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- Biotechnology
- 12/12/2025
- 10:58
First implant in the Totally Leadless CRT (TLC-AU) Study
Key Highlights • First patient enrolment and implant in the Totally Leadless CRT (TLC-AU) study by Dr Paul Gould from the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane • TLC-AU is a feasibility study into using the WiSE® System alongside a leadless pacemaker to achieve totally leadless CRT • The study represents a significant strategic milestone as EBR evaluates WiSE as a potential first-line therapy for treating newly diagnosed heart failure patients • TLC-AU could meaningfully expand EBR’s addressable market Sunnyvale, California; 12 December 2025: EBR Systems, Inc., developer of the world’s only wireless cardiac pacing device for heart failure, announces the first…
- Banking, Environment
- 12/12/2025
- 10:38
NAB shareholders owning $9.74bn in shares call on the bank to do better on deforestation
Investors owning $9.74 billion of shares in Australia’s largest agribusiness bank have backed a resolution calling on NAB to disclose deforestation linked to its lending.* The resolution on disclosure of financed deforestation, facilitated by the Australian Conservation Foundation and co-filed by SIX, Australian Ethical, Melior Investment Management, was supported by 13.98% of shares voted at NAB’s AGM today. A second resolution, calling on the bank to set out a strategy to eliminate financed deforestation, was supported by 10.39% of NAB shares voted. Jolene George, head of corporate advocacy at the Australian Conservation Foundation, said: “The support for the resolution on…
- Environment
- 12/12/2025
- 10:34
Droughts lasting longer across Australia, study shows
A studytracking not only the forces that drive drought but the damage it leaves behind has revealed that droughts have lasted longer in Australia in recent decades, especially in areas with the most people and farms. UNSW researchers analysed drought trends across Australia between 1911 and 2020 based on rainfall shortages and falling river and dam levels. Their analysis showed that, since 1971, the time spent under drought conditions has increased across most of Australia, especially in the southeast and southwest, which are densely populated and key breadbaskets. The increasing dryness was especially felt during winter and spring, which are…
- Medical Health Aged Care
- 12/12/2025
- 10:11
Termination of Proposed Acquisition of Mayne Pharma
BRIDGEWATER, N.J.–BUSINESS WIRE– Cosette Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cosette), a U.S.-based, fully integrated pharmaceutical company, confirms that on 9 December 2025 it served a notice on…
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- Energy
- 12/12/2025
- 10:05
Businesses punished for providing false information, failing to get consent for energy efficient upgrades
The Essential Services Commission has taken action against two Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) accredited businesses for allegedly breaching the program rules. The VEU program is an energy efficiency program, designed to help Victorians cut their energy bills by supporting households and businesses to use energy more efficiently. Accredited businesses undertake energy efficiency upgrades that entitle them to create Victorian energy efficiency certificates, which they can then sell. Vision Environmental Solutions The commission has placed a six-month restriction on Vision Environmental Solutions Pty Ltd’s VEU accreditation. It alleges Vision Environmental Solutions and contractors working on its behalf made false claims about…
- Government Federal
- 12/12/2025
- 09:41
Commonwealth must boost funding for public hospitals
The Commonwealth should increase its funding of public hospitals to a 50-50 share with the states and territories, Catholic Health Australia said today as health ministers meet in Brisbane. Analysis of AIHW data by Catholic Health Australia finds public hospitals are under severe pressure, leading to sliding performance in recent years. Only 67% of patients were seen on time in 2025, down from 71% in 2021. Only 53% of ED visits were completed within four hours in 2025, down from 67% in 2021. In some states, patients wait more than a year after the clinically recommended deadline for their surgery.…
- Legal
- 12/12/2025
- 09:33
MONIVAE COLLEGE PAYS SURVIVORS IN 2025 – MORE ABUSE CASES LISTED FOR NEXT YEAR
Four historic child abuse claims against Monivae College, at Hamilton in Western Victoria, have cost the religious order which ran the school more than $6.5 million in damages and legal costs over the past six months. And the total is expected to rise significantly, with at least five more cases listed for trial next year. Rightside Legal partner Michael Magazanik says the Catholic boarding school, run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, failed in its duty of care, with two of the religious brothers involved in most of the cases between 1973 and 1984. “The key abuser was Brother…
- Environment, Science
- 12/12/2025
- 09:30
One of world’s largest reef restoration trials during Reef spawning
Photos and video available:PDP NORTH DEC 2025 – FotoWeb The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has led one of the world’s largest reef…
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- Community, Culturally and linguistically diverse
- 12/12/2025
- 09:06
Australian Human Rights Awards announced tonight
Australia’s 2025 human rights heroes will be announced at the Australian Human Rights Awards in Sydney tonight. The Awards honour individuals and organisations from…
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