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Credit:David Estcourt There are about 9000 Australians trying to return from India, with 650 considered vulnerable. India’s health system is under extreme pressure and oxygen supplies are being depleted as official case numbers rise by more than 350,000 per day, though actual figures are estimated to be much higher. Australia has not previously halted all direct flights from individual countries. In the US, daily cases peaked at 300,000 and deaths peaked at more than 3360 in early January ...

Falling on the second Sunday of May, Mother’s Day celebrates and honours mums, motherhood and the influence of mothers in society. This is a sponsored post. FALLING on the second Sunday of May, Mother’s Day celebrates and honours mums, motherhood and the influence of mothers in society. Starting in 1908 by Anna Jarvis in West Virginia, this year the day will be held on May 9. Anna campaigned for the day following the death of her mum, a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on bot...

Indians in Australia hold prayers in solidarity with people back home battling Covid surge The vigil was held at the iconic Federation Square building and attended by hundreds of Indian community members, who held posters and placards saying Australia stands with India,Prayers for India Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Medical staff and relatives help a COVID-19 coronavirus patient to get in a car at GTB hospital in New Delhi. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS) By PTI MELBOURNE: Hundreds of Indian...

ADVANCED SCREENING: KING OTTO In the summer of 2004, audiences looked on in disbelief as the Greek National Football Team, a country that had never previously won a single match or even scored a goal in a major tournament, took down the giants of world football to become the unlikeliest of European Champions. This is the film that takes a look at how this incredible event unfolded.  When: 15 May, 4:00pm Where: New Farm Cinemas, 701 Brunswick St, New Farm, QLD, 4005 Bookings & Info: Cinema webs...

City’s touching tribute to fallen cops Melbourne will again be bathed in blue lights as a tribute to the four police officers who lost their lives on the Eastern Freeway. Crime by Jack Paynter 20th Apr 2021 2:45 PM Melbourne will be bathed in blue lights again on Thursday night to mark the first anniversary of the Eastern Freeway tragedy that claimed the lives of four police officers. Thursday marks the one-year anniver...

City’s touching tribute to fallen cops Melbourne will again be bathed in blue lights as a tribute to the four police officers who lost their lives on the Eastern Freeway. Crime by Jack Paynter 20th Apr 2021 2:45 PM Melbourne will be bathed in blue lights again on Thursday night to mark the first anniversary of the Eastern Freeway tragedy that claimed the lives of four police officers. Thursday marks the one-year anniver...

Date Time Learning and collaboration key to unlocking innovation Australian workers and their businesses are at high risk of getting left behind unless employers make significant changes to their workplaces post-COVID, according to a first of its kind Australian survey by the Centre for the New Workforce at Swinburne University of Technology. In this unprecedented era of disruption, the survey found that more than half of Australian workers do almost no learning at work (less than an hour a wee...

Seven lights torch with 100 Days until Olympics With just 100 days from the Olympics in Tokyo, Seven West Media has announced coverage across 2 x HD Channels, and 43 streaming channels -available in multiple languages. Tokyo 2020, delayed by one year due to the pandemic, comes with just a 1 hour time difference to AEST meaning events will be seen from Sunrise to evening. Johnna Griggs &  Luke Darcy anchor Mornings coverage with Hamish McLachlan & Abbey Gelmi in primetime (expected to be fro...

Re bar creates a no-waste template for bars of the future Callan Boys Photo: Tom Ferguson Almost any bar in Sydney will make you a great bone-dry martini. Crisp, cold and humming with gin; very little vermouth. But a bone dust martini? Well, thats something else entirely. "Victor Churchill butchery in Woollahra creates an incredible amount of bone dust from sawing meat every day," says cocktail wizard Matt Whiley at Re, the bar hes officially opening on Tuesday, April 13 at the South Eveleigh...

McARTHUR RIVER MINE Reporter Keira Jenkins travelled to Borroloola and the land nearly 100km south of Darwin on which mining giant Glencore’s McArthur River mine continues to make controversy, with traditional owners facing the poisoning of their water and wildlife. “It is like a garden to Aboriginal people,” said Garawa elder Jack Green, who is now too scared of lead poisoning to fish in the river. Locals say the lead and zinc mine has had an enormous impact and warn that even after it c...