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• FED:Passengers from hantavirus cruise land in Australia 21-05-2026

  Passengers from a cruise ship afflicted by the rare and deadly hantavirus have touched down in Australia before a three-week quarantine. Four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and one New Zealander, who were evacuated from the MV Hondius

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• NSW:Family to remember great-grandmum in taser death probe 21-05-2026

  As an inquest into the tasering death of Clare Nowland at the hands of a police officer concludes, her family will remember the generous 95-year-old with the hope lessons can be learned. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his

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• Wellcome launches world's largest global prize for mental health science 21-05-2026

  The prize, in partnership with Nature, will celebrate breakthroughs in mental health science. It aims to accelerate translation, influence policy and transform lives This award champions new pharmacological, psychological, social and dig

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• Critical period to stop new mums slipping through gaps 20-05-2026

  New mums are most at risk of major depression in the first two weeks after giving birth, with calls mounting for greater screening, prevention and treatment to ensure they feel supported. Midwife and neonatal intensive care nurse Megan Ryan said i

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• Hantavirus cruise evacuees secure flight to Australia 20-05-2026

  Six passengers from a cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak will soon return to Australia, after the government confirmed a flight has been secured for the evacuees. The four Australian citizens, one permanent resident and one

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• NSW:Police shun dementia training after woman's Taser death 20-05-2026

  Only one Australian police force has taken up an offer to train officers to deal with patients with dementia after a great-grandmother was fatally tasered in an aged care facility. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his weapon

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• Jail for counsellor who gave Friends star ketamine 19-05-2026

  A licensed drug addiction counsellor who delivered Friends star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him, was sentenced to two years in prison. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence to 56-year-old Erik Fleming in a feder

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• Kate on first trip abroad since cancer in remission 19-05-2026

  The Princess of Wales is set to make her first overseas trip since announcing her cancer was in remission, travelling to Italy for a two-day tour focused on early-childhood education that will undoubtedly receive widespread media attention. Kate w

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• NSW:Dentist may have exposed thousands to HIV, hepatitis 19-05-2026

  Health authorities are scrambling to find thousands of patients who may have been exposed to serious bloodborne diseases by a dodgy dentist. Patients of former dentist William Tam, who practised at Strathfield in Sydney's inner west for more t

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• NSW:Probe into grandmum's fatal tasering aims to save lives 18-05-2026

  Three years after police fatally tasered an aged care resident, an inquest could save lives by improving training for first responders dealing with aggressive dementia patients. Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his Taser at

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