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Australia signs deal to send immigrants to Nauru
The Peninsula
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August 30, 2025
Sydney: Australia has announced an agreement with the tiny Pacific nation Nauru enabling it to send hundreds of immigrants to the barren island. The deal affects more than 220 immigrants in Australia, including some convicted of serious crimes....
Fewer than 1 in 4 Australians work in gender-balanced occupation
ETHRWorld
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August 30, 2025
Meanwhile, the share of women in female-dominated occupations (which are more than 60 per cent female) has largely hovered between 60 per cent to 65 per cent since the mid-1990sMelbourne: Australia's workforce is almost evenly split between men...
Fast food, screens, and no greens: Why teen health needs urgent attention
Asiaone
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August 30, 2025
When a cheeseburger costs less than a box of strawberries, it's no surprise that teenagers are reaching more for fast food than fresh fruit. But a new study led by the University of South Australia warns that it's not just diet alone causing...
Surrealing in the Years: Ireland's latest Australian exodus has no shortage of explanations
The Journal
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August 30, 2025
IRELAND’S MASS EXODUS to Australia over the last decade or so makes some measure of sense. At one point or another, after all, every one of us has surely taken stock of the social and economic landscape that surrounds us here in Ireland and...
Opinion: How the U.S. health system can clear up confusion surrounding seasonal vaccines
STAT - Massachusetts
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August 30, 2025
Each fall, nurses and doctors brace for an all-too-familiar seasonal surge. Patients struggle to breathe. Older adults lean forward, lips pursed as if trying to drink air through a straw. Infants take more than one shallow breath per second, their...
Healthy underwriting results & robust investment income support Asian reinsurers’ earnings: AM Best
Reinsurance News
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August 29, 2025
Asian reinsurers are actively expanding to mature overseas markets to diversify their portfolios and improve cycle management, a move seen by credit rating agency AM Best as credit positive. According to a recent AM Best report, many reinsurers in...
Suspected Porepunkah gunman Dezi Freeman had deteriorating mental health and a black belt in karate, former friend says
The Guardian
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August 30, 2025
The suspected Porepunkah gunman has a black belt in karate and is an expert bowhunter, according to a man who has known him since the 1990s. On the fifth day of the manhunt for Dezi Freeman, a former friend has questioned whether police were aware...
Sports News | Indian Fan Zones Sold out 50 Days Ahead of Australia-India Series
Latestly
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August 30, 2025
Canberra [Australia], August 30 (ANI): Cricket Australia has confirmed that the dedicated Indian fan zones at all eight venues for the upcoming men's ODI Series against India are now officially sold out, as per their official release. The tickets...
Australian government moves to axe legal rights for mass deportations to Nauru
World Socialist Web Site
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August 30, 2025
Yesterday, for the second time this week, the Australian Labor government launched previously unannounced measures to overturn basic legal and democratic rights. Its immediate aim is to consign up to 400 former immigration detainees to the...
Health boss defends his belief that being gay is a mental illness
OUTinPerth
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August 30, 2025
Chukwuemeka ‘Emeka’ Edwin-Nweze, a highly praised leader in the field of disability services has defended comments he made stating that being gay is a mental illness. Edwin-Nweze is the director and CEO of Neta Care, a company that provides...
Toilet crisis at 30,000 feet: Passengers forced to use bottles on a Virgin Australia flight after lavatory failure
The Times of India
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Passengers on a Virgin Australia flight from Bali to Brisbane faced an unprecedented mid-air crisis when all the plane’s toilets failed, forcing travellers to improvise in humiliating and unsanitary conditions. Flight VA50 departed Denpasar...
Australia Post begins largest electric van pilot in its history
Electrek
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August 29, 2025
Australia Post is advancing its commitment to achieve Net Zero emissions across its operations by 2050 with the introduction of 36 new Mercedes-Benz eVito electric vans, expanding its existing fleet of over 5,000 EVs already in active service....
Alleged ambush of police by “sovereign citizen” highlights danger of Australian far right
World Socialist Web Site
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August 30, 2025
While executing an arrest warrant at a property in the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah on Tuesday morning, two police officers were shot dead and another was seriously wounded. The alleged perpetrator, Dezi Freeman, has not been seen since...
Common painkillers like Ibuprofen can fuel antibiotic resistance, finds study: Here's why this is a serious health concern
The Times of India
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August 30, 2025
You’ve probably reached for ibuprofen (Advil) or acetaminophen (Tylenol) countless times for headaches, fevers, or muscle aches—and felt perfectly safe doing so. But here’s the twist: new research suggests these go-to painkillers might be quietly...
Champion horsewoman, 30, found dead hours after celebrating first wedding anniversary was just weeks away from starting 'new chapter'
Daily Mail
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August 29, 2025
A woman found dead hours after celebrating her first wedding anniversary with her husband was just weeks away from emigrating to a new life in Australia. Horse riding champion Abigail Garside, 30, was discovered in public gardens in Harrogate,...
Shocking scenes as Virgin flight from Bali to Australia ends in disaster
Daily Mail
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August 29, 2025
By MAX ALDRED, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 12:11 EDT, 29 August 2025 | Updated: 12:54 EDT, 29 August 2025 An elderly Virgin passenger reportedly wet herself as other travellers were forced to urinate in bottles after the plane toilets...
Novak Djokovic Leaves Court as Mid-Match Health Struggles Rock US Open Clash
Essentially Sports
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August 30, 2025
Has age finally caught up with Novak Djokovic? Well, it certainly seems that way. After securing a 5-3 lead against Cameron Norrie in the first set of the third round of the 2025 US Open, Djokovic had to go through an early medical timeout....
Warburton barefoot waterskier to represent Australia at world championships
Upper Yarra Star Mail
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August 30, 2025
By Oliver Winn Warburton local and barefoot waterskier Glenn Porter is heading to France to compete in the World Masters Barefoot Championships in September. He will represent Australia against barefoot waterskiers from across the globe at the...
Medical tourism reversal masks crisis in Nigeria’s health sector
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 30, 2025
Nigeria’s touted medical tourism narratives may be encouraging; however, this reverse migration is less of a triumph and more a patchwork stopgap. The Nigerian Medical Association has already warned that approximately $2 billion is still taken out...
‘Something wasn’t right’: Former Australian tennis star hospitalised over health concern
Sky News Australia
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August 29, 2025
Retired Australian tennis star Jelena Dokic has ended up in hospital following a health scare after commentating on the US Open. Dokic, 42, took to Instagram on Friday as she revealed to her followers she had to go to the emergency room "an hour"...