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Australia grows avocado exports with year-round supply
Fresh Plaza
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July 11, 2025
Australia's avocado industry continues to expand its presence in international markets, with consistent supply across eight growing regions stretching from far north Queensland to the southwest of Western Australia. Growers operate under a range...
Health services under scrutiny in coroner’s report, as well as police racism and violence
Croakey Health Media
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July 11, 2025
*** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article discusses a traumatic death *** Introduction by Croakey: The wide-ranging consequences of unmet health needs, and the policies and practices of health services are...
Australia: UOW Launches High-Tech Clinical Simulation Labs
OpenGov Asia
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July 10, 2025
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has launched a state-of-the-art suite of Clinical Simulation Labs, significantly enhancing its capacity to deliver high-quality, hands-on healthcare education. These new facilities are designed to support the...
Australian government prepares assault on privacy for under-16s social media ban
World Socialist Web Site
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July 11, 2025
The Australian Labor government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is reviewing the means by which it will implement a social media ban for children under the age of 16, including the possible use of technology which severely curtails the privacy...
Australia rallies behind the Pacific in Push for Ambitious Plastics Treaty
Pacific News Service
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Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to working with Pacific island countries to secure a legally binding, meaningful and effective global treaty to end plastic pollution by 2040. Representatives progressed efforts during the Pacific Regional...
Barnaby Joyce vows to wind back ‘lunatic crusade’ of net zero with private member’s bill – as it happened
The Guardian
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July 11, 2025
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature What we learned today, Friday 11 JulyIt’s time to wind down our live news coverage for the day. Here’s what’s been keeping us busy this Friday: Thanks for unpacking the...
Australian National University School of Music to be Absorbed by Another Department
The Violin Channel
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July 9, 2025
The Australian National University (ANU) has decided to scale back its music programs to save funds, after it was revealed last October that the university was facing a projected $200 million deficit, the ABC reported. As explained by ANU...
Australians hunt for discounts as prices drive choices
Convenience & Impulse Retailing
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July 10, 2025
Facebook LinkedIn Two in five Australians prioritise lowest prices, with 82 per cent “promo loading” and 81 per cent actively seeking discounts. Circana’s latest analysis of food and grocery trends highlights a complex retail environment shaped by...
Australian Health Authorities Take Action Against 57 Medical Practitioners Over Cannabis Prescribing Practices
Ganjapreneur - Washington
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July 10, 2025
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) has taken action against 57 medical practitioners, pharmacists, and nurses – and are investigating 60 more – over medical cannabis prescribing practices, the Australian Broadcasting...
Australians told to hold off filing tax too early as billions spent before returns are paid
Sky News Australia
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July 10, 2025
Australians are spending more than $1.5 billion from their expected tax refunds before they have been paid into their bank accounts, new research has revealed. New figures have emerged showing Australians are spending the refunds or expecting...
Australia: Parliamentary inquiry legitimises public housing tower demolition in Melbourne
World Socialist Web Site
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July 10, 2025
The Legal and Social Issues Committee of the Victorian Legislative Council has set up an inquiry into the proposed demolition of 44 public housing towers by the Victorian state Labor government, to report by December. The inquiry is a thinly...
Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing
Consortium News
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July 10, 2025
Forty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port. The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior...
Australian parents voice concern over 'ridiculous' rule allowing schools to deny leave to children for holidays
The Economic Times
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July 9, 2025
Australian parents have voiced their concerns after they were left surprised that schools can mark a child's absence as unapproved if they go on holiday during the term. The issue was flagged by a popular influencer, Sarah Stevenson, who goes by...
Mondrian makes waves at Burleigh Heads with a striking Australian debut
Wallpaper*
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July 11, 2025
The Gold Coast has long delivered sun, surf and spectacle, but the arrival of Mondrian at Burleigh Heads signals something more deliberate. Set between the Norfolk pines and the Pacific, the property marks the brand’s Australian debut. A place to...
Deputy PM holds bilateral meetings with Chinese, Australian, Algerian foreign ministers on AMM 58 sidelines
Vietnam News Agency
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KUALA LUMPUR — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn held separate meetings with the foreign ministers of China, Australia, and Algeria on the sidelines of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-58) in Kuala...
From Victoria to rural Tasmania, this community health organisation has a national agenda
Croakey Health Media
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July 11, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: The not-for-profit community health organisation cohealth – best known for its work in Victoria – plans to expand its operations across Australia over the next ten years, according to its new strategy for 2025-2030. “By...
What are the healthcare rights work of foreign residents of France when abroad?
The Connexion
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July 11, 2025
We also look at how Americans visiting the US and Britons visiting the UK are covered Some Britons in France will be able to use a Ghic, depending on when they moved fizkes / Ascannio / Shutterstock If you move to France and are part of the...
How Indian wellness retreats are offering sleep therapy to fight insomnia
Mint
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July 11, 2025
It’s not that Nagdev, 36, is not making an effort. The Delhi resident has tried everything from indoor air quality monitors and earplugs to sleep trackers and calming music. He regularly goes to the gym, has changed the mattress, propped his...
Abolish contract system to retain doctors in public healthcare, says MMA
The Malaysian Star
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July 11, 2025
PETALING JAYA: Abolish the contract system to retain doctors in the public healthcare system, the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has said in the wake of a viral post of Singapore recruiting Malaysian doctors. “The MMA refers to the viral...
Artrya signs US$600,000 contract with Tanner Health, marks first...
Proactive Australia
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July 10, 2025
Artrya Ltd (ASX:AYA), an Australian medical technology innovator, has secured its first commercial revenue from the US market, signing a five-year, US$600,000 contract with Tanner Health System. The agreement marks a significant step in Artrya’s...