Adelaide duo convicted of "hoarding" 90 pets in squalid conditions
Two Adelaide women have escaped jail after they were convicted of hoarding up to 90 animals in foul conditions at their Elizabeth Downs home, the Adelaide Advertiser reports. The pair, 42-year-old Samantha Braendler and 40-year-old Kirsty Drowley, pleaded guilty to ill-treating an animal at the Elizabeth Magistrates Court in July this year. According to the Adelaide Advertiser the duo kept an array of animals including dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, chickens and a snake inside their filthy pr..>> view originalAlmost half of drowning deaths linked to drinking, new research finds
More than 40 per cent of the 770 people who drowned in Australia's inland waterways in the past 10 years had been drinking, finds new research confirming the strong link between alcohol, drownings and reckless behaviour in the water.Of those adults who had been drinking and subsequently drowned, 70 per cent would have failed a random breath test on the roads, says the paper to be published in January's edition of Accident Analysis and Prevention. Play Video Don't Play Up Next Elderly m..>> view originalFourth case of measles in Sydney visited multiple suburbs while infectious, NSW Health warns
A fourth case of measles has been detected in Sydney, prompting renewed warnings from health authorities after the latest patient visited multiple public sites while still infectious. Earlier this month NSW Health advised three adults who had contracted the disease had spent considerable time in the Sydney metropolitan area while they were infectious. Play Video Don't Play Up Next Life support switched off for nine-year-old Play Video Don't Play More National News Videos ..>> view originalConfused doctors feared the worst for patient
Iron deficiency on the rise in Australia
More and more Australians are not getting enough iron, putting them at increased risk of illness, new figures suggest.In the nine years to 2016, the number of people affected by iron deficiency and anaemia rose by almost 250,000, to just over 1.1 million.And that could mean looming health problems for that part of the population, given the established link between iron deficiency and lowered immunity. The figures are outlined in the latest Medibank Better Health Index, a quarterly survey based ..>> view originalOshin Kiszko dies at home with mum
Coles Supermarkets recalls home-brand beetroot dip
Coles - 1985 TV advert0:30Amazing computer graphics from the mid-80s in this Coles advert. Only packaging marked best before January 9, 2017, is affected.COLES Supermarkets has issued a recall for a home-brand beetroot dip.The Coles brand Beetroot Dip 200g was sold in Coles and Bi-Lo supermarkets in Queensland, Coles supermarkets in northern New South Wales and Coles Online.Only packages with a best-before date of January 9, 2017, are affected.Coles said the recall was due to the presence of an..>> view originalTaxpayers pay $180000 in public servant's breast reduction battle
The federal government has paid nearly $180,000 in legal bills in its battle to avoid paying $20,000 for a breast reduction for one of its former public servants.The case has now been to the Federal Court twice, with former ATO official Roseanne Howes this month losing the latest round of her legal battle against federal workplace insurer Comcare that has been raging since 2013 over Ms Howes' 2009 breast reduction. Not happy. Senator James Paterson. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Comcare is de..>> view originalPerth Children's Hospital: Health Minister unable to give definite opening date
Perth Children's Hospital: Health Minister unable to give definite opening date Updated December 28, 2016 16:28:58 The opening date of the new Perth Children's Hospital (PCH) remains a mystery, with the West Australian Government now refusing to guarantee the $1.2 billion facility will open in the first half of 2017.Health Minister John Day said the Government was unable to put a definite date on when it expected the hospital to open, more than 12 months on from when it..>> view original
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