AAP/Mick TsikasPfizer doses in NSW will be spaced out to enable more first jabs to be administered quickly, as the Berejiklian government on Friday declared the Sydney COVID crisis a “national emergency”. But the plea by the state for Pfizer doses to be diverted to Sydney as part
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University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Paddy Nixon discuss the week in politics. This week Michelle and Paddy discuss the proposed changes to the vaccine rollout announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday, which would allow regional pharmacies to apply
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ShutterstockExtreme floods this month have been crippling cities worldwide. This week in China’s Henan province, a year’s worth of rain fell in just three days. Last week, catastrophic floods swept across western Germany and parts of Belgium. And at home, rain fell in Perth for 17 days straight,
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Blue Origin/APIt’s been a momentous month for space-faring billionaires. On July 11, British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson’s Unity “rocket-plane” flew him and five fellow passengers about 85 kilometres above Earth. And this week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard capsule reached an altitude of 106km, carrying Bezos, his
read now The auguries are not good for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Resignations have filled the ledger, including Japanese composer Keigo Oyamada, organising committee president Yoshiro Mori and the creative director Hiroshi Sasaki. Then there is the lamentable behaviour of the authoritarian International Olympic Committee and the obsequious conduct of the Suga
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Quotes in this research are from participants who cannot be named due to research ethics requirements. Pandemic-induced lockdowns have provided stories of both hardship and resilience. This extends to families in the community caring for children in out-of-home care, a group which has weathered unique challenges as children are physically
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The Olympic Games are often hailed as a neutral celebration of athletic achievement. “The Olympic Games are not about politics,” wrote the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, in the Guardian last year. In reality, the games have long been a platform for soft power: the use of culture
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Recently, Coalition senators voted with One Nation to pass a motion put by Senator Pauline Hanson that called for the government to eject Critical Race Theory (CRT) from the national education curriculum. This echoes a flurry of state-level legislation in the US currently being considered or already passed. The
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Edward Jenner vaccinating his son, held by Mrs Jenner; a maid rolls up her sleeve, a man stands outside holding a cow. Coloured engraving by C. Manigaud after E Hamman. The Wellcome Collection.As the roll-out of COVID vaccines proceeds, it’s worth looking back on the challenges and successes
read now The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation has been meeting with global experts about administering Pfizer for 12- to 15-year-olds. The post ATAGI to consider new Pfizer advice for teens appeared first on The Mandarin.
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COVID-19 has locked down half of Australia but there’s no easy solution for how to unlock it. Following the rules would be a good start though. The post Harsher restrictions,
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Mark Zuckerberg speaks brightly of taking Facebook into a ‘metaverse’. Evidence shows the metaverse is coming. But do we want it to? The post Forget space travel, the Zuck wants
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As a humble Victorian, Rocky Dabscheck felt it was time to acknowledge his superiors. read now…
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The Olyroos surprise win went hand in hand with a less than surprising win for Seven. The post Gooooooooal (for Seven) appeared first on Crikey.
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With the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony kicking off tonight, anticipation about the Games is growing across the world. With about half of the Australian population currently in lockdown, this year’s Olympics might provide a welcome distraction over the next couple of weeks. Here’s a list of
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Australians are dying while vials of what health experts say is a safe and effective vaccine are being thrown out while people ‘wait for Pfizer’. The post Trashing AstraZeneca is
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Now that Brisbane’s been selected as the host city for the 2032 Olympic Games, it’s time to get thinking about the demonstration sports we should use to showcase our nation’s
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In 2018 the government has a strong blend of experience, talent and rising stars. Now the cupboard is bare. How did it fall apart so fast? The post How did
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Sue Ogrocki/AP/AAPWhen the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games officially begin on Friday night, they will do so with the host city under a state of emergency due to COVID-19. For the first time in history, all Olympic events will take place in empty venues, with recordings of stadium
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John Coates’ putdown of Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk brings to mind a condition closely related to gender deafness — misogyny muteness. Women need to turn up the volume and call
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In the biggest exposé of government spying since the 2013 Snowden revelations, leaked data has exposed a global hacking extravaganza. The post Pegasus, a dark horse in the shadowy network
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The successful test and trace strategy of NSW, which controlled the Crossroads Hotel outbreak a year ago, has not worked as well against Delta, writes C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW in this article republished from The Conversation. The Greater Sydney lockdown began on June 26 and almost a
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News organisations in Australia and around the world have been left red faced after a once-widely used video embedding platform began rerouting to a porn company. The post Major Australian
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read now On his first day in the job as CEO of KPMG, Andrew Yates made a powerful announcement about the firm’s leave policies that would make national headlines. He announced that all new parents would get 26 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of their “primary” or “secondary”
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George Megalogenis, the great big hope of journalists-as-intellectuals, has — just like the stumbling Coalition — been outplayed by COVID-19. The post Too early to say: George Big Think pens
read now By David C Paull The Pilliga forests are a significant water, biodiversity and carbon sink resource, yet our governments want to turn it into a gas-field. Now is the time to rethink how we value and manage our irreplaceable natural resources. Following the ecological catastrophe of the fire season of
read now Potentially hundreds of women founders remain confounded following an email error this week that saw business owners told they were successful in moving to the next round of the Boosting Female Founders grant process, and then emailed again to be told they weren’t. Now, women who received
read now NSW’s new space research network gets its directors, more movements in Home Affairs, new senior judge for the NSW Drug Court, and more. The post Movers & Shakers: Promotions at Home Affairs and board commissioners join Lotterywest appeared first on The Mandarin.
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As more countries get on board providing vaccine boosters for their citizens, what are the ethics of Australia following suit — and will we even have a choice? Leslie Cannold
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One-third of the entire Australian funeral industry is dominated by two companies, which may cause problems for unwary consumers as the national death rate rises. The post The high cost
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It’s that time again: how much of this wild and wacky news week were you paying attention to? The post A billionaire rocket-measuring contest, TikerToker Soldier Spy, and Brisbane finally
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If there’s one thing Nina Mapson Bone knows about her colleagues, it’s that no one wakes up in the morning thinking they won’t give the work day their best effort. In fact, at Beaumont People, a recruitment firm founded by Nikki Beaumont, where Nina is Managing Director,
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It’s that time of the week again, and we’ve been busy collating the latest books, podcasts, audiobooks and movie must-watches for you to get lost in during lockdown. Thanks to our partner, Scribd for supporting this feature. Memoir: Judith Lucy- ‘Turns Out, I’m Fine: How Not
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Author provided, Author providedTeeth can tell us a lot about the evolution of prehistoric humans, and our latest study of one of our species’ close relatives may finally resolve a long-standing mystery. The genus Paranthropus is closely related to ours, Homo, and lived about one to three million
read now CoHealth, a Victorian community health organisation, will be offering pop-up COVID-19 vaccines to people experiencing homelessness. The post Pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites for Victorians experiencing homelessness appeared first on The Mandarin.
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Boris Johnson has abdicated his principal responsibility to let COVID-19 kill as many as 100 people every day as early as next month. read now…
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Good morning, early birds. Prime Minister Scott Morrison finally said “sorry” for Australia’s slow vaccine rollout on Thursday, and up to a third of the people exposed to a COVID-19
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Martin Meissner/APHistory shows there nothing in sport quite like an Olympics. Equally, there is nothing in Olympic history quite like what is happening now in Tokyo at the most expensive — and likely the most fraught — summer games of all time. When Tokyo bid for the
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