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The deadly H5 variant of avian influenza has been detected in a bird that washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia’s south, the first time the disease has been found in Australia. On Saturday federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said further testing had confirmed the bird had the H5 strain, after a suspected…
Senior doctors from a hospital in Melbourne’s north are warning people against taking drugs being labelled as experimental weight loss medication retatrutide, after discovering multiple cases of liver damage and other serious illness. The injectable medication has not been approved by any worldwide drug regulator, including the US Food and Drug Administrator and the Australian…
Pharmacist Mark Ashton was going about business as usual when a shrieking alarm sounded throughout the building. “We were just doing some scripts as we normally do and then all of a sudden phones started vibrating and [we] heard the alarm going off,” he said. “It took us a while to realise we had been…
Pertame grandmother Auriel Swan thinks of her mother when she hears children speaking her language in an Alice Springs classroom. Christobel Swan is one of the last fluent speakers of Pertame, also known as Southern Arrernte, and dreamed of seeing the language passed on to her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and generations to come. Now in declining…
A Cameron Burgess own goal and VAR drama cost Australia against the US, before cramp proved a problem for the match referee. Here are the five quick hits from the Australia’s 2-0 loss to the USA. 1. Popovic makes some big calls As the team news dropped ahead of the clash with the USA, two…
The three Ps are the tried-and-true formula for success. Preparation, persistence and practice prevent pi** poor performance. Instead, Tasmanians have had promises (to do better), political games and performative outrage. The consequence — a peeved public turning to political alternatives to shake up the status quo. OK, I’ll lay off the alliteration, I promise. As…
Let’s have a recap of what happened in the first round of games in Group C. Scotland recorded a hard-fought 1-0 over Haiti in their opening game thanks to a goal from John McGinn. Morocco played well in their 1-1 win over heavyweights Brazil. At the moment, the Scots lead the group.
The most annoying thing about reheated internet pasta is that, like the real thing, it might taste great on the second go-round, but it can really stick to the pan. If you don’t know it, “internet pasta” — originally known as “copypasta” — is a block of digital text that’s repeatedly copied and pasted across…
Nate Lawson loved superheroes, but even superpowers might not have been enough to defeat what fate had in store for him. He was just 11 when he lost his battle with Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia (SIOD). The genetic disorder is so rare, affecting as few as one in 3 million people, it is difficult to properly…
From the moment four military helicopters flew over Seattle Stadium to end the American national anthem, Australia knew it was in for a battle. The deafening crowd, the overwhelming patriotism, and most importantly, a switched-on, well-drilled US side laid the foundation for what was to come in the first half. Almost total domination. The US…