5 teenagers in crucial situation after crash in NSW
Police have opened a crucial incident investigation after a automotive crash in Sydney’s north left 5 youngsters in hospital.
NSW police says the single-vehicle crash occurred about 4.40pm yesterday in Cammeray shortly after police had terminated a pursuit of the automotive:
Police had initiated, then terminated, a pursuit involving a Holden Commodore shortly earlier than it left the street and struck a tree.
A 16-year-old lady, who was allegedly driving the sedan, suffered head and spinal accidents, whereas a second 16-year-old lady suffered head and facial accidents.
Again-seat passengers included an 18-year-old man, who has suffered head and chest accidents, and two male youths, each aged 17. They’re struggling spinal accidents, with one additionally being handled for belly accidents.
All are reported to be in a crucial situation in Royal North Shore hospital.
A crucial incident group from Blue Mountains police space command is now investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident underneath Strike Power Mulvany.
The investigation shall be topic to unbiased evaluation.
Police are interesting for anybody with dashcam imaginative and prescient or who witnessed the crash to come back ahead.
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Energy outages proceed in SA after storms
Greater than 33,000 properties throughout South Australia stay with out energy after weekend storms blacked out 163,000 houses and companies within the worst outage for the reason that statewide blackout in 2016.
SA was hit with greater than 423,000 lightning strikes, damaging winds and torrential rain on Saturday inflicting widespread injury, with 500 studies of wires down, and minor flooding.
Blackouts have endured in areas of the Eyre and York peninsulas, throughout the Adelaide Hills and suburbs and thru the Riverland.
Head of company affairs at SA Energy Networks Paul Roberts mentioned:
SA Energy Networks has mobilised all attainable sources and has known as in interstate discipline sources to help. Rebuilding and repairing the community and restoring energy will proceed into Tuesday and probably past.
Roberts mentioned SA Energy Networks understood lengthy delays in restoring the grid had been irritating for purchasers however these nonetheless with out energy on Monday ought to plan for an prolonged outage.
– from AAP
Main flooding at Bathurst might overtop levees this afternoon: BoM
Adelaide to host first Australian LIV Golf match
Mike Hytner
Adelaide has been chosen to host the primary LIV Golf match on Australian soil with the controversial insurgent tour to be held on the Grange Golf Membership subsequent 12 months.
Greg Norman, LIV Golf’s figurehead, introduced the venue as one in all 14 on the tour’s calendar on Monday and mentioned his residence nation was “deserving of the world’s high competitors”.
The likes of former world No 1 Cameron Smith, and different main winners Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia, will head to Australia for the occasion operating from 21 to 23 April.
Most of the world’s high golfers have eschewed enjoying within the vastly profitable league, however those that have made the swap to the Saudi-backed competitors have been indefinitely barred from enjoying on the PGA Tour.
British Open winner Smith and Marc Leishman are the 2 most excessive profile Australians to have jumped ship and each are anticipated to return residence for the occasion in Adelaide. Norman mentioned:
This is a chance to develop the sport with generations of Australians whereas connecting them with star gamers like Cameron Smith who’re constructing a brand new platform for golf across the globe.
There’s large potential for Australia to play a much bigger function on this nice sport, and I couldn’t be extra excited to showcase Adelaide for our league’s debut 12 months.
Smith, who is anticipated to have the ability to defend his Open crown subsequent 12 months given his victory gave him a five-year exemption, told the Sydney Morning Herald this morning he wished the warring excursions to “rise above politics and allow us to play” on the majors.
South jap flood danger to weaken in January 2023, BoM says
The Bureau of Meteorology expects flooding to proceed all through the summer season.
Forecaster Jonathan How has informed ABC Information this morning:
Above common rainfall with tropical moisture falling down from the north will increase flooding danger. It’s anticipated to weaken off in January 2023 and ought to be performed and dusted with in February. A pair extra months of above common rainfall.
The NSW premier Dominic Perrottet additionally reminded Australians to comply with directions from emergency providers at a press convention this morning:
When the orders are made, please comply with these directions. They aren’t there for the sake of it. They’re there to present you and your loved ones protected as it might be the case you don’t see flooding round when the orders are in place, that’s as a result of we count on and predict additional flooding transferring ahead.
Paul Karp
‘All efforts on stability’: Jim Chalmers on China relationship
The Australian treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has been requested on Bloomberg TV concerning the thawing of relations with China.
He mentioned:
All of our efforts are into making this relationship between Australia and China extra secure. The prime minister’s schedule hasn’t been finalised for the following couple of days, however we’ve made it very clear we predict partaking in a peaceful, thought-about, respectful and significant approach would make a contribution to stabilising the connection. I believe it’s in everybody’s curiosity for our area to be peaceable, affluent, secure and safe. To the extent we will have interaction to assist make sure that, we’re clearly very concerned about doing that. To the extent we have to arise for our nationwide curiosity in terms of commerce pursuits, we’ll try this too.
Requested about China’s easing of Covid zero insurance policies, Chalmers mentioned:
One of many explanation why the Chinese language economic system is slowing is these Covid restrictions, and that has large implications for Australia … We don’t fake to take home choices about Covid administration on behalf of different international locations. However the Chinese language slowdown has large implications for us. We’d wish to see as a part of the stabilising of out relationship a few of these commerce restrictions lifted – that’s necessary for us, it’s necessary for our economic system.
Chalmers mentioned the Albanese authorities is responding to the invasion of Ukraine, excessive costs of gas and meals, and the China slowdown by “rebuilding our buffers” with a “extra responsibly price range”.
New emergency flood warnings for inland NSW
NSW SES have issued a number of new emergency warnings within the final hour:
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Eugowra have been warned to maneuver to increased floor.
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Western Plains vacationer park and Derriwong has been warned to organize to evacuate.
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Jemalong Weir and Euabalong township have been informed to organize to isolate.
GPs inform NSW authorities to ‘cease this insanity’ on expanded pharmacist function
We introduced you what the New South Wales well being minister, Brad Hazzard, needed to say earlier in defence of the brand new scheme that can see pharmacists play an expanded function within the NSW well being system.
From at present, pharmacists will be capable of administer a wider vary of vaccinations. Within the subsequent stage, pharmacists will be capable of prescribe remedy for antibiotics for urinary tract infections and the ultimate stage will permit skilled pharmacists to prescribe drugs for a spread of circumstances resembling gastro, nausea and vomiting, allergic reactions, shingles, dermatitis, psoriasis, zits and hormonal contraception.
That is what the Royal Australian School of Basic Practitioners (RACGP) needed to say on the difficulty, warning the state authorities “within the strongest attainable phrases to desert its plan”.
The RACGP president, Prof Karen Worth, urged the federal government to:
Cease this insanity earlier than it’s too late, this can be a recipe for catastrophe plain and easy.
Worth warned that the NSW scheme might put sufferers’ security in jeopardy, highlighting that “incidents have emerged from Queensland’s urinary tract an infection pharmacy pilot, which ought to make policymakers second guess increasing pharmacy scope of follow.”
GPs have reported many regarding incidents together with a affected person of their 50s prescribed antibiotics for a presumed UTI who turned out to have a 15-centimetre pelvic mass. There was additionally one other affected person of their 60s with a recurrent UTI being prescribed the antibiotic trimethoprim regardless of recognized resistance to the drug. Be mindful too these are simply a number of the instances we find out about. In the meantime, within the UK the British pharmacists’ personal defence union warned of incidents of unsafe follow which have emerged with the rise of unbiased pharmacist prescribers.
Worth additionally mentioned that affected person care would turn into fragmented on account of the plan.
The scarcity of GPs was one of many justifications for the plan, which Worth acknowledged however mentioned elevated funding normally follow was a greater reply. What’s extra she mentioned handing pharmacists extra accountability “doesn’t make sense” when their occupation too can be experiencing shortages.
If the NSW Authorities is to proceed together with his pilot or one thing comparable, the main focus ought to be on pharmacists working as a part of a group within the hospital or medical follow setting with medical doctors and different healthcare staff, reasonably than working in an unsupervised retail area.
5 teenagers in crucial situation after crash in NSW
Police have opened a crucial incident investigation after a automotive crash in Sydney’s north left 5 youngsters in hospital.
NSW police says the single-vehicle crash occurred about 4.40pm yesterday in Cammeray shortly after police had terminated a pursuit of the automotive:
Police had initiated, then terminated, a pursuit involving a Holden Commodore shortly earlier than it left the street and struck a tree.
A 16-year-old lady, who was allegedly driving the sedan, suffered head and spinal accidents, whereas a second 16-year-old lady suffered head and facial accidents.
Again-seat passengers included an 18-year-old man, who has suffered head and chest accidents, and two male youths, each aged 17. They’re struggling spinal accidents, with one additionally being handled for belly accidents.
All are reported to be in a crucial situation in Royal North Shore hospital.
A crucial incident group from Blue Mountains police space command is now investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident underneath Strike Power Mulvany.
The investigation shall be topic to unbiased evaluation.
Police are interesting for anybody with dashcam imaginative and prescient or who witnessed the crash to come back ahead.
Peter Hannam
Wages, jobs and a little bit of power to stir debate this week
It’s one of many quirks concerning the Australian Bureau of Statistics that it releases numbers on client costs for every quarter about three weeks earlier than it will get round to giving us the lowdown on wages.
So, again on 26 October, we learned consumer price inflation had increased to 7.3% – its highest stage since 1990 – however it’s solely this Wednesday that we learn the way far wages have been lagging in “actual” phrases.
The ABS now releases month-to-month CPI numbers (although, with out quite a lot of protection as they’re not fairly as thorough as quarterly figures). We requested why they don’t give us month-to-month wage value index (WPI) figures too however had been informed it will be too pricey to take action.
Anyway, again to this week. Economists are estimating the WPI will are available in at about 3% or simply above, accelerating from 2.6% within the June quarter (itself the best for the reason that September quarter of 2014).
Australia’s wages progress – or the dearth of it – shall be again within the highlight this week. Economists tip a modest uptick within the annual wage value index to about 3% within the September quarter. That might be up from 2.6% within the June quarter, and compares to the 3Q 7.3% CPI improve. pic.twitter.com/WWlb8500Vy
— @phannam@mastodon.inexperienced (@p_hannam) November 13, 2022
An actual wage decline of 4%-plus doesn’t look good for staff. (Even in opposition to the Reserve Financial institution’s (RBA) most popular inflation gauge, the hole could be about three proportion factors.)
We’ll get a reminder of how tight the labour market is on Thursday when the ABS releases its jobless knowledge for October. This determine is topic to varied winds, resembling whether or not the participation price ebbs or flows.
However economists assume the unemployment price will tick as much as 3.6% (from 3.5%) – nonetheless not far off its lowest in half a century regardless of seven rate of interest rises by the RBA in as many months.
Talking of which, current feedback by financial institution officers (and easing inflation numbers overseas) have seen expectations about how rather more the central financial institution might want to transfer. A pre-Christmas money price rise is now simply over a fair wager:
In the meantime, traders have been paring again their view of how excessive the RBA’s money price will go. They’re now tipping simply over a 50:50 likelihood of a price rise in December, and are actually pencilling in a peak of about 3.75% within the second half of 2023. pic.twitter.com/nfTxmDbv7E
— @phannam@mastodon.inexperienced (@p_hannam) November 13, 2022
One other difficulty to look at this week shall be tomorrow’s AGL Power’s annual basic assembly in Melbourne. There’s rather a lot on the road, and never simply who’s on the board of Australia’s largest electrical energy generator.
We previewed the motion at Melbourne’s Recital Corridor (whereas noting the assembly of shareholders is jostling on this month’s billing with acts known as: large fiddle little fiddle and massive thief).
Benita Kolovos
Victorian Liberals don’t rule out cope with independents
As early voting opens in Victoria, the state’s opposition chief, Matthew Man, joined 3AW’s Neil Mitchell for a prolonged interview.
Mitchell asks why the Coalition has preferenced the Greens above Labor. Man says:
We’re speaking about who’s final and second final, so I’d hardly say we’re referencing one of many two – one’s final, one’s second final. However Neil, I don’t intend to do any political offers with the Australian Greens and I don’t intend to do any with the Australian Labor social gathering both.
Mitchell:
And what about independents if it’s important to?
Man:
Nicely regardless of the contents of the parliament, we’ve to work with it. The general public would count on us to do what is true for them and that’s make a parliament work.
Mitchell:
So in the event you’re able to kind authorities, which does appear unlikely, doesn’t it? It’s extra prone to be a Labor minority authorities?
Man:
The media says that – you had been writing me off two months in the past and now each ballot says is our major votes are the identical or higher than the federal government … I’ve been written off however everybody however we’re able the place they had been completely winnable, I’ve been saying that each one alongside.
Murray River communities warned to be on alert for flooding
The Victorian SES has issued a number of watch and act warnings alongside the Murray River on the state’s border.
Closures stay in place on the Hamilton Freeway between Inverleigh and Burnside Highway, Stonehaven attributable to flooding. Use the Princes Freeway or Midland Freeway and Bannockburn-Shelford Highway as options. Enable additional time by means of the realm. #victraffic pic.twitter.com/znNIzdlLFL
— VicTraffic (@VicTraffic) November 13, 2022
