Why Support This Petition?   Victorian public sector Allied Health Professionals are under increasing pressure. Right now, Allied Health Professionals are paid less than most workers performing t...

Early on Sunday clocks in the south-eastern states will go forward one hour. Here’s what you need to know – and how it will affect you * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It’s that time of year again: clocks will move forward one hour on Sunday in many parts of Australia as daylight saving time comes into effect. Here’s what you need to know. Continue reading...

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Sources say Albanese government willing to tighten rules on betting inducements but less likely to budge on TV and online advertisements * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government is prepared to tighten rules on gambling inducements, but is less likely to budge on advertising rules, as negotiations continue on wagering legislation, which so far has lacked the support needed to pass parliament. Federal Labor is open to considering amendments to its legislation from the Coalition when MPs return to Canberra this week, sources say. Continue reading...

Welcome to the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube channel! For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers created a relationship with millions of children, each of whom felt like they were visiting ...

One expert says the survey, to be held on the night of 11 August, could be Australia’s most progressive, with new questions on sexuality and gender. What has changed? * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast On 11 August, millions of Australians will simultaneously complete the same 66-question survey. Held every five years, the census will record important details about each person to help inform the country – including governments – about Australia’s demographics. Continue reading...

Beloved community member and vibrant artist River needs urgent, ongoing … River Wintergreen needs your support for Help River survive while they wait for NDIS

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The long read: Mako Nishimura fought her way into the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow demise of organised crime gangs almost destroyed her

One of two MPs who came in top five of vote could be persuaded to take on Kim Leadbeater’s bill in the Commons Assisted dying campaigners have a narrow path to revive the bill after two MPs who backed the change came in the top five of the new private member’s bill ballot. Supporters of Kim Leadbeater’s original private member’s bill, which ran out of time to be passed, have the chance to use the Parliament Act to bypass the Lords if they can persuade another MP to take it through the Commons again. Continue reading...

The response to the current wave of the disease, which has caused 139 deaths in central Africa to date, has been hampered by security concerns Doses of the “most promising” potential vaccine against the Bundibugyo virus that is causing an Ebola outbreak in central Africa will not be available for six to nine months, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, as the number of suspected cases rose to 600. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the WHO, told a press briefing on the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, that there had been 139 deaths, with numbers expected to rise. Continue reading...

A Minnesota county prosecutor has charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man.

Network hires McGuire and Stefanovic to host new multi-platform show, The Long Weekend, after losing $22m in revenue over now-cancelled Kyle and Jackie O Show ARN Media has added two of Nine’s biggest names, Eddie McGuire and Karl Stefanovic, to its radio stable as it fights to survive $160m in lawsuits from Kyle Sandilands and Jackie “O” Henderson. The network has hired McGuire and Stefanovic to host a new multi-platform show, The Long Weekend, which will be broadcast live on all Gold stations and streamed on Nine’s 9Now and Stan platforms. Continue reading...