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The prime minister along with state and territory leaders is preparing for an emergency National Cabinet meeting to discuss rising coronavirus case numbers including those of the Omicron variant. Log in register or subscribe to save articles for later.

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Despite New South Wales and Victorian leaders using the national cabinet meeting to lobby for a shorter interval between the second and third vaccine doses the Morrison government made no changes.

. This will include specific advice on close contacts in. National Cabinet noted the bring forward of additional Pfizer vaccines in hotspot areas in respect of the current NSW and Queensland Hotspot areas. A National Cabinet meeting has been called by Scott Morrison amid concerns over growing Omicron cases.

A separate request has today been received by Operation COVID Shield from Victoria. National Cabinet agreed that the Chief Medical Officer consulting with AHPPC will bring forward a consistent definition of close and casual contacts to the next meeting of National Cabinet including whether only limited close contacts are required to take PCR testing and home isolation. A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials typically consisting of the executive branchs top leaders.

Members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretariesThe function of a cabinet varies. In some countries it is a collegiate decision-making body with collective responsibility while in others it may function either as a purely advisory body or an assisting. December 20 2021 628pm.

National Cabinet agreed to meet next on Friday 13 August 2021.

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