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Australia grows avocado exports with year-round supply
Fresh Plaza
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July 11, 2025
Australia's avocado industry continues to expand its presence in international markets, with consistent supply across eight growing regions stretching from far north Queensland to the southwest of Western Australia. Growers operate under a range...
Health services under scrutiny in coroner’s report, as well as police racism and violence
Croakey Health Media
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July 11, 2025
*** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article discusses a traumatic death *** Introduction by Croakey: The wide-ranging consequences of unmet health needs, and the policies and practices of health services are...
How Indian wellness retreats are offering sleep therapy to fight insomnia
Mint
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July 11, 2025
It’s not that Nagdev, 36, is not making an effort. The Delhi resident has tried everything from indoor air quality monitors and earplugs to sleep trackers and calming music. He regularly goes to the gym, has changed the mattress, propped his...
Mondrian makes waves at Burleigh Heads with a striking Australian debut
Wallpaper*
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July 11, 2025
The Gold Coast has long delivered sun, surf and spectacle, but the arrival of Mondrian at Burleigh Heads signals something more deliberate. Set between the Norfolk pines and the Pacific, the property marks the brand’s Australian debut. A place to...
Australia: UOW Launches High-Tech Clinical Simulation Labs
OpenGov Asia
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July 10, 2025
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has launched a state-of-the-art suite of Clinical Simulation Labs, significantly enhancing its capacity to deliver high-quality, hands-on healthcare education. These new facilities are designed to support the...
Deputy PM holds bilateral meetings with Chinese, Australian, Algerian foreign ministers on AMM 58 sidelines
Vietnam News Agency
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KUALA LUMPUR — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn held separate meetings with the foreign ministers of China, Australia, and Algeria on the sidelines of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-58) in Kuala...
Australian government prepares assault on privacy for under-16s social media ban
World Socialist Web Site
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July 11, 2025
The Australian Labor government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is reviewing the means by which it will implement a social media ban for children under the age of 16, including the possible use of technology which severely curtails the privacy...
"Farmers have found that crops are healthier after weeds have been lasered as opposed to being treated with herbicides"
Fresh Plaza
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July 11, 2025
The LaserWeeder from Carbon Robotics has eliminated 25 billion weeds so far! That might seem like a figure pulled randomly out of the hat, but using the AI technology that can differentiate between weeds and crops as well as identify individual...
What are the healthcare rights work of foreign residents of France when abroad?
The Connexion
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July 11, 2025
We also look at how Americans visiting the US and Britons visiting the UK are covered Some Britons in France will be able to use a Ghic, depending on when they moved fizkes / Ascannio / Shutterstock If you move to France and are part of the...
From Victoria to rural Tasmania, this community health organisation has a national agenda
Croakey Health Media
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July 11, 2025
Introduction by Croakey: The not-for-profit community health organisation cohealth – best known for its work in Victoria – plans to expand its operations across Australia over the next ten years, according to its new strategy for 2025-2030. “By...
Abolish contract system to retain doctors in public healthcare, says MMA
The Malaysian Star
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July 11, 2025
PETALING JAYA: Abolish the contract system to retain doctors in the public healthcare system, the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has said in the wake of a viral post of Singapore recruiting Malaysian doctors. “The MMA refers to the viral...
Artrya signs US$600,000 contract with Tanner Health, marks first...
Proactive Australia
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July 10, 2025
Artrya Ltd (ASX:AYA), an Australian medical technology innovator, has secured its first commercial revenue from the US market, signing a five-year, US$600,000 contract with Tanner Health System. The agreement marks a significant step in Artrya’s...
Barnaby Joyce vows to wind back ‘lunatic crusade’ of net zero with private member’s bill – as it happened
The Guardian
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July 11, 2025
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature What we learned today, Friday 11 JulyIt’s time to wind down our live news coverage for the day. Here’s what’s been keeping us busy this Friday: Thanks for unpacking the...
Fact Check: Did Australia Declare Turbo Cancer Emergency?
Tech ARP
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July 11, 2025
Did Australia declare a national emergency due to exploding turbo cancer rates? Take a look at the shocking claim, and find out what the facts really are! Claim : Australia Declared Turbo Cancer Emergency! People are sharing an article (archive)...
Palestinian grandmother detained after Australia cancels visa on security grounds
The Independent
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July 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Australia rallies behind the Pacific in Push for Ambitious Plastics Treaty
Pacific News Service
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Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to working with Pacific island countries to secure a legally binding, meaningful and effective global treaty to end plastic pollution by 2040. Representatives progressed efforts during the Pacific Regional...
New HIV Prevention Drug Holds Promise for Australia
Medscape
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Oral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has played a significant role in Australia’s reduction of new HIV infections, but experts have sounded the alarm over ongoing challenges. They suggested that new, long-acting injectables have a potential role in...
Small towns, big targets: Cyber threats in rural healthcare
Pulse+IT
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July 11, 2025
Australia’s healthcare has been consistently targeted by cyber criminals in recent years. In fact, healthcare has reported the highest volume of data breaches across all Australian sectors since 2018, according to the OAIC’s Notifiable Data...
Study: 90% of APAC luxury travellers book with wellness in mind
Marketing-Interactive
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90% of high-net-worth (HNW) travellers in Asia Pacific (APAC) now consider wellness a key factor in their travel decisions, signalling a profound shift in the region’s luxury travel landscape, according to a new report by Marriott International’s...
Fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024
Media Monitors Network
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July 10, 2025
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee (Committee) regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024, held on...