Experimental HIV Vaccine has Failed to Provide Women in Southern Africa with Protection

An experimental Johnson & Johnson (J&J) HIV vaccine that uses the same technology as successful shots against Covid-19 and Ebola, has failed to provide women in Southern Africa with significant protection against the virus, researchers said on Tuesday.

The disappointing results are the latest in a long history of setbacks to the global effort to develop a safe and effective HIV vaccine

Tensions rising from Environmentalists after move of disallowance motion

Tensions are rising from environmentalists after both the Coalition and Labor party voted to move a disallowance motion in Parliament to prevent $50m in public grants going to gas explorers in the Northern Territory. 

This comes after senior Liberal Party figure Paul Espie, whose Empire Energy is expected to receive half of the $50m in funding from his Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling grant program.