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1 month ago

The top 10 things children get stuck up their nose, according to Queensland Children's Hospital

ABC

Young children are notorious for the things they stick up their noses that often end up in a trip to a doctor's surgery or hospital emergency department. "That child was really starting to complain of headaches, that they couldn't smell, and they were starting to get some very bloodstained snot coming out of the right side of their nose," said …

Children Emergency Child Hospital Ent Supplied Johnston

3 months, 1 week ago

Dogs bring loads of joy but also perils on a leash

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The cuddles. Retractable leashes can sometimes make your dog more difficult to control.” FILE - A dog walker walks with her dogs near Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis on Dec. 22, 2022. In San Francisco, dog trainer Shoshi Parks recommends a no-pull harness with a leash clipped to a dog’s chest rather than their back, she …

Walking Dog Johnston Leash Maxson Holston Haywood

3 months, 1 week ago

He was killed by a fellow firefighter. Now L.A. County will pay his family $7.2 million

LA Times

Tory Carlon, right, his wife Heidi and their daughters. Thomas Johnston, the Carlon family’s attorney, released a statement thanking the Board of Supervisors, particularly Supervisor Janice Hahn, “for their efforts in helping bring some closure to this case.” Johnston described Carlon as a “devoted husband to Heidi, a loving father to their children, and a Firefighter’s Firefighter.” Heidi Carlon shows …

Los Angeles Los Angeles County Station His Family Shot

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Denver becoming overwhelmed after 40,000 spike in migrant population

Daily Mail

Encampment-cluttered Denver's migrant crisis has reached breaking point after 40,000 people flooded into the Democrat-led sanctuary city in the last year. Denver's progressive mayor Mike Johnston now predicts the city will have to use 10 percent of its yearly budget on migrants - and will also need an additional $100 million to provide them with housing, schooling, and health care. …

City Families Migrant Democrat Denver Shelter Johnston

1 year ago

Victoria Park MP Hannah Beazley to replace Bill Johnston in WA cabinet reshuffle

ABC

It took Hannah Beazley four attempts and eight years to follow her family's well-worn path into politics, but her rise through the ranks since has been far quicker, with the first-term MP on Thursday promoted to state cabinet. Despite Labor's internal workings effectively giving the cabinet seat to Ms Beazley after the right faction met on Monday afternoon, it had …

Labor State Minister Cook Hannah Her Father Abc

1 year, 8 months ago

Ex-soldier Vaughan Smith, 59, who gave Julian Assange sanctuary at Norfolk estate battling 'divorce'

Daily Mail

He's the buccaneering former Guards officer who, as an award-winning freelance cameraman, filmed conflicts from Iraq to Afghanistan and was twice shot – saved, on one occasion, when an incoming round was stopped by his mobile phone and a wad of cash. 'Total chaos': Vaughan Smith and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Distressing: Smith's second wife Pranvera I understand that there …

London Smith Harry James Norfolk Assange Julian

2 years ago

Dangerous 'folding up' restraint to be banned in West Australian youth detention this month

ABC

The potentially-deadly "folding up" practice used on children by youth detention officers in Western Australia will be banned within weeks and replaced with an alternative method. Both the premier and Mr Johnston admitted to being previously "unaware" of the restraint's use in Western Australia, despite it being outlawed in Queensland five years earlier due to the risk of suffocation and …

Youth Children Detention Officers Johnston Boy Steve

2 years, 1 month ago

WA minister Bill Johnston pushes Banksia Hill youth detention centre issue to councils

ABC

WA's Corrective Services Minister has indicated he wants to move away from Banksia Hill being the state's only juvenile detention facility – but wants the local government sector to take the lead. Key points: Bill Johnston moves finding location for detention facility in focus Any new facility would take at least five years to set up, he says Banksia Hill …

Youth Children Local Detention Facility Reynolds Perth

2 years, 1 month ago

'Folding up' restraint may be banned as Banksia Hill summit announced by WA government

ABC

The use of a 'figure four' or 'folding up' restraint technique in WA correctional facilities will be reviewed and may be banned, with the state government also planning a meeting with key stakeholders over Banksia Hill Detention Centre. Key points: The WA Premier says other restraint techniques need to be explored The government will also meet senior police and critics …

Justice Hill Premier Need System Johnston Detainees

3 years, 2 months ago

Canberra parents concerned ACT's return to school plans put children under 12 at risk of contracting COVID-19

ABC

Many Canberra parents will breathe a huge sigh of relief when children head back to school in term four after juggling work commitments with remote learning for two months. Key points: There will be a phased return to ACT schools in October and November There will be a phased return to ACT schools in October and November Some parents fear …

Health Children Kids Parents Students Risk Schools

3 years, 7 months ago

Tas election 2021: Peter Gutwein tops poll, claims Liberal victory

ABC

Tasmanian Liberal leader Peter Gutwein has claimed victory in Saturday's state election, and is confident of commanding a parliamentary majority. Key points: The Liberals have been returned for a third consecutive term The Hobart-based seat of Clark will determine if they will have 12 or 13 seats Labor leader Rebecca White conceded her party had fallen short ABC election analyst …

Labor Election Party Result White Seats Clark

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