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Aged Care, Seniors

Aged Care, Seniors Opinion 

Slow Dismantling of NDIS by Coalition

4 February 2021 Editor

Minister Robert’s comments are a smokescreen for NDIS “power grab.” By Senator Jordon Steele-John Australian Greens DIsability spokesman. Comments by Minister Robert about the NDIS as cynical, misleading and offensive. Minister Robert’s comments about our NDIS are deeply concerning and

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Aged Care, Seniors Legal UoN 

Older Persons Legal Clinic

6 November 20206 November 2020 Press

Free legal clinic supports vulnerable older people. Newcastle Law School now has a free legal service for aged people in Newcastle and Gosford. The Older Persons Legal Clinic, awarded a three-year $696,000 State Government grant, will focus on increasing access

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Aged Care, Seniors 

Will Aged Care Ever Be Fixed?

25 October 202025 October 2020 Editor

Australia’s aged care sector has been the subject of more than 30 major inquiries and reviews since 1997. By Eileen Webb Professor of Law and Ageing, UniSA, and Christie M. Gardiner Associate Lecturer of Law, University of Newcastle, and Teresa Somes Associate

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Aged Care, Seniors 

Dear Barry, I Love You and I Don’t Know Who You Are

3 October 20203 October 2020 Press

Kindies and Oldies connect with the written word… and some Zooming. Kindergarten children and Hunter aged care residents have bonded during the COVID-19 lockdown. Above ~ Margaret and Acacia’s art at Calvary Nazareth Retirement Community, Belmont. Below ~ Edgeworth Heights

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Aged Care, Seniors 

Older People Are Not Commodities

28 September 2020 Press

Treating our elderly people ethically and with transparency. UNSW’s Richard Hugman says it is time to stop treating elderly people as objects, as the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Safety continues. The dramatic increase in COVID-19 deaths in Australia’s

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Aged Care, Seniors Society & People 

Society’s Unpaid Care

2 August 20206 September 2020 Press

Replacement value of unpaid care in Australia rises to $78 billion per year. A new report commissioned by Carers Australia estimates annual value of unpaid care in Australia is $78 billion – 29% more than in 2015. Produced by Deloittes

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Aged Care, Seniors Medical & healthcare 

Aged Residents Given Antipsychotics “without need, without consent”

8 June 2020 Press

Over-use of Antipsychotics Without Consent in Long Term Aged Care. Researchers from the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration (DCRC) and the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney have highlighted a critical need to address non-consensual and overly

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Aged Care, Seniors Legal Government 

Aged Care Provider Fined $6m

12 May 2020 Press

Court orders $6m in penalties against Bupa and compensation for consumers. The Federal Court has ordered that Bupa Aged Care Australia Pty Ltd (Bupa) pay $6 million in penalties for making misleading representations and wrongly accepting payments for extra services

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Aged Care, Seniors Science & Research 

On Centenarians Keeping Their Marbles

6 May 2020 Press

People Aged 95+ Show Stronger Brain Connectivity. By Heidi Douglass Research suggests that those aged 95 and over have more activation between the left and ride side of their brain than younger counterparts. Pictured ~ James Lovelock in 2005. Lovelock,

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Aged Care, Seniors Government 

Aged Care Residents Tell PM to Back Off

6 May 2020 Press

Aged Care Residents Disagree with Prime Minister. Aged care residents of Lifeview homes in Victoria have expressed their disappointment with the Prime Minister’s statements on allowing visitors into their home. … having people stuck in their rooms, not being able

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Aged Care, Seniors 

Free Legal for Aged Vulnerable

16 November 201913 September 2020 Press

Free legal clinic supports community’s vulnerable older people.  Some of the most vulnerable people in our society – older people – can benefit from a new free community legal service (established by Newcastle Law School) in Newcastle and Gosford. The

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Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival
Newcastle Event & Venue 

Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival

8 February 2021 Press

Arts Festival makes Newcastle the place to visit this month. An intimate art gallery performance by a renowned Australian musician, an augmented reality experience celebrating indigenous culture, and a discussion on women in leadership with Australia’s first female Prime Minister,

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Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle
Energy & Renewables NSW aka In the News Opinion 

Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle

12 February 202112 February 2021 Press

Gas companies making plans to drill offshore from Newcastle. Opponents fear the PEP 11 gas exploration permit off the coasts of Sydney and Newcastle will be renewed today by Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt. The joint venture companies currently holding

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La Niña Peaks But Effects Continue
Weather 

La Niña Peaks But Effects Continue

3 February 2021 Press

The 2020–21 La Niña is likely to have peaked with respect to atmospheric and oceanic patterns in the tropical Pacific. However impacts associated with La Niña, such as above average rainfall in eastern and northern Australia, are expected to persist

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Shipping Cartel Fined
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Shipping Cartel Fined

6 February 20216 February 2021 Press

Shipping cartel fines now total $83.5 million after WWO conviction. Norwegian-based global shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS (WWO) has been convicted of criminal cartel conduct and ordered by the Federal Court to pay a fine of $24 million, in

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Agriculture Faces Profitable Year
Agriculture 

Agriculture Faces Profitable Year

4 February 2021 Press

Australian agriculture looking to profitable year ahead – industry outlook. Australia’s agricultural sector is set to enjoy an overall profitable year ahead – underpinned by high commodity prices, positive seasonal conditions and low interest rates, and despite expected continuing trade

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Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured
Physics & Energy 

Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured

31 January 2021 Press

Australian father of photovoltaics awarded prestigious 2021 Japan Prize. By Stefanie Menezes UNSW Sydney solar expert Martin Green has been honoured with the Japan Prize for transforming the photovoltaics industry. Professor Martin Green. Photo ~ University of NSW. Professor Martin

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Give Back Our Data
Internet 

Give Back Our Data

8 February 2021 Press

Tim Berners-Lee’s plan to save the internet: give us back control of our data. By Pieter Verdegem Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster Releasing his creation for free 30 years ago, the inventor of the world wide

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Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage
Upper Hunter Heritage & Historical 

Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage

5 February 20215 February 2021 Press

Two jet fighter planes – a Macchi and a Mirage – are making their home at Scone Regional Airport. Restored by volunteers. they will become part of the Warbird Visitor Attraction. The Mirage A3-44 will travel by road from the

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