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- Medical Health Aged Care, Regional Country Services
- 24/03/2025
- 16:06
CDU EXPERT: Virtual healthcare could offer lifeline to remote Australians
24 MARCH, 2025 Who: Charles Darwin University Senior Lecturer Dr Olivia Fisher, who is also an implementation scientist, health services and mental health researcher based at Wesley Research Institute. Topics: New research on how clinicians and health leaders are willing to accept a lower standard of care for people in rural and remote areas than in metropolitan areas because they consider it better than nothing. New research on how virtual healthcare and virtual hospitals can improve health outcomes in rural and remote communities. Virtual healthcare and virtual hospitals. Co-design, implementation, and evaluation of health services. Contact details: Call +61 8…
- Medical Health Aged Care
- 24/03/2025
- 15:55
National Initiative Aims to Improve Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients Affected by Frailty
Approximately 50% of adults living with Heart Failure are classified as frail, resulting in poorer health outcomes, higher hospitalisations, and increased mortality rates. Despite clear guidelines recommending frailty assessment for this patient population, the implementation of these assessments in clinical practice has been slow and inconsistent. However, frailty can be reduced and, in some cases, reversed by addressing four critical areas: exercise, nutrition, social support and optimised medication use. A new publication by the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance (ACvA) Frailty & Heart Failure National Taskforce in Heart Lung and Circulation is advocating for improved frailty assessment and multidisciplinary care models. “Heart…
- Disability
- 24/03/2025
- 15:03
“We will be watching” – People with Disability Australia warns against cuts to the NDIS
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is putting politicians on notice: Australians with disability will not stand by while our lifeline – the National Disability…
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- Books Literature, CharitiesAidWelfare
- 24/03/2025
- 14:07
Children’s book about the social model of disability from award-winning creators of Come Over to My House
24 Mar 2025 Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing is thrilled to announce it will publish the second picture book from award-winning creators Eliza Hull, Australian…
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- Aviation
- 24/03/2025
- 14:04
Helping Murwillumbah Pilots to Communicate Effectively
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) invites pilots of all licence categories to attend an upcoming pilot safety seminar in Murwillumbah, northern New South…
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- Medical Health Aged Care, Women
- 24/03/2025
- 13:55
Investing in nurses to lead community education and care for people experiencing menopause and perimenopause
In its 2025-26Pre-Budget Submission, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is calling on the Federal Government to fund measures to support nurses experiencing perimenopause and menopause. With women comprising 88 per cent of Australia's nursing workforce and approximately half of these nurses at an age where they may experienceperimenopause or menopause, ACN is advocating for targeted initiatives to address this critical but often overlooked health issue. ACN CEO, Adjunct Professor Kathryn Zeitz FACN, said that investing in the health of nurses experiencing menopause will empower these nurses to provide informed education and care in the broader Australian community. “The nursing…
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- Environment
- 24/03/2025
- 13:17
TOMAGO CONCRETE RECYCLERS FINED $30,000 FOR EXCEEDING WASTE LIMITS
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Recycled Concrete Products Pty Ltd (RCP) $30,000 after it was found to have significantly exceeded its licensed waste limits. The facility, which recycles used concrete, bricks, and pavers into products such as road base, is located in Tomago near Newcastle and is licensed to process 30,000 tonnes of concrete waste per year. A review of the EPA’s waste and resource reporting data found that by August 2024—just 5 months into its reporting period—the company had already exceeded its annual limit by more than 4,000 tonnes. After 8 months, it had received almost…
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- Aviation
- 24/03/2025
- 13:12
Helping Ballina Pilots to Communicate Effectively
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) invites pilots of all licence categories to attend an upcoming pilot safety seminar in Ballina, New South Wales…
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- Energy
- 24/03/2025
- 13:02
Big barrel at federal Parliament highlights big nuclear cost
As Australians look to Canberra ahead of Tuesday evenings federal Budget, the high cost of nuclear power will be illustrated by an eight metre high inflatable radioactive waste barrel on the grass in front of Parliament House. For multiple years CSIRO modelling has shown nuclear to be the most expensive and slowest electricity option in Australia. “The Coalition's nuclear push risks Australia’s economy, energy system and environment,” said Friends of the Earth national nuclear campaigner Dr Jim Green. “It is a threat to public health and a waste of public funds”. The barrel display is an initiative of nuclear free…
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