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- Power chiefs, ministers divided over role of gas in clean energy shift
- ‘Please help me, I can’t die’: how social media lured Keisha to the dark side of cosmetic surgery
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Power chiefs, ministers divided over role of gas in clean energy shift
Some state and federal ministers are at loggerheads over the future of the fossil fuel, following an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss soaring power and gas prices.
Australia’s energy ministers agreed earlier this week to push ahead with sweeping reforms to bolster the electricity grid and ensure an orderly shift away from fossil fuels. The proposals included introducing a so-called “capacity market”, which would reward energy projects for guaranteeing power that can be called upon when needed, rather than only paying them for the power they produce.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen at a meeting with state and territory counterparts on Wednesday.Credit:AAP
Large power companies and energy experts insist new rules to drive funds into gas-fired power stations will be vital to backing up renewables and smoothing the energy transition.
Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio said the state was not supportive of a policy that could entrench fossil fuel generation.
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“We have always been clear that a capacity market operating in Victoria would make payments to zero-emissions technologies and not fossil fuels,” D’Ambrosio said on Thursday. “What other states choose to do in terms of how the capacity market could operate in other states is a matter for them.”
NSW Treasurer and Energy Minister Matt Kean said his preferred model for the capacity mechanism is the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap. It bars coal, but could include gas.
“[The roadmap] tenders for new renewable storage, generation and firming,” Kean said.
The ACT has previously rejected the need for fossil fuels to back up renewables.
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‘Please help me, I can’t die’: how social media lured Keisha to the dark side of cosmetic surgery
In the world of cosmetic surgery, image is everything and social media drives business.
Australians are lapping it up, spending more than $1 billion a year on body-altering procedures as we strive to zap away the fat and look younger.
Cosmetic surgery victim Keisha Amoah.Credit:Simon Schluter
The glamorous before-and-after posts, and tales of successful surgeries spruiked by influencers and celebrity doctors to their many followers have become glossy appeals to vanity.
For most patients, Instagram and TikTok posts and rave reviews from happy patients are the easiest way to judge a cosmetic surgeon’s abilities, which can range from posts promoting their Kim Kardashian or Beyonce-style Brazilian butt lifts (BBL), svelte tummy tucks, breast enhancements and facelifts.
But a joint Sydney Morning Herald, Age and 60 Minutes investigation has laid bare the dark underbelly of the cosmetic surgery business, where patients are left unprotected by a system that allows risks to be downplayed, profit to be put before patient safety, and laws that allow doctors with minimal surgical training to call themselves cosmetic surgeons – some after undertaking courses in facelifts and tummy tucks over a weekend.
When things go wrong, the truth is buried by heavy-handed legal tactics such as sending unhappy patients threatening legal letters, writs or gag orders in return for refunds, making it difficult for prospective customers to know what’s really going on and for affected patients to get proper recompense.
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This morning’s headlines at a glance
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It’s Friday, June 10. I’m Ashleigh McMillan and I’ll be anchoring our live coverage for the first half of the day.
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- A joint Sydney Morning Herald, Age and 60 Minutes investigation has laid bare the dark underbelly of the cosmetic surgery business, where patients are left unprotected by a system that allows risks to be downplayed, profit to be put before patient safety, and laws that allow doctors with minimal surgical training to call themselves cosmetic surgeons – some after undertaking courses in facelifts and tummy tucks over a weekend.
Some of Australia’s most respected infectious disease experts have warned that our systems for collecting information on COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths are poor and fragmented, preventing the country from properly preparing for the next wave of disease. According to infectious disease physician Professor Allen Cheng we have “basically eight different systems operating.”
State and federal ministers are at loggerheads over the future of the fossil fuel, following an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss soaring power and gas prices where Australia’s energy ministers agreed to push ahead with sweeping reforms to bolster the electricity grid.
In a speech made three months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to leave the door open for further Russian territorial expansion. Paying tribute the founder of St Petersburg, Peter the Great, on the 350th anniversary of his birth, Putin drew parallels between Peter the Great’s founding of St Petersburg and modern-day Russia’s ambitions.
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