A toxic power culture in Australia’s parliament has uncovered one-in-three staff have been sexually harassed, more than that bullied, and 1 per cent suffered actual or 
attempted sexual assault.
A parliamentary inquiry into mental health services in Queensland has been announced but it falls short of what the sector called for to fix the broken system
While the announcement was cautiously welcomed by experts, they were awaiting the terms of reference still to be released this week.
The Queensland Ambulance Service is fielding up to 180 mental health-related triple-0 calls a day, with an alarming rise in call-outs for young children.
Christmas holiday plans within Australia are not under threat from the Omicron variant for now, after state and territory leaders agreed to stick to the national roadmap 
out of Covid-19.

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