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The Alliance welcomes the support by the Government of Western Australia (WA) to its regional patients by increasing the Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS) fuel subsidy to cover the inflationary increase of fuel costs of long travel to access medical care, which is a significant relief to the increasing cost of living. The WA PATS … Continued
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Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers are calling out for over 500 citizen scientists living in the northern part of the Territory and Western Australia to collect water samples from their bores using sampling kits in a bid to increase water security. Groundwater is stored beneath the Earth’s surface and is often seen as out of … Continued
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The City of Darebin recognised in Australian-first as the first local council to achieve Welcoming Cities accreditation at the Excelling Level This week, the City of Darebin was awarded the first Excelling Accreditation in the Welcoming Cities network. Welcoming Cities accreditation recognises the commitment local government organisations make to advancing inclusion in their community. … Continued
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As Australia’s health system struggles with the growing burden of preventable disease, new analysis published today provides important insights into Government research funding that is designed to help keep Australians healthy and out of hospitals. The new examination of projects and grants issued through the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is the first … Continued
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La Trobe University and UNSW Sydney researchers have uncovered new understandings of fundamental differences in biological processes between males and females—by interrogating the unique and diverse sex chromosome systems of the platypus and the chicken. The findings, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), are a surprise in the field of … Continued
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A critical platform technology to synthesise drug compounds at scale – and onshore production in Australia – has been successfully demonstrated in a collaboration between Melbourne company Boron Molecular, and innovation and technology development specialists, DMTC Limited, with support from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO. The science behind the story is captured in a new video … Continued
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The removal of the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme’s four-night rule by the Queensland government is applauded by the National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance). Rural Queenslanders will no longer need to cover the first four nights of accommodation out of pocket from 1 August. This initiative will save Queenslanders who need to travel to access … Continued
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Under embargo: 22 July 2022 For decades, researchers and the community alike have awaited a ‘silver-bullet’ style drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease, the major cause of dementia which accounts for over 50% of cases. Available medicines reduce symptom progression but do not alter progression of the disease. What the results of multiple trials and … Continued
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Avocado experts will be coming to Childers to present the Central Queensland Avocado Regional Forum on Thursday 18 July at the Isis Club. A range of avocado experts will be speaking on the day and the technical theme for the forum is “Pest and disease”. All avocado industry members interested in avocado production are … Continued
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New research from the Productivity Commission shows Australia performs well on income mobility. ‘For most Australians, the amount your parents earned when you were young is not a life sentence,’ said Chair Danielle Wood. The report, Fairly equal? Economic mobility in Australia, finds that 67% of the so-called ‘Xennial’ generation – those born in 1976–1982, … Continued
