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New emergency response to head injuries in children
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Every child who presents to an emergency department with a head injury should be re-examined by a doctor within two weeks of their initial treatment according to new national guidelines developed by a Melbourne-led research team.
The guidelines â the product of a collaboration between emergency medicine physicians, GPs, neurosurgeons, radiologists, paramedics and nurses in Australia and New Zealand â are the first nationally consistent protocols for treating children with head injuries.
Jakob Salter, 15, pictured with his father Matthew Salter, was hospitalised with concussion and underwent a CT scan after crashing his BMX bike.
âWho influenced this process?â: Readers respond to Margaret Courtâs AC
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January 28, 2021 â 7.08pm
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Four days from Australia Day, news broke that tennis champion turned Pentecostal minister Margaret Court â who has publicly expressed strong views opposing LGBTQ+ rights â was to be elevated from Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), awarded in 2007, to Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), the nationâs highest honour.
Politicians including federal Opposition leader Anthony Albanese and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews were also critical of the decision. Prime Minister Scott Morrison declined to comment on Courtâs medal, but did say the honours system was a âcompletely independent processâ.
Chip Le Grand | WAtoday
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Chip Le Grand
Chip Le Grand is The Age’s chief reporter. He writes about crime, sport and national affairs, with a particular focus on Melbourne.
Novak Djokovic s demands land wide
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Novak Djokovic s demands land wide
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Australian Open chief executive Craig Tiley is not the first tournament director to be presented with a list of demands by a tennis player.
As Tiley’s predecessor Paul McNamee explains, tennis is one of the few sports where star players seek to negotiate matters as fundamental as the time and court on which their next match will be played.
If it seems that Novak Djokovic, the author of extensive demanded changes to quarantine arrangements presented to Tiley, is acting like he runs the sport, it is only because he does.