CEO grilled at fiery inquiry – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2023
Labor not ruling out raising income-free area for jobseeker – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2023
Merriwa Grove disability care closure leaves vulnerable residents facing relocation A residential disability and aged care facility in regional Victoria is closing due to financial pressures, leaving families scrambling to find solutions for their loved ones. ABC News · Jun 3, 2023
NDIS participants 'kidnapped' and financially abused in boarding homes for people with disability, report finds People with high-value NDIS plans are being bribed with fast food, kidnapped and having their funding drained by providers, a bombshell report says. ABC News · May 19, 2023
Rogue trader brothers handed prison sentences after exploiting two elderly men from Cowbridge The brothers threatened and intimidated their victims when payment for the poorly carried out work was refused Wales Online · Mar 15, 2023
India, soon world's most populous nation, doesn't know how many people it has In two months, India is projected to become the world's most populous country with over 1.4 billion people. But for at least a year, and possibly longer, the country won't know how many people it has because it hasn't been able to count them. Reuters · Feb 15, 2023
Hunter students move away from the traditional timeline of HSC results and university offers "People feel too rushed to go to university." Newcastle Herald · Dec 8, 2022
Which states have the least and most crime? Northeastern states have the lowest crime rates, while states in the South and West have the most crime USAFacts · Oct 7, 2022
Which states have the highest and lowest crime rates? Between 2021 and 2022, New York’s violent crime rate rose 39.2%, while its property crime rate rose 64.3%. USAFacts · Oct 7, 2022
Food inspectors fear businesses in Wales might switch off fridges to save on energy bills The Shared Regulatory Service said the prospects of fridges being turned off to save bills is a "real worry" Wales Online · Sep 28, 2022
Concerns over sale of alcohol at huge new food hall planned for Cardiff's Capitol Centre It is hoped that the food hall could breathe new life into the Capitol Centre in Cardiff's Queen Street Wales Online · Sep 21, 2022
Disability royal commission examines conditions inside Supported Residential Services The daughter of a woman who lay dead for more than two hours on the ground of a supported residential service calls for changes to the system that "failed" her mother, after giving devastating evidence at the disability royal commission. ABC News · Sep 2, 2022
Disability royal commission hears of abuse, neglect and fraud in supported residential system Victorian facility did not breach legislation for failing to afford woman dignity by declaring she was no longer technically a resident because she had died The Guardian - AU · Sep 2, 2022
NSW private schools 'overfunded by $850m' A report prepared for the state teachers union says the government has spent hundreds of millions extra on wealthy schools while scrimping on public classrooms. AAP · Jul 5, 2022
The Times of India · May 29, 2022 Rajasthan urban areas saw slight rise in death rate during second Covid wave JAIPUR: Death rates in Rajasthan's urban areas saw a marginal spike of 5.1 (per 1000 persons) in 2020, the year which witnessed many fatalities due to the Delta variant of Covid, compared to previous year's 4.9 (per 1000 persons). According to the sample registration system (SRS) survey released by the…
The Hindu · May 27, 2022 Karnataka’s infant mortality rate falls by two points in 2020 Death rate is higher among female babies and in rural areas
Newslaundry · May 27, 2022 India counted all deaths in Covid year 2020, says new government report. Did it? Three weeks after the health ministry claimed to have achieved 99.99 percent death registration in 2020, the Registrar General of India has indirectly confirmed the figure. This, then, is the first time that India claims to have registered every death – in a pandemic-hit year, no less.
The Hindu · May 24, 2022 Inadequacies of the Civil Registration System Facts do not support the argument that India has a robust system of registering births and deaths
Newslaundry · May 13, 2022 India insists WHO is wrong about Covid deaths. What do the numbers say? The health and family welfare ministry issued a statement on May 5 disputing the World Health Organisation’s estimate of Covid deaths in India. The WHO had said that India lost 47.4 lakh people to Covid in 2020 and 2021, several times the Indian government’s tally of 5.24 lakh. The ministry…
Motorsport · May 12, 2022 How Honda has revolutionised its young driver programme Honda has a history of making questionable decisions with regards to its young drivers in Japan, but an off-season overhaul of the 'Honda Formula Dream Project' should result in better outcomes for everyone, explains Jamie Klein.
Wales Online · Mar 28, 2022 ‘Inevitable increase in risk to public health’ due to short staffing in council department A new report has made a stark warning of the impact of a lack of staff