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in PlacesWhich country is the first to allow MDMA prescriptions for post-trauma?
Answer: Australia is the first country worldwide to approve MDMA for PTSD and psilocybin for hard-to-treat depression. The Therapeutic Goods Administration put the two drugs on the approved medicines list starting July 1, 2023, but for a price — the treatment costs about $10,000 (Australian. It’s roughly $6,600 US dollars) per patient._x000D__x000D_
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in BusinessWho’s this guy who goes by the name xQc?
Answer: xQc, whose real name is Félix Lengyel, is a popular Twitch streamer who plays video games and hosts shows for almost 12 million followers. Many consider him Twitch’s most popular streamer. On June 17, 2023, he announced his departure from Twitch for Kick, a rival streaming platform. He signed a two-year non-exclusive contract worth…
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in PoliticsWhat does Aukus stand for?
Answer: Aukus is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the UK, and the US, announced in September 2021. Under the pact. the US and the UK will assist Australia in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. The pact also includes advanced cyber, artificial intelligence, and quantum-related technologies. The alliance is a reaction to China’s growing influence and assertiveness…
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Where was Olivia Newton-John born?
Answer: Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, UK, in 1948 to a Welsh father and a German mother who had fled Nazi Germany. She moved to Australia with her family when she was five and later became a dual citizen of both countries. She did not come from Greece, despite playing Sandy in Grease._x000D_
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in PlacesWho’s replacing Queen Elizabeth II on Australia’s $5 bill?
Answer: Instead of King Charles III’s portrait on the A$5 banknote, Australia will replace Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait with a design honoring Indigenous culture in Australia (AKA the First Australians). After consulting with the federal government. the Reserve Bank of Australia announced the change on Feb. 2, 2023. Indigenous groups will be involved in designing…
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in ScienceWas a nuclear capsule lost in Australia?
Answer: On Feb. 1, 2023, Australian authorities found the capsule containing a radioactive substance that was lost during transportation from north of Newman to the north-eastern suburbs of Perth and reported on Jan. 25, 2023. The round and silver capsule measuring 6mm in diameter and 8mm tall, was searched for along a 1,400km (870-mile) section of…
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Why would Australia deny Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, a visa?
Answer: The antisemitic comments Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, made could lead to him being denied a visa to Australia. On Jan. 24, 2023, Australia’s Education Minister Jason Clare said Ye would have to go through the same process as others who’ve expressed antisemitic views. A decision on whether Ye gets an Australian visa…
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in PoliticsWhat’s the 4-nation Quad?
Answer: The 4-nation Quad, Formally the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States. It began after the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami when the four countries joined together to provide humanitarian and disaster assistance to the affected region and was formalized in 2007. The nations regrouped in…
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in PoliticsAnthony Albanese is Australia’s first Prime minister with what?
Answer: Anthony Albanese was sworn in on May 23, 2022, as Australia’s 31st prime minister, marking the first time a person with a non-Anglo surname has held the office and making him the first Italian Australian to become prime minister. He replaced Scott Morrison, who had a minor acting career as a child.
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in Classic TVWhich ’80s TV soap featured Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue?
Answer: Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue were TV’s Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell on the Australian soap opera “Neighbours” from its debut in 1985 until their departures in 1989 and 1988. Their wedding episode was watched by more than 2 million Australian viewers when it first aired in 1987 and later pulled in an audience…
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in PlacesWhat is the Aboriginal flag?
Answer: You’re looking at the Aboriginal flag, which has been recognized as an official flag of Australia since 1995. The Australian government said on Jan. 25, 2022, it had acquired copyright to the Aboriginal flag from its creator, indigenous artist Harold Thomas for $20 million. The flag can now be freely used, resolving a commercial…
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in PopWhy did Adele abort her exclusive Australian interview for her album “30”?
Answer: The host of Australian Channel Seven’s Weekend Sunrise, Matt Doran, conceded during the interview that he had only heard one track from Adele’s latest album, 30. That was enough to abort the interview. More answers inside!
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in SportsWho is the only known current male top-flight professional footballer in the world to be out as gay?
Australian professional footballer Josh Cavallo, 21, who plays as a left-back and central midfielder for Adelaide United, became the only known current male top-flight professional footballer in the world to come out as gay on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2021. Cavallo said in a Twitter post and personal video, shared by his club Adelaide United, he…
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in ScienceDo Koalas belong to the same animal kingdom as bears?
The koala is a marsupial native to Australia – Just like the Kangaroo. These mammals are distinguishable for their maternal pouch, in which females carry their newborns. Koalas are not bears._x000D_
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in PlacesWhere is the world’s largest coral reef system?
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the world’s most extensive coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands, stretching for over 2,300 kilometers over an area of about 344,400 square kilometers._x000D_
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Who’s Australia’s Head of State?
According to Australia’s constitution, Britain’s monarch acts as its head of state. Get the FAQts!
