Baby dies and another critical after being given nitrous oxide at ...
A baby has died and another is in a critical condition after they were given nitrous oxide instead of oxygen at a Sydney hospital. The New South Wales health minister, Jillian Skinner, said she was “profoundly sorry” for the families and it was an installation error by BOC Limited that led to the wrong gas being emitted. The babies who were given nitrogen gas – also known as laughing gas – were born in June and July this year but the wrong gas had been installed last year and not picked up by s..>> view originalRon Medich trial over murder of Sydney businessman Michael ...
Ron Medich trial over murder of Sydney businessman Michael McGurk delayed by judge Updated July 25, 2016 12:44:46 A New South Wales Supreme Court judge has been forced to delay the trial of Sydney developer Ron Medich, over the murder of former business associate Michael McGurk in 2009.The trial of up to four months was scheduled to start today and a jury had already been empanelled.But Medich applied to vacate the trial date, because of the late disclosure of material..>> view originalLegal experts divided on Turnbull government's latest terrorism laws
Legal experts are divided on the need for the Turnbull government's latest swath of terrorism legislation that would allow convicted terrorists to be kept in jail once their sentence ended if they were deemed a risk to public safety.The legislation, which Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hopes to introduce when Parliament returns at the end of August, would effectively treat high-risk terrorists the same as paedophiles and extreme violent offenders who, in certain cases, can already be held as a..>> view originalSydney vigil follows attack in Afghan capital
Two explosions at a demonstration by members of the country's mainly Shi'ite Hazara minority killed at least 80 people with hundreds injured. Family, friends and supporters of the Hazara community in New South Wales have gathered for an emotional vigil. 20 year old medical student Farida Yawary says for her, the attack is personal, claiming the lives of two close relatives. "Two brothers - one of them was 35 years old, the other was 30 years old - they were just studying in Kabul and they took ..>> view originalPush for pregnant women, 16-year-olds to be allowed to use ...
Push for pregnant women, 16-year-olds to be allowed to use injecting rooms Updated July 25, 2016 13:37:53 Increasing the number of New South Wales heroin injecting rooms as well as allowing pregnant women and 16-year-olds to use them, are some of the suggestions being put to a health department review. NSW Health is conducting a statutory review of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre that has been operating in Sydney's Kings Cross for more than 15 years.It has tak..>> view originalHigh ambitions: Meet the Sydney entrepreneur bringing technology ...
It was a close family member’s battle with serious illness that inspired Sydney entrepreneur Adam Miller to create his new business. Miller saw her go in and out of hospital for six years, and after researching the impact of medical marijuana, decided that it could help. But there was one big problem: it still wasn’t legal in Australia. “I did enough research to believe that this medicine would suit her nicely and would really help her,” Miller tells StartupSmart. “But she’s very conservative a..>> view originalBushfire clues dribble in cave dripwater
Researchers discovered stalactites, such as these in the Jenolan Caves in Australia's Blue Mountains, carry signatures of bushfires that raged on the surface above.Michael Brooke / Getty ImagesWildfires that raze vast swathes of forests also alter the chemistry of caves below – and may muddy the waters for scientists wishing to reconstruct our climate history.Researchers from Australia and the UK analysed water dripping from the surface through to a cave in Western Australia found after a fire,..>> view originalSydney's grandest bridge 'a masterpiece of engineering'
Weather forecast: cold winter returns after unseasonable warmth
Twins Lyla and Klay Morris, 16 months, appeared unimpressed with the return of winter at the weekend. Picture: Mark ScottWINTER returned with a vengeance across Australia’s east at the weekend and the weather bureau said it is settling in to stay.The unseasonable warmth of last week was a distant memory for Monday morning commuters, after a series of cold fronts swept across southern Australia and made their way north on Friday and Saturday.It brought dustings of snow to alpine regions and cau..>> view originalSydney's lockouts could be moved back to 3am
New South Wales (NSW) Deputy Premier Troy Grant says he will support Sydney's 1.30am lockout for bars and clubs being pushed back to 3am if their official review recommends it. The Daily Telegraph reports Grant, the state's deputy leader under Premier Mike Baird, said evidence showed the time of last drinks, currently 3am in central Sydney, was what mattered in reducing violence and crime, the reason given for the laws' introduction, not lockout times. Former High Court judge Ian Callinan is cu..>> view original
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