Data reveals antipsychotic drugs linked to chemical restraint in aged care still widespread

 Data reveals antipsychotic drugs linked to chemical restraint in aged care still widespread

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-31/chemical-restraint-antipsychotic-drugs-widespread-in-aged-care/100950924

Federal budget 2022: Winners and Losers

 Federal budget 2022: Winners and Losers

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-29/federal-budget-2022-winners-and-losers/100914858

What a Single Metric Tells Us About the Pandemic

 What a Single Metric Tells Us About the Pandemic

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/covid-excess-mortality.html?

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02796-3/fulltext

NOTE: 

What is interesting from the results in the second article, is that countries like Australia and New Zealand had negative excess mortality, ie less people died than normally would during the period of the pandemic.   

Very few countries achieved this, and most countires and the world as a whole, showed positive excess mortality, ie more people dies that normally would during the period of the pandemic.

There could be many reasons for this but an obvious contributer would be the controversial long lock-down periods in key populated cities.

One could assume from this that the lockdowns not only stopped the spread of COVID 19 but also reduced the spread of many other diseases that can cause death.

The question on every borrower’s mind: How high will interest rates go?

 The question on every borrower’s mind: How high will interest rates go?

https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-question-on-every-borrower-s-mind-how-high-will-interest-rates-go-20220325-p5a80g.html

Ukraine conflict: What is Nato and how has it responded to Russia's invasion?

 Ukraine conflict: What is Nato and how has it responded to Russia's invasion?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18023383

Prime Minister Scott Morrison joins growing chorus of Hillsong Church allies to distance themselves from founder Brian Houston

Prime Minister Scott Morrison joins growing chorus of Hillsong Church allies to distance themselves from founder Brian Houston

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-24/hillsong-church-founder-brian-houston-fall-from-grace/100934680

Inside London's new $25B 'Super Tube'

 Inside London's new $25B 'Super Tube'

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/crossrail-london-2022-launch/index.html

Mapping Australia’s childcare blackspots

 Mapping Australia’s childcare blackspots

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-22/mapping-australia-s-childcare-blackspots/100894808

How to Block Spam Calls and Text Messages

 How to Block Spam Calls and Text Messages

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-block-calls-and-spam-messages/#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_9d899f87-c19b-4124-a360-74868b629e6c_popular4-1

McDonald’s Australia defends reducing its local tax bill as NGOs raise questions offshore

 McDonald’s Australia defends reducing its local tax bill as NGOs raise questions offshore

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-18/mcdonalds-fined-for-withholding-information-from-ato-tax-bill/100904170

US central bank raises interest rates for first time since 2018

 US central bank raises interest rates for first time since 2018

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60768818

Mortgage stress set to rise with interest rates and recent home buyers will be hit hardest

 Mortgage stress set to rise with interest rates and recent home buyers will be hit hardest

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-16/mortgage-stress-set-to-rise-with-interest-rates/100912336

How much more transmissible is Omicron’s BA.2 sub-variant?

 How much more transmissible is Omicron’s BA.2 sub-variant?

https://www.smh.com.au/national/how-much-more-transmissible-is-omicron-s-ba-2-sub-variant-20220311-p5a3vm.html

A Cognitive Bias That Could Trigger Nuclear War

A Cognitive Bias That Could Trigger Nuclear War

https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/long-fuse-big-bang/202203/cognitive-bias-could-trigger-nuclear-war 

Doctors warn against unnecessary blood transfusions in Australian hospitals as donations decline

 Doctors warn against unnecessary blood transfusions in Australian hospitals as donations decline

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-03-11/blood-transfusion-unnecessary-australia-hospitals-surgery/100897736

Anxiety in the workplace costs the economy billions. Here are some ways to manage it

 Anxiety in the workplace costs the economy billions. Here are some ways to manage it

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-10/anxiety-in-the-workplace-costs-australia-billions/100894478

Eraring’s 2025 exit and Mike Cannon-Brookes/Brookfield AGL takeover could reduce power bills

 Eraring’s 2025 exit and Mike Cannon-Brookes/Brookfield AGL takeover could reduce power bills

https://johnmenadue.com/johanna-bowyer-erarings-2025-exit-and-mike-cannon-brookes-brookfield-agl-takeover-could-reduce-power-bills/

Woman, man found dead in Sydney’s west as flood warnings force residents to evacuate

 Woman, man found dead in Sydney’s west as flood warnings force residents to evacuate

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/more-sydney-residents-forced-to-evacuate-amid-floods-as-police-search-for-missing-mother-and-son-20220308-p5a2m0.html

Shane Warne's friend Tom Hall reveals their final moments together before cricketing great's suspected heart attack

 Shane Warne's friend Tom Hall reveals their final moments together before cricketing great's suspected heart attack

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-07/tom-hall-reveals-final-night-with-shane-warne/100887734

Tributes flow for Australian cricket legend Rod Marsh who died after a heart attack

 Tributes flow for Australian cricket legend Rod Marsh who died after a heart attack

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-04/cricket-legend-rod-marsh-has-died/100881442

Australia is ‘on the verge of a rental crisis’, a new report says, as vacancy rates reach the lowest point on record across major capital cities

 Australia is ‘on the verge of a rental crisis’, a new report says, as vacancy rates reach the lowest point on record across major capital cities

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/rental-market-crisis-vacancy-rates-domain-report

Civilians are being killed in Ukraine. So, why is investigating war crimes so difficult?

 Civilians are being killed in Ukraine. So, why is investigating war crimes so difficult?

https://theconversation.com/civilians-are-being-killed-in-ukraine-so-why-is-investigating-war-crimes-so-difficult-178155

True cost of war hits home for China hawks with designs on Taiwan

 True cost of war hits home for China hawks with designs on Taiwan

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/true-cost-of-war-hits-home-for-china-hawks-with-designs-on-taiwan-20220228-p5a06m.html