A major music festival has been hit by a worrying disease outbreak spread through infected faeces. The outbreak of shigellosis gastroenteritis disease has been confirmed at Victoria’s Esoteric Festival at Donald, 300km from Melbourne, after revellers were warned about the dangerous and highly contagious bowel infection. Victoria’s Department of HealthContinue Reading
Australians are being warned against taking part in the viral trend of “mushroom foraging” after a food safety body deemed it potentially life-threatening. The alert comes less than a year after three people died after eating a beef wellington – allegedly containing death cap mushrooms – at a family lunchContinue Reading
A big boost in pay and job security is coming for thousands of casual workers. The Victorian Government’s new Sick Pay Guarantee has today been expanded, with hundreds of casual workers now eligible for up to 38 hours a year of sick and carer’s pay. The $245.7m policy, an Australian-firstContinue Reading
The former childcare worker accused of 1623 child abuse offences allegedly kept a digital library of individual files containing images and videos of each of his victims. Earlier this week, police charged a 45-year-old Gold Coast man with the alleged abuse of 91 young girls across 12 childcare centres inContinue Reading
The mother of one of the 91 girls allegedly raped by a former Brisbane childcare worker has reportedly broken her silence in a chilling open letter. Posting anonymously to protect her daughter‘s identity, the woman shared the distressing letter with a Brisbane mum’s Facebook group on Wednesday night, The Courier-MailContinue Reading
A single mum has revealed why she decided to quit her “dream job” at the “pinnacle” of her career, revealing she was happier when living on welfare. In a viral social media video earlier this month, Alicia explained that at 30, she was “experiencing severe burnout”. She had been workingContinue Reading
One morning James woke up and was so “physically sick and mentally exhausted” he never returned to his job – needing months in bed to recover from “relentless” days that pushed him into utter burnout. “It was probably the most soul-destroying work that I have ever had,” he told news.com.au.Continue Reading
Families are out-of-pocket and childcare workers are owed thousands of dollars after a popular day care centre in Sydney’s northern beaches abruptly closed. An eviction notice tacked to the front door of the Inspire Early Learning centre at Warriewood was the only message parents received indicating their child no longerContinue Reading
He’s the million dollar-a-year man running the Reserve Bank that sets interest rates who is now urging workers to cop it sweet on falling real wages amid soaring inflation for the good of the nation. Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe, Australia’s most powerful banker enjoys a package worth $1,076,029 courtesyContinue Reading