Youssef Saudie

At least 18 remote communities across the Northern Territory are experiencing a shortage of nursing services due to COVID-19 international and interstate border restrictions. The "movement" of nurses into remote areas has "been limited over time", according to John Wakerman from the Menzies School of Health Research. "We're actually decreasing access to primary care in those areas because of these pressures." He said this added to the already "under-resourced system" and there should be more

Immigration detention centres on Christmas Island pose a similar COVID outbreak risk as aged care facilities and should be closed, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) says. In a new report released on Wednesday, AHRC commissioner Edward Santow said it would be much safer not to use Christmas Island as an immigration detention facility. "People in immigration detention are disproportionately likely to have pre-existing health conditions and that makes those people particularly vulnera

At least 20 people have died and more than 200,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in India as the most powerful cyclone in more than two decades battered the country's west coast. The colossal swirling system claimed lives in Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat as savage winds swept through flimsy homes and uprooted trees and electricity pylons. (Interviewed Yamini)

RMIT University Student Union (RUSU) has renewed calls for a 20 per cent fee reduction, fairer fee structures and additional fee options for struggling students following an open letter from Vice-Chancellor Martin Bean last week. In a video posted this week on social media, ‘Fees & Funding. Our education is no joke’, RUSU Communications Officer, Xavier Fitzgerald said RMIT students should “stay mad” during the transition to online learning. “We have to show them that we students care about our

RMIT has announced it will be waiving the $55 hard copy testamur fee for students graduating in absentia this year, according to a statement provided to The Swanston Gazette this week. Due to COVID19 restrictions in Victoria, graduating in absentia is the only option for RMIT final-years in 2020 to receive their qualification. The decision was "based on student feedback" and "in recognition of an extraordinary year", according to an RMIT spokesperson. "Any student who has already paid for the