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Last month, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released a report of mortality statistics. It showed that from January to July 2022, there were 17% more deaths (16,375) than the average expected for these months. This historical average is based on an average of the deaths for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. They did not include 2020 in the baseline for 2022 data because it included periods where numbers of deaths were significantly lower than expected. The difference between the expected number of deaths based on historical data, and the actual number, is called “excess deaths”. However, as the ABS…
The North Face recently announced the re-launch of its REMADE Program with a new collection full of sustainable pieces that are all upcycled. It picks up from the Renewed program back in 2018 and continues to expand on the idea of repair workshops along with the brand’s Renewed Design Residency. The company aims to address the number of textiles that go to landfills by repurposing this into new clothing. The program launched yesterday and kicked off with the brand’s iconic Nuptse jackets and cardigans, created with slight design tweaks due to the sustainable textiles. It ranges from the prices of…
Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse was first conceived at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. That museum, like many around the world, is being completely redeveloped to embrace not just spectacular new buildings, but new attitudes towards museum collections. Gone are the boundaries between materials, forms, cultures, nationalities and hierarchies of the arts. No more gallery of, say, “18th century North American silver” or “Medieval and Renaissance art in the European North”. Instead, arts from varied times, places and hierarchies all sit together. An exhibition of the work of Alexander McQueen (1968-2010) was an interesting response to this challenge…
Warning: This article includes spoilers from the season two finale of The White Lotus. A VIP guest has checked out of the White Lotus for good. The highly anticipated season two finale for The White Lotus dropped Dec. 11 on HBO and revealed the fates of several of its characters. When we last saw the guests and employees of the White Lotus’ Sicilian location, tensions were certainly high as all sorts of relationships were being tested. For instance, Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) was potentially being honey trapped thanks to new pal Quentin (Tom Hollander), Portia (Haley Lu Richardson) was starting to get suspicious of Jack…
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated decision-making tools in recruitment is on the rise among Australian organisations. However, research shows these tools may be unreliable and discriminatory, and in some cases rely on discredited science. At present, Australia has no specific laws to regulate how these tools operate or how organisations may use them. The closest thing we have is new guidance for employers in the public sector, issued by the Merit Protection Commissioner after overturning several automated promotion decisions. A first step The commissioner reviews promotion decisions in the Australian public sector to make sure they…
Croatia Airlines has signed a firm order for six Airbus A220-300 aircraft and unveiled plans to lease an additional nine A220s, taking its total commitment for the type to 15. The A220s will replace previous generation aircraft, helping the Zagreb-based airline to reduce operating costs as well as improving environmental efficiency. Airbus and Croatia airlines have had a long-standing partnership that started 25 years ago when the airline first became an Airbus operator. Today, the Croatian national carrier operates an Airbus fleet of seven single-aisle aircraft from the A320 Family – five A319s and two A320s. “Today’s signing of a…
The High Commissioner said the Haitian Government also needed to provide a firm commitment to accountability, and the rule of law, after decades of “systematic corruption and rampant impunity”, which have led up to the country’s current paralysis. He warned Haiti has descended into the worst human rights and humanitarian situation in decades. Urgent solutions to this “protracted, multifaceted crisis” must be found, he stressed. Devastating insecurity “People are being killed by firearms, they are dying because they do not have access to safe drinking water, food, healthcare, women are being gang raped with impunity. The levels of insecurity and…
While the White House and Democratic congressional leadership are publicly hoping U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s departure from the party won’t change much in Washington, D.C., progressives in her home state of Arizona and across the nation are already pushing to replace the newly declared Independent if she runs for reelection in 2024.The “Primary Sinema” campaign rebranded on Saturday as “Replace Sinema” following the senator’s Friday announcement—which came just days after Democrats secured 51 seats in the Senate with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) winning his second crucial runoff in as many years.The Change for Arizona 2024 PAC project was launched in…
In 2007, a life-changing encounter at South Australia’s Flinders Medical Centre became the catalyst and symbol for a national arts and health movement. A young woman, Becky Corlett, was being transported through the hospital where an artist-in-residence, Rebecca Cambrell, was painting a mural. Becky had suffered a stroke and cardiac failure. She had stopped eating and was non-responsive even to family. When Becky passed the mural, however, she made a noise of interest. Cambrell instinctively drew Becky closer and gave her a paint brush. To everyone’s surprise, Becky started adding dabs of paint to the canvas, and then she smiled.…