Australia’s offshore processing regime on Nauru will cost taxpayers nearly $220m over the next six months: to hold just 107 people on the Pacific island theguardian.com/world/2022/jan…

Friends, I’m seeing a lot of posts along the lines of “have COVID symptoms, off to find a RAT”. If you have symptoms & don’t already have a RAT, please either get a PCR (having symptoms makes you eligible), or ask someone else to find you a RAT. Don’t go around with symptoms.

Joyce’s insensitive gaffe, claiming that “people are not dying”, is the logical extension of the government’s callous attitude: that these hundreds of deaths aren’t worthy of much thought. themonthly.com.au/the-politics/r…

Barnaby Joyce racked up $675,000 in expenses in 3 weeks as drought envoy. He reckons he sent texts to PM Scott Morrison who blocks FOI requests & refuses to produce phone records. Retweet if you want to see the texts a police investigation or both? Your taxes are up in smoke!

So 2 weeks ago we’re told NOT to get PCR tests & to use rapid. Now we are told to get PCR tests not to use rapids & accused of hoarding them! This government would throw its own mother under the bus rather than except responsibility for its failures! #abc730

Fuck me, people really lose their shit when women don't smile hey. Grown ass men telling her to give the award back, writing op-eds and twitter threads... She's angry about sexual assault. You're angry about what exactly?

17 yr old daughter “What? They’re going to police our bodies right down to our facial expressions?” PS. She’ll be old enough to vote soon

Grief blows you down, it impacts far and wide. I can’t imagine how hard it’s been for the families and friends of the 3230 people who have died bc of #Covid in Aus. 997 ppl 🪦 already in 2022. Many avoidable deaths if we’d acted sooner, learnt O/S lessons & listened to science.

“Don't be too polite girls, don't be too polite, Show a little fight girls, show a little fight, Don't be fearful of offending, in case you get the sack Just recognise your value and we won't look back.” This is Australian union song, 1969

The footage of Cathy Freeman excitedly scrambling to take phone pics of Evonne Goolagong Cawley presenting the trophy to Ash Barty... I can't even see properly coz I'm friggen crine so hard, what a moment. #AusOpen #BartyParty

Evonne Goolagong-Cawley just handed the Australian Open trophy to Ash Barty, while Cathy Freeman took their photos from the stands. It really does not get any better than that.

Pharmacies have no incentive to give away free RATs to concession card holders. In fact they have a disincentive as govt won’t pay them for that stock for a month - making cashflow complicated. The scheme has been designed all wrong - time for govt to admit it’s not working.

We performed Australia’s first endoscopic radio frequency ablation.Direct visualisation is of great advanrage. A small RCTfound longer duration of pain relief compared to traditional RF ablation. #backpain #neurosurgery #spinesurgery #endoscopicspinesurgery

most controversial session of the year so far! Mar 17th 6 pm ET! 👉 Dr Mike Selby will lead us through every possible solution for the degen L4/5 spondylolisthesis 👉 who is most convincing for you? 👉 time to change your routine? 👉 register here please: zoom.us/meeting/regist…

This week on Virtual Global Spine Conference we are discussing the Sacro-Iliac Joint with A/Prof Bruce Mitchell (Pain Physician Metro Pain) and Dr Prashanth Rao (#Neurosurgery). We have a few solutions for a tricky area to discuss!

This Thursday on Virtual Global Spine Conference I will host Drs. Karin Muraszko & Osama Kashlan of Michigan Neurosurgery to discuss an important topic: adult tethered cord! #neurosurgery #spine Ali A. Baaj MD John H. Shin MD, MBA Nader Dahdaleh Wende Gibbs Jonathan J. Rasouli, MD Dr Mike Selby Matthew L. Goodwin A.T. Mameghani, MD 🇨🇭🇺🇦🇮🇱 Michael Galgano MD

For adjacent segment disease with a pure radiculopathy at the level below, what’s your preferred method if the prior levels are well fused? Steve Viljoen MD,FAANS Nader Dahdaleh David Xu, MD Ali A. Baaj MD A.T. Mameghani, MD 🇨🇭🇺🇦🇮🇱 Dr Mike Selby Michael Galgano MD Clay Elswick, MD FAANS Michael Yang, MD MSc FRCSC Ohio State Neurosurgery Residency The Ohio State University College of Medicine

I don’t appreciate being interrupted while speaking on serious risks of repeated covid infections. I particularly don’t appreciate being interrupted by shouting LNP MPs who refuse to wear masks. We all have a duty to look after each other. Here & everywhere. Put your mask on!

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