Aboriginal health organisations call for increased COVID testing for FIFO mine workers
Mining sites that operate near vulnerable remote Aboriginal communities and rely on FIFO workers need to regularly test staff for COVID-19, insist peak health groups. 1 July 2021
Mining sites that operate near vulnerable remote Aboriginal communities and rely on FIFO workers need to regularly test staff for COVID-19, insist peak health groups.
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation chief executive Pat Turner said people should be immediately isolated and given a rapid COVID-19 test when they arrived on site.
And Ms Turner said workers should only be allowed to mingle after returning a negative result.
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PORT LINCOLN TRAGEDY
The Point opened with Tuesday’s tragic and heartbreaking news of the death of a 13-year-old, killed when the bin he was sleeping in with two other boys was collected by a garbage truck.
The tragedy has stunned the community in Port Lincoln, South Australia.
“This is a very tight-knit, relatively small community and everyone in this community will be impacted either directly or indirectly by this event,” said SA Police Superintendent Paul Bahr.
“We’ve spoken to both the (surviving) boys. Clearly, they re traumatised by what occurred. I think by the time that the truck driver was alerted there were people in the bin, it was at that point of being too late to stop the skip from tipping.
The Northern Territory s parliament is set to pass proposed changes to youth bail laws that could see some child offenders automatically placed on remand for breaching bail conditions.
Advocates have condemned the reform, saying it will roll back critical recommendations from the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.
Under the planned changes, children accused of serious re-offending while on bail will be taken into custody except when a court is satisfied there are exceptional circumstances.
The Northern Territory s parliament is set to pass proposed changes to youth bail laws that could see some child offenders automatically placed on remand for breaching bail conditions (stock image)