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TUESDAY, MAY 19 US President Donald Trump is taking a malaria drug to lessen symptoms should he get the new coronavirus, even though the drug is unproven for fighting COVID-19. Mr Trump told reporters he has been taking the drug hydroxychloroquine and […]

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MONDAY, MAY 18 Australia’s coronavirus death toll has reached 99 after a man died in NSW, while McDonald’s has closed 12 outlets across Melbourne after a delivery driver tested positive to the disease. In Queensland, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has suggested Queensland’s border […]

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FRIDAY, MAY 15 **UPDATED 2:30pm Queensland schools will fully reopen to all year levels from May 25, the State Education Minister has confirmed. Education Minister Grace Grace says schools will act quickly on outbreaks and anyone sick should stay home. Students won’t […]

#SheDiscovers What’s New This Week

#SheSociety rounds up this week’s newest finds New on Foxtel: I Know This Much Is True Based on the 1998 best-selling novel by Wally Lamb, adapted and directed by Derek Cianfrance, this limited series follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers, […]

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THURSDAY, MAY 14 That overseas holiday could be longer away than expected with an international travel boss speculating things won’t be back to normal until 2023. Alexandre de Juniac, chief executive of the International Air Transport Association, delivered the sobering news on ABC […]

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 A ticket office worker in London’s Victoria station has died of coronavirus after being spat on while doing her job. Belly Mujinga, 47, was on the concourse the station on March 22 when a member of the public, who […]

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TUESDAY, MAY 12 Alan Jones, Australia’s most influential radio broadcaster, will retire at the end of this month, saying doctors had told him his workload was “detrimental” to his health. The 79-year-old 2GB host’s breakfast program has topped the Harbour City’s radio […]

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  MONDAY MAY 11 A new study has found Queensland’s principals are the most stressed, depressed and burnt out in the nation, with many reporting workloads have grown drastically in recent years. The results came from responses to the Australian Catholic University’s […]

Government Announces COVID-19 Roadmap

  QLD DOWNLOAD HERE Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he hopes Australia will be mostly reopened July, and has unveiled the three-step plan agreed to by National Cabinet to get there. Step one of easing restrictions, which state and territory leaders will […]

Mother’s Day 2020 – Can You Hug Your Mum?

For the first time since it began in this country almost 100 years ago, Mother’s Day celebrations for millions of Australians are set to undergo a dramatic change this Sunday because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lockdown provisions vary between the states and […]

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One of US President Trump’s personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus raising concerns about the president’s exposure to the virus, reports CNN. The member of the US Navy, the valet is one of a number of members of an elite military […]

#SheDiscovers What’s New This Week

#SheSociety rounds up this week’s newest finds New on Stan: Normal People Based on Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel, NORMAL PEOPLE tracks the tender but complicated relationship of Marianne and Connell, in an exquisite, modern love story that shows how two people can […]

Enjoying Mother’s Day At Home

  Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and while dinner at a fancy restaurant is off the cards due to the coronavirus lockdown, there are still plenty of ways to spoil mum this year. She does it all and she often does it […]

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THURSDAY, May 7 Queensland will ease COVID-19 contact restrictions from Mother’s Day to allow up to five family members from a household to meet with a relative this Sunday. “We don’t think that will increase risk. It’s about one household going to […]

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