Years after they lost their teenage son in a horrific car accident, Gary and Janice Seary are still battling to claim compensation. Part of navigating the latter half has been claiming compensation through the ACT's Motor Accident Injuries insurance scheme, which replaced the territory's Compulsory Third Party insurance scheme in 2019. An internet search revealed a "multitude" of information, including …
When you go into surgery, the fact that you may require a blood transfusion is probably low on your list of concerns. Unfortunately, as the infected blood inquiry’s damning and deeply disturbing final report makes clear, this was not a guarantee. As someone who has had vast quantities of blood pumped into me after a serious road accident 13 years …
Thousands more people could have been caught up in the infected blood scandal without realising, experts have warned - as a damning report exposed a 'catalogue of failings' dating back decades. Key failures highlighted in the report include: A failure to act over risks linked to contaminated blood - some of which were known before the NHS was established in …
In short: Two grandmothers took on the roles of flower girls on their grandchildren's wedding day in South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula. "We wanted to include our grandmothers into our wedding somehow," Ms Treloar told ABC Radio Adelaide. "It was really cute … each nonna was helping each other get to the end of the aisle, chatting all the way," Ms …