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A NSW prisoner officer has been charged with manslaughter after shooting an Indigenous inmate in 2019.

Dwayne Johnstone, a Wiradjuri man, was killed when he was shot at Lismore Base hospital while attempting to escape.

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7.06am GMT

Earlier today, head of the health department, Prof Brendan Murphy, fronted a parliamentary committee and said herd immunity was unlikely" without children being vaccinated.

The final phase of the government's vaccine strategy says that children under 16 should be vaccinated only if recommended", with authorities saying they need more data to approve a vaccine for that age group.

It's quite possible to get the proper definition of herd immunity we may need to vaccinate children, and children we know don't get the disease very often but some of them do get it, particularly teenagers.