Encouraging COVID drug progress. Two new antiviral drugs reportedly mark a big turning point in the pandemic, Molnupiravir, developed by Merck, and Paxlovid developed by Pfizer. People most at risk from the serious effects of...
Read MoreAnother first for Australia. Apparently Australia is the home of the flat white coffee – it is sold as ‘Australian style’ flat white by a multinational coffee shop chain but this has drawn denial from NZ with the Kiwis...
Read MoreGood to see water flowing down the Namoi so strongly – and that sight which has been so rare in recent years – the Violet Street low level bridge closed to traffic. I set off to drive across it about three different...
Read MoreThumbs up to the NSW parliament discussion on voluntary assisted dying. It is time this issue was addressed at that level. Yes, it is a complex and distressing matter but must be dealt with. Five states have euthanasia laws as...
Read MoreThumbs up to whoever can invent a face mask that doesn’t fog your glasses. This is why glasses wearers usually drop the mask below their nose.
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