Join Henry and his long-time co-host Russell Hanby for 'What's Making News?' of 2021. Join Henry and Russell as they talk about what made news this week in Melbourne, Australia.
THE AGE: (18/03/21): Phones crash as rush is on to book COVID jabs – Henry
GPs have been inundated with thousands of calls form Victorians seeking COVID-19 jabs, with one clinic’s phone system malfunctioning following the launch of the federal government’s online vaccination portal.
THE HERALD SUN: (18/03/21): State school smarts – Russell
Many state schools across Melbourne offer a top value education with VCE results better than several expensive private schools, new My School data shows.
THE HERALD SUN: (18/03/21): Secret shift for NAPLAN rankings – Henry
Parents will be kept in the dark about school NAPLAN rankings under a new ban on “league tables”. The Australian Curriculum Assessment & reporting Authority has banned schools and the media from publishing comparisons of performance in national literacy and numeracy tests.
THE AGE: (18/03/21): Embryos created in lab from skin cells– Russell
Australian researchers have created “model” human embryos from skin cells of an adult’s arm, in a world first scientific breakthrough that raises serious ethical questions.
THE AGE: (18/03/21): ODD SPOT – Russell
A fad of serving coffee in baby mottles has swept Gulf Arab states this month, but it appears to have gone down the wrong way in Dubai, where inspection teams have fined café owners for milking the trend. The craze took off in Einstein café, but customers soon brought bottles to fill at other outlets. Dubai’s government said “such indiscriminate use of baby bottles is not only against local culture and traditions, but the mishandling of the bottle during the filling could also contribute to the spread of COVID-19.
This conversation was originally broadcast on 3SER's 97.7FM Casey Radio in March 2021. It was produced by Rob Kelly.
