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Four Australians on cruise ship with suspected hantavirus outbreak
Four Australians are stranded on a luxury cruise ship stranded off the coast of Cape Verde after an outbreak of a rare respiratory virus killed three people, left three others seriously ill and forced nearly 150 people from around the world to isolate on board.
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One night press releaseThe cruise line Oceanwide Expeditions revealed the nationality of those affected.
The medical situation began on April 11, when a Dutch man died on board. He landed on St Helena on 24 April with his wife, who also died later.
On 27 April, a British man was evacuated to Johannesburg and remains critically ill in hospital with a hantavirus infection.
A German passenger died on board on 2 May.
There are also two crew members on board, British and Dutch, who still have “acute respiratory symptoms”.
The ship is located off the coast of Cape Verde and local authorities are not yet allowing those on board to leave.
The 149 people on the ship consist of 23 different nationalities; The majority of passengers are Americans, British, Spanish and Dutch, with four people from Australia. 38 of the crew are from the Philippines.
Here’s an explainer of what hantavirus is:
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Mortgage holders are expected to be hundreds of dollars worse off each month than at the beginning of the year, as the Reserve Bank prepares to impose a third successive rate hike on borrowers, Australia’s Associated Press reported.
Financial markets were pricing in the chance of the Central Bank raising the cash rate by 25 basis points today, more than two-thirds, after headline inflation rose to 4.6% in March.
Rising fuel prices caused by the US-Israeli war with Iran further increased the central bank’s inflation problems.
The price increase was already well above target before the conflict broke out and threw global energy markets into chaos.
Economists at Commonwealth Bank, NAB, ANZ, Westpac, AMP, Deutsche Bank, Challenger, JP Morgan, HSBC and Citi all predict Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock will announce an increase.
This will bring the cash rate back to the peak of 4.35 percent before the Federal Reserve’s short-term interest rate cut in 2025.
For the average borrower with a $600,000 mortgage, three consecutive increases since February will add up to more than $270 a month cumulatively in interest repayments.
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Victoria’s treasurer Jaclyn Symes will today hand out a state budget that will deliver an operating surplus and forecast for the next financial year.
This will show the state recorded a surplus of $700 million In 2025-26, this is largely in line with December’s $710 million pre-budget update and an improvement from last May’s $611 million forecast.
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Three dead in northern NSW boat disaster
Three people have died in a boat disaster off the northern NSW coast last night.
According to police, a yacht got into trouble on the South Ballina breakwall at around 6.15pm.
A team from Sea Rescue rushed to help but their own ship rolled over while passing Ballina Bar in severe conditions.
As of 22:00 last night, three people were confirmed dead and four more people managed to reach shore. It is not yet known how many people were on the yacht.
While the four people who reached the shore were treated by paramedics, none of them had life-threatening injuries. The yacht has now sunk.
While the water police arrived at the scene, the Maritime Field Command coordinated the search and rescue operation.
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Malarndirri McCarthy Call for ‘peace’ after Kumanjayi Little Baby’s death
Australian Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy Kumanjayi called for “peace” following Little Baby’s death and said there would be time “for conversations later”.
Northern Territory police charged Jefferson Lewis with murder over the weekend in the death of 5-year-old Baby Kumanjayi. The Warlpiri girl disappeared from her bed at a town camp near Alice Springs on Saturday, April 25.
Speaking to ABC’s 7.30 program on Monday night, McCarthy said:
What we need now is to find some peace so we can bury this little girl and there will be times when we can chat later.
National commissioner for indigenous children, Sue HunterPain must be respected, he wrote in The Australian on Monday, but sad deeds “do not silence the questions this loss requires us to ask”.
McCarthy said Hunter’s comments were “appropriate” and emphasized that the Albanian government designated the commissioner role out of concerns about the care of “our children across the country.”
Four Australians on cruise ship with suspected hantavirus outbreak
Four Australians are stranded on a luxury cruise ship stranded off the coast of Cape Verde after an outbreak of a rare respiratory virus killed three people, left three others seriously ill and forced nearly 150 people from around the world to isolate on board.
You can read the full story here:
One night press releaseThe cruise line Oceanwide Expeditions revealed the nationality of those affected.
The medical situation began on April 11, when a Dutch man died on board. He landed on St Helena on 24 April with his wife, who also died later.
On 27 April, a British man was evacuated to Johannesburg and is critically ill in hospital with a hantavirus infection.
A German passenger died on board on 2 May.
There are also two crew members on board, British and Dutch, who still have “acute respiratory symptoms”.
The ship is located off the coast of Cape Verde and local authorities are not yet allowing those on board to leave.
The 149 people on the ship consist of 23 different nationalities; The majority of passengers are Americans, British, Spanish and Dutch, with four people from Australia. 38 of the crew are from the Philippines.
Here’s an explainer of what hantavirus is:
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Mortgage holders are expected to be hundreds of dollars worse off each month than at the beginning of the year, as the Federal Reserve prepares to impose its third consecutive interest rate hike on borrowers. More is coming.
Victoria’s treasurer, Jaclyn Symestoday will hand out a state budget that will deliver an operating surplus and forecast the next fiscal year. We will follow budget news as it comes.
Four Australians are among nearly 150 people stranded on a luxury cruise ship off the coast of Cape Verde. emergence of a rare virus killed three people. We will tell you more about this in a minute.
