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Is Murdoch media facing a reckoning in Australia? | The Listening Post

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Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Is Murdoch media facing a reckoning in Australia? | The Listening Post” – below is their description. In Australia, more than half a million people have signed a petition demanding their government investigate the Murdoch media empire and the influence it has on their lives. Contributors: Rodney … Read more Is Murdoch media facing a reckoning in Australia? | The Listening Post

How firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab could play into Indonesia’s next election cycle | The World

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ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “How firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab could play into Indonesia’s next election cycle | The World” – below is their description. Indonesia’s military is threatening to “extinguish” a hard-line Islamist group after its firebrand leader vowed to launch a “moral revolution”. Rizieq Shihab returned to Indonesia earlier this … Read more How firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab could play into Indonesia’s next election cycle | The World

Iran releases footage of Kylie Moore-Gilbert prisoner exchange

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Guardian News published this video item, entitled “Iran releases footage of Kylie Moore-Gilbert prisoner exchange” – below is their description. Footage released by Iranian state broadcaster IRIB shows Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the Australian-British academic detained by Iran on espionage charges, being released in a prisoner exchange for three Iranians. A Cambridge-educated Middle East scholar, Moore-Gilbert was … Read more Iran releases footage of Kylie Moore-Gilbert prisoner exchange

Biden’s cabinet picks ‘sending signals’ about the sort of policies he will prosecute

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Sky News Australia published this video item, entitled “Biden’s cabinet picks ‘sending signals’ about the sort of policies he will prosecute” – below is their description. University of Melbourne Deputy VC International Michael Wesley says he believes Biden’s choices of people to head important portfolios and functions is sending signals about the sort of policies … Read more Biden’s cabinet picks ‘sending signals’ about the sort of policies he will prosecute

Top US Covid expert Dr Anthony Fauci praises Victoria’s attitude towards mask-wearing

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Guardian News published this video item, entitled “Top US Covid expert Dr Anthony Fauci praises Victoria’s attitude towards mask-wearing” – below is their description. Dr Anthony Fauci has praised Australia’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying he ‘would like to say the same for the United States’. Speaking during a discussion with the University of … Read more Top US Covid expert Dr Anthony Fauci praises Victoria’s attitude towards mask-wearing

Final US presidential debate: ‘A victory for the new format and the moderator’

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FRANCE 24 English published this video item, entitled “Final US presidential debate: ‘A victory for the new format and the moderator’” – below is their description. With more discussion of policy – and fewer insults – than last time, US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have taken part in their second … Read more Final US presidential debate: ‘A victory for the new format and the moderator’

Transgender communities’ mental health hard hit by coronavirus | ABC News

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ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “Transgender communities’ mental health hard hit by coronavirus | ABC News” – below is their description. A recent study from the University of Melbourne found transgender Australians have experienced thoughts of suicide or hurting themselves at disproportionately high rates during the pandemic. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE ABC News (Australia) … Read more Transgender communities’ mental health hard hit by coronavirus | ABC News

Rio Tinto Needs Aboriginal Person on Its Board: Advocate

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Bloomberg Markets and Finance published this video item, entitled “Rio Tinto Needs Aboriginal Person on Its Board: Advocate” – below is their description. Sep.10 — On this episode of “Bloomberg Equality,” Marcia Langton, associate provost at the University of Melbourne and one of Australia’s most prominent advocates for indigenous rights, talks about Rio Tinto Group’s destruction of … Read more Rio Tinto Needs Aboriginal Person on Its Board: Advocate

China the ‘catalyst’ for closer India-Australia ties | The World

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The Australia-India relationship is in the best place it has ever been, according to The University of Melbourne’s Dr Pradeep Taneja, who also believes China to be the catalyst for warming ties. Interview by the ABC’s Andrew Geoghegan. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY You can watch more ABC News content on iview: … Read more China the ‘catalyst’ for closer India-Australia ties | The World

Edipemiologist Tony Blakely says Victoria was ‘unlucky’ with COVID-19 outbreak | 7.30

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Professor Tony Blakely, an epidemiologist at the University of Melbourne, discusses the COVID-19 situation in Victoria and says the state was ‘unlucky’. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY You can watch more ABC News content on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 … Read more Edipemiologist Tony Blakely says Victoria was ‘unlucky’ with COVID-19 outbreak | 7.30

Tony Blakely on the coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne | 7.30

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Leigh Sales interviews Professor Tony Blakely, an epidemiologist at the University of Melbourne. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY You can watch more ABC News content on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 You can also like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Or … Read more Tony Blakely on the coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne | 7.30

Coronavirus has forced men and women to ‘share the misery’ of housework but will it last? | ABC News

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The preliminary results of a University of Melbourne survey show a big jump in dissatisfaction about domestic work, and also that men and women both think they are doing more than their fair share. Read more here: https://ab.co/3enEeBh For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY You can watch more ABC News content on iview: … Read more Coronavirus has forced men and women to ‘share the misery’ of housework but will it last? | ABC News

Coronavirus: How Many People Have Really Died?

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So far, more than 300,000 people globally are known to have died because of the coronavirus. And as shocking as those numbers are, experts believe there are actually many more deaths we’re not counting. It might sound macabre, but in order to save lives, you need to count deaths. Knowing how may have died and … Read more Coronavirus: How Many People Have Really Died?

Nobel Laureate Doherty on Coronavirus, Lockdowns, Vaccines

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May.03 — Peter Doherty, a researcher who won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for discovering how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells, talks about the covid-19. The patron and namesake of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, which was created by the University of Melbourne and The Royal Melbourne … Read more Nobel Laureate Doherty on Coronavirus, Lockdowns, Vaccines