The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed that Australia has been suffering a huge amount of excess deaths compared to the historical average since around October 2021, with figures revealing the number of Australians who have lost their lives in 2022 is 18% higher than the historical average.
However, the […]
Pregnant and breastfeeding mothers all over the world are being encouraged by very clear messaging from health authorities to take the Covid-19 vaccination. In Australia, the federal government’s Health Department Fact Sheet is unequivocal:
“the risk of serious, negative outcomes from Covid-19 is higher for pregnant women and their unborn baby […]
Prime Minister Albanese has reduced the advisory staff available to crossbench Senators and MHRs from four to one. This may reflect a lack of understanding of the role of the crossbench and the workload in keeping up with a Government and an Opposition […]
NSW Digital Minister Victor Dominello sees decentralised credentials that give citizens control of their digital identity playing an important role in the future, as the boundaries between the physical and virtual worlds becoming increasingly blurred.
In an interview on the […]
Victorian police officers are not always activating body-worn video cameras (BWCs) where they are required to, with no footage captured for one in ten incidents, the state’s auditor-general has revealed.
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Even though collection and use of biometric data of citizens including through facial recognition is largely unregulated and has increasingly been raising privacy alarms in Australia, law enforcement in one of its states, South Australia, plans to deploy precisely this technology.
Current […]
The community panel – composed of 211 Victorian residents – took part in the month-long virtual workshop in an effort to find ways […]
A Covid-19 rapid antigen test supplier has been fined $106,560 over “serial” failures to comply with the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s guidelines.
Hough Pharma Pty Ltd has been hit with eight infringement notices for allegedly “failing to provide information” to the TGA to demonstrate the safety and performance of three RATs.
Australian Border Force conducted over 41,410 warrantless – but legal – searches of electronic devices at the country’s borders between 2017 and 2021, iTnews can reveal.
