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luciedigitalni, 3 days ago to random

Read your meters regularly and never pay estimated bills!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/australians-energy-gas-billing-estimates-/103895812

treleanor, 7 days ago to random

So the NACC decides not to pursue any individuals re Robodebt. Says it would "not add value in the public interest.” I wonder what the public think of that?

luciedigitalni, 10 days ago to auspol

I don't think the fact that the AEC is proposing a new seat called Bullwinkel is getting enough attention

#AusPol

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 13 days ago to auscovid19

ACT weekly COVID update: 24 May to 30 May

🔹PCR cases only: 242 (+52.2%)
🔹Deaths: 4 (+4)
🔹Total deaths: 316 (+4)
🔹Hospital: 67 (+139.2%)
🔹ICU: 0 (+0)
🔹Vent: 0 (+0)

#COVID19ACT @ACTHealth @auscovid19

Source: https://www.covid19.act.gov.au/updates/act-covid-19-statistics

timrichards, 13 days ago (edited 13 days ago) to movies

Just saw Wicked Little Letters at Cinema Nova. More a drama than a comedy really, though with plenty of comic touches. Set in 1920, beneath the plot about poison pen letters it has a thing or two to say about the influence of the patriarchy. Entertaining.

#Movies #Film #Britain cc @NarrelleMHarris

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 13 days ago to auscovid19

"Vic hospitals moved to Stage Two response, allowing them to demand visitors, staff wear masks." By Mandy Squires

@VicGovDH @MaryAnneThomas #COVIDisNotOver #MaskUp😷 @auscovid19

Source: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/covid-kp-3-strain-increasing-in-abundance-vic-gov-warns-as-health-services-moved-to-stage-two-response/news-story/bcea75fa85cd479998ba5d8a0de82ab0

A new Covid mutation is surging through the state, as the Victorian government ramps up measures in hospitals to help ease the load on overwhelmed health services. The new variant KP. 3 has been found in Victorian wastewater, with levels rising by 30 per cent in the most recent testing. FLiRT sub variants KP. 1 and KP. 2 have quickly taken over in the U.S. Now Victoria has KP. 3. While the Covid variant JN. 1 remains dominant in the state — for now — at 66 per cent, the new KP. 3 strain is rising rapidly. The nickname FLiRT stems from the technical name of the mutations in the genetic code. Professor Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology at Deakin University recently warned FLiRT was “very transmissible”. Because of its mutations, it had “a bit of an advantage over JN. 1” because our immune system were unlikely to recognise it as readily, she said. Professor Bennett said FLiRT subvariants would drive the next Covid wave, that she predicted would peak in late June. The Royal Australian College of Practitioners said there were suggestions the FLiRT subvariants could evade immunity from prior infections and vaccination better than its parental JN. 1 variant, but did not appear to cause more severe disease than earlier variants. “With the FLiRT subvariants showing evidence of increased ‘fitness’, meaning they present a stronger challenge against our body’s immune defences, it’s possible they will soon take over as the dominant subvariants circulating in Australia,”
It said health services needed to “transition” from Stage One to Stage Two over the course of Monday and Tuesday, with the key changes being more telehealth rather than in-person consultations, more “virtual EDs” — which connect patients with emergency department clinicians remotely, through devices — and increased use of cross-care workforce models. Virtual EDs are set up to mirror the way a patient would enter the physical emergency department by the front door. First patients provide basic information to administration staff before being triaged by a nurse and then consulting with an emergency department doctor. Generally, this all takes place in a single video call. It is not the first time Victorian hospitals have been moved to a Stage Two response through the pandemic. The Department of Health’s latest surveillance report reveals 319 Victorians a day were hospitalised with Covid over the past week and 347 a day the week before. Covid deaths in the most recent 28-day reporting period (April 17 to May 14) have increased from the previous mid-March to mid-April period, to 76. MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK Victoria’s chief health officer Dr Clare Looker also warned this week of a worsening outbreak of monkeypox (mpox) in the state, with 16 confirmed cases since April 18 this year. She said 13 of those cases had been locally acquired.
Who is at risk of mpox? While the current outbreak has predominantly impacted men who have sex with men, anyone who has been in close and usually prolonged intimate contact with someone with mpox is at risk. Symptoms Symptoms can occur up to 21 days after being exposed to mpox and can include fever, chills, tiredness, headache, sore throat, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and rash. The rash can appear as vesicles, pustules or ulcers and affect any part of the body, including the anogenital area. Other symptoms may include pain on urination or rectal pain, bloody stools and/or diarrhoea (proctitis). Transmission Mpox can spread from person-to-person through close or prolonged skin-to-skin contact, for example during sexual contact, as well as contact with contaminated items or surfaces and respiratory droplets. People with mpox are considered infectious from the time they develop their first symptoms and until rash lesions have crusted, scabs have fallen off and a fresh layer of skin has formed underneath. What to do If you have symptoms of mpox, restrict contact with others and seek urgent medical care and testing from your GP or local sexual health clinic. Make sure to wear a mask, cover any exposed rash lesions and call ahead. Get vaccinated if you are eligible to receive the mpox vaccine. MEASLES OUTBREAK

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, 19 days ago to Victoria

"Thousands of Victorian children to miss out on lifesaving RSV vaccine following Vic government blunder." By Shannon Deery

"Latest data revealed cases in Victoria had increased from 3,400 cases in the first quarter of 2024 to 8,584 cases in the current, second quarter."

#Victoria #RSV @auscovid19

Source: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/thousands-of-victorian-children-to-miss-out-on-lifesaving-rsv-vaccine-following-labor-blunder/news-story/8fc7383370e6a114694b8c0ec9d5a31f

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treleanor, 20 days ago to random

Went to the NGA, saw the fascinating quilts. Did the now-obligatory visit to Albert Namatjira’s painting which includes Gina Rinehart. The attendant says it’s wonderful how many extra visitors have come to the museum; said it’s the most people since Blue Poles!

Vincent Namatjira’s artwork; multiple portraits, including the one which has attracted so much attention, Gina Rinehart

timrichards, 21 days ago to random

Weird science. You wonder why some future society would be keen to develop science to bring deceased 80somethings back from death. What's in it for them?

Southern Hemisphere's first cryogenically frozen client at rest in regional New South Wales facility - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-23/sydney-man-first-cryogenically-frozen-holbrook-regional-nsw/103879454

treleanor, 21 days ago to random

Yesterday I baked biscuits. They seemed not all that tasty. Today, they have morphed into irresistible.

treleanor, 21 days ago to random

Not sure what Pippin’s thinking here. Could be disapproving, could be adoring. Inscrutable cat.

alexkidman, 22 days ago to random

A great read here: "Online has a scam ad problem (and it’s only getting worse)"

https://www.pickr.com.au/opinion/2024/online-has-a-scam-ad-problem-and-its-only-getting-worse/

treleanor, 23 days ago to random

After my night of literally no sleep on Sunday, coughing fit to burst, I can report that last night, I slept 😴 and I didn’t cough. 😅

treleanor, 24 days ago to random

Have what I assume is post-viral cough. Yesterday, treated as if asthma. Which means no sleep last night. Awake coughing most of the night. At 4am, cancelled today’s physio appointment. 5am, gave up, in armchair, drinking tea. I suppose the only cure is - time.

treleanor, 28 days ago to random

Loving ABC tv program, I think Compass, on Lindy Lee’s sculpture, Ouroborus. Due to be installed at the NGA in October, ‘24.
https://nga.gov.au/art-artists/sculpture-garden/lindylee-ouroboros/

treleanor, 29 days ago to random

Bought a dental product, Tooth Mousse, on eBay. It’s been USED. Disgusting.🤮 I’m sanitising my hands, urk, urk. 🤢🥴 Have reported and requested refund.

Side view of tube. Product has been squeezed out.

treleanor, 1 month ago to random

Zapped myself again, by TENS machine - forgot to switch off before I touched the electrode pads. Damn! Slightly worse than last time. When will I ever learn? 😲⚡️⚡️

treleanor, 1 month ago to random

Nipped into Coles recently to buy Coles Hot Chocolate powder. Out of luck, it’s recently been deleted. Damn. No, I don’t want sachets. Looked up “Best hot chocolate” online. Choice article says, guess what, the best is Coles Hot Chocolate powder. Yes, I let Coles know, much good that’ll do. 🤦‍♀️😳😢

timrichards, 1 month ago to australia

Fair point - if you're not using digital payments, you should make the effort to get used to them. Cash is (mostly) going away. (This article also contains a guide to getting started with digital.)

Cash is dead. Why are we still pretending it isn’t?

(maybe paywalled) #Cash #Australia #Money https://www.smh.com.au/money/saving/cash-is-dead-why-are-we-still-pretending-it-isn-t-20240510-p5jcl1.html