Minister for Roads and Ports Duncan Gay today launched the state’s biggest lifejacket awareness campaign to promote safe and responsible boating behaviour. Minister Gay was joined by Aussie actor and comedian Shane Jacobson who is spear-heading a series of light-hearted films, that will run as part of a statewide lifejacket campaign running through to Easter. “One […]
A landmark study of Victorian motorists with a history of speeding has found that using speed alert devices can reduce speeding, potentially saving lives. Minister for Roads Terry Mulder said the VicRoads study was the first in the world to examine if Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) devices would improve the speed behaviour of a group […]
Environment Minister Robyn Parker will today host tyre industry representatives at a summit and announce a plan to lower the threshold for the storage of waste tyres. Ms Parker said the NSW Government will propose a regulation change to decrease from 5000 to 500 the amount of passenger tyres allowed to be stored for recycling, […]
Retailers across Australia have had their extended warranty practices examined by consumer protection agencies, including NSW Fair Trading. Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe said the joint operation undertaken during 2013 examined the practices of 141 retailers across Australia, including 23 in NSW. Mr Stowe said the work built on an earlier national project by consumer protection agencies that […]
The Women’s Health of Australia (WHoA!) study – part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) – has been running since 1996. It is one of the primary vehicles for informing Australian government health policy and health services for women. Medical research teams can also apply to use the data in the work […]
Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) Australia, gladly announces its formal launch in Australia here today. The launch events are being held in Sydney and Melbourne on 23rd and 24th November respectively. Working on the ideology of BJP and being in close proximity with the senior BJP leadership in India, OFBJP Australia invites people to its Launch Meeting […]
The Overseas Friends of BJP Australia was launched in Sydney and Melbourne on the weekend of 23 & 24 November amidst much fanfare today and with people joining with full enthusiasm. Termed as a ‘Soft Launch’ the response generated was anything but soft. It created just the atmosphere of excitement among friends, participants and […]
ECCV is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $60,000 grant from the Victoria Law Foundation to develop tailored community language videos to inform ethnic communities about elder abuse. Australian researchers estimate that between 2% and 7% of older persons, over 65 years of age, in Australia experience mistreatment including neglect. “We are very […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner today launched Australia’s first pop-up rapid HIV testing site, which offers free tests and results within 30 minutes. The caravan – which aims to promote the ease and importance of HIV testing to at-risk people – will operate in Taylor Square, Darlinghurst from tomorrow until Sunday, which is World AIDS Day. It is a […]
Educating the community is the key to stopping violence against women, Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge said today. Speaking at the annual White Ribbon Day lunch in Melbourne, Ms Wooldridge said that community education is required to change attitudes and behaviours that have allowed violence against women and children to continue. “The White Ribbon Foundation plays an […]