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Melbourne GP deregistered for year after homophobic and anti-vaccination Facebook posts

Victorian tribunal also finds doctor’s communications with patients were inappropriate, discourteous and failed to provide confidentialityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Melbourne doctor who posted homophobic and anti-vaccination content to social media,...

Thu May 9, 2024 06:36
Growing up gay in Australia was tough. This week’s Sydney council book ban shows how far we have to go | Shannon Molloy

We like to think this isn’t a homophobic country. But as a theatre adaptation of my memoir about being gay in the 90s tours, I can see an undercurrent of fear and hateGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailFourteen, the stage adaptation of my memoir of the same name, captures a moment in history and in my life that feels so far away now.It’s been...

Thu May 9, 2024 06:05
I weep for the corals, but what I saw on the Great Barrier Reef gives me hope | Kerrie Foxwell-Norton

Earth’s greatest living structure is dying. But the humanity of reef scientists is as beautiful as any coral I’ve ever seen From the dry lab on One Tree Island research station – about 100km off the coast from Gladstone and in the southern region of the Great Barrier Reef – I watch a steady procession of scientists walk to their next encounter with...

Thu May 9, 2024 06:05
UniSuper members go a week with no account access after ‘unprecedented’ Google Cloud ‘misconfiguration’

Super fund boss and Google Cloud global CEO issue joint statement apologising for ‘extremely frustrating and disappointing’ outageFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMore than half a million UniSuper fund members went a week with no access to their superannuation...

Thu May 9, 2024 05:35
Gina Rinehart, One Nation and the Greens all oppose Glencore’s plan to store CO2 in the Great Artesian Basin – why? | Temperature Check

The mining company insists the storage hub is safe but many are unconvinced about injecting carbon dioxide into a major Australian water resourceGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSwiss mining company Glencore has been on the offensive over its controversial plans to try to inject carbon dioxide into a section of...

Thu May 9, 2024 05:04
Australian federal budget 2024: what we know so far and what to expect

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has promised more cost-of-living relief in his 14 May budget as well as spending for students and healthGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOn 14 May the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, will deliver his second full-year budget.Chalmers has promised more cost-of-living relief in a budget that he says...

Thu May 9, 2024 03:32

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