Australia

10 12, 2021

Nurse accused of faking teenager’s COVID-19 vaccination has fraud charge dropped by police

December 10, 2021|Australia, Law, Police|

Police in WA have dropped a fraud charge against a Perth nurse who was accused of falsely recording that a teenager had been given a COVID-19 vaccine, when the jab was never administered.

Christina Hartmann Benz, 51, was charged over allegations she fraudulently recorded that the vaccine had been given to a 15-year-old boy who attended […]

30 11, 2021

Charging the dead and other fines add up to $113m for Westpac

November 30, 2021|Australia, Corruption, Economics|

Westpac will get cracking on its remediation plans after settling six of seven continuing investigations by the corporate regulator, agreeing to pay fines totalling $113 million on Tuesday.

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission launched unprecedented multiple legal cases against the bank alleging “widespread compliance failures” across several of its businesses, for which the bank […]

26 11, 2021

Former Australian Deputy Chief Medical Officer Warns Against Vaccine Mandates for Young Children

November 26, 2021|Australia, Children, Human Rights|

Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth has called for Australian state governments to exempt under 12s from mandatory vaccinations, saying the decision on whether to vaccinate them should lie with the children’s parents, News.com reported.

This comes as the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) considers granting provisional approval […]

24 11, 2021

Yeppoon – Yes to vax, no to ‘passport’

November 24, 2021|Australia, Human Rights, Law|

This week some businesses in Yeppoon organised a meeting to express concerns about the Queensland Government’s introduction of a mandatory vaccine passport. With just four days of planning, around 600 passionate and concerned people crammed into the Yeppoon town hall. I have never seen a political reaction like it.

22 11, 2021

Vic pandemic laws debate poised to resume

November 22, 2021|Australia, Corruption, Politics|

Debate on Victoria’s controversial pandemic laws is poised to resume on Friday, as the government scrambles to secure one more vote to avoid seeing it defeated.

The Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill faces defeat in the upper house after former Labor MP Adem Somyurek declared he […]

17 11, 2021

Reclaim the Line Protest 1st Oct 2021

November 17, 2021|Australia, Human Rights|

Thousands of Australians peacefully gathered for The #ReclaimTheLine strikes against vaccination passports and mandates for industry and frontline workers.

On Sunday 7 November, workers, industries and families will once again unite-in-white to stand arm in arm for freedom.

For more info, check out @reclaimtheline

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