An Australian medical clinic’s error in documenting whether their vaccines were stored at the right temperature has led to the health department declaring 20 years’ worth of vaccinations may be ineffective. The vaccines were likely exposed to temperatures that reduce their efficacy, the department said in their probe into Dodges Ferry Medical Clinic in Tasmania….
Patients to Get Jabbed Again After Storage Uncertainty Compromises Vaccines
June 16, 2023
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Australia to Create a Marine Park Bigger Than Japan
June 6, 2023
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Australia is set to triple the size of its marine park on Macquarie Island, making it far larger than Japan. After rejecting an application for fisheries to trawl through the new Macquarie Island Marine Park, Australia’s federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek signed off on a final design for the expansion on June 5, which will allow two fisheries to continue operating. Local fisheries…
Protest Over Chinese-Owned Company’s Dumping of ‘Toxic’ Waste Tailings in Australia’s ‘Amazon’
China-owned MMG is proposing to turn 140 hectares of the Tarkine rainforest, known as Australia’s “amazon” in Tasmania’s northwest, into a tailings dam where it will hold the company’s mining waste. MMG, or Minerals and Metal Group, which is majority owned by China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Company Limited (CMN), bought the Rosebery mine in 2009….
Comfortable Cruise Makes Exploring ‘Down Under’ Easy
Among multiple choices one can use to navigate the Down Under countries of Australia and New Zealand is a 14-day cruise aboard Holland America Line’s 1,918-passenger Noordam that my wife and I found to be a most comfortable option. Arriving several days early in Auckland gave us time to explore New Zealand’s most important city…
Greens Senate Power Play Gives Hollow Victory, Minister Says
March 10, 2023
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The Minister for Industry and Investment, Ed Husic, has pushed back on claims the Greens party have won a victory over the government after negotiations on the National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) saw amendments to stop the Fund from investing in future coal and gas projects, and native forests logging. The NRF is a corporate Commonwealth entity that…
Australian Scientists Dive Into the Weeds to Explore Emerging Crop
From curing strawberry diseases to removing carbon from the atmosphere, seaweed is much more than a nutritious side dish. Hundreds of international scientists and industry experts will gather in the Australian island state of Tasmania this week to discuss the crop’s untapped potential. Karlotta Rieve visited more than 100 seaweed farms over the course of…
Australian Scientists to Explore Untapped Potential of Seaweed
From curing strawberry diseases to removing carbon from the atmosphere, seaweed is much more than a nutritious side dish. Hundreds of international scientists and industry experts will gather in the Australian island state of Tasmania this week to discuss the crop’s untapped potential. Karlotta Rieve visited more than 100 seaweed farms over the course of…
Outlawed Motorcycle Gangs to Be Refused Firearms Under Aussie State’s Proposed Gun Laws
Outlawed motorcycle gangs may need to use other means to showcase their criminal misdemeanour and villainous prowess—at least in the Australian State of Tasmania—as the state government seeks to amend its laws on gun ownership and usage. In a Feb. 1 statement, Tasmania’s Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management, Felix Ellis, said criminal activity…
Hillcrest School Victims to Be Remembered
Tasmania’s tight-knit northwest community will pause to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle tragedy. Six children were killed after a freak wind gust lifted the castle and several inflatable balls into the air during end-of-year celebrations on December 16, 2021. People have been invited to leave flowers and messages of…
Mass Public Sector Strikes in Tasmania
Thousands of public sector workers have rallied across Tasmania for better pay and conditions, flagging further industrial action around Christmas if their concerns aren’t addressed. State school teachers and support staff, health workers, firefighters, cleaners and child safety officers were among those to walk off the job on Wednesday afternoon. Premier Jeremy Rockliff labelled the…
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