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An independent medical research institute rolls out a world’s first trial using AI-guided technology to detect heart failure and heart disease in remote areas of Australia. The trial by the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute investigates the effectiveness of AI- based echocardiography to triage and manage patients with known or suspected heart disease. Late diagnoses …
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Campaigns advocating for the freedom of Julian Assange, an Australian journalist, editor publisher have come to Brisbane. Assange was convicted in Australia for hacking in 1996. He founded WikiLeaks in 2006 and the organisation came to international attention in 2010 when it published a series of leaks highlighting U.S war crimes in Iraq. Assange has …
War and conflict have disastrous and long-term impacts on local communities, but the effects are felt throughout the world including diaspora communities. Research shows the mental health impact of global catastrophic events on the diaspora and also the push-pull impact on local people of global events. Researchers claim migrant groups should not be seen as …
Katrina, the real wog wife of Brisbane, has launched a petition to make Bulimba a gated community for young, good-looking people only. Katrina is the alter-ego of actress, Bianca Zouppas, who will be bringing her one-woman show to the Brisbane Comedy Festival in May on the same weekend as the Paniyiri Greek Festival. The Wire’s Netta …
This week, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, told the ABC there should not be rules to return children in foster care to their kin. Experts are concerned with the newly-appointed Minister’s comments, saying this will make things worse in Aboriginal communities. In the Northern Territory for instance, 81 per cent of children …
The country’s peak social welfare body says the proposed overhaul of the Reserve Bank (RBA) underscores the notion that the board has long been out of touch with ordinary Australians. The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) said the changes are aimed at creating a Reserve Bank board that is more in touch with the …
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A documentary on award-winning Kurdish journalist and writer Behrouz Boochani – who spent over six years in detention in Manus – will be screening across the country. Behrouz, directed by Simon V Kurian and produced by Anji Kurian, was filmed in secret at the the Australian Immigration Detention Centre on Manus Island. Boochani …
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The Federal Government’s indication to not adopt a committee recommendation to raise Jobseeker payments in next month’s budget, has been met with anger. An Adelaide-based poverty advocacy group says this is “abandoning the most vulnerable” during the cost of living crisis. The Federal Government created the Economic Inclusion Committee last year to review …
No Jobseeker increase despite desperate calls, leaves local advocacy group “appalled” Read More »