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Archive for October, 2010
October 28, 2010
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Australia – Media Release: WA Senator urges Government to take stand against nuclear weapons in UN
Australia must take stand against nuclear weapons
MEDIA RELEASE – Thursday 28 October 2010Click the pic to visit the Greens website
The Australian Greens today urged the Government to support a United Nations draft resolution calling for a ban on the production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons to be voted on tomorrow in New York.
Greens spokesperson for nuclear issues, Senator for Western Australia Scott Ludlam, said the Government should take the opportunity to make a clear statement of support for a nuclear weapons convention.
“It is almost difficult to believe that the Government abstained from voting on the equivalent resolution last year,” said Senator Ludlam. “In 2009 124 countries supported the resolution, with only 31 against and Australia amongst the 21 member states that refused to take a stand on the issue.”
Draft resolution L.50 is a new version of the resolution adopted annually calling on the implementation of the 1996 International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion through the negotiation of a nuclear weapons convention prohibiting the development, production, testing, deployment, stockpiling, transfer, threat or use of nuclear weapons and providing for their elimination.
Senator Ludlam said the 2010 version of the resolution also includes statements affirming that International Humanitarian Law applies at all times, calling on the nuclear weapons states to undertake a number of nuclear disarmament steps, stressing that all UN members states need to make efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons and acknowledging the UN Secretary General’s five-point proposal for nuclear disarmament.
“Australia can show leadership on this issue. There have been recent positive signs in that regard such as the work of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the report from Gareth Evans. Friday’s vote in the UN is a great opportunity to continue that progress,” said Senator Ludlam.
*With New York 15 hours behind AEDT the result of the vote may not be known in Australia until late tomorrow or early Saturday.
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Must watch 4 Corners on telcos, banks & bundling -ABC News: Bad Call
Bad Call
Everyone knows that telecommunications is a highly competitive business.
Empires have been built on cheap phone calls and businesses are always looking to get a better deal from phone companies.
But now Four Corners reporter Stephen Long blows the whistle on highly questionable phone deals…
To read the full story on your mobile please use this link
http://m.abc.net.au/browse?page=11144&articleid=3050651&cat=Justin
To read the full story on a PC or Mac please use this link
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2010/s3050651.htm
Australia – LNG will cause massive expansion in WA’s greenhouse gas emissions – Greens Senator Scott Ludlum
LNG will cause massive expansion in WA’s greenhouse gas emissions
WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says that all new highly polluting liquefied natural gas projects must be forced to sequester their greenhouse gas emissions, as new figures reveal a massive expansion in Western Australian greenhouse gas emissions within six years if all proposed new LNG projects go ahead.
After raising the issue in Senate Question Time today (WED 27/10), Senator Ludlam dismissed the Government’s vague acknowledgement of the massive blowout.
“Most people would be horrified if they knew that rather than curbing our greenhouse gas emissions, new projects being promoted by the WA and Federal governments will cause Western Australia’s total emissions to double – and add significantly to our national emissions profile,” Greens Senator Scott Ludlam said.
“WA’s annual greenhouse gas emissions are around 80mtpa now; if all the new gas and coal projects proposed in WA go ahead, by 2016, WA will emit more than double that each year.
“About 60mtpa extra emissions will come from major new gas developments targeting the liquefied natural gas export market, including Browse Basin, proposed to be processed at James Price Point in the Kimberley.
“The proposed James Price Point hub, to process Browse gas, will alone emit an extraordinary 32 million tonnes a year of greenhouse gases – equivalent to five per cent of Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions now, or all of New Zealand’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions,” Senator Ludlam said.
“The companies behind these gas projects claim that gas is a clean energy, but they don’t talk about the massive emissions that are caused when gas from high-CO2 gas fields is processed and that CO2 is stripped out and vented to the atmosphere,” Senator Ludlam continued.
“Much attention has been given to plans to geo-sequester CO2 from the Gorgon venture into the rock beneath Barrow Island – yet less than 40 per cent of Gorgon’s annual greenhouse gas emissions is proposed to be sequestered.
“Worse, under an appalling arrangement quietly signed off by the Federal Government and Premier Barnett in August 2009, Federal and State and taxpayers have been made liable for the potential multi-billion dollar cost if the CO2 leaks out.
“Geo-sequestration has not been proven to be achievable, safe or cost-effective.
“The Greens say that all new polluting coal and gas projects must not go ahead until carbon capture and storage is proven to be effective and safe and can therefore be made a binding condition on projects going ahead. In addition, the owners of these projects, not taxpayers, must be made legally liable for any future pollution costs should the CO2 leak.”
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Australia – Only Parliament should have power to declare war – WA Senator Scott Ludlum
Parliament must have final say on war – WA Senator
The Australian Greens used the Afghanistan war debate today to strengthen their call for Parliament to be given the power to declare war.
“The Greens believe the power to send Australian forces to war should rest in the hands of Parliament,” West Australian Senator Scott Ludlam told the Senate today. “The former Government’s reckless and indefinite commitment to an unwinnable war in Afghanistan is a stark reminder of the need for Parliament, as the body in which the will of the people is invested, to decide upon the deployment of the nation’s defence forces.”
The Greens’ legal affairs spokesperson used comments from the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition to support The Greens’ push for more democratic decision making on war.
“The Prime Minister said she believes this debate is ‘an important one for our people and our Parliament’ and that ‘our highest duty is to make wise decisions about war’,” he said. “The Leader of the Opposition said ‘something as grave as a serious military campaign should be justified to the Parliament’. This justification should take place before the campaign begins, rather than nine years after the fact.”
Senator Ludlam said the decision to support the invasion of Iraq was, to the best of his knowledge, made by only 17 people – a situation that must not be repeated.
“There was no debate, no discussion and certainly no vote,” he said. “Never again should the executive be able to unilaterally commit this country to war.”
The Senator said the United Kingdom was on the brink of adopting similar changes and the US Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. He added that a large number of other democratic countries around the world require parliamentary approval for declarations of war.
Senator Ludlam said non-military aid would do more to assist the Afghan people than an ongoing military intervention. He was critical of the high civilian death toll and the Karzai Government’s alleged corruption and vote rigging.
“The ongoing presence of foreign armed forces in Afghanistan acts as a provocation for recruitment to insurgent forces… Only a legitimate Afghan government – which draws its legitimacy from the mandate of its people – could successfully put an end to the fighting in Afghanistan.”
Australia issues, new, research, jobs, policy -APO Weekly Briefing – 26 October 2010
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Melbourne 2010 – Knowledge Cities World Summit
www.melbourneknowledgesummit.com
New commentary
How a TV station represents political insurance
21 October, 2010 | Understanding James Packer’s $300 million plunge back into free-to-air television requires insights into the workings of casino regulation in Australia, argues Stephen Mayne in the Drum Unleashed.
Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia priority in the Australian curriculum
21 October, 2010 | There is an important difference between meeting a curriculum priority and the general capability of Intercultural understanding.
Climate change negotiations: unravelling or shifting gear?
26 October, 2010 | Climate change efforts are becoming more decentralised, writes Stephen Howes in Inside Story
The city, the country, the rich bush and the poor bush
19 October, 2010 | How have the regions weathered the GFC? Robert Tanton looks at the data
Leading from the front on aid
25 October, 2010 | Kevin Rudd might prove to be a much better foreign minister than prime minister, writes Mike Steketee in the Australian
Living, breathing Canberra
25 October, 2010 | Barnaby Joyce praising Canberra? It’s a reminder of the mixed feelings evoked by the national capital, writes Norman Abjorensen in Inside Story
Unsung servants of Labor ideals
22 October, 2010 | As the ALP begins its official investigation into the causes of its recent near catastrophe, political advisers will be singled out for blame. Denis Glover argues in The Australian that this is unjust and wrong.
New research
Creative Economy
Australian orchestras – the state of play
Australia Council
21 October, 2010 | Marshall McGuire takes the artistic pulse of the Australian orchestral sector by reflecting on five keystones of what can make this art vibrant.Arts and culture in Australia: a statistical overview, 2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics
21 October, 2010 | Covering topics including employment in culture, time spent on cultural activities, attendances at cultural venues and events, expenditure on culture, and imports and exports of cultural goods and services, this report provides a comprehensive statistical overview of culture in Australia.Draft industry standard for the fax marketing industry
The Australian Communications and Media Authority
21 October, 2010 | A national fax marketing industry standard is intended to provide the community with greater certainty regarding the minimum level of behaviour they can expect from fax marketers. To develop a national industry standard, ACMA is seeking public comment on this discussion paper .Electronic information security
Peter Achterstraat | The Audit Office of New South Wales
21 October, 2010 | The Government of New South Wales is not able to provide assurance that it is safeguarding its holdings of sensitive personal information because its policy has not been properly implemented, concludes this audit.Economics
Removing poverty traps in the tax transfer system
David Ingles | The Australia Institute
22 October, 2010 | The Australian tax-transfer system targets those in need and, as a consequence, is prone to poverty traps, where higher private income leads to very little gain in disposable income. This paper examines available evidence on this problem, and looks at both incremental and radical solutions.Why the Henry Review fails on family tax reform
Patricia Apps | Centre for Economics Policy Research (CEPR)
21 October, 2010 | Proposing a return to a strongly progressive individual based income tax and universal family payments, this paper shows that the reforms suggested by the Henry Review would consolidate the existing, unfair, family tax system.Attitudes to superannuation
Treasury
25 October, 2010 | These reports provide the results of qualitative and quantitative research into community attitudes about superannuation.Education
Skills for jobs
Training and Skills Commission
25 October, 2010 | This report is the annual update of the Skills for Jobs Five Year Plan. The update reflects the changing priorities of industry in South Australia and what is required to meet those priorities over the next five years.Review of NCVER building researcher capacity initiative
John Stanwick | National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
25 October, 2010 | In mid-2010 NCVER undertook a review of a program that encourages early-career researchers, VET professionals and experienced researchers from outside the sector to undertake research in vocational education and training.State of our schools survey 2010
Angelo Gavrielatos, Susan Hopgood | Australian Education Union
24 October, 2010 | This survey of over 11,000 Australian public school principals and teachers examines the affect of class size on student education as well as the extent of fundraising undertaken to provide basic classroom resources.Environment & Planning
Lessons of Defence Housing Australia for affordable housing provision
Bronwyn Hanna, Peter Phibbs | Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
25 October, 2010 | Encouraging private investment in affordable housing Australia has been recognised as a major challenge by researchers and policy-makers for some time and this has generated considerable work on possible models.Water management partnerships: Report on performance 2009
COAG Reform Council
22 October, 2010 | Provides an assessment of governments’ performance against 2009 reform obligations, an assessment of risks to meeting reform obligations in future years, and an overview of governments’ progress in developing and delivering priority projects.Guide to the proposed Basin Plan: Technical background
Murray–Darling Basin Authority
25 October, 2010 | This volume reflects the content of the overview and the regional guides, but at a more detailed level, with more of the technical background identified and explained.Comparing the Copenhagen emissions targets
Frank Jotzo | Centre for Climate Economics & Policy
25 October, 2010 | Following the Copenhagen climate Accord, developed and developing countries have pledged to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, emissions intensity or emissions relative to baseline. This paper puts the targets for the major countries on a common footing, and compares them across different metrics.Health
Childhood obesity: An economic perspective
Erin Turner, Jacqueline Crowle | Productivity Commission
21 October, 2010 | The complex nature of childhood obesity suggests that policies need to be carefully designed to maximise cost-effectiveness, with a focus on evidence gathering, information sharing, evaluation and consequent policy modification.No quick fix: three essays on the future of the Australian public hospital system
John R. Graham, Wolfgang Kasper, Jeremy Sammut | Centre for Independent Studies
22 October, 2010 | Describing the negative impact the bureaucratisation of the hospital system has had on staff and patients in the last 30 years, these essays argue for the reestablishment of local hospital boards.Medical labour force 2008
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
25 October, 2010 | The supply of employed medical practitioners increased between 2004 and 2008, from 283 to 304 full-time equivalent practitioners per 100,000 population.Indigenous
Cultural disconnection- EDR Schemes and Indigenous Australia
Collins M R | Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS)
20 October, 2010 | EDR schemes cannot adequately service Indigenous Australians under their current modes of operation according to this article.Myth, memory and Indigenous Australia
Frances Peters-Little, Ann Curthoys, John Docker | Australian National University E Press and Aboriginal History Incorporated
21 October, 2010 | The emotional engagements of both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people with Indigenous history are examined in this book.International
The merits of ability in developing and developed countries
Daniel Suryadarma | Centre for Economics Policy Research (CEPR)
25 October, 2010 | Comparing the labour market returns to numeracy and cognitive ability in Indonesia and the United States, this paper argues that different economic characteristics between developing and developed countries may require workers with different skills.Justice
Review of the investigation of deaths associated with police contact
Office of Police Integrity
21 October, 2010 | Issues raised during OPI’s review of the investigation of deaths associated with police contact are identified in this paper.Evaluation of the Queensland Murri Court: Final report
Australian Institute of Criminology
25 October, 2010 |A comprehensive evaluation of the Queensland Murri Court
Culturally and linguistically diverse women in Victorian prisons
Centre for the Human Rights of Imprisoned People (CHRIP)
20 October, 2010 | The number of women imprisoned in Victoria has increased by 25% over the past year, with a disproportionate number of the women imprisoned coming from Calturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds.Family violence: Towards a holistic approach to screening and risk assessment in family support services
Elly Robinson, Lawrie Moloney | Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse
25 October, 2010 | This paper reviews the current research and literature specific to family violence screening and risk assessment.Managing conflict of interest in Victoria Police
Office of Police Integrity
21 October, 2010 | Deficiencies in the recognition and management of conflict of interest in Victoria Police are identified in this OPI report.Politics
Does support for VET reduce employee churn? A case study in local government
Kath Curry | National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
25 October, 2010 | To what extent do local governments use vocational education and training as a staff retention strategy?A guide for using statistics for evidence based policy, 2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics
22 October, 2010 | There in an increasing emphasis within Australia on using good statistical information in policy-making. This guide provides an overview of how data can be used to make well informed policy decisionsSocial Policy
Labor market returns, marriage opportunities, or the education system?
Daniel Suryadarma | Centre for Economics Policy Research (CEPR)
23 October, 2010 | This paper measures the evolution of the gender differences in numeracy among school age children using a longitudinal dataset from Indonesia.Snapshot 2010: Children and young people in Queensland
Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
22 October, 2010 | Data from a range of sources is collated to provide this eighth annual Snapshot report, a contemporary representation of the status of children and young people in Queensland.Perceptions of poverty
The Salvation Army
22 October, 2010 | Finding that poverty is a complex phenomenon, The Salvation Army commissioned this report to have a closer look at the true impact poverty is having on people and their families.New audio
Waste not! – Design solutions for waste management
21 October, 2010 |
A welcome trend has seen designers, manufacturers and consumers becoming increasingly aware of what is wasted, whether that be the left-over materials in producing a product for sale, or once sold, the product itself when we are tired of it.
National arts curriculum
25 October, 2010 | Discussing the arts component of the new national curriculum, three speakers outline what they think is good and bad about proposals for music, drama, dance, visual arts and media arts in schools up to Year 8.
Cities – who decides their future?
25 October, 2010 |
A new report by The Grattan Institute titled Cities: who decides? looks closely at eight successful OS cities and asks – is there something in the way they make decisions – that has impacted on their success?
Humane or tough: a response to asylum seeker arrivals in Australia
25 October, 2010 | As more and more refugees arrive in Australian waters by boat, Rear Vision takes a look at the history of Australia’s policies on asylum seekers, from the first boatload of Vietnamese back in 1976 through to today.
New video
Good ideas = bad politics
22 October, 2010 | In a country where Question Time is a blood sport and a strong current of anti-intellectualism runs through public life, it can be dangerous to have ideas in politics.
New jobs
Sustainable Economy Research Director
Centre for Policy Development 21 October, 2010 | Help develop the evidence and ideas we need to make Australia’s economy sustainableFull-time, two-year positionBased in Sydney About the CPD
Public Service Research Director
Centre for Policy Development 21 October, 2010 | Make good ideas matter on the future of the public service in Australia4 days a weekBased in Sydney About the CPD
Research Fellow Dollars and democracy project
University of Melbourne Law School 20 October, 2010 | Dr Joo-Cheong Tham (Melbourne Law School), Professor Brian Costar (Swinburne University) and Associate Professor Graeme Orr have been awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant for a research project titled ‘Dollars and Democracy: The Dynamics of Australian Political Finance and its Regulation’.
Executive Director
Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 26 October, 2010 | Established in 2004, the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences promotes and provides advocacy services for the humanities, arts and social sciences. It serves as a coordinating forum for educators, researchers, professionals and practitioners in the sector. The Council is seeking an Executive Director with a strong policy background in any or all of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences sectors, and an ability to marshal Australia’s considerable strengths in research, education and professional practice.
Health Services: Senior Policy Officer
Department of Health and Families, Northern Territory Government 25 October, 2010 | An opportunity exists for an experienced Senior Policy Officer in the Aged and Disability Program.
New events
Brotherhood of St Laurence lunchtime seminar – Early childhood policy, translation of research into practice
LOCATION: 67 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Fr Tucker’s room ORGANISED BY: Mary Sayers, Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, and Fellow, Dept. of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne 28 October, 2010 | Recent research has deepened our understanding of how children develop and the factors that affect their development. The key areas in which our knowledge has grown include the nature and significance of the early years; the role and significance of relationships in child development; the neurobiology of interpersonal relationships; the cumulative impact of multiple risk and protective factors on child functioning and the interplay between genes and environment (Centre for Community Child Health, 2006).
Family Fortunes and the Global Financial Crisis – the consequences of an economic downturn for work, families and children
LOCATION: Shine Dome, Canberra ORGANISED BY: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia 09 November, 2010 | The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2010 (GFC) has been described as the ‘worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s’. This crisis presents a rare opportunity for the social sciences to directly study the effects of the business cycle on the relationship between the market, family households and the well-being of children.
What if Mainstream Science is Right? The Rout of Knowledge and Analysis in Australian Climate Change Policy
LOCATION: Shine Dome, Canberra ORGANISED BY: Professor Ross Garnaut AO 09 November, 2010 | Professor Ross Garnaut AO, FASSA, presents the 2010 Cunningham Lecture for the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia on 9 November 2010The lecture is open to the public and admission is free.Synopsis of lecture
After Sorry, What Next? Local government connecting with Aboriginal communities
LOCATION: Northcote Town Hall, 189 High Street, Northcote 24 November, 2010 | CDN (Cultural Development Network) and CASPN (Community & Social Planners Network) one day conference
The 3rd Annual National Community Educations Program Forum 2011
LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Hotel ORGANISED BY: Liquid Learning Group Pty Ltd 23 February, 2011 |
Evolving Models of Governance and Accountability
LOCATION: National Convention Centre ORGANISED BY: Criterion Conferences 23 February, 2011 | Developing collaborative governance frameworksAccountability, transparency and integrity are the basic principles of good governance, and the key words currently driving Julia Gillard’s minority Government reform commitments. Governance across the Australian Public Service (APS) will now be under intense scrutiny to provide an open Government that is capable of sustaining good governance during policy reform.
CCA-EDUCAUSE Australasia 2011
LOCATION: Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour 03 April, 2011 |
The game has changed The learning and teaching game has changed. No longer relying on the central platforms and services we choose to provide, students now make their own choices about the technology they will use. They come to the university with their own devices and methods of interacting, and they expect the university to leverage and integrate with these.
New books
Australia: William Blandowski’s illustrated encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia
20 October, 2010 | Harry Allen convincingly makes the case for Blandowski’s manuscript being a genuinely unique conception – a sort of visual anthropology of Aboriginal life, which is really a very modern conception. Harry Allen makes a compelling case for its significance and all power to him for seeing this. — Prof. Nicolas Peterson, ANU
New call
ALTAR symposium – ‘Language in the disciplines: Disciplinary discourses and the embedding of academic literacy skills within programs’
20 October, 2010 |
International Communication Association Conference 2011
21 October, 2010 |
The configuration and allocation of ‘digital dividend’ spectrum
20 October, 2010 |
New guide
Australia’s involvement in Afghanistan – frequently asked questions
21 October, 2010 | This guide was compiled by Australia’s Commonwealth Parliamentary Library to assist Members and Senators as they prepared for the 20 October 2010 debate on Australia’s involvement in Afghanistan. It provides indisensable background information and statistics on the Aghanistan conflict and Australia’s role in it. Read the full guide>
New notices
The Call for a National Action Plan for Asia Literacy in Schools
21 October, 2010 |
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Interview with the “Scarlet Alliance” spokesperson Janelle Fawkes on planned changes to Western Australia laws covering sex workers.
Visit http://www.scarletalliance.org.au/ for more info and details of how the planned changes will affect people in Western Australia.
Click the Pic to visit the website
Remember, working girls and working boys are our sisters,brothers, kids and parents.
It will be a huge step forward to get even basic OH&S rights as part of new laws.
Hate Propaganda – The Muslim Brotherhood
Hate Propaganda – The Muslim Brotherhood’s London-based publication calls for jihad and terrorist attacks against Israel http://ht.ly/2WVwA
Tasmania forests – It could all fall apart
Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett is flying from Hobart to Canberra this morning on an urgent mission to end the conflict over Tasmania’s native forests. He carries with him the unprecedented backing of the forest industry, timber communities, unions and our partners in the conservation movement through a new ‘Statement of Principles’ that would see industrial logging of Tassie’s native forests come to an end.
After 30 years of community conflict and the decimation of Tasmania’s native forests, there’s finally hope for healing the old wounds and scarred wilderness. But it will all fall apart unless the Commonwealth signs up. That will require a considerable financial investment, which won’t happen without a nationwide movement behind it.
That’s why it’s essential for us to show immediate support from across Australia for this historic agreement by getting 50,000 signatures on the Australian Native Forests Charter. Click below and take one moment to help resolve a 30 year struggle:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveOurForests
If realised, the Statement of Principles will protect Tasmania’s native forests, lead to a significant reduction in Australia’s carbon emissions (equal to emissions from 9 of our dirtiest coal fired power plants each year)1 and help make Tasmania’s timber industry environmentally and economically sustainable.
Tens of thousands of GetUp members already signed up to the Australian Native Forests Charter. It was a fantastic show of support for our friends at the Wilderness Society, the Australian Conservation Foundation and Environment Tasmania as they worked tirelessly to secure the Statement of Principles on behalf of the conservation movement.
Those Principles call for a moratorium on logging in high conservation value forests within 3 months, but the clock won’t start ticking until the Commonwealth signs on. For that we need to take the Charter to new heights, with 50,000 signatures from Australians across the country calling for forest protection:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveOurForests
Majestic in their beauty, our native forests are home to unique and vibrant wildlife, provide a pure source of water and serve as the green lungs of our nation, absorbing the carbon pollution we’ve yet to control.
The agreement reached this week could see them protected and renewed, but only with federal government support.
Thank you for adding your name,
The GetUp TeamPS – There is no support for the proposed Gunns Pulp Mill in the Statement of Principles announced this week. There is recognition of the need for a pulp mill for industry, but one which involves “stakeholder engagement with the proponent, [environmental groups] and the community.” The proposed pulp mill for the Tamar Valley does not meet those criteria and does not have the support of the conservation movement.
1 BG Mackey, H Keith, SL Berry and DB Lindenmayer, ‘Green Carbon, the role of natural forests in carbon storage’, ANU E Press, 2008.
West Australian Upper House Committee Rejects “Stop and Search” Legislation
Upper House Committee Rejects “Stop and Search” Legislation
Hon Alison Xamon- MLC East Metropolitan Region for the Greens
The Barnett Government should immediately abandon plans to proceed with the deeply flawed “Stop and Search” Legislation following its rejection by the majority of an Upper House Committee, Greens MLC and Committee member Alison Xamon stated today.
The Legislative Council’s Legislation Committee, which consists of one Green, one ALP, One National and two Liberal party members last year began investigating the policy and effectiveness of the proposed legislation, and by majority recommended that the legislation should not proceed in any form.
“Evidence considered by the Committee made it clear that the likely impact of the Stop and Search legislation would be to unfairly target some of our most vulnerable citizens-young people, the homeless, the mentally ill, Aboriginal people, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. In addition, the sheer level of imposition on the civil rights of innocent citizens could simply not be justified when weighed up with the lack of success of similar legislation in other jurisdictions,” Ms Xamon said.
“Clearly this is legislation which never should have gotten this far. There has been an appalling lack of attention to appropriate safeguards, no costings or provision for additional resources, and no clear evidence as to its effectiveness in preventing crime.”
“The Premier has repeatedly made the claim that in practice this legislation would only result in people needing to walk through “electronic arches” or being subject to electronic “wanding” but the evidence shows this to be completely false with no such arches being available, the police having an inadequate number of electronic “wands” and no additional funding being allocated to enable any more equipment to be purchased. As such all those subject to arbitrary search will be required to submit to the far more intrusive “pat down” searches enabled by the Bill”, Ms Xamon said.
“The massive majority of submissions received were against the legislation with only the Police Union in favour. And a considerable part of the concerns raised centered around the potential for the abuse of power by the police. As we have seen in recent times, there is already considerable concern about the conduct of some of our Police Officers with their existing powers. As such, the wisdom of giving even more power has to be seriously questioned. Certainly the Committee found that the current requirement for the police to hold a “reasonable suspicion” in order to stop and search someone was not an onerous threshold and contained essential safeguards.”
“Evidence examined by the Committee also casts serious doubt over assertions that certain rates of crime are on the increase. In contrast the police themselves admitted that programs and strategies that address the root causes of crime had been working. Clearly this is where we should be putting our efforts, not in subjecting innocent citizens to arbitrary violations of their rights,” Ms Xamon said.
“Even though the Committee has attempted to propose amendments to ameliorate the worst impacts of the Stop and Search powers there is no escaping the fact that this is deeply problematic and flawed legislation which the Committee majority determined should in no way proceed. The Premier and the Police Minister should immediately withdraw the legislation and stop their attempts to promote simplistic, populist and ill-thought out legislation,” Ms Xamon concluded.
Hon Alison Xamon MLC
Member for the East Metropolitan Region
Parliament of Western Australia
Street address: 62 Eighth Ave Maylands
Postal address: PO Box 104 Maylands WA 6931
Phone: 08 9272 1718
Fax: 08 9272 1719
Email alison.xamon
Portfolios: Water, Transport, Urban Bushland, Education, Training, Industrial Relations, Occupational Health & Safety, Employment, Mental Health, Women, Children, Youth, Public Service, Consumer Affairs, Electoral Affairs, Veterans Affairs
Tennis – HOPMAN CUP: Australia v Belgium to kick off the Cup
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| GROUP A | ||
| (1) | Serbia | Ana Ivanovic & Novak Djokovic |
| (4) | Belgium | Justine Henin & Steve Darcis |
| Australia | Alicia Molik & Lleyton Hewitt | |
| Kazakhstan | Yaroslava Shvedova & Andrey Golubev | |
| GROUP B | ||
| (2) | USA | Serena Williams & John Isner |
| (3) | Great Britain | Laura Robson & Andy Murray |
| Italy | Francesca Schiavone & Potito Starace | |
| France | Kristina Mladenovic & Gael Monfils | |
| Session | Date | Time | Team |
| Session 1 | Sat 1 Jan 2011 | 3:00 pm | (4) Belgium v Australia |
| Session 2 | Sun 2 Jan 2011 | 5:00 pm | (1) Serbia v Kazakhstan |
| Session 3 Session 4 |
Mon 3 Jan 2011 | 9:30 am 5:00 pm |
(3) Great Britain v Italy (2) USA v France |
| Session 5 Session 6 |
Tues 4 Jan 2011 | 9:30 am 5:00 pm |
(4) Belgium v Kazakhstan (1) Serbia v Australia |
| Session 7 Session 8 |
Wed 5 Jan 2011 | 9:30 am 5:00 pm |
(2) USA v Italy (3) Great Britain v France |
| Session 9 | Thur 6 Jan 2011 | 3:00 pm | Centre Court Hewitt v Golubev (1) Serbia v (4) Belgium Court 1 Molik v Shvedova Australia v Kazakhstan Mixed Doubles |
| Session 10 | Fri 7 Jan 2011 | 1:00 pm | Centre Court Schiavone v Mladenovic (2) USA v (3) Great Britain Court 1 Starace v Monfils Italy v France Mixed Doubles |
| FINAL | Sat 8 Jan 2011 | 3:00 pm | Winner Group A v Winner Group B |
Hyundai Hopman Cup XXIII runs from 1-8 January 2011 at Perth’s Burswood Dome. Series Tickets are on sale via Ticketek and Corporate Tickets are also now available (hopmancup.com). A daily session will be televised live on the Network Ten’s acclaimed Sports Channel One HD, while 20 hours will screen on Channel 10.
The Hopman Cup is proudly supported by Title Sponsor Hyundai Motor Company Australia; Major Sponsors Burswood Entertainment Complex, Eventscorp Western Australia, Edith Cowan University, Amcom Telecom; and Official Sponsors Rio Tinto, InterContinental Perth Burswood, Driftwood, Coca-Cola and Player Sports Betting.
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Tennis – HOPMAN CUP: Australia v Belgium to kick off the Cup
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| (1) | Serbia | Ana Ivanovic & Novak Djokovic |
| (4) | Belgium | Justine Henin & Steve Darcis |
| Australia | Alicia Molik & Lleyton Hewitt | |
| Kazakhstan | Yaroslava Shvedova & Andrey Golubev | |
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| (2) | USA | Serena Williams & John Isner |
| (3) | Great Britain | Laura Robson & Andy Murray |
| Italy | Francesca Schiavone & Potito Starace | |
| France | Kristina Mladenovic & Gael Monfils | |
| Session | Date | Time | Team |
| Session 1 | Sat 1 Jan 2011 | 3:00 pm | (4) Belgium v Australia |
| Session 2 | Sun 2 Jan 2011 | 5:00 pm | (1) Serbia v Kazakhstan |
| Session 3 Session 4 |
Mon 3 Jan 2011 | 9:30 am 5:00 pm |
(3) Great Britain v Italy (2) USA v France |
| Session 5 Session 6 |
Tues 4 Jan 2011 | 9:30 am 5:00 pm |
(4) Belgium v Kazakhstan (1) Serbia v Australia |
| Session 7 Session 8 |
Wed 5 Jan 2011 | 9:30 am 5:00 pm |
(2) USA v Italy (3) Great Britain v France |
| Session 9 | Thur 6 Jan 2011 | 3:00 pm | Centre Court Hewitt v Golubev (1) Serbia v (4) Belgium Court 1 Molik v Shvedova Australia v Kazakhstan Mixed Doubles |
| Session 10 | Fri 7 Jan 2011 | 1:00 pm | Centre Court Schiavone v Mladenovic (2) USA v (3) Great Britain Court 1 Starace v Monfils Italy v France Mixed Doubles |
| FINAL | Sat 8 Jan 2011 | 3:00 pm | Winner Group A v Winner Group B |
Hyundai Hopman Cup XXIII runs from 1-8 January 2011 at Perth’s Burswood Dome. Series Tickets are on sale via Ticketek and Corporate Tickets are also now available (hopmancup.com). A daily session will be televised live on the Network Ten’s acclaimed Sports Channel One HD, while 20 hours will screen on Channel 10.
The Hopman Cup is proudly supported by Title Sponsor Hyundai Motor Company Australia; Major Sponsors Burswood Entertainment Complex, Eventscorp Western Australia, Edith Cowan University, Amcom Telecom; and Official Sponsors Rio Tinto, InterContinental Perth Burswood, Driftwood, Coca-Cola and Player Sports Betting.
For media enquiries please call Rosita Stangl on 08 9367 8884 or 0409 117 157.
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Greens Alison Xamon speaks up for the forgotten west australians, abandoned again by Govt STOLEN WAGES,WARDS OF THE STATE http://ht.ly/2TTCp
Vids, info, action to save W Australia’
Vids, info, action to save W Australia’s Kimberley http://ht.ly/2Tt3E Govt grabs land, ignores #indigenous owners & #environment pls RT
GetUp australia action on draconian abortion law – Breaking News on our petition
Queensland Court’s landmark decision must be followed by change to Legislation, we can make that happen.
"I ask you, on behalf of this young couple, to put an end to the nightmare they have had to go through." Kevin McCreanor, Barrister.
This was the plea from Tegan & Sergie’s lawyer to the jury debating whether or not to convict them for attempting to have an abortion.
Just hours ago, a jury rejected the case, delivering a verdict of "not guilty." Yet most Australians have no idea that abortion is still a crime in some states due to outdated laws that our politicians have lacked the courage to change. No woman should have to endure a criminal trial, face 7 years imprisonment, or be treated like a criminal in the first place for making a personal decision. But if politicians don’t change these laws, abortion will remain a crime.
Already this week, the petition you’ve signed has hit 50,000! We can’t let Tegan’s "nightmare" experience be for nothing. That’s why it’s time to ask our politicians, via a nationally televised advertising campaign: ‘when will you stop treating women like criminals?’
Click here to see our hard-hitting TV ad, and chip in to get it on the air.
We can change these laws if we act now. Politicians say they agree with overturning archaic laws that classify abortion as a crime, but for decades they’ve failed to act. With Tegan’s verdict guaranteed to result in national headlines, politicians will be forced to make a decision. Journalists all over the country are about to ask them whether they’ll change the law, and they’re formulating their responses right now.
Lets make sure they know that our television advertising campaign will be huge!
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/MyChoiceIsNotACrime
Just this morning we heard from Queensland sources that a group of extreme conservatives are placing thousands of calls to politicians and talkback radio in an attempt to ensure the law isn’t changed. It’s up to us to make sure the momentum from this court decision results in these outdated laws being removed from the rule books. That’s why its crucial that we get our message on the airwaves in the next 48 hours.
Our TV ad asks politicians one simple, powerful question – click here to view it now.
We owe it to Tegan – and all the other ordinary women who could be treated like criminals – to make this an issue so large that our politicians have no choice but to abolish these offensive laws.
Together, we can change this.
The GetUp team.
P.S. Campaigners who’ve been fighting this issue for decades rang us this afternoon to tell us they’ve never been able to find the money for a national television advertising campaign. With your help, we’ll make this powerful ad Australia’s first nationally televised campaign supporting the decriminalisation of a woman’s right to choose.
Greens Media Release on the appropriation of Indigenous land for the West Australian Gas Hub – Co-operation, not compulsory acquisition for the Kimberley
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Co-operation, not compulsory acquisition for the Kimberley
Australian Greens Aboriginal Issues spokesperson Senator Rachel Siewert has used a visit to the Kimberley to call for a more respectful approach to development in the region, as the WA Government continues moves to compulsory acquire land for a new gas hub.
Senator Siewert was in the Kimberley accompanied by fellow WA Senator Scott Ludlam and Greens Leader Bob Brown for a series of meetings and a visit to James Price Point.
“It is essential to get the management of the Kimberly right into the future, rather than continuing this path of exploitation at any cost,” Senator Siewert said in Broome today.
“We’ve been speaking to traditional owners and stakeholders about the need to take a collaborative approach to planning and development.
“The old approach, which exploits the land and its people, is not an acceptable way to operate. We need to be more aware of the management needs of this area’s cultural heritage and value.
“Compulsory land acquisition is not acceptable and is a step backwards from meaningful reconciliation.
“Ongoing development in the Kimberley requires cooperation between stakeholders, the community and this land’s traditional owners.
“We need to take a better approach that develops community agreement on the nature of any development identifies the most important places to protect.
“The way forward is one which does not prioritise development ahead of human rights, but rather one which respects the cultural and heritage value of this region and secures a positive future for all parties,” concluded Senator Siewert.
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Perth help for parents – Helping separated parents get the support they need during Mental Health Week
Mental Health Week (10-16 October) is an opportunity to acknowledge the stress that separation can have on some families.
Child Support Agency’s (CSA) Parent Support Services Director, Toni Brown, said family separation can be a challenging time and it’s important that parents seek help if they need it.
“Help can include counselling, which can be as simple as having a chat and getting some practical ideas to help a parent move forward and deal with the emotional impacts of separation,” Ms Brown said.
She said parents need to take care of their own mental wellbeing after separation so they can be there for their children. “If you won’t do it for yourself, do it for the kids,” she said.
The CSA works closely with a number of support service providers, such as beyondblue – The National Depression Initiative, Family Relationship Services Australia and Mensline Australia.
The CSA has also partnered with Parentline ACT to produce the Parent Support Service (PSS) – a crisis telephone counselling service available nationally to any customer of CSA who is suicidal, distressed or who has complex needs. The Parent Support Service was among the nominations for the recent 2010 Suicide Prevention Australia Awards.
Ms Brown said the CSA can refer parents to these organisations so they receive the right kind of support to get them through difficult times.
“We also work closely with Kids Helpline to make sure that children of separated parents receive the support they need,” she said.
“If any of our customers – male or female – are distressed when we talk to them about their child support issues, or if they give cues they may be at risk of self harm or harm to others, we can immediately transfer them to a free, confidential support service for urgent counselling.”
Many organisations providing counselling and support services are listed on the CSA’s website My family is separating – what now? This website provides families with helpful information about separation, their rights and responsibilities, and emotional, financial and legal advice and support services.
Government-funded services are also listed on the Family Relationships Online website.
The CSA also offers a range of booklets to assist separated families – all free of charge. The Me and My series of booklets covers topics such as managing money, looking after yourself, forming workable relationships with the other parent and includes tips for parents/carers who share parenting responsibilities. Call 1800 040 972 or visit the CSA website at www.csa.gov.au to order these booklets.
Media contact: Declan McGrath
Tomorrow night in Perth you can see a great movie and help important work for young women in Laos – please share, it’s tomorrow night Oct 14 9pm Ace Cinema Subiaco
- Eat Pray Love star Julia Roberts
Young UNIFEM Perth is a group of dedicated local young women and men committed to promoting and advancing women’s rights and raising awareness ofgender and development issues at home and globally.
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Young UNIFEM Perth has already run a number of successful fundraising events including the ‘Spring Workout’ and the more recent ‘A Night of Cocktails and Magic’ at Wolfe Lane as part of its Spring Campaign.
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These events have raised money for improvements to the non-formal education program in Laos which works to improve womens’ literacy levels.
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Through education, the UNIFEM project in Laos aims to empower and support women who have previously been unable to receive an education due to poverty and safety concerns.
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The upcoming event in Young UNIFEM Perth’s Spring Campaign is a screening of ‘Eat Pray Love’, starring Julia Roberts and based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir. The screening will be held in ACE Cinemas Subiaco on Thursday October 14 at 9pm.
click here for the Movie website and trailer videos
Tickets are $25 and the first 100 people to present their ticket at Pure Bar from 7pmon the night will get entry to an exclusive themed pre-party.
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Tickets are availablethrough http://www.trybooking.com/IEK and are selling fast.
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Young UNIFEM Perth would like to sincerely thank our event partners Altitude RealEstate for their generous assistance in helping make the ‘Eat Pray Love’ fundraiserpossible.
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Thanks must also go to Pure Bar who are sponsoring their second YoungUNIFEM Perth event for 2010, having helped the Committee raise $5000 forUNIFEM’s Haiti Appeal in June.
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For more information, please contact Athanae Lucev, Perth Young UNIFEMAustralia Media Liaison on 0439 962 284 or at athanae.lucev@gmail.com or tweet for info @athanaelucev
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West Australia – social justice news, info, resources, courses – WACOSS eNews 12th October
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Western Australia big events for Mental Health – Upcoming Lifeline WA EVENTS!
Join the Lifeline social calendar 2010!
Lifeline WA has some great events coming up to finish off 2010! See below and attached for more information.
Ø The State of the Arts exhibition of WA culture will be a hip, trendy night out in Claremont for art lovers and socialites alike! Join us next Friday for a great night; with proceeds going to Lifeline WA
Ø Melbourne Cup in the Sky is your chance to celebrate Melbourne Cup in style AND for a great cause! Enjoy the city skyline from the revolving C Restaurant as you sip on champagne and delicious delights all day, while watching the fashion parades, raffle and auction and of course the big race!
Ø The KHQ Golf Day, at Burswood Park Golf Course, is a first time event in which the HelpMe Campaign for Lifeline WA and Peter Hughes Burns Foundation join forces for this fundraising and corporate networking day on the green, followed by a sumptuous 3 course dinner and great prizes!
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or would like further information on any of these events. We would love to see you again!
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Australia Mental Health Diary Date: National Psychology Week 14 to 20 November 2010
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WHO: The Australian Psychological Society (APS), the peak professional association for psychologists in Australia.
WHAT: National Psychology Week aims to promote the importance of psychological health to overall wellbeing.
WHEN: 14 – 20 November 2010
WHERE: Nationwide
To celebrate National Psychology Week, 14 – 20 November 2010, psychologists throughout Australia will showcase how psychology can make a positive difference to the quality of people’s lives.
The theme ‘Think well. Be well’ is about feeling good, having a healthy self esteem, positive family, social and work relationships, being fit and healthy and having a balanced lifestyle.
As part of National Psychology Week, the Australian Psychological Society (APS) will launch the results of a national research survey and APS members will run events nationwide.
This year’s survey was undertaken with more than 1,600 Australians and looks into the way that social networking affects our lives, including our psychological wellbeing, relationships and social interactions.
The APS provides a free referral service for the general public, GPs and other health professionals who are seeking the advice and assistance of an APS psychologist. To access the free referral service visit www.psychology.org.au <http://www.psychology.org.au> or call 1800 333 497.
For more information about National Psychology Week, or to find a NPW event near you, visit: www.psychologyweek.com.au <http://www.psychologyweek.com.au>
Australia – major events re EDUCATION HEALTH DISABILITY AGEING – Parents Families and Carers Workshops
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Click here for further information Click Here for information on the National Federation of Parents, Families and Carers. There is no cost to join the Federation. SIGN UP NOW Click Here to offer to convene in your federal electorate. Parents Families and Carers as a Movement for Change
Lyn Zanchetta – Disability My daughter Lisa is 40 years old. She was born with Spina Bifida, and several years ago, was diagnosed with kerato-conus (thinning of the cornea). Lisa is wheelchair bound, and has a busy life. She attends Dualware 3 days a week, Tafe 1 and a half days, cooking on a Friday afternoon, plus many social activities. Lisa was originally on the Victorian Department of Human Services (DHS)Home First Program, and since May 1st 2008, I have been managing Lisa’s support package ($60,000) myself, doing Direct Payments and Direct Employment. I have a team of 6 carers. They all follow a care plan, and they all receive a good hourly rate, much more than any service provider would pay. I pay them fortnightly, and do the quarterly tax, super, and group certificates at the end of the financial year. I prepare all contracts, pay workcover, and as we have control of Lisa’s package, we are able to use it all on Lisa’s care and equipment. And Lisa’s health has improved, with the good quality of care she now receives. These arrangements cut out the middle man (service provider) who would take around $18-20,000 of the $60,000 to manage the fund. This money goes back into Lisa’s support and is spent on her needs, not the greedy needs of Service Providers. I have enquired about paying myself a small admin fee, but while DHS permits Service Providers to take 33%, they will not allow a parent to take 3%. Will the Department encourage other families to do as I am doing? Service Providers are going to be the big stopper in this area, as they do not want to miss out on the BIG MONEY. I think DHS has to be open and let families and people with disabilities manage their own lives, and the Act allows us to do so now. The Department still keeps us in the dark, while they keep Service Providers in the loop about everything. There is a long way to go, and we need a strong movement of parents to keep DHS and the government honest and keep them focused on the needs of people like Lisa and not on the needs of the Service Providers. Click here to register your interest in Lyn and Lisa’s model if you or a family member receive a disability support package. Margaret Gray – Ageing [The photo below is of Mum holding her 6th great grand child, my 4th grandson, Quentin, in June this year. He is not yet 24 hrs old. ] The EACH package is worth $43,205. It appears there is no requirement for Approved Providers to allocate the entire package value to my mother’s requirements. Indeed I have been told that if someone else has higher needs, as decided by the “professionals” employed by the Approved Provider, then we should feel it is appropriate that others should receive a “top-up’ from those with “lesser” needs, something caller Brokering I believe. This means that only 75% of the package, or $32,409, is available for services for mum, which must be accessed using an agency and the rule of thumb here is that work is charged at a 50% mark-up on the rates actually paid. [When an agency charges a flat hourly rate of $36.50, care workers are paid $19.] This means in real terms of worker hourly payments we receive hours amounting to $32,409 / 2, or $16,204 of hours service. That is, we are only receiving services to the value of 38% of the EACH package. The Provider never wants to talk about budgets and financial management of our Package but feels it is fine to ask for a co-payment on top of their 25% cut for administration and unwanted case management. Eventually it was the lack of financial transparency that allowed me to see significant parallels with the Financial Services Industry and the current airing of public and government concerns. From this parallel and the proven effectiveness of Self Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs), we came up with a model of Real Consumer Directed Care which is applicable in many areas of aged care, disability and family services.My husband and I have a Self Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF). We pay a specialised company to provide information and services, including set-up & statutary reporting requirements – much less than 25%. We make our own informed decisions, have flexibility and are in control of all administration costs apart from legislated payments. When I read the Aged Care Act I could see no reason why this same model will not work for motivated carers to be Self Managed Providers (SMPs). Of a package of $43,205, our overheads are $4,448, leaving $38,757 for hours of service instead of the $16,204 that the Approved Industry Providers leave us. This approach increases available funding for real service delivery by a staggering 52%, that is from a current 38% to 90% of the package. This SMP model allows mum and I to achieve our goal of “no more out-of-home residential respite”. The new Department of Health and Ageing Consumer Directed Care models and research projects are well-meaning but suffer from a conflict of interest by association with the current Industry Providers. I am concerned that these models are still full of administration fees for the Industry. My model is not one that I would expect to be put forward by the Industry Providers as they may stand to lose significant funding dollars. Click here to register your interest in Margaret’s model if you or a family member receive an EACH package. JOIN UP NOW There is no cost to join the National Federation of Parents Families and Carers. Siegfried Drews – Health I retired about seven years after a career in the corporate world, but life took an unexpected turn when my wife Mardi developed Motor Neurone Disease. I’m now busy coordinating her care. This involves 24 hour nursing support, and we have carers coming through the house at all hours. Over the past four years, I have developed a technology platform to support the planning, logistics, administration and reporting functions associated with supporting Mardi’s care. I found that doing all this manually is a nightmare. I also found that the agencies that supply carers can’t be relied on, and so I’ve developed a match-making system for families who need carers to find and employ them directly. It’s like an internet dating service for families who need carers. The result is a portal through which Mardi’s carers can be employed, rostered and paid electronically, other supports and services can be budgeted for, purchased and accounted for, and her public funders (the Victorian DHS) can view the flow of people and money as they wish. The portal integrates planning, budgeting, financial transactions, reporting, and local networking (if required) in a format applicable to children and adults in disability, chronic illness, mental health, aged care and education. I am getting old so I have no interest in commercialising this. There will be no licencing or contracts. It will be free for users with the exception of a set-up fee (which I want to keep as low as possible) and an optional fee for customisation (if required). Its purpose is to enable self-management and to leverage integrated person-centred arrangements for consumers and families on a very large scale. The portal is currently being trialled in two settings in Victoria. I hope it will be available from the beginning of 2011 for large scale use. It is incredible that the business practices of service providers in the field of care are about 30 years behind the rest of industry. We need a lot of political pressure from people with disabilities and families to force them to catch up and focus on the ‘customer’ and not on themselves. Click here to register your interest in Sieg’s technology platform for self-management. JOIN UP NOW There is no cost to join the National Federation of Parents Families and Carers. Andrew Kohane – Education At Winters Flat Primary School in Castlemaine in central Victoria, a group of parents have begun a real ‘Education Revolution’. We have successfully negotiated with a state school to introduce a stream of education running parallel to the conventional stream, characterised by a high level of parental involvement in the classroom around a negotiated curriculum and educational philosophy. The Community Class at Winters Flat Primary now has 75 kids in 3 classes. As a parent and educator I have led this process over 10 years now. The initial vision, philosophy and planning took place on the Surf Coast, south of Geelong, between 1999-2001 where a holistic learning model was developed through a series of community consultations and an independent school, the Coastal Community College, was registered and entered a pilot stage early in 2001. A decision to not proceed as a small private community school was subsequently made and a fortuitous meeting a year later with Kevin Brown, Principal of Winters Flat PS laid the foundation for the innovative state school-community partnership that was to become the Community Class Stream. Seven years later, and with our first Preps completing their Primary School education, the program was recognized as runner up in the State Excellence in School Awards for Community Partnerships. What had begun as an isolated single class stream, seen by parts of Winters Flat PS as ‘alternative, hippy, privileged and receiving special treatment’ had grown into a Learning Community of 75 students and become an integral part of a mainstream state school and recognized model for future partnerships. The concept for the partnership evolved in the community itself. A group of local parents developed the model and proposed it to Principal Kevin Brown. To sustain parent involvement the Parent Group focused on developing not only the shared values and agreements but also structures, protocols and decision making, including a whole parent group, a steering group, a curriculum group, and parents skills register. As indicated in the following introduction to the Parent Skills Register the emphasis has been on modeling and inspiring parents to be involved: We invite families to be involved 2-3 hours a week either during school time or after school hours. As families we recognize that our involvement will be flexible and vary over time. Our challenge as a parent group and teachers is to provide many opportunities and clear roles for us to be involved. We aim to create a learning environment where adults are curious and keen to witness and support the children’s learning. Parents and mentors are supported through information sessions that outline roles and times to review and reflect. If each family organized an adult presence in or supporting the class for 2 hours a week we are effectively reducing the adult to child ratio from 1.22 to 1.11. Considerable research identifies this as a key indicator of successful learning and social outcomes for young people. Click here to register your interest in Andrew’s model of parent-teacher transformation of schools. JOIN UP NOW There is no cost to join the National Federation of Parents Families and Carers. EDUCATION HEALTH DISABILITY AGEING
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U.S.A. – A Call for Speakers: Announcing @BrandsConf
A Call for Speakers: Announcing @BrandsConfToday I am announcing a new event, @BrandsConf, a conference taking place in early December 2010 that will explore the "Humanization of Brands" and the underlying effects this is having on business. - – - Since the birth of the real-time Internet, many businesses around the world offering products and/or services have found themselves establishing a presence on both Facebook and twitter and have been challenged with the task of having to having to have someone (or a team) represent their company and become their online and physical voice for their brands. For many companies this is something both new and challenging. "Brands Are People Too" After watching thousands of brands become alive on twitter, rather than just being an observer of such trends I thought the time was right to invite up to people to come forward and participate in the discussion. With today’s "Call for Speakers" I am looking for creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to come forward and pitch me something relevant they would like to discuss from inside the respective worlds of the business segment they are operating in. Brands transcend business sectors and my hope is to have a variety of industries represented at our first event. In the tradition of the #140Conf events, individual presentations will be 10 minutes long and panels will run 15 to 20 minutes. The conference will explore a range of topics from best practices to the legal issues to the natural conflict of personal and corporate branding. Plus a wide range of related topics that I hope to hear from the people who come forward to speak at this conference. I’m looking for first-hand accounts of how the humanization of branding is being applied and the impact it is happening in across the business world. My goal is to bring together a great group of Characters to both lead and contribute to the discussions. The take-aways from this event will provide the attending delegates knowledge, perspectives and insights to the next wave of effects the real-time Internet will have on brands and business. "Behind the Brand is a Human Voice" At the receiving end of a brand experience is a connected, broadcast enabled, consumer. Opening your brand, being human, and the art of listen brings about a fundamental shift, and potential re-structuring of we, as marketers bring our brands to market. So please, think about what YOU could contribute to the dialog, and who you may know who would be interested in being part of this exciting event. #BrandsConf is the twitter hashtag for the event. I would appreciate your help in spreading awareness of this new conference. What I hope to bring together is a gathering of people with a variety of backgrounds and together explore the future of where things are going and how to best prepare the community at large to get there. If you are interested in speaking at: @BrandsConf, please submit your speaking proposals over at: http://brandsconf.com. The deadline for speaking proposals is: Friday, November 5th but the first to submit will be the first I consider for the event. You can also feel free to please tweet speaker nominations/suggestions to #BrandsConf. I am also looking for sponsors and for exhibitors to be part of our conference. For more information about alan. Best Regards, Jeff |
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As Australia preps for Parliamentary debate on Afghanistan – Greens Senator to address anti-war rally in Perth Saturday
Greens Senator to address anti-war rally in Perth Saturday
Greens Senator for Western Australia Scott Ludlam will be among the speakers to address a public rally in Perth tomorrow (SAT 9 October) against the war in Afghanistan.
WHEN: 12 Midday, SATURDAY 9 October, 2010
WHERE: Wesley Church (corner of William and Hay streets, Perth)
The rally has been organised by a number of individuals who have come together to voice opposition to the war in Afghanistan on the ninth anniversary of the original invasion.
Speakers at the rally will include:
* Jo Vallentine (long time peace activist)
* Scott Ludlam (Greens senator)
* Alex Bainbridge (long time anti-war campaigner, Socialist Alliance)
* Phil Chilton (Refugee Rights Action Network)
* Bill Hinds (Vietnam veteran)
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Australia health – Dr Fiona Wood to deliver the 2010 RiAus October Lecture: Emergency! The future of trauma medicine
7 October 2010
New trauma technology – better, faster and the patient stronger
Former Australian of the Year, plastic surgeon Dr Fiona Wood says receiving emergency medical treatment in the trauma room of the future will be radically different from today.
Doctor Wood will present the 2010 RiAus October Lecture for high school students, Emergency! The future of trauma medicine, at Adelaide’s Science Exchange.
Coinciding with the 1st birthday celebrations for the RiAus, the October Lecture is a pivotal event for the organisation in its mission of bringing science to people.
“The progress we have seen in the last 50 years in medicine and the treatment of traumatic injuries is simply astounding- and it continues to accelerate,” Dr Wood said.
“In years to come computer modelling will determine the extent of damage to tissues, bioinformatics will reveal the complex circuits of genes. Nanomembranes will assist in healing and tissue engineering to reconstruct and regenerate damaged tissue for patients facing traumatic injuries like burns or deep cuts.
“Medicine touches every one of our lives, every day. Science and technology have radically affected the way we heal the human body and what’s to come will challenge our notions of healing and recovery,” she said.
“It’s not quite Steve Austin from the Bionic Man but new technology will make recovery from major trauma faster, better and our patients stronger.
“I hope the students will see how exciting it can be to be part of the teams that can change the way we think about rehabilitation and the interaction between the human body and new technology,” Dr Wood said.
As head of the burns unit at Royal Perth Hospital, Dr Wood found herself in the spotlight when she coordinated the treatment of 28 victims of the Bali bombings.
After the disaster Dr Wood developed the acclaimed ReCell kit which generates a noncultured skin cell suspension for immediate use and prepares the wound as the "tissue culture" environment.
“We want the students to embrace the opportunity to drive the change and to comprehend the value of science and technology,” Dr Wood said.
Dr Wood will present Emergency! The future of trauma medicine at The Science Exchange on Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 October.
Sessions are from 10-11am and 2-3pm and are for year 8 – 10 students.
The Science Exchange is at 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide and is free but bookings are essential. Following the event, the October lecture will be freely available to download for teachers, students and those in the medical profession across the country and the world.
Contact Lisa Bailey at RiAus lbailey or (08) 7120 8605.
Media Contact: Sara Brennan Ph: 02 9234 3822; E: sbrennan
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mHealth Summit to connect mobile health innovators with funders
October 5, 2010
2010 mHealth Summit hosts special session to connect MOBILE HEALTH innovators with funders
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, McKesson Foundation, Vodafone Americas Foundation and West Wireless Health Institute to Participate
The 2010 mHealth Summit organizers announced today a Funding Networking Session to connect innovators with funders and grant-makers at its landmark mobile health (mHealth) event taking place next month. The session, scheduled for the first day of the summit, Monday November 8th, from 5:15-6:30 pm, will feature several NIH Institutes supporting mHealth technologies, as well as the:
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Intel Digital Health Group
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- McKesson Foundation
- NASA
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Veteran’s Administration
- Vodafone Americas Foundation, and
- West Wireless Health Institute, among others.
The Funding Networking Session was developed to connect foundations, philanthropic organizations, government agencies, NGOs, and private sector investors with individuals and companies seeking support for innovative mobile health solutions, applications and programs that promise to advance the implementation of mobile health technology for clinical research, health care decision support, management and delivery.
At this session, as well as throughout the 2010 mHealth Summit, investors and grant makers can zero-in on the cutting-edge technology solutions in mobile health and gain expert insights into the future of this rapidly evolving industry.
Funders interested in participating in the Fundraising Networking Session can send an expression of interest to Kate Barrett at kbarrett. Further information is available at www.mhealthsummit.org.
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About the 2010 mHealth Summit
The 2010 mHealth Summit is organized by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health in partnership with the mHealth Alliance and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The event will take place November 8-10 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
The event is emerging as an unprecedented gathering in the U.S. mobile health sector because it is bringing together leaders in the four key areas that are driving the transformation of the health ecosystem domestically and internationally, including emerging markets: research, innovative technology, industry and policymakers. The event will advance discussion, deal-making and decision making at the intersection of mobile technology, health practice, research, and policy.
The summit will include an exhibit floor featuring a 40-company technology pavilion hosted by Qualcomm, and a technology demonstration area. The conference program will deliver expert insights from the leading luminaries and thought-leaders from industry, research and policy in Super Sessions as well as in session tracks that will cover areas such as research, disease management, cloud computing, mFinance and business, maternal health, etc.
Event Highlights:
- Network with over 2,000 professionals from the U.S and 30+ countries, and gain unparalleled access to the biggest names in the health, policy and the mobile ecosystem
- Learn from keynotes, Super Sessions, Exhibits, and Posters
- Confirmed keynote speakers: Bill Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Francis S. Collins, Ph.D., Director, National Institutes of Health, Ted Turner, Chairman, United Nations Foundation; Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and Dr. Julio Frenk, Dean of Faculty, Harvard School of Public Health and former Minister of Health, Mexico.
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Kate Barrett at kbarrett, 301 435 2613
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