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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says National Cabinet has agreed in principle on vaccine targets for Australia's path out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr Morrison said 70 per cent of eligible people need to be vaccinated to get to the next phase under the four-part plan he outlined last month.

Australia will move into phase B when 70 per cent of the eligible population is double-dose vaccinated and phase C at 80 per cent.

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While he refused to set timelines, he indicated the 70 per cent could be hit before the end of the year.

"We will hit these targets with what I believe will be a gold medal run to the end of the year," he said.

While around 40 per cent of Australians have had their first dose, just over 18 per cent are fully vaccinated.

Any state or territory can only move into the next phase when the average is achieved at both a national and state level.

However, it's a high target in comparison with the rest of the world.

"I note there are only two countries, significant countries, that have reached a 70 per cent level of vaccination, double-dose of their eligible vaccination – the United Kingdom and Israel," Mr Morrison said.

Mr Morrison said lockdowns will continue to be part of life in the first phase of his plan out of the pandemic and will remain possible, although less likely in phase B.

"Track, trace, isolate and quarantine remain very important parts of the program," he said.

"When you reach 70 per cent, the advice is you have built up a much more significant level of protection, which enables the usual settings and levers that we have to deal with an outbreak, particularly Delta, are able to be more effective."

The prime minister said 80 per cent of the eligible population will need to be vaccinated to move to phase C of the plan.

In this phase, "broad-based metropolitan-wide lockdowns" will be a thing of the past, he said.

National Cabinet leaders are using new scientific modelling from the Doherty Institute to weigh up the health risks of reopening, against the economic pain of restrictions.

Mr Morrison said international arrival caps will be restored to around 6000 to the current 3000 after 70 per cent vaccination is reached.

There are more than 35,000 people registered as trying to get home who can't due to the flight caps.

Caps on vaccinated Australians returning will be abolished altogether in phase C.

Mr Morrison said there will be a gradual reopening of "inward and outbound international travel with safe countries".

He said a country would be considered safe if it had the "same sort of vaccination levels as Australia" along with "proportionate quarantine".

The prime minister says people entering Australia would need to have a "recognised" vaccine, in order to reap the potential benefits including skipping quarantine.

The final phase of getting back to normal has no vaccination target.

"It is too hard to say what the situation will be down the track," Mr Morrison said.

"It will depend on the booster program, which we have ample vaccines for.

"But the durability and the proof of those vaccines over time, there are too many unknowns before we can understand life as normal, but that's certainly where we are heading."

Meanwhile, more than 210,000 vaccine doses were done today across the nation – a new record.

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A Brisbane high school attended by a student with COVID-19 has been named a close contact exposure site, meaning anyone at the school at specified times in the last two days will be required to quarantine.

Indooroopilly State High School, in the city's west, was locked down for 48 hours for deep cleaning after the 17-year-old female student's test came back positive late last night.

The school was this afternoon named a close contact exposure site, meaning anyone who was there from 8am to 10am on Tuesday or 8am to 3.30pm on Wednesday must immediately quarantine at home and get tested.

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The school has more than 2400 students.

The student had attended school for the past two days before becoming unwell yesterday.

New exposure sites

Close contacts

• Indooroopilly: Indooroopilly State High School, Tuesday July 27 from 8am to 10am and Wednesday July 28 from 8am to 3.30pm
• Ipswich: CBD Community Vaccination Clinic, Ipswich Mall, Thursday July 29, 8am to 9am

Casual contacts*

• Virgin Flight VA466: Brisbane to Perth, Sunday July 18 from 12.53pm to 5.12pm
• Chermside: David Jones, Westfield on Friday July 23 from 11.06am to 11.13am

Low risk

• Ipswich: Nicholas Street Mall, Thursday July 29, 8am to 9am
• Ipswich: Ipswich Hospital Fever Clinic, Thursday July 29, 9am to 10am

* These are related to previous cases but have only just been uploaded on the Queensland Health website today

Authorities are at a loss to explain how the teen contracted the virus.

"She became unwell yesterday and went and got tested and overnight, her result has come back positive," Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said this morning.

"We are testing her family members. It's a family of five.

"She's been in the community for three days and at school for two days, so I understand the school has already notified families and have closed down for a deep clean."

Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young said the teen came forward for testing after having a headache, but how she caught COVID-19 remains a mystery.

"We'll have to wait until we get whole genome sequencing results back later today to work out from where she's got this," Dr Young said.

More information will be posted on the Queensland Health website when it becomes available later today.

The girl had been in the community for three days from July 27 and at school for two days.

Health authorities have used today's new case to once again urge the community to come forward for a COVID-19 vaccination, particularly those aged over 60.

"You are the most at-risk group – we know that you're the group that if you get infected you do have a higher risk of getting severe disease and potentially dying," Dr Young said.

"We have plenty of AstraZeneca available in Queensland."

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Dr Young said the new local case is "quite concerning".

"We do know that we have had 13 incursions of the virus into Queensland over the last six weeks and we know that in any particular outbreak, someone with can get infected, not have symptoms and then spread the virus to someone else, which is why it's critically important that we all remain very, very cautious until the vast majority of people have been able to be vaccinated," she said.

"So masks, maintaining social distance, being careful when you're out and about, all of those things are important when we move forward."

The school will remain closed for at least the next 48 hours, Acting Executive Principal Derek Weeks said in an email last night.

"We are continuing to liaise with public health authorities and our own department in relation to the latest developments and will act immediately on their advice should there be an identified need to do so," Mr Weeks wrote in the email.

"The health, safety and welfare of your children, our students, continues to be my number one focus.

"If you, or a member of your family, are feeling unwell or displaying symptoms of COVID-19, please consult your GP.

"I look forward to welcoming our school community back as soon as we are safely able to do so."

Last night, the school hosted a three-and-a-half-hour event attended by tertiary educators from more than a dozen universities, colleges and TAFEs as well as the Australian Defence Force Academy.

The University of Queensland at Springfield was today also closed for cleaning as a precaution.

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A skydiving instructor has died and his passenger has suffered life-threatening injuries after they crash-landed in a coastal Victorian town this afternoon.

Police said the pair were doing a tandem jump when they "got into difficulty" and came crashing down to land in a paddock on Fischer Street in Torquay about 12.30pm.

Co-owner and Chief Instructor of Australian Skydive Ralph Hamilton-Presgrave told 9News both of the pair's parachutes failed to open, causing them to plunge to the ground.

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Mr Presgrave said the instructor copped the brunt of the fall in an attempt to protect his passenger.

"They did their freefall, they opened their parachute, the main parachute hasn't opened correctly," he said.

"They've elected to use their second parachute and ran into difficulties.

"The instructor has taken the brunt of the fall of the landing and put himself in jeopardy to try and minimise the passenger's injuries."

Mr Presgrave said the instructor was "very experienced" and "definitely capable of doing everything he had to do".

"The actual parachute malfunctioned and that's why we always carry two. In this instant, both parachutes haven't opened correctly.

"I don't know how and I don't know why. It will be investigated fully."

Sergeant Peter Christo from Torquay Police said paramedics worked on the instructor, aged in his mid-30s, for about 20 minutes before he took a "downward turn" and died at the scene.

"Unfortunately there was a parachuting incident where a parachute failed to open up," he said.

"Once the parachute didn't open, there were emergency attempts made to open up the chute and unfortunately, couldn't open the chute.

"As a result of that, we have a deceased male. I believe the instructor may have cushioned a lot of the blow for the client."

The injured passenger, understood to be a man aged in his 50s, was flown to The Alfred hospital with a broken leg.

Police will prepare a report for the coroner and investigate the crash alongside the Australian Parachute Federation and WorkSafe.

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South Australian man Nicholas Holbrook was 18 when he was killed by his best mate Phillip in a high-speed crash.

Mr Holbrook died when the car he was a passenger in slammed into a tree on West Lakes Boulevard in the Adelaide suburb of Westlakes in 2009.

The crash was devastating for both the first responders that attended and Mr Holbrook's parents Glynis and Michael.

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In never-before-seen interviews, they're telling their stories to warn South Australians about the long-term trauma of car crashes.

Phillip, the driver, will also expose the psychological and emotional scars left by the experience of killing his best mate.

SA Police Deputy Commissioner Linda Williams said the interviews warn "that one stupid act on the road can cause life-long damage".

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"Nobody wants to live with that guilt," Deputy Commissioner Williams said.

Appearing on TV from Sunday, the campaign includes 13 different commercials which will be released gradually to build the story of Mr Holbrook's crash from various perspectives.

The first will be Phillip's account of the moment he learned his driving had caused his best mate's death.

The campaign will also appear on billboards, in shopping centres, online and on social media.

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Police Minister Vincent Tarzia said these are "real stories told by real people".

"I can't see a situation where people wouldn't be affected in some way by these heartbreaking stories," Mr Tarzia said.

"Watching this campaign resonated with me on so many levels – as a father-to-be, a son, a brother, a friend."

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Bill Shorten has publicly backed the AstraZeneca vaccine, declaring it the "cure to getting out of lockdown", a day after Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese declined to clarify his own stance on the jab.

Mr Shorten, the shadow minister for government services and former opposition leader, today met workers at the manufacturing site at CSL in Melbourne.

"I'm here today to see the magic bullet to get out of lockdown, the AZ vaccine. I'm here to see how Australian-made is going to break lockdown and help stop the spread of COVID," Mr Shorten told 9News.

"I'm here today in Parkville, Victoria, where the cure to getting out of lockdown exists.

"Twelve million doses of AstraZeneca have been produced by Australian workers for Australians.

"I've had the jab, you should get the jab, we can get out of lockdown."

Mr Albanese has been repeatedly invited to encourage take-up of AstraZeneca after access was opened to anyone over 18 through a GP with informed consent.

"Politicians shouldn't be the ones giving health advice. Medical experts should," Mr Albanese said on June 29.

The following day, Mr Albanese was asked again to encourage under-40's to get the vaccine.

"I share the idea that we should be listening to medical advice," Mr Albanese said.

Concerns have been growing within Mr Albanese's own party over his reluctance to publicly and specifically back the vaccine, used in over 170 countries.

Earlier this year the vaccine was linked to rare instances of blood clots, which led to the vaccine advisory body ATAGI preferencing the jab to over-50s in April, then over-60s in June.

That, coupled with the government's own messaging, led to hesitancy on the vaccine.

In late June, Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared anyone under 40 could get access to it through a GP.

Last weekend, ATAGI changed its advice for people in Sydney.

"All adults in greater Sydney should strongly consider the benefits of earlier protection with COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca rather than waiting for alternative vaccines," the statement read.

9News yesterday revealed Labor had pre-selected Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah, a critic of AstraZeneca, to run in the Victorian seat of Higgins against fellow doctor Katie Allen.

In July, appearing on the ABC's Q&A program Dr Ananda-Rajah advised a young man willing to "take on the little bit of risk" by getting the AstraZeneca vaccine to wait.

"My advice to you: stay calm, be patient, your turn will come, and that will be sometime in September. And you will be given the Pfizer vaccine and you will have protection in three weeks," Dr Ananda-Rajah said.

In a statement posted to social media today, Dr Ananda-Rajah said: "Australians should follow the official health advice when it comes to getting vaccinated. 

"Vaccination saves lives. If you are vaccinated, you are protected from COVID-19. If you are not vaccinated, you are not protected.

"My comments on AstraZeneca were entirely in line with available evidence and official advice of ATAGI as endorsed by the Prime Minister and Federal Government.

"The biggest cause of AstraZeneca hesitancy has been the Federal Government's poor handling of changing health advice.

"It was Greg Hunt who advised people that they could wait for Pfizer and Moderna, which only made hesitancy worse.

"The blame for Australia's slow vaccination rollout is on Scott Morrison and Greg Hunt for not making enough vaccine deals and for failing to secure additional supply in our moment of need."

Mr Albanese was yesterday invited to respond to those comments and clarify his own views, to which he declined.

Mr Morrison told Today: "It's [AstraZeneca] a strong vaccine, it's an effective vaccine. It is the most recognised COVID vaccine in the world and its saved millions of lives."

In an exclusive interview with 9News, Mr Shorten said: "I would encourage you to take AZ when a doctor recommends no problems, this is the only way out of lockdown.

"Over 750 million people worldwide have had AstraZeneca.

"AstraZeneca is part of the arsenal to break the back of COVID.

"We are making the path out of lockdown right here in Melbourne, Australian-made AstraZeneca.

"I'm going to have the jab, my second jab, you should get the jab we can beat COVID, we can get out of lockdown.

"I back the science, I back Australian manufacturing, I back us getting out of lockdown, I'm backing AstraZeneca because that is our quickest and best path out of lockdown."

Labor has spent months attacking the government's vaccine rollout, accusing it of not securing enough deals outside of Pfizer and AstraZeneca.

In an opinion piece published today, Mr Albanese said: "He [Mr Morrison] put his eggs in the AstraZeneca basket. With Australia at the back of the queue, the chickens are coming home to roost."

In an at-times testy interview on 2GB Drive this afternoon, Mr Albanese defended his public comments on AstraZeneca, saying "I agree" with existing medical advice but did not specifically encourage take-up of the vaccine.

"What I have done is the whole way through (is) spoken about the fact that this is a race, I've encouraged people to be vaccinated," Mr Albanese said.

"The fact is that, of the developed world, we are running last when it comes to the number of people fully vaccinated.

"We should have had a range of vaccines here earlier in greater quantity, then we wouldn't have the circumstances of the lockdowns.

"A desperate government is looking to point the finger at someone else.

"One of the things that I've said consistently is that politicians shouldn't be giving advice, doctors should and medical expert should."

He also defended public comments by Labor's candidate for Higgins, Dr Ananda-Rajah.

"The advice from ATAGI was not to have AstraZeneca for under-60s," Mr Albanese said.