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Chief Health Officer statement: Adverse reaction linked to AstraZeneca vaccine
Today the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has confirmed a case of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) in a Western Australian is likely linked to the Astra Zeneca vaccine.
We are working closely with our counterparts in the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and the Northern Territory Department of Health to investigate the case.
The woman, aged in her 40’s, is currently under specialist care in the Royal Darwin Hospital. She received the AstraZeneca vaccine in mid-March in a WA regional hospital.
Due to patient confidentiality, WA Health will not be releasing further detail around this patient. The family has asked for their privacy to be respected but has said the patient was making positive progress and recovering well.
Australia has today officially regained freedom from citrus canker Citrus canker was detected in the NT and WA in 2018 Minister Littleproud acknowledges.
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The Territory Labor Government has awarded more than $220,000 in funding to support 14 projects under round two of the Aboriginal Tourism Grant program.
Eight Aboriginal owned and operated tourism businesses in the Top End will receive more than $135,500 while six businesses in Central Australia will benefit from $92,900.
Grant funding will back key projects including business plans, infrastructure upgrades, bush camp facility improvements and training programs.
Saltwater Cultural Tours, based in Darwin, has been awarded a $19,500 grant to install two containers and decking for the development of cultural tours.
In Central Australia, the Menge Aboriginal Corporation has been awarded a $20,000 grant to support a concept plan for the development of a tourism connect hub and Aboriginal training facility in the heart of the West MacDonnell Ranges.
Tarvin leaves mark at Southwest Legacy
David DeKunder, Staff writer
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Southwest Legacy coach John Tarvin speaks to the Titans at the conclusion of their Class 5A Division I second round playoff game with Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial on Dec. 18. Tarvin, 56, announced in February he was stepping down as football coach and athletic coordinator at Southwest Legacy after coaching the Titans for three seasons, completing a 30-year coaching career.Marvin Pfeiffer /Staff photographer
After coaching on the sidelines for three decades, former Southwest Legacy football coach John Tarvin will get to experience Friday night lights from the stands this fall.
Rental scammers target desperate tenants during COVID-19 pandemic
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AprApril 2021 at 5:02am
The consumer watchdog says the amount of money Australians lost to rental scams increased between 2019 and 2020.
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Multiple strangers have shown up to Poppy Melas home, ready to move in.
But there is one major problem her family home for over three decades is not for rent.
Key points:
Rental scams increased 66 percent across Australia from 2019 to 2020, according to the ACCC
In some cases, scammers used Facebook to contact their victims
Ms Melas Darwin address has been picked up by online scammers who are preying on desperate and distressed people during the COVID-19 pandemic housing squeeze, and national statistics show the situation is getting worse.