Tory Shepherd

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Tory Shepherd

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureGood morningGood morning, and welcome to today’s blog. And if you were hoping to ease into it, apologies – there’s quite a bit going on. Prime minister Anthony Albanese has managed to shore up a meeting with US president Donald Trump. They’ll catch up on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada on Tuesday. Tariffs are top of the agenda, but the Aukus deal is now looking shaky so that will likely feature as well.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Tory Shepherd

IVF is “big business” and experts are concerned about conflicts of interest between profit-making and helping families have children. Monash IVF’s second embryo bungle has sparked renewed scrutiny on the IVF industry as a whole amid calls for national regulation. On Friday, state and federal health ministers agreed to a three-month review of the need for a federal scheme.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Tory Shepherd

Monash IVF boss Michael Knaap has resigned in the wake of the reproductive healthcare company’s second embryo transplant bungle. In a statement to the ASX, Monash IVF said the board had accepted Knaap’s resignation as chief executive officer and managing director. This week, Monash IVF admitted to a second bungled embryo implant. In April, Monash IVF revealed a woman had given birth to the child of an unrelated woman after in Queensland.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Tory Shepherd

Year 9 students in South Australia are about to debate whether “the ‘tradwife’ movement is good for women” – but the topic has sparked fierce discussion before the debates have even started. The topic will start being debated next week as part of the third round of Debating SA’s competition, for which all schools in the state are eligible.

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Tory Shepherd

An image of the IVF process. Monash IVF says ‘a patient’s own embryo was incorrectly transferred to that patient’. An image of the IVF process. Monash IVF says ‘a patient’s own embryo was incorrectly transferred to that patient’. Photograph: Antonio Marquez lanza/Getty ImagesA second bungled embryo implant at Monash IVF has sparked a new investigation, and the expansion of a review into the first incident, which led to a woman unknowingly giving birth to a stranger’s baby.