When news houses are under critical pressure to grab and secure viewers’ attention/visitors online, a genuine and at times flippant piece of information can be transformed into a sensational – attention grabbing headline – producing a completely ‘false’ and erroneous piece at the worst of times with racist overtones. InRead More →
More than 200,000 people have pledged their allegiance to Australia and taken up Australian Citizenship in the past 12 months. In the 2019-20 financial year, 204,817 people were conferred Australian citizenship – a 60 per cent increase on the previous financial year and the highest number on record. Acting Minister forRead More →
As part of the governments response to the fast escalating COVID-19 outbreaks in the state, ADF door-knockers will support the DHHS Case and Contact Management program authorised officers (AOs) to follow up positive cases who cannot be contacted by phone or who are refusing to cooperate. The Victorian Government hasRead More →
Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) has today opened Australia’s new Spinal Cord Injury Research Centre. The Centre will house the latest cutting edge technology and accelerate Australia’s research into better treatment for those with a spinal cord injury. At the Centre’s opening, it was announced NeuRA researchers will receive $6.4 million inRead More →
CSIRO research paper published recently suggests lab-grown airway cells or lungs are already a reality. Read on: Once the stuff of sci-fi movies, growing organ cells in the lab is becoming more real. Scientists around the world use Petri dishes or membranes to grow human organ cell cultures, which reactRead More →
The Victorian Government will extend the coronavirus worker support payment to make sure Victorians don’t have to choose between the safety of their workmates and their community – and putting food on the table. People are most infectious when they first experience symptoms but Department of Health and Human ServicesRead More →
The Morrison Government is making a number of visa changes for international students to ensure Australia remains a priority destination for international students as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. International students are extremely important to Australia and our economy, contributing $40 billion annually and supporting 250,000 jobs. Many alsoRead More →
Victoria faces a big fight against COVID-19. The state has recorded 484 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. This is up from 374 cases recorded in the previous 24 hours. Premier Daniel Andrews also announced that two men in their 90s, former residents of aged-care homes, hadRead More →
Professor John Thwaites, Chairman of Monash University’s Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, is the only Australian appointed to the prestigious The Lancet COVID-19 Commission. Professor Thwaites is one of 26 eminent global scholars, public health professionals, environmentalists and policy makers to be part of this Commission, which is chaired by Professor JeffreyRead More →
The Victoria Tourism Industry Council (VTIC) is thrilled by the announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison that the JobKeeper Program will be extended for another six months in the form of Jobkeeper 2.0, to March 2021. This Federal initiative has made all the difference in keeping the tourism, hospitality and eventsRead More →