Aged care workers call for higher wages
SYDNEY, AAP – Aged care workers have taken their fight for higher wages to the Fair Work Commission as inflation continues to bite nationwide. The Health Services Union, representing staff from personal care workers to catering and cleaning, is calling for a 25 per cent wage increase for staff in the sector. “It is certainly…
Greens push to sue coal, gas companies
CANBERRA, AAP – Coal and gas companies could be sued for climate-fuelled flood damage under legislation promised by the Greens. Greens leader Adam Bandt will join the party’s candidate Mandy Nolan for the flood-affected region of Richmond, on the NSW upper north coast, to announce the policy on Tuesday while offering extra support for flood…
Economic outlook ‘tricky’ despite strength
CANBERRA, AAP – Australia’s economic recovery has been faster and better than expected, with stunningly low unemployment and soaring commodity prices, but what comes next is unclear. The latest Deloitte Access Economics Business Outlook warns the current growth won’t last. “We’ve ridden the current wave spectacularly well, but it has taken us about as far…
$20m for new health training in Shepparton
CANBERRA, AAP – Victorian voters are being enticed with a $19.5 million promise for new clinical health school facilities in the Greater Shepparton region if the Liberal-National coalition is re-elected in May. Investment from La Trobe University and Goulburn Valley Health will total a $26.5 million project to “future proof” northern Victoria’s health care workforce,…
Nasdaq surges on Musk’s Twitter deal
NEW YORK CITY, RAW – Wall Street rose, with the Nasdaq ending sharply higher, after Twitter agreed to be bought by billionaire Elon Musk, sparking a late day rally in growth stocks. Twitter ended up 5.6 per cent after announcing it would be bought by Musk in a deal that will shift control of the…
Elon Musk is taking Twitter private
NEW YORK, RAW – Elon Musk has clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc for $US44 billion ($A61 billion) cash in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world’s richest person. It is a seminal moment for the 16-year-old company that…
Shanghai blockades COVID-hit buildings
SHANGHAI, RAW – Shanghai authorities battling an outbreak of COVID-19 have erected mesh barriers outside some residential buildings, sparking fresh public outcry over a lockdown that has forced much of the city’s 25 million population to stay at home. Images of white hazmat-suit-clad workers sealing entrances of housing blocks and closing off entire streets with…
COVID pill shows rapid clearance of virus
TOKYO, RAW – An experimental antiviral pill treatment has shown rapid clearance of the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new data from Japanese drug maker Shionogi & Co Ltd says. The pill, S-217622, “demonstrated rapid clearance of the infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus”, Shionogi said in a statement, citing Phase-2b results from the Phase II/III clinical…
Macron wins 2nd term, pledges change
PARIS, RAW – Emmanuel Macron has comfortably defeated his far-right rival Marine Le Pen, heading off a political earthquake for Europe but acknowledging dissatisfaction with his first term and saying he would seek to make amends His supporters erupted with joy on Sunday as the results appeared on a giant screen at the Champ de…
Wall Street slides amid rate hike worries
NEW YORK CITY, RAW – Wall Street has slumped to a lower close, ending a whipsaw week of surprise earnings news and increased certainty around aggressive near-term interest rate rises, which also pushed them into negative territory for the week. It was the third straight week of losses for both the S&P 500 and the…
