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Mandy Squires retweeted
Covid is again sweeping through Victorian nursing homes, with hundreds more residents and workers hit than in other states. It comes as hospitalisations soar 30 per cent in a week. See the list of outbreaks. > bit.ly/4dGwxW4
Kids, 8, with long Covid, as Vic hurtles towards a sick leave gen heraldsun.com.au/news/victor…
Allan government’s ‘official silence’ on Vic’s deadly Covid wave ‘must end’ heraldsun.com.au/news/victor…
A long read on Victoria’s worsening Covid situation from me, in light of recent deaths, hospitalisations & nursing home outbreaks. Vic Department of Health’s response (included) is interesting. Is ‘living with Covid’ now killing too many Victorians? heraldsun.com.au/news/victor…
Big and important job for racing integrity commissioner Sean Carroll in getting this review into a dark side of the industry right. Spotlight on sex assaults, harassment, hazing in Vic’s racing industry - across all codes - has been a long time coming. heraldsun.com.au/news/victor…
Vale Greg Mitchell. A kind, clever and funny man. A skilled & caring surgeon. A man of many talents. A lover of car doors that closed with ‘a proper thud’. A champion of #BCNA and pioneer. A man who saved the lives of many cancer patients, including mine. geelongadvertiser.com.au/new…
Fiji demanding more than talk from ScoMo on climate change.
Australia's pledge is a start. I've now urged @ScottMorrisonMP to show us a concrete plan to halve emissions by 2030.
I've given him a copy of Fiji's Climate Change Act as a guide –– it is our uniquely Fijian way of following the science to keep faith with future generations.
Today I watched a maskless anti-vaxxer with ‘freedom fighter’ on her shirt and Aussie flag taped to her hat walk into a full Ocean Grove Direct Chemist Outlet and not check in - and be served without a single staff member/pharmacist questioning her on lack of either mask or QR.
This eagle tracking really is something
Wyatt the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle reached a new personal best altitude of 1950 m the other day. Using the thermal updraft he gained up to 4.5 m/sec in height. #wedgetailedeagle 🦅
Mandy Squires retweeted
With optimal public health measures (and no lockdowns), this can be significantly reduced to 2,737 infections and 13 deaths.
We’ve learned from watching countries that have removed all restrictions that there is no ‘freedom day’.
Mandy Squires retweeted
Statement on the Doherty Institute modelling:
The Doherty Institute understands how extremely challenging lockdown restrictions are for everyone.
Mandy Squires retweeted
An undersea earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has occurred at 7:33 AM AEST on Monday 23 August 2021 near South Sandwich Islands Region.
THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND, ISLANDS OR TERRITORIES.
Mandy Squires retweeted
This is what 20 minutes of bolts looks like. What's called stacking. Incredible! #Colorado #co #cowx
A lot of us saw the crazy amount of lightning last night in Colorado and Nebraska - and there was a lot!
For fun, I stacked 20 minutes of CC and a mega CG strike! Taken from near Paoli, CO while hanging out with @GhostTrainPhoto
#cowx #newx #Lightning #wxtwitter #StormHour
Seems like everyone is being scammed right now. Reckon I’ve had 6 scam texts today. But none asked for $1500.
Mandy Squires retweeted
The Melbourne Football Club has released the following statement in response to racist social media posts directed at one of its players following Monday night’s game at Optus Stadium.
📝: mfcde.es/2VFa1tn
