Month: February 2015

Sustainability Health Check for your Home

Sustainability Health Check for your Home

Posted by | Feb 23, 2015 | , |

It reads like a visit to the doctor: how’s your fitness, flexibility and well-being? Well this time it is not you receiving a health check – it’s your home. Architect Matthew Smith says the right design for a new home or renovation is just what the doctor ordered to pass the examination with flying colours. “A sustainability health check can assess if your home is fit to fight rising energy costs, whether it is flexible enough to adapt to changing use now and into the future, and if it is sensitive to the health needs of you and your family.” Mr Smith...

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REACHING OUT TO FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS

REACHING OUT TO FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS

Posted by | Feb 18, 2015 | , , , , |

Local community group Micah Projects to take part in a landmark national study of experiences in care. The Long-term Outcomes of Forgotten Australians Study (LOFA) research project funded by the Australian Research Council wants to hear from adult survivors of Australian childhood institutions or Out of Home Care, who were in care during the period 1930-1989. This is the first national research study to examine the range of experiences – both good and bad – that children had while ‘in care’ in that time period. Information provided by participants will inform current service provision to Forgotten Australians, helping to...

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Digital distraction a killer

Digital distraction a killer

Posted by | Feb 17, 2015 | , , , , |

New QUT study shows pedestrians often experience near-misses when crossing the road. Talking and walking is as dangerous as dialing and driving, with road safety researchers concerned that pedestrians are risking their lives by using mobile phones when crossing the road. Preliminary results from a QUT study looking at pedestrian smart phone use while crossing the road showed 30 per cent of people admitted having a near-miss with a car or other vehicle and 15 per cent blamed their phone distraction. Amy Williamson, from QUT’s Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q) – said pedestrians were...

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Palaszczuk announces new Cabinet

Palaszczuk announces new Cabinet

Posted by | Feb 15, 2015 | , , , |

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says her new Cabinet will be focussed on job creation, listening to Queenslanders and acting on their concerns, while restoring integrity and accountability to government in Queensland. “The new Cabinet is an exciting mix of experience and fresh talent,” Ms Palaszczuk said. “My Government is committed to delivering on the election commitments we made to Queenslanders, and my Cabinet is the team that will fulfil that task. “First and foremost, today I have directed the Government to cease any and all work being undertaken on the former Government’s asset sales program. “Today I have delivered on...

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You can sidestep mandatory metadata retention

You can sidestep mandatory metadata retention

Posted by | Feb 10, 2015 | , |

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam told ABC PM Will Ockenden that Australians will be able to sidestep mandatory metadata retention if they use non-Australian email and messaging services last week. Senator Ludlam had “quizzed Attorney-General’s Department as part of a review by a Senate Committee of the Telecommunications Interception and Access Act,” Ockenden told ABC PM listeners. “So if my email account is an @iinet.net.au address, it will be within scope. And if my email is an @gmail.com, it’ll be out of scope,” Senator Ludlam said. “All I need to do to avoid mandatory data retention is just to take...

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