New South Wales is urging those at risk of contracting mpox to get vaccinated as the state records its largest outbreak, which the top health official has described as “very concerning”. The NSW chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, confirmed there had been 433 cases since 1 June 2024, the state’s biggest outbreak since the…
Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample, the Guardian’s science editor and Science Weekly co-host, to answer the questions we are all asking about Covid this autumn, from what is going on with the new variant XEC to how to get a vaccine and what scientists think the government should be doing differently How to…
The Queensland state energy minister, Mick de Brenni, has told a court hearing he was not made aware of concerns that safety issues at the Callide power station posed a “catastrophic risk” prior to the 2021 unit explosion that caused statewide blackouts. On the third day of the formal state election campaign, de Brenni fronted…
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email John Woods of Lombard Odier says that while the animal spirits in China have been unleashed, he remains cautious about the market until the Chinese government can meaningfully tackle the excess capacity in the property sector. Source: www.cnbc.com
Air freight workers secure pay deal in win for union’s ‘same job, same pay’ push Qantas freight workers will be almost $7,000 a year better off thanks to a deal struck by the Australian Services Union (ASU) which would see the wages of Australian Air Express workers lifted to match those of their Qantas Freight…
Israeli strikes on a central Beirut medical centre have killed at least six people, after Israel’s military suffered its deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes with Iran-backed Hezbollah. Residents in Beirut heard a missile flying above the city before hearing the sound of the explosion. Videos showed the floor of…
Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media reported. The deaths occurred in August and September at the private My Quynh safari park in Long An province and the Vuon Xoai zoo in Dong Nai, near the capital Ho Chi…
Extra government spending could inject “additional stimulus” into the Australian economy, posing a risk the Reserve Bank will have to lift interest rates to keep inflation on a downward track, the International Monetary Fund says. While Australia’s economy remained “resilient” and GDP growth should start to accelerate, it wasn’t yet time to cut official interest…
Whether a two-year-old beaver named Nibi gets to stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches in Massachusetts has ended up in court – and caused such an uproar that even the governor has weighed in. “To literally see people from…
Blue skies and sunshine are on the way for New South Wales this long weekend with Sydney forecast to reach the high 20s on Sunday and during Monday’s public holiday. Stephen Stefanac, a meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said Friday was looking dry for Sydney with a top of 23C, with mostly sunny weather…
