader booster vaccination program is expected to be rolled out in coming weeks.

Some medications reduce the COVID-19 vaccine's efficacy, meaning a third dose is needed to bring the person's level of immunity closer to the levels of the average fully vaccinated person.

Two doses is not enough to protect Mount Martha's Skye Mazalin, who has beaten cancer twice and is on medications that affect the potency of the vaccine.

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Today, the 24-year-old received a third dose of Pfizer to take her level of immune response closer to the general population's.

University of Queensland virologist Dr Kirsty Short, who is closely studying the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines, said that as time went on, vaccinations were not as effective at stopping individuals catching the virus.

"Over time the vaccine induced immunity is still providing great protection against people going to hospital and still providing great protection against people dying but it is losing its efficacy in terms of preventing you from getting infected," she said.

Dr Short said hoped the issuing of booster doses would stop the spread of the virus, as well as stopping people being hospitalised from it.

"What I'm really hoping with boosters is that they will have a really significant impact on these viruses to stop transmission," she said.

Dr Short said the concept of a booster vaccine was not new or specific to the COVID-19 vaccines.

"We know that for tetanus we need a booster every 10 years."

Overseas, countries are giving booster shots to the most at risk including healthcare workers, those with underlying medical conditions and older people.

The UK offering is offering booster shot to over 50s six months after their second dose, while the US is offering them to over 65s.

In Israel, booster shots are already available to the entire population.

In Australia, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will be used initially – even if a person was initially vaccinated with Astrazeneca.

An announcement on exactly when the broader booster program will start is expected in the coming weeks.