06 Mar 2018 Punters lose big on pokies Two Whittlesea hotels top state for machine expenditure Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Addiction, Gambling, Gambling Harm, YOU could build a tenth of the Mernda Rail Extension or pay for two Mill Park Leisure centre overhau ... Read more
27 Feb 2018 $56 million poured into pokie machines in Hume in just six months Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: CALD, Gambling, Gambling Harm, Social Outings, THE business case for the duplication of Craigieburn Rd could have been funded 224 times over with t ... Read more
27 Feb 2018 Mortgage stress hits hard – Craigieburn bankruptcy numbers among highest in country Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Australian Families, Housing, Outer Northern Growth Corridor, PROPERTY powerhouse Craigieburn has the third highest rate of people declaring bankruptcy in Austral ... Read more
27 Feb 2018 State of Australia’s Fast Growing Outer Suburbs Part 1 – The economic and demographic transition of the Fast Growing Outer Suburbs Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Infrastructure, Outer Northern Growth Corridor, The fast growing outer suburbs are in transition, economically as well as demographically. Their pop ... Read more
27 Feb 2018 Information sharing scheme begins – Family Violence Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Domestic Violence, eHealth, eHealth & Service Coordination, Family Violence, Health Reform, Policy & Practice, Prevention, Prevention of violence against women, Privacy, Violence Against Women, New legislation which will allow greater information sharing commenced on Monday 26th February 201 ... Read more
15 Feb 2018 Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Project – Guidelines For Engaging People Who Cause Family Violence Harm’ Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Advocacy, Capacity Building, Children & Families, Clinical Practise, Domestic Violence, Family Violence, Frontline staff, Policy & Guidelines, Policy & Practice, Prevention, Prevention of violence against women, Resource, Resources, Respectful Relationships, Violence Against Women, NWMR PCP Identifying and Responding to Family Violence Project is pleased to release ‘Guidelines F ... Read more
15 Feb 2018 Close The Gap – 10 Year Review (2018) Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing, Closing the Gap, Resource, Resources, Ten-years after its commencement, it is time to critically reflect on why Australian governments hav ... Read more
15 Feb 2018 Focus on the Social determinants of health Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Social Determinants of Health, Getting Real About Social Determinants of Health New research points out that real people live ... Read more
15 Feb 2018 Health Alert New Victorian Medical Treatment Laws Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Clinical Practise, General Practice, Health Reform, Quality Improvement, Health practitioners, hospitals, aged care and other health facilities will be affected by new medic ... Read more
09 Feb 2018 National Asthma Strategy 2018 Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Asthma, The National Asthma Council Australia has released its strategy for the new year, to address the imp ... Read more