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- 24/03/2025
- 17:07
Updated: Nuclear power would steal agricultural and drinking water and require emergency storage for irradiated water
Sunday, 23 March 2025. Original release 19 March 2025 The Coalition’s proposed nuclear sites in Queensland would not have access to enough water to operate or manage a nuclear incident, according to an explosive new report by the Queensland Conservation Council. According to the Queensland Conservation Council, the proposed nuclear reactor in Callide would use more than double the water currently allocated to the existing Callide power station, while the proposed Tarong nuclear reactor would use 50 per cent more water than is allocated to the existing coal power station. We’ve just hit 14 years since the Fukushima nuclear accident.…
- General News, National News Current Affairs
- 24/03/2025
- 17:02
ACCC SUPERMARKET INQUIRY HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR CONTINUING VIGILIANCE TO SUPPORT FAIRNESS
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Supermarket Inquiry report confirms that the supermarket sector is highly concentrated and unduly challenging for small business suppliers, says the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman. Mr Billson welcomed the release of the ACCC’s report and expressed encouragement at the Government’s continuing focus on the harms arising from acute market concentration. “Just as a lost visitor seeking directions might receive the wry response: ‘Well, I wouldn’t start from here’, so those looking for a properly functioning supermarket sector - capable of delivering durable best value for consumers and a fair go and…
- 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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