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INDIGENOUS JUSTICE
The Age, 10/3.) I hope that this exploration of the ongoing impact of colonial settlement on the Aboriginal population will include an examination of the sources of money behind the squatters and their investors who were able to take over vast swathes of land in what is now Victoria, removing Aborigines in the process.
A significant amount of this money flowed into Australia through compensation paid in 1835 by the British government to slave owners in the West Indies for the loss of their slaves (âAustraliaâs deep connection with enslavement,â
Hospital celebrates first COVID jabs
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FRONTLINE workers at Frankston Hospital have begun to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Peninsula Health staff began to receive their first vaccine doses on 3 March. Nurse Vanessa Nolan said “it went absolutely fine, barely felt a thing.”
“It was a really simple and seamless process. I sat in the chair, signed a consent form, got the vaccination, sat down for about 15 minutes or so and then back off to work,” she said. “I’ve seen the effects of the virus on people and their families. I’m just doing my part to get vaccinated, not just to protect myself and my family from infection, but everyone else in the entire community.
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