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The House Standing Committee on Economics will hold its first public hearings over the next four weeks as part of its inquiry into insurers’ responses to claims resulting from the major floods in 2022. Many thousands of people were affected by the floods all along the east coast – from south-east Queensland down to Tasmania. The trauma is … Continued
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The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of payments of up to $21,000 for GPs and rural generalists providing emergency care and with qualifications in areas like mental health, obstetrics, surgery, anaesthetics and First Nations health. The payments, to be paid under the Workforce Incentives Program (WIP) – … Continued
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20 December 2023 SafeWork NSW is urging farmers and rural businesses to take practical steps to keep visitors to farms safe during the summer school holidays by restricting access to dangerous machinery and other hazardous risks. With many farms and rural properties also the location of the family home, business managers should warn all … Continued
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With Australians being warned about one of the deadliest Bushfire seasons approaching, residents are being urged to get their homes bushfire ready now. Lyn Gunter is the former Mayor of Murrindindi Shire; she was Mayor at the time of the Black Saturday fires in Victoria when 173 people lost their lives. “Coming into this summer’s … Continued
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The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport has today tabled the report for its inquiry into the implications of severe weather events on the national regional, rural, and remote road network. Chair of the Committee, Mr Luke Gosling OAM, MP, said ‘the severe weather events over the past few years have taken a tremendous … Continued
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Regions across New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland will experience significant increases in construction activity over the next four years, which will drive skills and labour gaps, Infrastructure Australia’s 2023 Infrastructure Market Capacity Report has found. Infrastructure Australia Chief of Policy and Research Steve Brogan said: “Infrastructure investment in certain regional areas will see … Continued
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Numedico Technologies and QT Medical Launch the Revolutionary PCA 500 Diagnostic ECG, Approved by FDA, TGA, and Medsafe, in Australia & New Zealand Adelaide Australia and Los Angeles, California — Numedico Technologies and QT Medical are proud to announce the exclusive launch of the PCA 500 in Australia and New Zealand, the world’s first … Continued
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RMIT students have been granted extra support to help to build the nuclear medicine workforce outside of major cities. RMIT University and Telix Pharmaceuticals have announced new financial support to the value of $30,000 per year over four years for RMIT nuclear medicine students on placement in rural, regional and remote areas. The industry-funded bursary … Continued
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Zoetis, the leading animal health business, has reached its goal of raising $100,000 for the Beyond Blue Support Service to support mental health initiatives and reduce stigma around mental illness in rural and regional Australia. Zoetis started partnering with Beyond Blue in 2016, and since then, has raised $800,000 for the Beyond Blue Support Service … Continued
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Local not-for-profit reuse shop Reviva Ibis has launched it’s annual ‘Reuse, Repair and Repurpose Competition’. This popular competition gives locals the chance to showcase their creative upcycle and repair projects to inspire our community and win. Reviva Ibis Manager, Kahli Pearson said, “This competition is a highlight of our year because we get to see … Continued
