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Qantas illegally stood down worker who stopped cleaning of planes at start of Covid pandemic
Judge rules Qantas Ground Services discriminated against Theo Seremetidis as transport union hails decision as a victory for workers Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…
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Getting Covid and flu vaccines together is better, study suggests
Research on Massachusetts healthcare workers shows higher levels of antibodies in group who received both shots at once Getting a Covid booster and a flu shot together is better than…
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Naomi Klein on wellness culture: ‘We really are alive on the knife’s edge’
The author examines how some chiropractors, health coaches and fitness fanatics came to embrace far-right theories In the terrifying early days of the pandemic, a concerning development emerged in the…
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Hong Kong luxury home rents rose as Singapore’s fell amid contrasting market conditions in third quarter
Hong Kong’s luxury home rents rose 1 per cent in the third quarter from the previous three-month period, while Singapore’s slipped by 1.7 per cent, highlighting the contrasting fortunes of…
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Grand Princess cruise ship hit by double Covid and gastro outbreaks docks in Adelaide
South Australia Health says infections now back to normal levels ‘you would expect on any cruise ship’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and…
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‘People are worried’: the ‘prepper’ shops serving Britons who fear doomsday is coming
Spurred by lockdowns, floods and war in Europe, retail demand for survival supplies is rising steeply in the UK As Storm Babet battered the UK last month, a niche but…
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‘We’re ravers with a duty of care’: how Sports Banger’s subversive fashion skewers politics
Jonny Banger’s clothes pack a political punch, but don’t call him an activist. He discusses Tottenham, Tulisa and a new book charting a decade of genre-defying work I meet Jonny…
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A look inside Boris Johnson’s ‘feral’ No 10: this week at the Covid inquiry
Seven key moments, including top civil servants’ exasperation at chaotic environment in Downing Street UK politics live – latest updates The Covid inquiry at times feels like watching a trial…
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Johnson described Sarah Everard vigil as ‘some argy bargy’, Covid inquiry learns
PM’s WhatsApp messages show he ‘felt odd’ to ‘bash the cops’ as Priti Patel gives evidence Boris Johnson said it “felt odd” to “bash” Metropolitan police officers who had interrupted…
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No 10 still considering whether Braverman will face punishment for anti-Met police article – as it happened
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here Alistair Carmichael (Lib Dem) says every day 6,000 crimes go unsolved. If the home secretary does not…