Victorian health authorities are scrambling to find close contacts of a second coronavirus case in the state with links to an outbreak in Sydney. The man, who works at a dry cleaning business in the Melbourne beachside suburb of Sandringham, returned a positive test late on Thursday afternoon. His family has been isolated and are … Read more
John Howard, an 81-year-old white man, who joined the Liberal party in the 1950s and worked as a politician for the majority of his life, having been elected to one of Sydney’s wealthiest electorates in 1974, doesn’t believe there is racism in Australia. This shouldn’t be news: Howard’s views that Australia was not a racist … Read more
2.14am BST02:14 You can’t imagine the Nationals latest leadership crisis will take too long. There’s only 21 people in the party room. They only have to count to 11. That’s it. 2.07am BST02:07 NSW records two new Covid cases The official NSW Covid press conference will be at 1pm but here is the NSW Health … Read more
I rise this evening to speak in relation to the need to ensure that Australia’s democracy remains a pluralistic, liberal and inclusive democracy which values freedom of thought, worship, association and speech as fundamental rights. There has been much interest in the media regarding a story about people of the Christian faith being denied membership … Read more
1.03am BST01:03 Ben Butler Labor’s industry spokesman, Ed Husic, has responded to the attorney general’s department saying it has asked former foreign minister Julie Bishop to clarify her role at Greensill Capital, the collapsed finance group.As we reported this morning, Bishop approached the treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, for a meeting with Treasury before she signed the … Read more
Because I believe this risk is actually a little bit lower, I haven’t asked all of our vulnerable facilities to go into lockdown at this stage. So, you would know and be aware that usually when we have an outbreak I require hospital, aged care facilities, disability care accommodation facilities, and prisons, if there are … Read more
12.39am BST00:39 A new Google artificial intelligence tool that claims it can identify skin conditions based on photos has alarmed health experts. They say it could lead to overdiagnosis, or rare and complex skin conditions being missed. Google has developed an artificial intelligence “dermatology assist tool” for people with concerns about their skin. Users of … Read more
11.52pm BST23:52 Domain site the victim of phishing attack Real estate website Domain has alerted customers that it has been the victim of a phishing attack – where an email is made to look official and gets a user to hand over their login details. It means hackers had access to the company’s administrative system … Read more
Former Liberal staffer will speak to Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese in Sydney, and Brisbane and Melbourne on Covid alert. Follow latest updates Some 16% of public servants have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, survey finds India wants access to cheap copies of Covid vaccines. So why is Australia holding out? Coronavirus WA: Perth … Read more
We have to acknowledge the hotels have been successful, but we’re now over a year into the pandemic and it looks like there’s gonna be at least another year before we’re not going to be needing these facilities anymore. So, we can expect more breaches, even with the best systems that we can design, and, … Read more