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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 22/11/2024
- 17:45
Payroll tax changes to ensure access to essential GP care for veterans in NSW: RACGP
The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has applauded the NSW Government for amending payroll tax rules to ensure ongoing access to essential general practice care for Veterans with a Gold, White or Orange Department of Veteran’s Affairs (DVA) card. The Parliament of New South Wales passed a bill today to abolish payroll tax on the care veterans receive from independent GPs in NSW. This expansion of NSW’s Bulk-Billing Support Initiative means services billed to veterans will count towards the threshold needed to benefit from the payroll tax rebate. It will apply retrospectively, from 4 September 2024. RACGP NSW&ACT Chair…
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- Finance Investment
- 22/11/2024
- 17:10
Bitget Offers LALIGA EA SPORTS Football Match Day Tickets to Bitget Pay Users
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Nov. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company has announced a campaign offering its users an opportunity to attend LALIGA EA SPORTS match day by leveraging the platform’s 'Bitget Pay' product. Spanning from 21st 18:00 - 22nd 18:00 (UTC+8), the campaign aims to roll out activities planned out under the Bitget x LALIGA partnership to promote the integration of crypto and sports, especially across LATAM, Eastern Europe, CIS, and SEA. Football fans who actively use Bitget Pay during the campaign period will have a unique chance to secure tickets for this much-anticipated…
- International News
- 22/11/2024
- 17:00
TERI and AIST to Jointly Hold 6th RD20 Conference in New Delhi, India
TOKYO, Nov. 22, 2024 /Kyodo JBN/ -- - International Conference on Clean Energy Technologies - One of the largest Indian public institute, the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), will hold an international conference, "The 6th RD20," from December 2 to December 6, 2024, in New Delhi, India, in collaboration with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) based in Tokyo. Online participation in the conference, including on-demand viewing, is available. The 6th RD20 Conference consists of the following sessions. Technical Session: Monday, December 2, 2024, 9:00-17:30 (IST) Leaders Session: Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 8:30-13:30 (IST) *Afternoon session…
- Federal Election, Medical Health Aged Care
- 22/11/2024
- 15:30
Implementation will be key to success of Aged Care Act
This week’s bipartisan support for the Aged Care Act in parliament is a significant step forward in making sure palliative care is embedded within…
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- Education Training
- 22/11/2024
- 15:28
Education union supports move to continue Queensland Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry
The union representing teachers and support staff in Queensland and Northern Territory non-government schools commended today’s (22 November 2024) decision by Queensland’s Indigenous Truth-Telling and Healing Commission to reverse its decision to pause the inquiry. Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory (IEU-QNT) Branch Secretary Terry Burke said the decision by Commission Chair Joshua Creamer was appropriate and proper in the face of the Crisafulli government’s shameful actions. “The lack of fundamental courtesy being demonstrated by the new Queensland government in ignoring the Commission’s repeated requests to meet with the relevant minister is disgraceful,” Mr Burke said. “It shows…
- Transport Automotive
- 22/11/2024
- 13:58
Cessna SkyCourier Expands Global Reach With Two Aircraft Order From AIR Marshall Islands
WICHITA, Kan.–BUSINESS WIRE– Textron Aviation, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced a two-aircraft purchase agreement with AIR Marshall Islands Inc. (AMI) for its…
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- Environment, Government NSW
- 22/11/2024
- 13:57
New laws an important first step in the move towards net positive
New laws an important first step in the move towards net positive Humane Society International (HSI) Australia has today welcomed the passage of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Biodiversity Offsets Scheme) Bill 2024. “For far too long, those who destroy nature for their own gain have easily avoided any meaningful effort to avoid and, if that is not possible, then minimise their impacts before turning to our flawed biodiversity offset system,” said Dr Megan Kessler, Nature Campaigner with HSI Australia. “We are pleased that the NSW Government has created legally binding commitments to ensure that biodiversity offsets are genuinely used…
- Insurance, Medical Health Aged Care
- 22/11/2024
- 13:29
Bupa customers remain fully covered at Healthscope hospitals until February 2025
Bupa today reassured its customers they remain fully covered under their hospital policy for admission to Healthscope hospitals until at least 20 February 2025. Healthscope informed Bupa late yesterday that they intend to end our current three-year contract, even though it only commenced in November 2023. Despite this, there are no immediate changes to the coverage Bupa customers will receive if they attend Healthscope hospitals up to 20 February 2025 and beyond for certain treatments including maternity and oncology, and any treatments that have already started. Bupa APAC CEO Nick Stone today said: “Since March, Bupa has worked tirelessly to…
- Building Construction, Manufacturing
- 22/11/2024
- 13:23
Australia’s best and brightest steel designs honoured at national awards
Australia’s best and brightest steel designs were honoured at a gala awards dinner atDoltone House, Jones Bay Wharf in Sydney last night (November 21). Forty-eight state and territory winners competed in the 2024 Australian Steel Institute (ASI) National Steel Excellence Awards in six categories, with winners and high commendations as follows: The Large Buildings over $10 million category was won by the Art Gallery of NSW Sydney Modern Project. Judges praised the project’s steel solution as “critical” to meeting the challenges of this project location, being partially located on a land bridge over a critical piece of infrastructure. “It is…
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