Melissa Dianne Vine is the principal solicitor and owner of MDV Family Lawyers. Picture supplied A brush with the law, a court appearance, separation, or passing of a family member, can all be extremely difficult circumstances to deal with. The team at MDV Family Lawyers draw on their experience in life and law to support … [Read more…]
The Queensland committal hearing for a high-profile man accused of rape has again been adjourned for prosecutors to prepare medical and mobile phone evidence. Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Wednesday briefly heard the case for a fourth time as part of the process to decide whether the accused man will be committed to stand trial. The … [Read more…]
Older Australians who recently had a COVID-19 booster are significantly less likely to die from the virus compared to unvaccinated people. Researchers from the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance followed 3.8 million Australians, almost every person aged 65 and older, analysing COVID-19-related and other causes of death in 2022. During this period, Australia … [Read more…]
South Australia has eased eligibility rules to access the vaccine for the Japanese encephalitis virus even though there have been no confirmed cases across the state this year. The change removes the requirement to be outdoors for four hours on most days for those people living or engaging in flood recovery and clean-up efforts along … [Read more…]
Climb the Gloucester Tree WA. Picture Shutterstock This is branded content for Travelrite. Cross the country from ocean to ocean onboard the Indian Pacific on this fully escorted tour with The Senior Newspaper and Travelrite International. From Sydney, the Pacific ocean side of the country, the journey that spans a continent, starts out. Heading out … [Read more…]
An aerial view of Chinderah taken in the immediate aftermath of the flood on 28 February 2022. Photo supplied. The risk that legacy and zombie development approvals on floodplains represent is significant, yet local councils appear hamstrung to take any real action on the issue without significant financial risks to individual councils. At tomorrow’s council … [Read more…]
With the State election in NSW over, incoming Ministers have no doubt been busying themselves with a high volume of incoming Ministerial Briefings on a range of issues across every portfolio. Undoubtedly, at the top of the list of a number of Ministerial portfolios – not just Housing and Planning – is the housing supply … [Read more…]
Cricket NSW has won seven of the 13 category awards among Cricket Australia’s National Community Cricket Awards that were announced this week and has also received commendations in three other categories. Cricket Australia celebrates the outstanding contribution of grassroots volunteers across the country with the announcement of the winners of the Awards. Announced during … [Read more…]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) — Australian Strategic Materials said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell neodymium iron boron alloy from its South Korean metals plant to U.S.-based rare-earth magnet maker Noveon Magnetics, sending its shares up by more than a quarter. Under the agreement, the company will sell 100 tonnes of the alloy, which is used … [Read more…]
Red Rooster and Cold Rock Ice Creamery franchise stores have been slapped with hundreds of charges *each* for allegedly breaching strict Victorian child labour laws, ABC’s 7.30 reports. Red Rooster’s Wodonga franchise has been hit with a whopping 355 criminal charges of employing 10 children under the age of 15 without a permit on 168 … [Read more…]