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- Community, Energy
- 06/12/2023
- 00:00
From grassroots to grid: new data reveals community raised $87m for energy projects
6 December, 2023 Community groups around Australia are taking on the shift to renewable energy, delivering local energy projects with outstanding socioeconomic and environmental…
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- Education Training, Environment
- 05/12/2023
- 21:25
Sustainability ranking success for La Trobe University
La Trobe University has rocketed up the QS Sustainability Ranking 2024, rising more than 200 places to be ranked 166 in the world under a revised methodology design for the second year of the ranking. The University’s best result was for Health and Wellbeing, rising to 74th place, while the biggest rise was for Knowledge Exchange, increasing a huge 307 places to rank 89. The improved results are related to changes in the metrics and weightings for the ranking, with La Trobe able to provide data for the ranking for the first time, the introduction of a Governance metric…
- Results Statistics
- 05/12/2023
- 21:20
Oz Lotto draw no. 1555
Official Results Oz Lotto draw no. 1555 Draw Date: Tuesday, 05 December 2023 Drawn Numbers Winning Numbers (drawn order)[36] [19] [17] [3] [41] [11] [32] Supplementary Numbers (drawn order)[34] [6] [22] Division One Prize Pool $40,000,000.00 Total Prize Pool $53,942,238.87
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- Disability, Medical Health Aged Care
- 05/12/2023
- 19:43
Disability Sector Advocates Fuming at Federal and State Clash Over Clear Responsibilities and NDIS
Available for Comment Immediate Release Radio – Live, Prerecorded and Talk-back TV Print Mr River Night Leading National Disability Sector Advocate Co-founder at Developing…
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- International News
- 05/12/2023
- 18:15
JOCA Invites Group of Students from 11 Pacific Island Countries and New Zealand to Visit Japan under Friendship Promotion Program “JENESYS”
KOMAGANE, Japan, Dec. 5, 2023 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --The Japan Overseas Cooperative Association "JOCA" (*) is holding a youth exchange program for Oceanian countries, called JENESYS, from December 5 to 13 in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the University of the South Pacific. The invitation program will take place in Tokyo and other cities throughout Japan for duration of about nine days. Participants will learn about strengths, allures and values of Japan through various activities, such as visiting local industries as well as disaster prevention, peacebuilding, and cultural sites. In addition, the participants will interact with…
- Energy, Finance Investment
- 05/12/2023
- 17:59
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY SUPER AGREE TO WORK TOGETHER ON ENERGY TRANSITION INVESTMENT
Profit-to-member superannuation investors have today welcomed the outcomes of the Treasurer’s Investor Roundtable, where agreement was reached for government and investors to work together to identify opportunities to accelerate investment in Australia’s net zero transformation. The opportunities to be considered include those outlined in Super-powering the energy transition: A policy blueprint to facilitate superannuation investment, which was supported by major profit-to-member superannuation investors, including AustralianSuper, Australian Retirement Trust, CareSuper, Cbus, HESTA, Hostplus, Rest, and Unisuper, and industry super owned IFM Investors. Australia’s energy transition requires investment on a massive scale. The right policy settings and approaches to facilitating investment will…
- Energy, Environment
- 05/12/2023
- 17:40
Australia’s infrastructure assumptions must change in an energised climate
AUSTRALIA, NOVEMBER 29: For several decades, the scientific community has sounded the alarm about the potential impacts of climate change. However, despite the warnings, the repercussions are becoming evident in the damage inflicted on societies and the critical infrastructure upon which we rely. The current challenge lies in our reliance on outdated assumptions in the design and building of infrastructure, say energy transition experts at Partners in Performance. To address this, a paradigm shift is needed in the way essential systems are planned and fortified against the unpredictable challenges posed by increasingly volatile and extreme weather events. The urgency of…
- Building Construction, Government VIC
- 05/12/2023
- 17:00
Winners of the Living Building Challenge Design Competition Illuminate the Path to Regenerative Design for an Australian Historic Structure
Announced today: The architects, designers, and students who emerged victorious in the ILLUMANATE Living Building Challenge® Design Competition. 6 December | The Living Future Institute of Australia (LFIA) today announces the winners of the ILLUMANATE Living Building Challenge® Design Competition, in partnership with Development Victoria. Through three categories, professional, student (university), and people’s choice, the competition challenged the build environment sector to design the most regenerative, and restorative, heritage-listed building in Australia, which must live up to precise environmental, self-sustaining standards, including generating its own energy and capturing and treating its own water. The competition revolved around a heritage-listed 1970s…
- Women
- 05/12/2023
- 16:42
VICTORIAN WOMEN’S HEALTH SERVICES APPLAUDS OPENING OF AUSTRALIA’S FIRST WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE: CAUTION GOVERNMENT TO NOT FORGET THE VALUE OF PRIMARY PREVENTION TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH
In response to the government’s announcement of the inaugural Women’s Mental Health Service (1/12/2023), the Victorian Women’s Health Services expresses enthusiasm for this pivotal step in prioritising gender-responsive healthcare. The sector also advocated to the Victorian Government to not forget the value of primary prevention to promote mental health. Tricia Currie, Chair of the Victorian Women’s Health Services Network and CEO of Women’s Health Loddon Mallee, commends Victoria's leadership in recognising the significance of tailored healthcare. Currie notes, "This initiative is especially crucial for rural and regional communities, with the establishment of a service site in Shepparton addressing the disproportionate…
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