For most mere mortals, simply training for the Olympics would be enough to keep them busy. But not so 29-year-old Australian diver Melissa Wu, who somehow finds time to head up her growing businesses while also getting ready to shine in Tokyo. Heading up a training gym and an activewear line, as well as reaching… Read More »
Australian supermarkets offer more discounts on unhealthy options and stock a higher percentage of sugary or fatty products in poorer suburbs, new data has revealed. Deakin University’s Food Environment Dashboard has handed out red flags to all Australian grocery chains, which were found to make it “impossible” to shop without being overexposed to junk food.… Read More »
International markets devoured Australian onions and carrots last year, increasing demand for locally grown, fresh vegetables to $ 299 million. Recent trade data shows fresh vegetable exports grew by 6.6 per cent in 2019, with potato, celery, broccoli and cauliflower all in demand. The humble carrot had the biggest bite of the market, making up… Read More »
An Australian scientist trying to discover the origin of the coronavirus has been promised access to a Wuhan lab that’s leading the world in the study of bat-borne viruses. NSW Health Pathology director Dominic Dwyer, who is on a World Health Organisation research mission to China to find the origins of the pandemic, told NCA… Read More »
If Joseph Kizana had known he would suffer organ failure, spend 300 consecutive days in hospital and lose three toes when he was diagnosed with diabetes at 27, he would have lived his life differently. Now 56 with a laundry list of health conditions that threaten all aspects of his life, Mr Kizana wishes he… Read More »
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton was diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease on Friday, after attending a Cabinet meeting with the PM on Tuesday. But the Prime Minister’s office insists there’s no need for Mr Morrison to be tested nor self-isolate. READ MORE: Follow more coronavirus updates here More than 200 cases of the coronavirus have… Read More »