NewsMatch Alert: Press Release Summary | 30 April 2024
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Bolster news funding to combat information warfare
The federal government must bolster support for Australian and Pacific news organisations to combat information warfare, according to the Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue (AP4D).?Their new research paper warns a failure to boost investment would undermine Australia’s national security and regional relationships amid a rising tide of misinformation and disinformation.
Taking gendered violence seriously means funding services that keep women safe
The national peak body for Australia's 165 community legal services has called on the Federal Government to ensure investment in women's safety includes funding the frontline services that keep women safe and assist them to escape violence. Community Legal Centres Australia released data from its recent sector survey showing that 78% or four in five community legal services across the country provide domestic and family violence support and/or family law services.?
Legal aid DV funding ‘crisis’ puts women at risk
National Legal Aid is calling on the government to urgently fund Legal Aid Commissions to further their domestic violence work across Australia amid the national crisis, warning that $317 million annually is needed to meet demand for help.
Governments must match community concern with funding for specialist legal help for women
This year, Women’s Legal Services Australia estimates 52,000 women in crisis will be turned away from our doors, due to a lack of ongoing and sustainable funding from the Federal Government. Chair of the national peak body Women’s Legal Services Australia, Elena Rosenman said they had sought additional funding of $25 million in the upcoming Federal Budget for women’s legal services across Australia.??
One in seven Australian adults report engaging in workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment, new study finds
The first national study to investigate workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment (WTFSH) has revealed one in seven Australian adults surveyed admit to engaging in this form of sexual harassment at work. The research highlights the role of gender in perpetration of WTFSH, with 24 per cent of surveyed men admitting to using technology to engage in workplace sexual harassment, compared to 7 per cent of women.
TPB invites comments on draft guidance on breach reporting obligations
To support professional standards and improved transparency, today the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) released draft guidance on breach reporting obligations.?Breach reporting obligations applicable to registered tax practitioners from 1 July 2024, are another step in Government reforms to the tax and regulatory system, improving integrity and addressing misconduct.
RMIT expert available for comment on review into Optus outage
An expert from RMIT University is available to talk to media in response to the recommendations today handed down by Richard Bean, who led the post-incident review into the unprecedented nationwide Optus outage in November 2023.
Australian cattle market “in balance”, but price upside potential ahead – Rabobank Beef Seasonal Outlook 2024
Australia’s cattle market is sitting in a “state of balance” – with improved beef production waiting on an increase in demand – but an upside in prices is expected towards the end of the year, Rabobank says in its Australian Beef Seasonal Outlook 2024.
AIHW data reinforces the need for targeted investment in rural health
A new update released today from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that people living in very remote areas were hospitalised at almost twice the rate compared to major cities. Data also shows that access to General Practitioner visits was lowest in remote and very remote communities. “Such appalling disparities should be rectified with targeted investment and innovative approaches. Your postcode should not determine your access to health care,” said National Rural Health Alliance Chairperson, Nicole O’Reilly.
Victorian nurses and midwives to hear industrial action ballot result and decide next campaign steps
ANMF members will attend a statewide meeting on Tuesday 30 April to hear the outcome of the industrial action ballot and a progress report from elected union officials about their enterprise bargaining negotiations for improved wages, allowances and working conditions.
New program delivers urgently needed support to Australia’s midwives and nurses
The nation’s nurses and midwives will receive urgently needed support under the new $25.2 million Australian Government-funded Nurse and Midwife Health Program Australia (NMHPA) being announced on Tuesday.
Food safety during pregnancy: what’s on and off the menu
Pregnant women should follow advice that reduces the risk of food poisoning, says UNSW food safety expert.?Conflicting advice around food safety can often leave pregnant women confused and vulnerable - especially if the wrong information is given. Pregnancy websites, mummy blogs and social media groups are quick to post their own guidelines around what is safe to eat during pregnancy.
Pasteurising donor human milk may lose essential hormones
Pre-term babies consuming donor breast milk may be missing out on important hormones, such as melatonin, which are crucial for healthy infant development according to La Trobe University research.
Visa rules jeopardise HIV management: study
A Monash University sexual health expert has warned that an unintended consequence of Australia’s migration rules could compromise Australia’s goal to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.?Associate Professor Jason Ong, of the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC), at Monash University’s School of Translational Medicine, says some people living with HIV are choosing cheaper, suboptimal antiretroviral treatment (ART) out of fear that their applications for permanent residency (PR) will be rejected.
Treatment-related pain may be ‘socially contagious’, study finds
An individual’s experience of pain from medical treatment can be heightened by witnessing other people’s responses to the same treatment, with this negative experience subsequently spreading to others, scientists have discovered.
Study shows how AI can be a ‘crystal ball’ for businesses to stay afloat
Businesses unsure how to survive the next global tragedy should have no fear, with a new study showing how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help organisations stay afloat in rapidly changing times. The new study led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) examined how AI can predict what factors impact an organisation’s ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from economic disruptions.?
Australia-first report reveals Indigenous students’ culture, confidence & aspirations strengthened through new programs
The Aurora Education Foundation (Aurora) has today released its inaugural 2024 RISE Impact Report, publishing first-of-its-kind insights about what works in Indigenous education.?Early findings illustrate that when students are supported through RISE, there is a significant increase in self-confidence, educational aspirations and cultural knowledge, with Aurora staff and mentors also having a direct impact on students deciding to complete the HSC versus other education pathways.
Indigenous Health receives a $59.5 million boost
This morning, leading men's health charity Movember have pledged $59.5 million to Indigenous men health across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, and the USA over the next seven years. With Australian First Nation communities and organisations set to receive a $17.6 million of those funds to help supercharge the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boys and men.
Hundreds gather in Darwin for preventive health success stories
The latest preventive health research into fields like vaping and tobacco control, Indigenous health, school canteen food, climate change, and maternal health are on the agenda at Preventive Health Conference which begins in Darwin today.?More than 360 experts will gather at the Darwin Convention Centre for the three-day annual event which is hosted by the peak body Public Health Association of Australia.
We are all going to die someday, but how do you want to live until then? National Palliative Care Week to deal with ‘Matters of Life and Death’
National Palliative Care Week (NPCW), returns from 19 May to 25 May 2024. The week marks the nation’s largest annual initiative aimed at deepening people’s understanding of palliative care and encouraging action around end-of-life planning.
Three Australian stories front a national campaign, highlighting that breast cancer does not discriminate
This year, the poignant message behind a national campaign shines a spotlight on the many different types of support required for each Australian with a breast cancer diagnosis. The Bakers Delight Pink Bun campaign tells three unique personal stories from Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) members, who each speak to their lived experience.
“You can’t help if you don’t know”: Trio show reality of living with low vision in new series
Vision Australia has teamed up with three Aussies with lived experience to create a series of videos that shine a light on the reality of living with low vision and to correct common misconceptions. Research commissioned by Vision Australia showed that 2 in 3 Australians don’t know how to assist people with low vision, and The Pupil Project aims correct that as Australia’s low vision population is set to increase by 25% by 2030.
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