The UK is not doing enough to provide mental health support to thousands of Hongkongers who have fled China’s increasingly authoritarian grip, according to advocacy groups and those politically displaced. Following China’s introduction of a sweeping national security law on… Read More »Hongkongers who fled to UK criticise lack of mental health support
The anti-abortion group at the centre of a storm claims parliamentarians from both sides have promised to try to “turn this tide back” on South Australia’s new abortion laws. Joanna Howe of Enid Lyons List said politicians have agreed to… Read More »Anti-abortion group claims SA politicians pledged to ‘take forward’ bill reversing new medical laws
Australia is heading for its third Omicron wave in the coming weeks, as BA.4 and BA.5 become the dominant Covid strains. BA.4 and BA.5 are more infectious than previous Covid variants and subvariants, and are better able to evade immunity… Read More »New Covid subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are the most contagious yet – and driving Australia’s third Omicron wave | Adrian Esterman
Federal disaster payments available to 23 flood-affected areas in NSW Josh Butler The federal government is making disaster relief payments available to 23 flood-affected areas in NSW, with emergency management minister Murray Watt saying the assistance would be “uncapped”. Watt… Read More »Australia news live: thousands more evacuated in Sydney floods; interest rate decision due; cargo ship still stranded
The Infogripe Bulletin, released this Monday (4th) by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), points to the resumption of growth in the number of cases of Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the country, with most of them, 77.6%, positive for Sars-CoV-2,… Read More »InfoGripe points to a growth trend in SARS cases in Brazil
Key senators will support a government push to let territories make their own laws on voluntary assisted dying, with two Labor backbenchers set to introduce the bill in the first weeks of the new parliament. Jacqui Lambie and Tammy Tyrrell… Read More »Key senators back government proposal to empower territories to legislate on euthanasia
A Melbourne aged care home where 45 people died from Covid-19 has been charged by the workplace safety watchdog. WorkSafe Victoria on Monday announced it charged St Basil’s Homes for the Aged In Victoria with nine breaches of the Occupational… Read More »Melbourne aged care home St Basil’s charged by workplace safety watchdog after Covid deaths
Christopher Knaus Emergency services rescued 20 people from rising floodwaters across New South Wales overnight as the state braces for another day of heavy rain and wild weather. Most of those rescues involved helping people who had driven into floodwaters,… Read More »Australia news live updates: flood-hit Sydney residents evacuate as wild weather brings more heavy rain; Albanese in Ukraine
Ludmilla Boiko can’t sleep. Every night, before going to bed, she takes pills that eventually shift her into unconsciousness. “No normal person can go through this and come out without traces,” she said. Boiko knows better than most the psychological… Read More »Medics battle relentless wave of trauma in Ukrainian town of Borodyanka
Australia has surpassed the grim milestone of 10,000 Covid-19 deaths, as authorities urge people to remain vigilant against the disease. The country’s toll from the virus stood at 9,984 on Saturday, and tipped past the 10,000 mark with Sunday’s numbers.… Read More »Australia surpasses 10,000 Covid deaths as authorities warn of another wave of infections