NewsMatch Alert: Press Release Summary | 20 March 2024
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Australian scientists develop a new method for the detection of Alzheimer’s
A team of Australian scientists, led by Monash University and the 澳大利亚悉尼大学 , has developed a new method for the detection of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, by “lighting up” clusters of misfolded proteins in the brain.
More kids hospitalised for preventable oral problems - but dental theatre space to fix urgent issues dramatically reduced
Thousands of kids are hospitalised unnecessarily every year for oral health conditions that are entirely preventable - and it’s a trend that’s getting worse.?New data released for World Oral Health Day today (March 20) from the Australian Dental Association’s (ADA)’s updated Oral Health Tracker shows almost 11 in every 1,000 children aged 5-9 were admitted to Australian hospitals for preventable dental conditions in 2021-2022, compared to 9.5 per 1,000 in 2018.
Amplifying voices of Women in Media - a call out to media sector women to have their say - annual survey launches
eckfactor / Women In Media Australia
Women in Media today launches its annual survey to better understand and represent the views of women working in the sector.?The survey is run by the 6,400-member organisation for women working in all facets of the media and aims to improve diversity, equality, and inclusion for all women in the industry. Distinguished television producer and media executive, Anita Jacoby AM, MAICD is right behind this important initiative. As co-chair of Women in Media, Jacoby said the survey provides important data that is compiled and released annually.?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equity and justice still needs to be progressed: 15th annual Close the Gap Campaign report
The Close the Gap Campaign is proud to release our fifteenth Annual Report, Voyage to Voice, Treaty, Truth and Beyond. Included are nine case studies that highlight the work of outstanding leaders and organisations in our communities who share their journeys and successes in closing the gap.?
Healthcare equity is one step to Close the Gap for rural First Nations people
The National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) calls on governments and health entities to commit to the recommendations of the Close the Gap Campaign Report 2024 to ensure that we, as a nation, realise true health equity for Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
“Small and getting smaller”: New analysis into future of gas for electricity in Australia
New analysis has revealed that gas use in the National Electricity Market peaked in 2014 and is predicted to continue steadily diminishing.?The analysis, commissioned by Solutions for Climate Australia in response to gas industry spin around Australia’s demand for gas, used independent and government data to reveal the current and likely trajectory of our domestic energy mix.
Malabar biomethane project receives GreenPower certification
Australia’s first biomethane-to-gas-network injection plant has been formally certified by GreenPower – a government managed renewable energy certification program – in an important next step for Australia’s nascent renewable gas sector.?
Embodied carbon: what is it and how to reduce it
Reducing materials embodied carbon in construction will advance Australia’s low-carbon future, says a UNSW expert.
S&P data shows efficiency standards set to be met
Despite overblown predictions from sections of the car lobby, new modelling by the Electric Vehicle Council, using S&P Global Mobility’s new car market forecast, shows the Australian market is actually already on track to meet the government’s preferred New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) targets.
New pornography research demonstrates need for Queensland action to prevent sexual violence
Public Health Association of Australia / AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Public health experts in Queensland are calling for State Government action to help prevent sexual violence, after new research published today showed that young Australians are learning about sex through porn well before their first intimate encounter.?
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Reducing stigma: A guide for talking about gambling harm
Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation
The Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation has released a new resource to help media avoid stigmatising language in news and feature items about gambling harm. The stigma associated with gambling harm is a deterrent to help seeking, which research has found is exacerbated by insensitive, judgemental and blaming language that implies those affected have a defective character.
A 96 cents a day increase leaves people in poverty
ACOSS is calling on the Federal Government to commit to substantially boosting income support payments as JobSeeker increases by 96 cents a day following routine indexation.?ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie AO said: “Today’s changes will still leave more than one million people relying on JobSeeker and related payments struggling to survive, with JobSeeker rising by just 96 cents a day to $55 a day."
Upholding healthcare standards following hospitalisation for people with dementia
Research from UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has evaluated the impact of a person-centred intervention on the quality of healthcare and clinical outcomes for people living with dementia, following hospitalisation.
NSW backs defective power plan which hikes bills & torches the bush
Lighthouse COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
A coalition of community groups, Stop, Rethink HumeLink, says the NSW Government is recklessly pushing ahead with HumeLink, a $5 billion, 365-kilometre overhead transmission project through southern NSW. This is despite serious safety and environmental concerns from within its own departments, a coalition of community groups have said.
First in NSW: MEU lodges Same Job Same Pay application for Programmed workers at Mount Pleasant
The Mining and Energy Union has today lodged a Same Job Same Pay application for Programmed labour hire mineworkers at the Mount Pleasant coal mine in the NSW Hunter Valley.?If successful, the application would result in pay rises of approximately $30,000 to $40,000 a year from November.?
Archer, Pocock win McKinnon Prize for outstanding political leadership
Federal Member for Bass Bridget Archer and ACT Senator David Pocock have been announced as winners of the McKinnon Prize, Australia’s independent, non-partisan award for outstanding political leadership. The McKinnon Prize is a collaboration between the Susan McKinnon Foundation and the University of Melbourne and has been awarded annually since 2017.?
YouTubers are entrepreneurs too – and they should be encouraged
Young Australians should be encouraged to start their own business or purchase an existing one as part of efforts to improve the nation’s economy, productivity and dynamism – and, yes, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok counts.?As part of its Federal Budget Submission, CPA Australia is calling on the government to track and report on the age of small business owners, following a new study that shows a clear link between young owners and business success.?
Angie and Dom reveal their massive hair transformations for Aussies living with blood cancer
Leukaemia Foundation / WORLD'S GREATEST SHAVE
Well-known Australians Angie Kent and Domenica Calarco (Dom) have today revealed their massive hair transformations as the Leukaemia Foundation’s Ambassadors for this year’s iconic World’s Greatest Shave campaign.??
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