“No wonder Coke and Pepsi are spending millions of dollars to fight proposed taxes on sugary drinks in California.”
http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/mexicos-junk-food-taxes-hit-pepsi-coke/story-e6frfkur-1227086254795
Tobacco products have known significant negative health impacts and tobacco companies are challenging plain packaging laws worldwide to protect their sales and profit. Other industries use products in a way which also have adverse effects on our health, should legislation exist for them too?
Where does the responsibility exist? is it..
– with the population to eat healthy and stay healthy?
– with corporations to operate ethically and with their consumers health in mind?
-with Governments to ensure that corporations and people act responsibly to allow health and other public services more resources to focus on the existing workload?
“Julieka Dhu, 22, died in August after being held for unpaid fines at a police watch house in South Hedland in Western Australia.”
The 1987 royal commission made 339 recommendations but most were never put into effect.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/10/23/nationwide-rallies-over-aboriginal-deaths-custody
The royal commission was 27 years ago, if state and national authorities implemented more or all of the recommendations they could’ve saved lives. Why was nothing done?
‘I’m going to stab you’: Calls for more support for male domestic violence victims
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/10/22/im-going-stab-you-calls-more-support-male-domestic-violence-victims
What do you think? please add your comments below…
No school (playground) rules – do you think it’d be effective? please leave your comments below…
“Dani Isdale visits a school with no rules, but is the kids’ playtime chaos good for learning or has the principal gone too far? ”
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/no-rules-school
Using hip-hop with an accredited leaning model to help homeless and at-risk youth to get back on track! Long term Government support these sorts of positive social programs would be great!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-12/hip-hop-used-to-engage-at-risk-kids-in-new-education-model/5807532
Great outcome:
“I used to be one of those kids like ‘I hate school, I don’t want to be at school, I just want to sleep, but now I’m like ‘ah I’d better get to school, they’re probably doing something good’.”
Trying to find something positive amongst all the bad and sad things in the news and found this.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-19/flying-retired-farmer-pilot-volunteers-on-outback-stations/5755354
I try to keep my posts with a positive sentiment but I posted this because I don’t think there is adequate attention on it:
It’s 2014 and Australian citizens are still dying in custody. Why?
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/09/09/indigenous-death-custody-inquest-prompts-calls-reform
I’ve never had the chance to directly ask or have any interaction with anyone in custody to understand what they’ve been through, how they’re feeling and what past and current situations are affecting their mental health which leads to tragic situations.
If our mental health, correctional and other services had adequate facilities, funding, staff and capacity to provide better care for people who’re in those situations the outcome might be very different.
A death in custody is one death too many.
Sep 11th is R U Ok day.
Ring a mate, say hi and catch up on old times, or new times, you never know if your call could make a difference!
https://ruok.org.au/contact#faq
Check your with your landline or mobile carrier to see if they have an R U Ok promotion. VirginMobile are “giving all our customers free-calls on R U OK?Day” (1)
(1) http://www.makingmobilebetter.com.au/ruok-day/get-involved
