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22 April 2021 1:22pm
There were close to 40,000 signatures supporting Chanel Contos’ “Petition for Conset to Be Included in Australian Schools’ Sex Education Earlier” along with 3,918 testimonies submitted at the time of writing on Thursday morning.
Ms Contos, a Consent activist who is studying at a London university, said that she had held online discussions with the Victorian government this week over plans to introduce an informal report writing scheme for victims of sexual assault.
“I met with the [Victorian] government this morning and also pushed for an informal software reporting tool as a priority, along with legislative and education reform,” Ms Contos told SBS News on Tuesday evening from London.
Victoria to Manufacture mRNA Jabs
Australia is set become the first country in the southern hemisphere to manufacture mRNA coronavirus vaccines, with the Victorian government committing $50 million to the project.
Acting Premier James Merlino said the funds would help establish a facility able to manufacture coronavirus vaccines, such as those produced by Pfizer and Moderna, in Melbourne.
He said mRNA vaccines, which contain genetic code from a virus rather than the virus itself, are highly effective and can be manufactured quickly, cheaply and safely.
“Twelve months ago would have been the best time to have done this, but the next best time is right now,” he told reporters on Wednesday.
Scott Morrison pleaded with Australians over 70 to book an appointment and get vaccinated against Covid-19.
The prime minister warned elderly Australians they are at greater risk if an outbreak occurs and said he did not want a repeat of Victoria s second wave which killed 801 people last winter.
His comments came as a Queensland police officer was treated in a Brisbane hospital with blood clots three days after getting the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.
The 40-year-old officer had recently had knee surgery and suffered deep vein thrombosis as a side-effect.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison (left) and President of the Business Council Tim Reed arrive at the Business Council of Australia (BCA) dinner at the Fullerton Hotel, in Sydney on Monday