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Sister of Patrick Liedke, now officially long-term missing, launches appeal ahead of National Missing Persons Week 2024 24 July 2024 – Police, missing persons units and the public are being urged to do more to support missing persons, particularly those with mental health or neurodiversity impacts. The appeal comes from the family of an Australian … Continued
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MEDIA RELEASE Thursday, 18 July 2024 RAPID RELIEF TEAM COMPLETES SERVICE TO VOLUNTEERS AND VICTIMS OF WAIROA FLOODS The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church’s Rapid Relief Team (RRT) has now completed its extensive support for local Civil Defence and volunteers cleaning up after the Wairoa floods. RRT volunteers served hundreds of burgers, sandwiches … Continued
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A senior Police officer and Churchill Fellow from Victoria says the Australian Government should take immediate responsibility for the development and funding of a national action plan for evidenced-based policing. Evidence-based policing (EBP) applies when Police use operational experience to lead innovation and test policing strategies. This means the best evidence is harnessed to … Continued
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A Churchill Fellow from Western Australia says it’s time Australia followed other nations and simplified access to behavioural health crisis and suicide support, by introducing a three-digit crisis phone line that extends emergency offerings to include Mental Health support. Churchill Fellow, Glen Blackwell says with one in eight Australians contemplating suicide at some point … Continued
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A new report from Monash University’s Fire to Flourish program has identified how a community-led approach to disaster resilience is delivering positive impacts for affected communities. As climate disasters become more frequent and severe, it is crucial now more than ever to support local communities and individuals in enhancing their preparedness, response and recovery efforts. … Continued
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All Australians and every Sydney-sider should be extremely concerned about the Federal Opposition’s scheme for nuclear power, even though the city isn’t a potential site for a power plant. Today at 9.30am, experts will explain how the true cost of nuclear power will be more delays to climate action, more climate pollution and more unnatural … Continued
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AUSTRALIANS HAVE BEEN FORCED to move more than 240,000 times in recent years due to worsening disasters, with the hardest hit communities experiencing extreme weather events at least 25 times. A new report by Emergency Leaders for Climate Action, ‘Too close to home’ steps the Australian Government needs to take to better protect … Continued
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A NEW REPORT REVEALS Victorian communities are among the hardest hit by climate-fuelled disasters in recent years, with four Victorian communities slammed by disaster after disaster. Local Government Area Number of disasters Baw Baw 47 Yarra Ranges 42 Wellington 37 East Gippsland 39 Climate-fuelled extreme weather events are to blame for hundreds of … Continued
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A NEW REPORT REVEALS Queensland communities are among the hardest hit by climate-fuelled disasters in recent years. Communities in Cook and Carpentaria were slammed by extreme weather events over this time, with 28 disasters occuring in Cook, and 25 in Carpentaria. Climate-fuelled extreme weather events are to blame for hundreds of thousands of displacements … Continued
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A NEW REPORT REVEALS the NSW communities hit hardest by climate-fuelled disasters in recent years. Three local government areas in New South Wales are among the top 10 communities most often affected by climate-fuelled disasters in the country. Local Government Area Number of disasters Clarence Valley 34 Mid-Coast 33 Port Macquarie 30 Climate-fuelled … Continued
