Concern grows over toxic foreign flowers Unsuspecting Aussies could be decorating their homes or wedding and birthday cakes with flowers dipped in toxic chemicals, industry insiders have warned.
Crime by Debra Bela and James MacSmith 30th Apr 2021 12:32 PM Unsuspecting Aussies could be decorating their homes or wedding and birthday cakes with flowers dipped in toxic chemicals, industry insiders have warned. Flowers are currently the only perishable product sold in Australia that does not require Country of Origin labelling, a potentially dangerous loophole that could exposure consumers to serious health issues. The flower industry s leading body is ramping up calls for Country of Origin labelling with Australians unknowingly buying native flowers, such as Kangaroo Paw, that have been grown overseas and dipped in toxic chemicals for up to 20 minutes before sale.
SIERRA LEONE: Thousands, including children, need food, shelter after fire devastates deprived community
Children have been reported missing and many more left without a home, a day after a fire tore through a deprived community in Sierra Leone’s capital 27 March 2021
Some children have been reported missing and many more left without a home, a day after a fire tore through a deprived community in Sierra Leone’s capital and left thousands of families homeless overnight, Save the Children said.
The fire started late on Wednesday in Susan s Bay, an overcrowded area in the heart of Sierra Leone s capital of Freetown where some of its poorest families live. The fire left thousands of people, including children, homeless, among heaps of burned out rubble that used to be their houses. Some children are feared to be injured or separated from their families.
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A CANBERRA MP has encouraged past and current Labor female staffers to report accounts of sexual abuse against federal parliamentary members.
Member for Fenner Andrew Leigh has made no apologies over urging women to dob in men of his own party amid national headlines of four alleged sexual assault incidents against a one-time Liberal staffer and accusations of rape against Attorney-General Christian Porter.
The call out comes after Liberal senator Sarah Henderson recently referred an accusation of rape to police against an unnamed Labor member of federal parliament.
The sitting Victorian member from Geelong sent an email to federal police on February 28 of information from a woman giving details of the rape allegation.