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At least 30 people have died and dozens are injured after a huge explosion near a girls’ high school in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
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At least 30 killed in explosion near Afghan high school

At least 30 people have died and dozens are injured after a huge explosion near a girls’ high school in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Sia Goutzas with her daughters who all went to single-sex schools (from left) Tiana, 18, Elizabeth, 16, and Giorgia, 20.
Education

Which is better: single-sex or co-ed schools?

  • by Jordan Baker
A broken sign post that says ‘ETHICS’ being bombarded by a shower of meteors (some labelled ‘CRISIS’). Illustration / artwork for John Faine story by Matt Davidson
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Political leadership

Crisis? What crisis? When power and criticism collide

  • by Jon Faine
Prime Minister Scott Morrison came under fire from Michael Slater.
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Coronavirus pandemic

Why Slater unloaded on the PM

  • by Peter FitzSimons
Latika Bourke
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Coronavirus pandemic

Australia is a beacon of multiculturalism. How did it lose its humanity?

  • by Latika Bourke

Healthcare

Olympians will start getting the Pfizer vaccine from next week ahead of the Tokyo Games.
Coronavirus pandemic

Border Force on alert for fake vaccines as ACCC warns of scams

“You can’t pay for early access to the vaccine or to skip the queue, that’s just not how it works here.”

  • by Michael Koziol
Vaccination remains the best solution.
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Coronavirus pandemic

Top epidemiologist says virus outbreak is ‘absolutely inevitable’

The risk of a disastrous coronavirus outbreak in Australia is now at its highest level since the pandemic began, says epidemiologist and mathematical biologist James McCaw.

  • by Aisha Dow
Researchers have developed a treatment to significantly reduce scarring by targeting a specific gene which is key to the healing process.
Health

New Queensland discovery set to reduce serious scarring

  • by Stuart Layt
LEFT AND RIGHT Ambulance Paramedics Bianca Jackson and Matt MacDonald and CENTRE Director of Operational Triage Services at Ambulance Victoria’s Port Melbourne branch. STORY : encouraging the public to only call 000 in emergencies. THE AGE. PICTURE : PENNY STEPHENS. THURSDAY 6TH MAY 2021
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Paramedics, health minister plead: Stop calling 000 unless you really need to

  • by Paul Sakkal and Michael Fowler
The research found extending the maximum time before changing IV lines and related equipment from four to seven days could save millions of dollars at no increased risk to patients.
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Hospitals

The simple measure that could save Qld hospitals $15 million a year

  • by Stuart Layt
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Victoria

A broken sign post that says ‘ETHICS’ being bombarded by a shower of meteors (some labelled ‘CRISIS’). Illustration / artwork for John Faine story by Matt Davidson
Opinion
Political leadership

Crisis? What crisis? When power and criticism collide

  • by Jon Faine
Cycling

Pop-up bike lanes ripped up, stalled despite cycling upswing

  • by Timna Jacks
Motherhood

Indigenous midwifery care made all the difference for Amie

  • by Wendy Tuohy

Queensland

Associate Professor Deepak Dubal in the lab.
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Future technology

How a QUT expert is helping change future of clean energy

  • by Stuart Layt
Tragedy

‘To hell and back’: The night a brave Gold Coast woman pulled a driver from burning car

  • by Cloe Read
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Andrew Laming

‘Time to go Lammo’: Crowd rallies near Laming’s Qld office

  • by Toby Crockford and Lydia Lynch

Western Australia

Premier Mark McGowan and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti (front) at the site of the new Perth to Bayswater airport link.
Metronet

WA’s biggest rail project to be nearly two years overdue after more delays

  • by Hamish Hastie
Coronavirus pandemic

McGowan moves to permanently reduce WA’s overseas traveller intake

  • by Heather McNeill
Hospitals in crisis

Another day of chaos at Perth hospitals as pressure in ED ramps up

  • by Marta Pascual Juanola

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