“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?
“…because the sexism that hurts women also hurts men!”
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/10/16/viral-comic-captures-how-sexism-affects-everyone
‘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…
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’.”
Allen’s “Killer Pythons” halved in size.
The company says “The move is part of Nestlé’s efforts to help Australians better manage their health, by controlling the amount of food, especially treats, they eat”
Why didn’t they keep the product the same size and reduce the sugar content? could be something to do with the sugar epidemic? (1)
http://www.nestle.com.au/media/pressreleases/meet-the-new-scale-friendly-killer-python-
Campaign urges doctors to stop seeing pharmaceutical sales reps
“No advertising please”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-09/campaign-urges-doctors-to-stop-seeing-sales-reps/5803022
Are you in the health sector? what do you think?
The sugar epidemic – true or false? are you a health professional? please share your experience and perspective!
“Everything we’ve been told about food and exercise for the past 30 years is dead wrong.”
Australia introduced plain packaging laws in December, 2012 (1), statistics show a decrease in cigarette sales and tobacco companies are still pursuing legal challenges against plain packaging laws.
Federal Health negotiated with big tobacco companies about a voluntary agreement to list the contents of cigarettes. The ingredients (2) lists an interesting mix of chemicals but doesn’t provide explanitary notes about them.
If the proposed ban (3) is enacted would other states follow? and what lengths would tobacco companies go to challenge it?
(1) http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/tobacco-plain
(2) http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-drugs-tobacco-ingredients.htm
(3) http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/push-grows-to-ban-cigarettes-for-everyone-born-after-2000/story-fnj4f7k1-1227074507679
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
Samsung promotion for their “S-drive” app: using mobile features to encourage and reward safe driving.