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• Everything you need to know about PFAS – podcast

  29-10-2024 15:00
  
  PFAS, more commonly known as “forever chemicals”,are a group of chemicals that have been used in manufacturing since the 1950s. They’re found in everything from waterproof clothing to electrical devices, and they take decades to degrade.There are thousands of different types, and now research has shown that some of them may cause cancer, prompting the government to recommend that the amount of certain chemicals allowed in our drinking water should be reduced.Matilda Boseley ask
  
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• Stan Grant takes shots at ‘political elites’ in US – as it happened

  29-10-2024 07:31
  This blog is now closedBoy, 11, dies and four other children injured after car crashes into Melbourne schoolAustralia’s pandemic plans were ‘grossly inadequate’, an inquiry has found. What lessons can be learned?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBowen derides Coalition’s ‘nuclear fantasy’Chris Bowen, minister for climate change and energy, is speaking on ABC Radio National this morning.If I was the energy minister of another country, I
  
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• Australia’s pandemic plans were ‘grossly inadequate’, an inquiry has found. What lessons can be learned?

  29-10-2024 05:40
  Initiated by the Albanese government in 2023, the 866-page report finds people still feel ‘resentment about what they lost’ during pandemic lockdownsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMany citizens lost trust in Australian governments through the early Covid period and rebuilding that faith for future health emergencies is vital, the federal government’s inquiry into the pandemic has warned.The long-a
  
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