Victorian MPs take plunge for Neale Daniher’s FightMND Big Freeze fundraiser

The atmosphere can feel quite frosty around the corridors of Victorian Parliament but today it was literally an ice bath. The second annual Parliamentary Big Freeze saw government ministers, opposition frontbenchers and even the opposition leader take the plunge to raise money for the late Neale Daniher’s FightMND charity. FightMND chief executive Matt Tilley revealed…

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B.C. community reports high demand for rural permanent residency program

Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A pilot immigration program to help rural communities find skilled workers for hard-to-fill jobs saw 800 people receive permanent residency in the first two months of this year — and hundreds of applications…

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Pressure mounts on Tasmanian Liberal Jane Howlett over legal bill and election messaging

Tasmanian Racing Minister Jane Howlett is facing mounting calls to resign from cabinet, after evidence in parliament called into question what her office knew about messaging that breached election guidelines. It comes after the Greens backed Labor’s call for her to step down over her refusal to outline why she has accrued more than $300,000…

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Women with traumatic brain injury 26 per cent less likely to receive trauma care than men, Ontario study finds

New Ontario research shows women with traumatic brain injuries are far less likely than men to be admitted for trauma care, raising questions about why patients with similar, life-altering injuries may be receiving less-specialized treatment. Published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the study analyzed a decade of data from more than 55,000 adult…

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