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Bushfire season - ABC listen
Across Australia 220,000 volunteer firefighters are ready to protect our lives and property. If we had to pay them for their time, it would cost us something like $2 billion a year, but it's getting harder to attract them, and harder to keep them. Debates rage about hazard reduction burns, about whether people should stay in their houses or just get out, and about insurance levy issues. Reporter Jane Shields.
Glam reaper - ABC listen
It's 20 years since the Grim Reaper campaign, when a hooded, decomposing creature with a scythe bowled down men women and children with Aids. Cases of HIV are rising again, across Australia, and there's about to be a new campaign - The Glam Reaper. Social norms have changed, and the world is more complex. Reporter Jane Shields. Substance Abuse, Government and Politics, Health, Science and Technology The Glam Reaper: It's been twenty years. Some things have changed, some have not.
Program: Mentally ill children
Can a two year old - or a foetus - show symptoms of bi-polar disorder? In America, they think so, and, of course, there are medications for it. There is no doubt some children develop serious mental illness and need help, but it may be going too far. There is a wide range of normal human temperament, and behaviour. Society tolerates few eccentricities. Reporter Jane Shields. Family and Relationships, Social Policy, Mental Health MUSIC Woman: You've heard about SARS, AIDS and bird flu.
Program: Free trade vs fair trade
It's an ideological battle between those who want a fairer, better deal for the poor farmers in the developing world - and those who say the best way to get that is having a world wide free market. There are fault lines in both arguments. Reporter Jane Shields.
Program: Coping by cutting
The incidence of self harm is rising and there's a search for understanding and solutions. Princess Di admitted to it. As many as 1 in 5 young people are likely to deliberately hurt themselves to release internal tension and pressure. What is it, and how can parents handle it? Reporter, Jane Shields. Family and Relationships, Young People, Healthcare Facilities MUSIC Jane Shields: This is Background Briefing on ABC Radio National. I'm Jane Shields.
Parental alienation - ABC listen
The anger and hurt of divorcing parents often spills over into custody and access to children. Accusations of child abuse are defended with claims of lies and alienation using Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) resulting in the accusing parent losing custody. PAS has been discredited in America but there's concern that it's still being used in the Family Courts of Australia.
How Sydney's hottest suburb is preparing for summer
The Australian government's first-ever National Climate Risk Assessment, was released yesterday and included a "shocking" warning that heatwave deaths in Sydney could skyrocket by more than 400 per cent if overall temperatures rise by three degrees. Heatwaves already cause more deaths in Australia than all other extreme events combined, including in Sydney's west.
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1 April 2025 NEXT plc Notification of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and Persons Closely Associated with Them The following notification is made under article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation. On 31 March 2025 the following PDMRs acquired shares in NEXT plc as part of a vesting of share awards under the March 2022-2025 Next Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") as set out below. The shares acquired must be held for a minimum period of 2 years.
Father Bob Maguire, in his own words
Outspoken Melbourne Catholic priest Father Bob Maguire has died, aged 88. Father Bob Maguire was the parish priest at Saints Peter and Paul Church in South Melbourne for 38 years until 2012 when the Catholic Church decided it was time for him to retire. He didn’t agree, and a very public tussle ensued between Bob and the Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart.
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RNS Number : 5631U Next PLC 06 April 2021 6 April 2021 Next plc Notification of Transactions by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Person Closely Associated with Them The following awards were granted to executive directors on 6 April 2021 under the Next Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"): Maximum No. of Shares Lord Wolfson of Aspley Guise 13,178 Amanda James 8,024 Richard Papp 7,779 Jane Shields 7,779 Under the terms of each LTIP the award comprises a conditional award of...
New report reveals the Kookaburra is in decline
The call of the Kookaburra is a familiar and iconic sound. It speaks, or rather laughs, of the Australian bush. But a report out today reveals the Kookaburra, and some of our other most common and iconic native birds, are in decline. The State of Australian Birds report shows that Kookaburras and Magpie numbers are down in many regions, particularly in eastern and south-eastern Australia. Sean Dooley is the Editor of Bird Life Australia magazine - Australia's largest bird conservation organisation.
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