HIV acrobat detained after visa cancelled
Australian Associated PressAn HIV-positive circus acrobat who infected his girlfriend is being detained and faces deportation to his native Zimbabwe.Gold Coast performer Godfrey Zaburoni has had his visa cancelled and is being held in immigration detention, a spokesperson for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton confirmed.Zaburoni was originally sentenced to nine-and-a-half years jail in 2013 after becoming only the second person in Queensland to be convicted of intentionally infecting someone with..>> view originalQuintuplet mum's worry as baby rushed to hospital
September 16, 201610:52amPerth couple Kim and Vaughn Tucci, who gave birth to quintuplets earlier this year. Picture: 60 Minutes/Channel 9A PERTH mother who gave birth to quintuplets in January says she is heartbroken after one of her five children was rushed to hospital this week.Kim Tucci, 26, and her husband Vaughn Tucci made international headlines earlier this year following the birth of their four daughters - Ali, Penelope, Tiffany and Beatrix - and one son, Keith.Mrs Tucci took to her pop..>> view originalCyclist critical after dragged under car in Brisbane's north
A cyclist is in a critical condition after he was dragged underneath a vehicle in Brisbane's north.A man in his 50s was riding along the footpath on Stafford Road near Gordon Street at Gordon Park on Thursday night when he collided with a vehicle that was leaving a driveway about 7pm. The man was cycling along the footpath when he collided with a vehicle and was dragged along. Photo: Supplied The cyclist was then dragged under the vehicle for a "short distance", police said.He was trappe..>> view originalCairns Hospital district $80 million in the red, board members facing the sack
Cairns Hospital district $80 million in the red, board members facing the sack Updated September 16, 2016 17:02:00 The Cairns Hospital board is facing the sack over what Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick is describing as a rapidly deteriorating financial position. Mr Dick said he had written to board members of the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, giving them four days to give reasons why they should not be removed from their position.An independ..>> view originalWomen above 35 who give birth account for 40% of maternal deaths in Australia
Of the Australian women who give birth, 23% are over 35 but these older mothers account for 40% of maternal deaths across the country, a study has revealed. Australia has the second highest rate of births to older women among 14 developed countries – behind only Spain, where 35% are above that age – and the highest rate of caesarean section births, a study in the Lancet says. Just over 32% of Australian women have a caesarean section, it says. The report noted that while hospitals were well s..>> view originalSydney University study claims industry funding leads to bias in artificial sweetener research
Industry funding into the safety of artificial sweeteners is nearly 17 times more likely to deliver a favourable result than independent research, a University of Sydney study says.Professor Lisa Bero from the Charles Perkins Centre analysed 31 studies from 1978 to 2014. She found that financial conflicts of interest introduce a bias at all levels of research. A Sydney University study has found financial conflicts introduce a bias at all levels of research into artificial sweeteners. Fu..>> view originalChopper resuces woman who fell down cliff after climbing safety barrier
The RACQ CQ Rescue chopper has had a busy Friday.The chopper was on its way to Proserpine to transport a patient to Mackay Base Hospital when they were diverted to Whitehaven Beach to retrieve an injured tourist. The RACQ CQ Rescue chopper was called to rescue a tourist who fell down a cliff at the Whitsundays. Photo: RACQ CQ Rescue It is understood the 31-year-old Victorian woman had climbed over a safety barrier at a look out in order to take a photo of Whitehaven Beach when she lost h..>> view originalGeorge Christensen says standardising Queensland's age of consent will let 50-year-old men prey on vulnerable teens
Outspoken Liberal-National MP George Christensen has taken aim at Queensland's state Labor government for "legalising 50-year-old men being able to sleep with 16-year-old boys", after it became the last Australian jurisdiction to standardised the age of consent.The Queensland Parliament passed legislation on Thursday that lowered the age of consent for anal sex from 18 to 16, in line with vaginal sex, while also removing the term "sodomy" from its criminal code. More News Videos P..>> view originalSA Health staff failed to read group email regarding chemotherapy underdosing, report finds
SA Health staff failed to read group email regarding chemotherapy underdosing, report finds Posted September 16, 2016 11:53:36 An email sent to cancer clinicians highlighting an underdosing error of chemotherapy treatment at the Royal Adelaide Hospital went largely unread, a report to the bungle has found.Ten leukaemia patients at the Flinders Medical Centre and Royal Adelaide Hospital were given incorrect chemotherapy treatment over a six-month period in 2014 and 201..>> view original
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