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Ebola
An 18-year-old woman who recently arrived in Australia from west Africa has tested negative for the Ebola virus after being placed in isolation in Brisbane.
According to estimates released this weekend, global Ebola cases have now passed 10,000. Just 27 of those are outside the west African epicentre.
Australia’s response to Ebola has been a shambles, according to the head of the AMA, who says he has yet to understand who the 16 care workers to be sent to west Africa are, how they are trained or whether they are fully prepared.
An American nurse who treated patients in Sierra Leone is now in a 21-day mandatory quarantine in the US, despite testing negative for the virus, and haspublicly criticised her treatment under the harsh new policy adopted by three states.
Medical officials have warned that the measures – which are also being considered by Australia, according to the Daily Telegraph – could discourage health workers from going to help, and US president Barack Obama has given her a hug.
Asylum
Labor’s immigration spokesman Richard Marles says the party may adopt the Coalition’s controversial practice of turning back asylum boats if it wins office at the next election.
Australian news and politics
• Industry minister Ian Macfarlane says the government is sticking to its proposed reduction in the renewable energy target, saying “nothing has changed” in terms of climate policy.
• 11-year-old Michelle Levy has been missing from her North Bondi home since Saturday evening; police are appealing for help to find her.
• Australia’s privacy commissioner does not have jurisdiction to monitor all the agencies who access Australian’s phone and web data under commonwealth laws.
• NSW schools have been told to “exercise vigilance” after the raising of the terrorism threat level.
Around the world
• Kurdish and Iraqi forces have made gains against Isis insurgents, with the assistance of air strikes near Kobani and Mosul by the US-led coalition.
• Three surfers have died after getting into difficulty in the sea off Cornwall in the south of England.
• British troops have handed over the last UK base, Camp Bastion, to Afghan security forces, ending a 13-year campaign and admitting mistakes were made.
• 24 European banks, including nine in Italy, have failed financial stress tests, revealing a €25bn capital hole in the continent’s banking system.
• Leaders of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have cancelled a vote on the next step in the month-long street occupation, saying they had not properly consulted the demonstrators.
• A newly-hired teacher was hailed as a hero on Saturday after intervening in a deadly shooting spree in the cafeteria of a Washington state high school.
More from around the web
• Among the most read on the Guardian this morning: the windowless plane set for takeoff in a decade.
• A huge storm hit Melbourne overnight, causing major train delays and a house fire after a lightning strike; The Age has live coverage.
• The Australian reports that Australia’s passport cancellation policy for people it fears may travel overseas to join jihadist campaigns has been fully reviewed and will stay in place, but that the government may be reconsidering some of its media reporting restrictions.
• Brisbane Times reports that a new software program installed to manage medication doses at nine Queensland hospitals is likely to kill a patient within the next month, according to a Queensland Health risk report.
• A man suffered spinal injuries that left him partially paralysed during a police raid in which he was tasered in the head, Perth Now reports.
One last thing
Keira Knightley on marriage, movies and being a geek.
Have an excellent day – and if you spot anything I’ve missed, let me know in the comments here or on Twitter @newsmary.
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