NewsMatch Alert: Press Release Summary | 15 March 2024
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Miners in Ballarat need time to grieve, but also timely justice
While families of miners at the Ballarat Gold Mine must be given space to grieve, there can be no retreat from prosecuting the mine operator using new industrial manslaughter laws, says the union which represents workers at the mine.
Intelligence Committee tables report on military secrets legislation
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) today tabled its Advisory Report on the Defence Amendment (Safeguarding Australia’s Military Secrets) Bill 2023.?The Bill would amend the?Defence Act 1903?to regulate the work that certain former defence staff members can perform for or on behalf of a military organisation or government body of a relevant foreign country, without a foreign work authorisation.
Flood insurance inquiry to hear from affected communities and key agencies
The House Standing Committee on Economics has announced new public hearings as part of its inquiry into insurers’ responses to 2022 major floods claims. In March, the Committee will wrap up hearing from insurers and reinsurers. It will also hear from key departments and agencies, including Treasury, the National Emergency Management Agency and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
IFF Management’s perspective on Australia’s GDP trends
In a recent analysis conducted by IFF Management, Australia's economic landscape has come under scrutiny following the release of GDP data for the final quarter of 2023. The figures reveal a modest growth of 0.2 per cent, reflecting ongoing challenges within the economy and raising questions about the effectiveness of current monetary policies.
EVs now mainstream in Australia after record year of growth
2023 was another landmark year for electric transport in Australia with rapid growth in both EV sales and charging infrastructure, according to the Australian Electric Vehicle Industry Recap 2023 released today.
National coalition of community organisations calls on the Federal Government to ‘fix housing for young people’ as data reveals 44% still homeless after support
HOME TIME CAMPAIGN
A coalition of over 80 organisations, including peak bodies, homelessness services, housing providers, unions and others, has written to Federal Minister for Housing and Homelessness Minister Julie Collins seeking urgent action to ‘unlock Australia’s housing system' for 16-24-year-olds who are homeless and unable to access housing.
EPA fines Forestry Corporation $45k
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) $45,000 after two separate incidents in Nadgee State Forest on the far south coast and Bagawa State Forest near Coffs Harbour.??
Hundreds of Transgrid sparkies take second 24-hour strike for fair pay
Hundreds of Electrical Trades Union members working for Transgrid will down tools for 24 hours in a fight for wages that match the high cost of living. The union warns that Friday’s protected industrial action will push out Transgrid’s maintenance backlog and disrupt operations, including to the already troubled Project EnergyConnect - Australia’s largest energy transmission project.
ActionAid “categorically denounces” the reported forcible transfer of millions from Rafah to so-called “humanitarian islands”
Riham Jafari, Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at ActionAid Palestine, said: “We categorically denounce the reported green light from the US for Israel to undertake military action in Rafah and forcibly transfer the million plus people sheltering in Rafah to so-called "humanitarian islands" within Gaza so Israel can continue its violent rampage which is now entering its six month."
Media alert: The Australia Institute - Climate Integrity Summit 2024
The Australia Institute’s?Climate Integrity Summit 2024?will host leading experts in economics, ecology, policy and governance, along with key parliamentarians and journalists to discuss a credible and achievable climate policy that serves the Australian people and broader global community. The?Climate Integrity Summit 2024 will be held at Parliament House, Canberra on Wednesday, 20 March.
Monash Expert: World Sleep Day – a focus on sleep equity
领英推荐
Today is World Sleep Day and the focus is on sleep equity for global health. Sleep is essential to health, but measurable differences in sleep health persist across populations across the world, creating additional burdens and reinforcing health inequities. Dr Prerna Varma, Research Fellow,Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Sleep and Circadian Medicine Laboratory, School of Psychological Sciences is available to comment.?
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour has left Australia - but how do parents create more memorable moments with their kids?
For many parents, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour was an amazing bonding opportunity with their kids. An education expert explains how?not?to shake it off.
Expert comment: US moves to ban TikTok, could Australia be next?
An expert from RMIT University is available to speak to the potential ban of TikTok in the US and whether Australia is likely to follow suit. ?
Urgent need for science-based approach to shark conservation
A new paper with authors from the University of S?o Paulo in Brazil, Charles Darwin University, the California Academy of Sciences in San Franciso and Ghent University in Belgium has argued proposals such as shark culling and the prohibition of scientific diving could undermine critical conservation efforts in Brazilian Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).?
Dingo protection restored in North-West Victoria
The Victorian Government has restored protection for dingoes in the north-west of the state in a move that is welcomed by animal protection organisation Humane Society International (HSI) Australia, who campaigns to save the apex predator.
New South Wales first state to ban cruel animal tests
Animal-Free Science Advocacy (AFSA)
Animal-Free Science Advocacy (AFSA) has campaigned for an end to forced smoking and the forced swim test for many years and is thrilled with the passing of this crucial amendment, which will end the needless suffering of thousands of animals. AFSA spokesperson Rachel Smith says: “Contrary to claims otherwise, this ban will not only relieve animal suffering, but progress medical research, with many replacement methods in the fields of respiratory and mental health research based on human and not mice biology available."
Legendary time pieces come to Sydney for Seiko’s new pop-up exhibition
The world's first quartz watch, the first TV watch used in James Bond's Octopussy, original time pieces used in the 1964 Tokyo Games and the first Seiko watch that's 100 years old have arrived in Sydney for Seiko's launch of its "SEIKO BIRTH & REBIRTH" exhibition, commemorating 100 years since Seiko introduced its first wristwatch with "Seiko" on the dial. The pop-up exhibition at Sydney's Mid City Centre will be open to visitors for free from today Friday, 15 March 2024, to Sunday, 24 March 2024.
Naval Battle of Dardanelles on 18 March 1915 determined Anzac fate
Mat McLachlan , BATTLEFIELD HISTORIAN
With this year marking the 110th anniversary of the start of World War One, and 2025 marking the 110th anniversary of Gallipoli, historian Mat McLachlan and founder of Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours shines a light on the beginnings of the campaign that brought forth the Anzac legend.
Country Queen’s charity wins Presidential support
An organisation helping to reveal the magic of reading to around 40,000 children across Australia has been adopted as the President’s Charity by the Law Society of NSW as coming research confirms the benefits of the program. At a launch event in Tamworth, President of the Law Society Brett McGrath said United Way Australia is making giant strides for child literacy through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, since it began here over a decade ago.
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