Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Magpies send Canberrans ducking for cover as swooping season starts and other top stories.

  • Magpies send Canberrans ducking for cover as swooping season starts

    It's the season that sends Canberra's cyclists and pedestrians scrambling for cover.But magpie breeding season doesn't have to mean a parade of echidna-like helmets or googly eyes, according to the latest guidelines released by ACT Parks and Conservation. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide How to fight back against swooping magpies Tattoo removal session Test drive in a fully electronic luxurious Tesla Model S with autopilot capability ..
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  • Whooping cough public alert issued by SA Health after Yorke Peninsula outbreak

    Whooping cough public alert issued by SA Health after Yorke Peninsula outbreak
    Whooping cough public alert issued by SA Health after Yorke Peninsula outbreak Posted September 02, 2016 18:19:24 Whooping cough cases detected at a school on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula and in the surrounding area have prompted a public alert from SA Health.Director of the communicable disease control branch Dr Ann Koehler said there had been 18 confirmed cases of pertussis in the region in the past month, many of them at a school."Whooping cough is a serious r..
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  • Trying this coffee could be deadly, warn doctors

    Trying this coffee could be deadly, warn doctors
    AAP on September 2, 2016, 7:17 pm Trying this coffee could be deadly, warn doctors Trying out a coffee that claims to have 80 times the regular amount of caffeine just for kicks could leave you six feet under, warn doctors.A cafe in Adelaide is selling the “Asskicker” coffee that contains five grams of caffeine. That’s 80 times the amount in a regular cup, which normally contains about 60mg of caffeine.The owner of the Viscous Coffee, Steve Bennington, says he came up with the ide..
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  • Government says yes to marijuana

    Government says yes to marijuana
    If you’ve been waiting for medicinal marijuana to be legalised, you’re in luck. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced marijuana will be legalised for medicinal use Australia wide in November. But if you’re eager to get your hands on some, you might not find it to be so easy. The Daily Mail Australia is reporting the drug will be strictly controlled, with the federal government working to create a national regulator. So what led to this decision finally being made after years of ..
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  • WA superheroes support kids battling cancer with 600km motorised scooter trip

    WA superheroes support kids battling cancer with 600km motorised scooter trip
    A group of fundraisers dressed up as superhero characters are attempting to ride motorised scooters from Bridgetown to Perth for Childhood Cancer Awareness month.Superdad Simon Kane from Bridgetown is the mastermind behind the 10-day 600km trip, aimed at raising awareness to honour children who are fighting cancer and to raise funds for further research to help cure the illness. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Superheroes support kids battling cancer ..
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  • Four-year-old starts gender change

    Four-year-old starts gender change
    Agencies - The West Australian on September 2, 2016, 6:43 am A four-year-old who identifies as transgender has begun to transition before their first day at school. While the child is the youngest Australian on record to change their gender, the NSW Government has revealed that hundreds of other children are being referred to the State’s hospitals for gender dysphoria — distress as a result of the sex and gender they were born with.According to the Daily Telegraph, children ..
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  • Harari: On Homo Deus, immortality, Dataism and health, the 'infinite market'

    Harari: On Homo Deus, immortality, Dataism and health, the 'infinite market'
    DW: I'm really taken by the idea of overcoming death in your new book, "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow." I'm not especially keen on it myself. But how do you feel about immortality? Can you see yourself living to an age of 150+ years, or even 500, as you describe may be possible in the near future? Yuval Noah Harari: Personally - and I guess anybody - if you ask them whether they would like to live to be a million, it's a nonsensical question, because we can't imagine what it means. B..
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  • New Street service to be established in the Illawarra

    New Street service to be established in the Illawarra
    NSW: A Wollongong clinic is being set up to stop the alarming number of children sexually abusing children. A Wollongong clinic is being set up to stop the alarming number of children sexually abusing children.Expected to be operational by the end of the year, it’s part of the statewide roll-out of NSW Health’s New Street Service which works with kids who have demonstrated sexually harmful behaviours.Clinical advisor Dale Tolliday said more than 800 children aged 10 to 17 were ide..
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  • 'This is not about parental rights or doctors...it's about Oshin Kiszko'

    'This is not about parental rights or doctors...it's about Oshin Kiszko'
    A Western Australian Family Court judge faced with a grave decision in a state-first case has spoken of how his decision could only ever be about the life of one boy.Justice Richard O'Brien was on Thursday tasked with handing down a landmark decision on whether Perth six-year-old Oshin Kiszko should receive radiotherapy treatment for brain cancer against his parents' wishes.  More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Parents distraught over son's forced chemo ..
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