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What next? A viral infection called monkeypox has arrived in Australia – the first ever recorded in NSW. Fortunately, it is usually a mild illness, very rare and not easily transmitted to humans. A man in his 40s was diagnosed with monkeypox several days after arriving in Sydney. NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Chant said monkeypox is a viral infection that does not spread easily between people and is usually associated with travel to Central or West Africa, where it is endemic.

As the federal election looms, and some safe city seat incumbents seem inexorably destined for defeat, a reader has kindly reassured worried members of a famous old saying – ‘everything looks impossible until you do it.’