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I took my kid to an urgent care clinic with a gnarly cut to his head. They said it needed stitches and they didn’t do that there. So we went to the children’s hospital emergency dept. They said it didn’t need stitches and put some glue on it. It didn’t fill me with confidence in urgent care clinics.

‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: Urgent care clinics failing to relieve pressure on hospitals, say doctorsFrontline health workers say taxpayers are funding an expensive system that leaves emergency departments overrun and regular GPs struggling.www.theage.com.au

Big fucking sigh

Shame on airlines participating in this.

A "well-connected Melbourne man" has been found guilty of rape by a jury. When do we get to know who he is?

I love grants that are this specific! If your research or community org is involved in protecting and promoting eucalypts, this is the grant for you.

Whatever you think of Jacinta Allan, today is a tough day in the job.

“Four Hoyt's turmeric packets were tested. Three had signs of adulteration, including lead chromate, a lead based yellow pigment used in paints and plastics … Hoyt's products also contained high levels of iron oxide. "It's actually kind of a crushed-up rock …” 😬😬😬

Food fraud investigation reveals the disturbing truth behind the labelsA Four Corners investigation has uncovered products whose labels did not match independent scientific testing, raising serious questions about the integrity of Australia's food supply.www.abc.net.au

Helen Steel is an incredible woman. The police, on the other hand

Hello central casting? I’m looking for a car salesman/ cop/ politician/ psychopath type. Oh you’ve got just the guy? Excellent, send him in.

Well that was apocalyptic

Just imagine if an ex-ALP senator in an organisation called Labor Friends of Palestine shared the same content about Israelis or Jewish people. Just imagine.

Former Labor senator Nova Peris accused of ‘amplifying’ anti-Muslim social media postsOlympian and Labor Friends of Israel patron shared posts about Palestinians that were ‘dehumanising’, Muslim advocacy group allegeswww.theguardian.com

Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we talk to ABC health equity reporter, Rachel Carbonell, about this weeks 4 Corners ep, The Race to Reverse Ageing. Plus the week in news. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social at 7pm.

In case you were wondering whether the political class in the NT are in a good place to protect its environment, natural habitats, sites of significance and residents from the scourge of massive data centres.