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The cost in mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence and suicide is staggering.
At first blush, you might think this headline relates to Australia’s inexplicably slow vaccine rollout, compared to the rest of the western world. If they can’t get people jabbed, they may well have to rely on other measures. But no, you’d be wrong. Masks for years even after 80% of people are jabbed, she says: […]
At this stage, it’s hard to know whether Australia is a real country, or an imaginary place invented by NPHET to make the Irish Government seem like a benevolent and kind alternative: Fifteen rescue dogs, including 10 puppies, have been shot dead by a rural Australian council under its interpretation of coronavirus restrictions. Bourke Shire […]
Well now.
I started the [Twitter] account because I was in Australia. I thought it was safe here. I thought they wouldn’t be able to trace it back to me. In March 2020 the local police department contacted my parents and asked my parents to come to the police station and issued an official warning and they […]
One of the benefits of engaging with contrarian randomers on social media in the early morning is that you get to cheer yourself up no end at some of the absurdities they share. In that regard I must thank Katrin for sharing the news that the Australian children’s cartoon Bluey has fallen foul of the […]
Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt has said that Australia’s borders may remain closed even if the whole country has received the covid-19 vaccine. As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia’s national borders have been closed since March 2020, and will remain closed at least until the middle of June. In January, Australian health authorities […]
Australia is swimming – literally – in crises at the moment. Parts of the eastern coast are under water at the moment with once-in-a-hundred years flooding. The Covid-19 pandemic has been contained with masking and lockdowns, but everyone is still jittery. A Royal Commission exposed an elder abuse crisis in nursing homes. There’s a hidden […]
An Australian surrogacy lobby has called for commercial surrogacy to be legalised in Australia. It is currently banned in all of the country’s states. However, in 2019-20 275 babies born overseas to surrogate mothers were granted Australian citizenship, the highest number on record. Thailand and India, formerly popular destinations, no longer allow foreigners to employ surrogate mothers, […]
Legalised euthanasia is only a few weeks away in the Australian state of Tasmania. The End-of-Life Choices bill passed through the lower house of the Tasmania Parliament this week and moved to the upper house, where it is expected to pass easily. It will be the third of Australia’s six states to pass a euthanasia […]
“I am in regular contact with the leaders of other nations on these issues. We simply won’t be intimidated.”Â
Tasmania, Australia’s smallest state, like many other jurisdictions, is currently considering legalising voluntary assisted dying (VAD). It is of great concern that legislators are seeking to incorporate this into palliative and medical care. Voluntary assisted dying sounds like a description of what should be occurring in normal medical practice: clinicians recognising those who are dying […]
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