Emily Woods
Canberra Times
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Man dies after Bunnings security headlock
Anthony Georgiou cried for help and gasped for air after being placed into a headlock by two security... → Read More
La Nina triggers Aussie insect 'explosion'
First came the fires, then a pandemic, floods and now a plague of locusts could swarm parts of eastern Australia. Months of rain along with bouts of hot weath... → Read More
Jumpstarting the health system: 'If I can go through major surgery, then why can’t I be checked up just now?'
Now that the NHS is being remobilised, the consequences of the changes made back in March and April are starting to stack up → Read More
Three Scottish Labour MSPs call for Richard Leonard to resign
Scottish Labour MSP James Kelly has resigned as shadow justice secretary in protest → Read More
Plea for urgent action on child poverty in Programme for Government
Child poverty rates are “set to rocket” without an urgent cash boost for low-income families, Scotland’s Poverty and Inequality Commission and Childre... → Read More
New figures reveal diagnostic testing backlog due to COVID-19
Sixty-five per cent of Scottish patients waited more than the six-week target to receive a diagnostic test in the quarter ending 30 June 2020 → Read More
Jeane Freeman to step down at 2021 Scottish election
Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has announced she will not seek re-election at the 2021 Holyrood election → Read More
Support for Scottish independence reaches 55 per cent, new poll finds
Support for Scottish independence has gained a 10 per cent lead, according to a new poll → Read More
Coronavirus testing to ramp up as Scotland heads into winter
The Scottish Government is aiming to increase daily testing capacity by 25,000 → Read More
Battling the biggest health crisis in a century
Health overview: riding the waves of the most difficult year for health in 100 years → Read More
Associate feature: The pandemic has shown the need for a new heart disease strategy
The COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed the need for a new heart disease strategy for Scotland, says the British Heart Foundation Scotland → Read More
Next year’s election to be ‘the most important in Scotland’s history’, says Nicola Sturgeon
“That election will be, in my view without question, the most important in Scotland’s history,” the First Minister said → Read More
Almost 70 per cent of Scotland’s disadvantaged young people struggled to do any school work in lockdown
The study has led to calls for schools to focus on young people’s mental wellbeing when they return in August → Read More
Young people seeking mental health support are facing ‘cluttered and confusing landscape’, committee finds
A Scottish Parliament committee has found a “troubling picture” of mental health support for young people → Read More
Pandemic response has had ‘profound impact on devolution’, Scottish Affairs Committee finds
Chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee Pete Wishart said response to the crisis had revealed “the pre-existing creaking mechanisms of intergovernment... → Read More
‘Credible commentary’ suggesting Russia undertook indyref ‘influence campaigns’: report
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “We should not be at any point complacent about the possibility of Russian interference in our democratic process... → Read More
Comment: When your government stops you from returning home
Many Australian expats have been left anxious about when they will be able to go home → Read More
Pandemic ‘triggered a crisis for mums, dads and children’ as research reveals anxiety and isolation in lockdown
Forty per cent of parents in Scotland say their children are feeling isolated and lonely, with more than a quarter of kids anxious or unable to sleep ... → Read More
Redundancy advice soars by 100 per cent, Citizens Advice Scotland says
One in five employment queries are now concerning redundancy → Read More
Getting to know the frontline: Lisa Ward, Shetland Rape Crisis centre
Lisa Ward, the service manager of Shetland Rape Crisis, talks about working in a remote part of Scotland during COVID-19 → Read More