The Australian Vaccine Expert Advisory Group meets to discuss the fourth booster doses of Covid-19, as Omicron subvariants cause an increase in infections, leading some prime ministers to urge people to wear masks more widely. Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 strains are becoming the dominant Covid-19 strains in Australia, surpassing the BA.2 strain. A preliminary analysis …
Quade Cooper has been ruled out of the second round against England and is unlikely to appear in the third game either. The Wallabies game builder stopped with a muscle problem in his calf during the warm-up before Australia’s 30-28 win over England in Perth on Saturday night. Cooper cut a downcast figure as he …
It was with much fanfare that the Andrews government announced the suburban rail loop three months before the 2018 election, but since then there have been red flags on the runway. The last problem is the poor integration of the proposed new stations with the existing ones at Glen Waverley, Box Hill and Cheltenham. Local …
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A former model and former promise of billionaire James Packer has known his fate after posting posts on social media laden with censorship. The ex-girlfriend of billionaire James Packer has been found guilty of breaching a court order after posting insult-laden posts about him online. Katherine ‘Kate’ Fischer, who legally changed her name to Tziporah …
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed criticism that he is spending too much time abroad, proclaiming that “he has not had a day off in a long time”. Key points: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made three trips abroad since his election about six weeks ago Opposition members say Mr Albanese is not focusing on …
If lenders pass on the 0.5 percentage point rate increase, the average homeowner with a $ 500,000 mortgage for 25 years will be affected with a monthly repayment increase of $ 142 for a total of $ 363 if the May and June rate increases are taken into account. Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP …
Your favorite guilty pleasure movie doesn’t have to be a cinematic masterpiece. It can be embarrassing, weird, and problematic. What is your ultimate guilty pleasure movie? The favorite movie where you can appear and forget the world as you quote each line. You look at it at least once a year and usually alone, because …
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Twelve people have been arrested and are expected to be charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl who was found dead on a Queensland property after she was allegedly denied access to medical treatment. Police allege Elizabeth Rose Struhs was suffering from a medical condition and a Toowoomba religious group denied her access to …
So what exactly is the rare infection, which had not been recorded in the country since the 1990s? Here’s everything you need to know about diphtheria. Bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria. (CDC / Jennifer Oosthuizen) Diphtheria is a contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheria that mainly affects a person’s upper respiratory tract. …
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Sri Lanka, with cash problems, has extended the closure of schools for a week because there is not enough fuel for teachers and parents to take their children to classrooms. Key points: Sri Lanka’s huge foreign debt makes no supplier willing to sell fuel on credit The country faces nationwide power cuts of up to …