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  • Government WA
  • 20/09/2024
  • 08:45
STRICTLY EMBARGOED: NOT FOR BROADCAST OR PUBLICATION

Government of Western Australia embargoed media alert – Medical Research Minister Stephen Dawson

20/09/24 Today (Friday), Medical Research Minister Stephen Dawson will unveil State Government plans to transform the CSIRO site as part of developing Perth’s new biomedical research and industry precinct. TIME: 10am PLACE: CSIRO site Corner of Underwood Avenue and Brockway Road Floreat Media contact: Mark Thompson0473 428 018

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  • Medical Health Aged Care
  • 20/09/2024
  • 08:33
Palliative Care Australia

Greater access to care at home welcome, roll out and implementation will be critical to success

News of greater support for older Australians to be cared for at home recognises the wishes of older Australians and the complexity of care…

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  • Results Statistics
  • 20/09/2024
  • 07:48
The Lottery Corporation Ltd

Powerball Draw no. 1479

Official Results Powerball Draw no. 1479 Draw Date: Thursday, 19 September 2024 Drawn Numbers Winning Numbers 32 12 4 9 10 24 7 (drawn order) Powerball 15 Dividends Dividends Total Winners Total Prizes Payable Division 1 $22,207,849.82 1 $22,207,849.82 Division 2 $108,768.90 5 $543,844.50 Division 3 $9,136.90 74 $676,130.60 Division 4 $490.75 1,198 $587,918.50 Division 5 $165.10 2,671 $440,982.10 Division 6 $72.55 38,081 $2,762,776.55 Division 7 $40.90 52,492 $2,146,922.80 Division 8 $19.70 231,465 $4,559,860.50 Division 9 $12.05 651,400 $7,849,370.00 977,387 $41,775,655.37 Winning State(s) / Suburb(s): NSW / 1 x Online

  • CharitiesAidWelfare, Government VIC
  • 20/09/2024
  • 06:30
Council to Homeless Persons

New housing index shows crisis worse since Housing Statement announced

Victoria's housing crisis has worsened on nearly every key indicator one year since the state government's Housing Statement. Council to Homeless Persons' new Housing Insecurity Index tracks key housing indicators which gauge the pressure Victorians are under to put a roof over their head. The inaugural index, released to mark one year since the government's Housing Statement, shows: Annual rents rose 13.3% across the state, with a 14.6% increase in Melbourne, and 5.3% in regional areas The public housing waiting list is now at 61,587 The number of people who received support from Specialist Homelessness Services in Victoria increased from…

  • RetailOnline Retail
  • 20/09/2024
  • 06:26
NIKE, Inc.

NIKE, Inc. Board of Directors Announces Long-Time Nike Veteran Elliott Hill to Return as President and Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe to Retire from Nike

BEAVERTON, Ore.–BUSINESS WIRE– The Board of Directors of NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) announced today that Elliott Hill will become President and Chief Executive Officer of…

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  • Medical Health Aged Care
  • 20/09/2024
  • 06:26
Zenas BioPharma

Zenas BioPharma Announces Closing of Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares in Initial Public Offering

WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zenas BioPharma, Inc. (“Zenas”), (Nasdaq: ZBIO) a clinical-stage global biopharmaceutical company committed to being a leader in the development and commercialization of transformative immunology-based therapies, today announced that the underwriters of its previously announced upsized initial public offering of 13,235,294 shares of its common stock, which closed on September 16, 2024, exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 1,985,294 shares at the initial public offering price of $17.00 per share. After giving effect to the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, which closed on September 19,…

  • CharitiesAidWelfare, Medical Health Aged Care
  • 20/09/2024
  • 06:00
Leukaemia Foundation

Stem cell donors urgently needed… the simple way young Aussies can help save lives

Australia is facing a critical shortage of registered stem cell donors – and the solution lies in the hands of younger Australians. On World Marrow Donor Day tomorrow, the Leukaemia Foundation and Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) are joining forces to encourage all Aussies, aged between 18 – 35, to do one simple action – sign up to become a stem cell donor. At any one time, there are around 1,000 Australians urgently waiting to receive a suitable living donor match as part of their life-saving treatment[i]. Approximately 90% of those waiting for a stem cell transplant, also known…

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  • CharitiesAidWelfare, Medical Health Aged Care
  • 20/09/2024
  • 06:00
Leukaemia Foundation

Stem cell donors urgently needed… the simple way young Aussies can help save lives

Australia is facing a critical shortage of registered stem cell donors – and the solution lies in the hands of younger Australians. On World Marrow Donor Day tomorrow, the Leukaemia Foundation and Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) are joining forces to encourage all Aussies, aged between 18 – 35, to do one simple action – sign up to become a stem cell donor. At any one time, there are around 1,000 Australians urgently waiting to receive a suitable living donor match as part of their life-saving treatment[i]. Approximately 90% of those waiting for a stem cell transplant, also known…

  • Medical Health Aged Care
  • 20/09/2024
  • 06:00
NDARC/UNSW

New Drug Trends report highlights significant changes in substance use in Australia

The Drug Trends program at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), UNSW Sydney has today released findings from its annual surveys with hundreds of people who regularly use drugs, recruited from each capital city in Australia. The 2024 Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS), a national sample of 740 people who regularly use ecstasy and/or other illicit stimulants, found significant changes in the use of some substances in 2024. Recent use of non-prescribed pharmaceutical stimulants—such asADHD medications dexamphetamine and methylphenidate, and narcolepsy drug modafinil— represented the highest per cent of use observed since the commencement of monitoring…

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