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Health Politics

Senate committee rejects call for inquiry into hospital takeover

A Senate bill to force the ACT Legislative Assembly to conduct an inquiry into the takeover of the former Calvary Public Hospital Bruce should not pass, a committee has concluded. Source: Canberra Times. 

Aged Care

Industry body calls for wealthy Australians to pay more for aged care

Older Australians living in aged care should pay for their everyday expenses if they can afford to, in order to ensure the sector remains sustainable, says a peak industry body said. Source: The Australian.

Media

Award-winning newspaper more than Standard

Hobart Archdiocese’s publication The Catholic Standard won the top award at the 2023 Australasian Catholic Press Association Awards held last night in Perth.

Business

Commbank chief says economy robust despite cost-of-living pressures

The Australian economy remains robust, despite the economic pressures and cost-of-living crisis, the CEO of Australia’s largest bank has told members of the Sydney Catholic Business Network. Source: The Catholic Weekly.

Mental Health

COVID loneliness lingers, especially among young, report finds

Young Australians are more connected than ever before, but loneliness and feelings of social isolation are on the rise. Source: SBS News.

Charity

Vinnies opens its biggest shop and it has ‘absolutely everything’

The biggest Vinnies shop in the country opens in Townsville tomorrow with a massive range of second-hand fashion, furniture and more. Source: Townsville Bulletin.

History

Discovery shines light on Church’s protection of Jews during Nazi persecution

Researchers have discovered new documentation that substantiates reports that Catholic convents and monasteries in Rome sheltered Jews during World War II, providing names of at least 3200 Jews whose identities have been corroborated by the city’s Jewish community. Source: NCR Online. 

South Asia

Sri Lankan cardinal wants international probe into Easter bombings

Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has called for an international probe into the 2019 Easter bombings after a UK-based broadcaster claimed the country’s worst-ever terror attack was an inside job by the government. Source: UCA News.

Film Review

Big dreams, little keyboards in story of the world’s first smartphone

BlackBerry takes viewers back to the 1990s, offering a fictionalised story based on the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone. Source: Australian Catholics.