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The Australian Government has pledged a further $50 million towards research into Long Covid from the Medical Research Future Fund. The announcement follows the report of a parliamentary inquiry – released by The House of Representatives Health Committee into Long Covid highlighting nine recommendations including a nationally coordinated research program. According to the Australian Government’s …
Australian researchers say a new vaccine for malaria is essential as the disease’s distribution has been shifting and changing more frequently globally. Malaria is still a major threat to over half of the global population. The disease kills more than 600,000 people every year, most of these being children under five. Recent vaccines have been proven …
Malaria vaccine needs to protect better: Research Read More »
Defence is undergoing massive changes, overseen by the Albanese federal government. The Australian Government just released The National Defence Strategic Review 2023, led by former defence minister, the honorable Stephen Smith, and retired Air Chief Marshal, Sir Angus Houston, ahead of the 2023-2024 Federal Budget. Perceived threats from China and Russia to the Indo-Pacific region …
After the trade retaliation from China following Australia’s lead in pushing the World Health Organisation to find out more about the COVID-19 beginnings in Wuhan, Australia’s Barley exports were a major loser. The prohibitive 80.5% tariff slapped on the grain meant that we were effectively locked out of the Chinese market. Now, China is moving …
The NT Local Government conference held in Alice Springs put forward a number of issues in the Red Centre and Alice Springs surrounding the recent crime and violence experienced. Infrastructure was identified as being needed to short-cut a number of problems which were exacerbating the crime surge. Kristy McBain, Federal Minister for Regional Development for …
Minister hazy on detail in fighting crime in Alice Springs Read More »
A new electric vehicle plan has been announced last week, with the government promising to require companies to produce and sell a “good proportion” of electric and low emission vehicles. Its unclear if the government will put forward policies aimed at incentivising electric car purchase and usage as details of the program have not been …
Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster where an 8-story building in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapse and killed over 1000 people. Considered the deadliest garment-factory disaster in history, the Rana Plaza disaster alerted the world to the dangerous environments fast fashion workers are subject to and has changed the industry health and safety …
Best&Less refuse to sign accord on 10-year anniversary of factory collapse Read More »
A world-first study exploring new ways to fight anaemia in developing nations has found a single iron infusion can significantly reduce iron deficiency in pregnant women, compared with daily tablets. The finding, driven by a collaboration between Australian and Malawian researchers, paves the way for more effective health policies to reduce the global health burden …
Landmark Malawi trial boosts iron levels in pregnant women Read More »