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Research: Vaccine resistant COVID-19 strains most likely to emerge when 60% of us are vaccinated

August 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

As Queensland and New South Wales battle to suppress the DELTA variant with push to get the populations vaccinated experts have warned that Vaccine resistant COVID-19 strains [...]

Top economists say cutting immigration is no way to boost wages

August 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s top economists have overwhelmingly rejected cuts to either permanent or temporary migration as a means of restoring lost [...]

Economic modelling shows trying to eliminate COVID-19 may be our best approach

August 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Modelling conducted by Dr Tony Blakely from the Population Interventions Unit at the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research, Melbourne School of Population and [...]

Rapid antigen testing isn’t perfect. But it could be a useful part of Australia’s COVID response

August 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Shutterstock Deborah Williamson, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Sharon Lewin, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Since the [...]

Vaccination rate needs to hit 70% to trigger easing of restrictions

August 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Seven in ten people aged 16 and over will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID restrictions to begin to be eased, under targets agreed in principle by national cabinet on [...]

QLD COVID-19: nine new cases, testing rate to low

August 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Queensland has nine new cases acquired in the community in Queensland over the last 24 hours, and has conducted 11,468 tests in the last 24 hour period. Government officials [...]

Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh Dead 99

April 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and consort to Her Majesty the Queen, has died at the age of 99. Buckingham Palace confirmed the news early this [...]

Labor’s plan for $15 billion ‘reconstruction fund’ to promote post-pandemic manufacturing economy

March 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

A Labor government would set up a $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to promote manufacturing in Australia’s post pandemic economy. The fund, to be announced on [...]

10 New Covid Cases In Queensland – All UK Variant

March 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

Queensland has 10 new cases overnight. Eight of these are community acquired cases, with six close contacts of confirmed cases. 14,589 tests have been conducted over the last [...]

FactCheck: Does Facebook change its policies based on Zuckerberg’s opinion and did he say COVID Vaccines change people’s DNA? No and we can’t say for sure

February 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

The internet is fall of hoaxes and fake news, so one of the latest claims are that Facebook deletes opinions that go against Mark Zuckerberg’s opinion and that he claims [...]