Macintyre River Rising

Published on January 14, 2011 by Technology Slice

Macintyre River Rising – The Macintyre River has set a new record flood level, but its rise has slowed significantly as the border town of Goondiwindi waits for it to peak. The river was about 10.66 metres at 9am (AEST) on Friday, past the 10.62 metres set during the town’s 1996 flood. It was expected [...]

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Childhood Obesity Programs Don’t Work

Published on October 27, 2010 by Technology Slice

Childhood Obesity Programs Don’t Work – Most programs for childhood obesity have been of questionable effectiveness and therefore any new initiatives should be tried out on a small scale and with ‘incremental’ adoption says a report from the Productivity Commission. Smoking doubles dementia risk Heavy smoking increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia [...]

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Man Strangled By Pet Snake, Dies

Published on June 11, 2010 by Technology Slice

Man Strangled By Pet Snake, Dies – Cory Byrne, 34, of Papillion died last night at a local hospital, just hours after police and paramedics pried the snake from around his neck, police said. Mr Byrne had been showing the snake to a friend when it wrapped around his shoulders and neck and squeezed, Sarpy [...]

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Kevin Rudd Announces Hospital Plan

Published on March 3, 2010 by Technology Slice

Kevin Rudd Announces Hospital Plan – The Rudd government has finally announced its plan to fix Australia’s public hospitals, with a $30.9 billion funding takeover as its centrepiece. The giant health and hospital reform program would result in the Commonwealth funding up to 60 per cent of all services, infrastructure and research costs in public [...]

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