Dr Benjamin Schwessinger has been awarded the 2022 ACT Emerging Scientist of the Year Award for his ongoing commitment to supporting the environment and the ACT’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I am exhilarated and honoured to receive this award. I’ve found both my family and scientific home in Canberra. It is nice to see…
Tag Archive for Covid 19
Are International Students coming back to Australia?
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As borders closed in Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so did the usual flow of international students. International education contributes $40 billion to the wider economy – which was twice as much as in 2015. It also affected jobs in the sector with a loss of over 35,000 academic and professional staff. So, what…
Oxfam Warns of Poverty Crisis
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Over a quarter of a billion more people could crash into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 because of COVID-19, rising global inequality and the shock of food price rises supercharged by the war in Ukraine, a new Oxfam briefing reveals. Published ahead of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC, First Crisis, Then…
NSW Paramedics Launch Weeklong Action over Resourcing and Pay
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NSW Paramedics have launched a week of industrial action, as the Australian Paramedics Association (NSW) escalates demands for better resourcing and pay. Until Friday, APA (NSW) has placed a complete ban on ‘staff movements’—meaning Paramedics will refuse to split from crewmates or travel from their designated station to fill roster gaps elsewhere. “Refusing staff movements…
Calls to Address Nursing Workforce Crisis
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Heading towards the next Federal Election, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is urging politicians to prioritise the issues impacting the nursing profession throughout the campaign, in the interests of the health of all Australians. “For the last two years, nurses have led Australians through the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic,” ACN CEO Adjunct Professor…
Cinema attendance Up but Down on Pre-Pandemic Levels
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According to Roy Morgan research Cinema attendance in Australia increased during the final quarter of 2021 compared to a year ago but was still at less than half of pre-pandemic levels in the final quarter of 2019. “Australia’s cinemas have been amongst the hardest hit businesses by the COVID-19 pandemic with attendance plummeting during the…
Icon Humphrey B. Bear to Help Kids Deal with Stresses of COVID
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Australian television superstar Humphrey B. Bear is heading back to school to launch a new and exciting initiative to help children with developmental challenges or disabilities participate in school and better cope with the stresses of COVID. The much-loved Logie winner who loves singing, dancing and eating honey is the new face of a series…
COVID-19 Vaccination Pop-Ups at Iconic Victorian Venues
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Vulnerable and disadvantaged Victorian children will soon have the chance to get their COVID-19 vaccine among lions, meerkats, sharks, dinosaurs, robots and starlit galaxies. Starting on 12 February, COVID-19 vaccination pop-ups will roll out in some of Victoria’s most iconic venues – including Scienceworks, Melbourne Zoo and Sealife Aquarium – with each site intended specifically…
ACCC Media Statement on pricing of rapid antigen tests
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Editor’s Note – This Media Statement was released Tuesday January 4 2022 The ACCC is aware of the significant public concern about the pricing of rapid antigen tests and is contacting suppliers and monitoring the situation very closely. The ACCC will be examining claims that the current pricing levels of rapid antigen tests are due…
$8.7 Mill Announced to Help Independent Cinemas
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158 independent cinemas across Australia will share in more than $8.7 million to keep their doors open, under the first batch of the Morrison Government’s $20 million Supporting Cinemas’ Retention Endurance and Enhancement of Neighbourhoods (SCREEN) Fund. Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, said the fund supports…