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- Environment
- 27/02/2026
- 09:36
REMONDIS Australia expands medical waste services with acquisition of VetraHealth
REMONDIS Australia expands medical and clinical waste services with VetraHealth acquisition Brisbane Qld, 27 February 2026, REMONDIS Australia – REMONDIS Australia has continued expanding…
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- Government Federal, Medical Health Aged Care
- 27/02/2026
- 09:30
Senate Committee gives green light to registered nurse prescribing reform
The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee has recommended the passage of the Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025, paving the way for designated registered nurses to prescribe medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from July 2026. The Australian College of Nursing welcomes the Committee’s unanimous recommendation to pass the bill, after a comprehensive inquiry that received 47 submissions from nursing organisations, medical associations, state governments, consumer groups, and individuals. The Committee found strong support for the reform across the health sector. “This is the most significant recognition of nursing’s role in Australia’s health system in a…
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- Education Training
- 27/02/2026
- 09:30
Schools on the frontline as Australian children grapple with trauma
As the news cycle shows, Australia and the world are confronting deeply distressing events, with experts warning that schools are increasingly carrying the emotional fallout. Children are coming to school carrying fear, grief and stress caused by events that shake their sense of safety and the effects are showing up through anxiety, withdrawal, aggression and disrupted learning. Educators say these experiences don’t disappear at the school gate, but play out daily in behaviour and engagement. In a new book titled, Understanding and Implementing Trauma-Informed Practice in Schools: An Evidence-Based Guide, researchers fromMonash University, University of Western Australia and the University…
- Medical Health Aged Care, Science
- 27/02/2026
- 09:13
Emerging class of antibiotics to tackle global tuberculosis crisis
Researchers from the University of Sydney and the Centenary Institute have discovered how a promising class of experimental antibiotics disrupts the bacterium that causes…
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- Technology Innovation
- 27/02/2026
- 09:11
1089 Inc. Partners with Price Forbes and Oka-Lloyd’s Syndicate 1922 to Launch Market-Defining First: Carbon Asset Insurance Framework for Transportation and Energy Sectors
New program introduces dedicated insurance safeguards and immutable transfer infrastructure to advance fiscal maturation of global carbon markets, enabling scaled participation across world’s highest-emitting…
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- CharitiesAidWelfare, Medical Health Aged Care
- 27/02/2026
- 09:00
Australian age-specific clinical practice guidelines being developed for early-onset bowel cancer
Clinical practice guidelines specifically for young Australians with bowel cancer to be funded by Bowel Cancer Australia and developed in collaboration with the Australian…
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- Political
- 27/02/2026
- 08:31
Family First fields record candidate team for South Australian election
Family First is proud to announce that it will field a record slate of 35 candidates for the House of Assembly and two candidates…
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- Government NSW, Medical Health Aged Care
- 27/02/2026
- 07:00
As the Early Drug Diversion Initiative (EDDI) turns two, the people of NSW still await meaningful changes to our drug laws
Media release 27th February 2026 As the Early Drug Diversion Initiative (EDDI) turns two, the people of NSW still await meaningful changes to our drug laws With the two-year birthday of the Early Drug Diversion Initiative (EDDI) coming into effect in NSW, and 14 months on from the NSW Drug Summit, drug reform campaigners are calling for real action on drug law reform in NSW. EDDI came into effect on the 29th February 2024 with the aim to address some of the harms caused by our unfair drug laws. “Unfortunately, the last few years of EDDI have been a disappointing…
- Crime, Government VIC
- 27/02/2026
- 06:00
MEDIA ALERT – JESUIT SOCIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT’S ‘ADULT TIME FOR VIOLENT CRIME’ LAWS IMPLEMENTED TODAY
The commencement of the Victorian Government’s youth justice reforms will see children as young as 14 face life sentences - this is not something to be a celebrated but a sign of systemic policy failure and misplaced priorities. Jesuit Social Services has worked with children who have contact with the youth justice system for nearly 50 years and we has long urged political leaders to commit to do much more to prevent crime from occurring in the first place and keep young people engaged with education, family and positive role models in the community. Jesuit Social Services' Chief Operating Officer…
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