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Laws to force IVF providers to notify 'serious adverse events' delayed
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 9, 2025
Queensland laws that would force IVF companies to notify authorities about "serious adverse events" — such as embryo mix-ups — will be delayed by six months to allow time for "consultation". Earlier this year, Monash IVF "voluntarily" told...
Australia stops imports of Sahrawi phosphate
Sahara Press Service
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London, 9 July 2025 (SPS) - The Australian company Dyno Nobel (formerly Incitec Pivot) has definitively halted the importation of phosphate from occupied Western Sahara, announced on Tuesday by the International Observatory for Natural Resource...
How government procurement can lead Australia to net zero
Government News
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July 10, 2025
Procurement, often viewed as a back-office function, is one of the most powerful tools available to align public spending with national sustainability goals, writes Monica Beven. The Australian Government’s Environmentally Sustainable Procurement...
Global study led by University of Queensland shows exercise reduces early death risk by 40%
Australian Leisure
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A global study led by the University of Queensland has found adults who stay consistently active throughout their life can lower their risk of early death by up to 40%. Researchers summarised data of 85 studies from more than eight million people,...
Crime and chaos: Victoria’s seven most notorious women
The Age
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July 11, 2025
Toxicology showed the lunch guests had been poisoned with death cap mushrooms that police quickly found were laced into homemade beef Wellingtons. Three guests, Don and Gail Patterson, plus Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, died while Heather’s...
Lawrence Burney’s Debut Book is a Purposefully Unflowery Coming-of-Age Story
Baltimore - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
In Lawrence Burney’s debut book, No Sense in Wishing (out now by Atria Books), Baltimore mostly takes center stage, as the culture critic, publisher, and East Baltimore native dives into a harbor of reflections on everything from the African...
Weekly global protein digest: Trump administration sues California over egg laws
The Poultry Site
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Livestock analyst Jim Wyckoff reports on global protein news USDA closes southern border after new screwworm case detected in Mexico USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins late Wednesday ordered an immediate shutdown of livestock trade through all southern...
Movers & Shakers: Victoria’s childcare system reviewers, Jones to the OECD
The Mandarin
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July 10, 2025
DCCEEW secretary revealed, DAFF secretary takes IPAA ACT presidency, NSW appoints Safe Work commissioner, latest ambassadors get postings. Senior Executive Service Band 2 The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has...
The state that fails: Could Canberra take over Tasmania?
The Mandarin
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July 10, 2025
Tasmania, Australia’s smallest state by population, is facing a growing convergence of systemic stresses. Its public finances are deteriorating rapidly, with net debt projected to rise from $7.36 billion to $10.79 billion within four years. Its...
Unchanged number of lawyers with active licenses to practice in Suffolk County in June compared to previous month
Suffolk Reporter - New York
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July 10, 2025
Alexandra M. Licitra Lieb at Law, P.C. 2025 Alissa Suzanne Brigandi Kim Smith Law Group 2025 Alyssa Margarita McPike - 2025 Alyssa Paige Rosenzweig Suffolk County District Attorney's Office 2025 Amber Nicole Roibu Carter, Deluca & Farrell, LLP...
'Landmark moment': Australian basketball first as man charged over online racist abuse
RTL Today
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July 11, 2025
A man has been charged with racially abusing a high-profile basketball player via social media in what officials said Friday was a first for the sport in Australia. Police arrested the 37-year-old earlier this month after he allegedly sent a...
Basketball Australia collaborates with Victoria Police on arrest over online racial abuse of NBL athlete
Australian Leisure
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Basketball Australia has advised that its Integrity Unit has collaborated with Victoria Police to secure the first-ever successful arrest of a person in Australian basketball on charges of racially abusing an athlete via social media. In November...
As it happened: New South Wales Waratahs v British & Irish Lions, Australia Tour 2025
The Journal
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July 5, 2025
So, with Pollock ruled out (calf issues can be difficult to shake off, so it’s a definite concern for Andy Farrell), Scott Cummings gets a shot at redemption after a really poor outing against the Western Force this time last week. Hugo Keenan...
Australia's climate visa: A model for sinking islands?
Deutsche Welle
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July 9, 2025
In the tiny South Pacific nation of just over 10,000 people, one in three citizens has already entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia. Tuvalu is classified as being extremely...
How far can regulation really be cut to please the minister?
The Mandarin
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July 10, 2025
Expect a lot of talk in the coming months about cutting back aspects of regulation that individuals or groups believe impact productivity or efficiency, or are just plain dumb. The talk will be in part inspired by the demand from Finance Minister...
Australia: The Regulatory Developments for FY25 That Fund Managers Can’t Afford to Ignore
National Law Review
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July 9, 2025
As we have now said goodbye to FY25, we look back on some of the more significant regulatory developments that fund managers can’t afford to ignore. Private markets scrutiny: Fund managers have been put on notice by ASIC throughout this year with...
Eight countries back Australia’s push to add WA rock art to World Heritage list hours before crunch meeting
The Guardian
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July 11, 2025
The Australian government has secured the backing of at least eight members of the 21-country World Heritage committee as it lobbies to quell concerns about the impacts of industrial emissions on Indigenous rock art at Murujuga and have the...
Integrity Sampling Leads The Way In Managing Prescribed Medication In Australian Workplaces
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) As the use of prescribed medications that can potentially affect people's ability to work safely rises, Integrity Sampling urges employers to review policies, educate staff, and ensure safety remains the priority. Legal...
Australian rental costs easing for some ‘maxed out’ tenants even as property prices edge up
The Guardian
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July 9, 2025
Some city suburbs are recording a lull in rents even as property prices take off again, as cash-strapped tenants curb landlords’ ability to push rents higher. While rents are at record highs in most state capital cities, the pace of increases in...
British court finds Australian delivery app Easi wronged its new owner
Financial Review
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July 11, 2025
Melbourne food delivery start-up Easi has been ordered to pay almost $25 million in damages to HungryPanda, a rival business that successfully alleged it had lost profits after buying the business in late 2021. The decision by a London court paves...