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Michaela Whitbourn
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Legal affairs reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald. Connoisseur of fine puns. She/her mwhitbourn@smh.com.au
Sydneyfacebook.com/MichaelaWhitbo…Joined March 2011
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“Courtney’s Closet” is coming down the birth canal purse first and will stream exclusively on Ten Play from the 4th of July. Courtney’s Closet is the place where well known Australians arrive as themselves and depart as their ultimate drag fantasy. #courtneyscloset @Channel10AU
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Billi FitzSimons
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🚨 Job alert 🚨 The Daily Aus is hiring! We're looking for a fact-checker – someone with meticulous attention to detail who can critically examine sources. It is a full-time role based in our Sydney office. If interested please email hello@thedailyaus.com.au with a CV!
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Aimee Brown
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Today a women stopped me at the traffic lights in Sydney to have a wholesome chat about how pretty the city looks with vivd. Little did she know that today was probably one of the worst day's of my life, as it was my grandma's funeral. Little things like this can go a long way.
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✨ Elliott ✨
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when i came out as trans in senior year of HS, I sent an email to all my former & current teachers as well as the administrators to let them know of my name change & pronouns. (this was over 10 years ago). The vice principal emailed me, asking me to visit his office. (1/?)
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Sangeetha Pillai
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Alexander judgment summary up. What does it mean? The High Court found Australia’s #citizenship #stripping law is unconstitutional. It was a majority decision, so not all judges agreed. The law fell within the aliens power, but infringed the separation of judicial power.
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The High Court's own one-page summary of its judgment today in Alexander v Minister for Home Affairs (about validity of legislation stripping citizenship) cdn.hcourt.gov.au/assets/publica
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A wrap of the key evidence in the Roberts-Smith defamation case. While the evidence has now concluded, the trial is not officially over. The parties are back in court in July to deliver their final submissions to Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko.
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Dozens of witnesses, $25 million and 98 days later, Roberts-Smith defamation trial nears its end smh.com.au/national/dozen
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Jamie McKinnell
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The Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case has heard from its final witness. They'll come back tomorrow to deal with documentary tenders, then break to prepare closing submissions, which will be delivered at a later date, likely in July.
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The evidence is likely to conclude today in Ben Roberts-Smith's long-running defamation case against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times. However, the trial's not over. The parties still have to deliver closing submissions. That's expected in July, date TBA
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Elias Greig
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It is astonishing how much people from Melbourne love Melbourne. If you say to someone from Sydney that Sydney sucks they'll agree and tell you a Sydney sucks story. If you say Melbourne sucks to someone from Melbourne they'll politely disagree and report you with a special app.
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Hannah Davis
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There is a crucial role of hormones in #LongCovid, with many menstruating people experiencing early menopause, difficulty conceiving, & symptoms worsening based on menstrual cycles. Yet few are studying it. This is a call to action for further research.
thelancet.com
Long COVID risk - a signal to address sex hormones and women's health
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought health inequalities into sharp focus on an international scale. Vulnerability to and mortality from acute COVID-19 infection is higher in men [1], whereas, Long...
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Georgie Dent
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As someone who is still recovering from the horror of Influenza A I cannot stress how important it is to do what the good doctor says and get your flu vax. I'm not unfamiliar with illness but this is something else altogether. It absolutely smashed our 9 year old too. 🤒💉🤒
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As a doctor, I cannot stress how important it is to get your flu vax. Some hospitals are now seeing a 500% increase in cases, particularly among older and young ones. Please book with your GP or pharmacist when you can. Don’t delay.
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Karen K. Ho
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I wish I could just tell millions of people, especially women, that sleeping eight to nine hours is normal, that very few things are worth feeling like your head is filled with cotton the next day, that coffee is a weak band-aid, and hustle culture is a toxic and harmful
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Putrino Lab
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Happy Monday and a big shout out to those who care for people with #LongCovid and other chronic illnesses. To all who have had their lives turned upside down by a condition they DON'T have, but unquestioningly help with compassion and empathy anyhow. We see you, we appreciate you
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Dr Brad McKay
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We were shocked in 2017 when our flu season saw >3000 Australians die from influenza. So far this year COVID-19 has caused >5000 deaths, and it’s only May. At this rate we expect 15,000 to 18,000 deaths from COVID by the end of the year 😬
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Cases are high and winter is coming. We need to stop ignoring COVID
Despite rising cases and deaths, governments are have not even raised the prospect of imposing some public health restrictions.
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