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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Spring has brought a surge in the number of pets being bitten by snakes in the greater Melbourne area. Some of this increase is due to the arrival of warmer months, but the upturn is more than just seasonal: a spate of land renewal projects--notably, housing developments being built on reclaimed swamps--may be the prime culprit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kylie Kelers, of the University of Melbourne's Veterinary Hospital, says the rise in residential developments along Melbourne's suburban fringe has had an effect. "I do think we've seen more snakes than we have at the same time in previous years," she said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But the risk to pets vary from suburb to suburb. "Suburbs around swampy or waterway areas are the areas where we see the most bites," she adds.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dr. Kelers</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> lists these areas because her clinic serves Melbourne's southwest. She says that wetland areas along the Yarra River and Merri Creek could be equally dangerous for pets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Patrick Honan, the manager of live exhibits at Melbourne Museum and a former veterinary nurse, has found that snakes are particularly a problem in Melbourne's newly developed western suburbs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">He says that snakes are hardy. "With a lot of animals, as soon as suburban housing takes over, the animals disappear, but snakes they tend to hang around 20-30-40 years after housing is established." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Places Victoria, the government agency that oversees the </span><a href="http://www.myriverwalk.com.au/cs/Satellite?c=VPage&cid=1346214741604&pagename=Riverwalk%2FVPage%2FRWPage" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Riverwalk housing development</a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> on Werribee's south-western fringe, has a mandate to develop urban renewal on sites not suited to the private sector. In</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> many locations, their development involves converting swampland into residential neighbourhoods. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Its renewal plans include conservation efforts; generally, portions of suburban riverside and swamps are reclaimed for recreational use. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Their website promotes</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> the river running trail and adjacent wetlands, where it is "</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hoped that the unique Growling Grass Frog will be attracted back to the area".</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"That is like candy to a snake," says Scott D'Agostino of Reptile Education Victoria, a private company that promotes reptile conservation through education. "They live on frogs." </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Mr D'Agostino is concerned about the increasing trend of building houses on snakes' natural habitat. "U<span style="color: #222222;">nfortunately, you are now mixing snakes and people together." </span>In the end, will the snakes disappear? Not likely, according to Mr D'Agostino.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ben Duggan, a sales representative for the Riverwalk housing development, agrees that snakes could be prevalent in the new housing estate. Mr Duggan used to have a business near the Barwon River in Geelong. "Tiger snakes are a big problem there. I'd assume we'll have the same problem."</span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Citizen </i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">contacted </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Places Victoria, but the organisation--which last month reported the largest loss by a government entity in the past decade--</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">chose not to comment on the effect of building major housing projects on swamplands and other snake habitats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Meanwhile, the University of Melbourne Veterinary Hospital has intensified its annual campaign for pet owners to be aware. The hospital has recommended that should a pet be bitten, owners need to keep their pet still, carry it to a car, and </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">immediately </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">drive to the nearest </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">veterinary</span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> hospital.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Dogs suffering from a severe snakebite have the best chance of recovery if taken to the veterinary hospital within thirty minutes. According to University of Melbourne veterinary toxicologist Mark Davis, about 80 per cent of treated dogs survive. "It is great to be able to send our patients home with no long lasting effects if the stars are aligned!" he says</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">In a letter to doctors earlier this month, the Chief Medical Officer, Chris Baggoley, announced the progress of the committee that will advise him on the evidence for Lyme disease in Australia. The disease--which can be fatal--has been recognised in America since the 1970s, but this is the first time the Australian government has indicated formal acceptance of the disease.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">"I was in an electric wheelchair for eight years," explains </span><span style="text-align: left;">Nikki Coleman of the Lyme Disease Association of Australia. Once she began treatment for Lyme disease, her condition improved. "I can start earning money, I can start paying tax, I can start contributing to society."</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Lyme disease (borreliosis) is a tick-borne bacterial infection. The infection, which can begin with a fever and bullseye-shaped rash, can be treated with antibiotics. If left untreated, it can sometimes spread to different parts of the body -causing symptoms like neck stiffness, shooting pains from nerve damage, heartbeat irregularities and a loss of muscle tone in the face called Bell's palsy.</span><br />
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Although doctors accept that travellers can contract Lyme disease overseas, there is debate about the existence of the bacteria in Australia. Australians who have not travelled overseas have developed symptoms similar to those of Lyme disease. However, many doctors are not certain if the cause of their illness is the Lyme bacteria.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">There are no formal figures on the illness, but the Lyme Disease Association of Australia estimates there are more than 10,000 diagnosed cases in Australia, and many more, perhaps in the order of hundreds of thousands who remain undiagnosed.</span></div>
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The disease is controversial. Practitioners such as Royal Australian College of General Practitioners spokesman
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Others are certain the disease exists in Australia. "We're talking about the fastest spreading disease in the world," said Queensland GP Andrew Ladhams. He has been treating Lyme patients for the past nine years.<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The state-owned company at the forefront of Victoria’s timber
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recent changes to forests law, could mark a more lax attitude towards the
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education programs for its workers. The Department of Sustainability and
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company has lived up to its part of the deal. The bond ends this month, and
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statements) </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">confirmed that the 12-month probationary agreement has been
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company, oversees the contractors who harvest and replant trees.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="background: white;">The forestry company </span>has improved training so
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Also, a spokesperson from the Arthur Rylah Institute confirms that
the company has begun working with the Leadbeater’s Possum Advisory group. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">VicForests' action on the final condition is less clear. </span><span style="background: white; color: #330000; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">VicForests claims it has </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">replanted 22 hectares of native bush
in East Gippsland, but</span><span style="background: white; color: #330000; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> neither the company nor DEPI confirmed the
exact location.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #330000; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">According to VicForests' </span><a href="http://www.vicforests.com.au/files/vencggvcsr/2012-Annual-Report-FINAL.pdf"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">annual
report</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #330000; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">, the legal costs involved in such
environmental battles were the key reason for its</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> net profit loss in
2011-2012. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The government has been making moves to assist
the failing industry. In a bold move to cut the industry’s administrative
costs, the Victorian parliament passed</span><a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/bill/sfab2013379/"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">a series of amendments</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> to the</span><a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/sfa2004289/"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act (2004)</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> on <span style="background: white;">June 28, 2013.</span> Ms Young is concerned that will
give VicForests a carte blanche to native forest in Victoria.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Amelia Young from the Wilderness Society is concerned that the
transgression sets the stage for more disaster. Her biggest concern is how
VicForests will protect the environment given their heightened autonomy in the
recent Timber Act amendments.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">“It’s putting the fox in the henhouse,” said Ms Young. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">She believes that because the</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> board is
responsible for pursuing commercial returns, they are not best placed to
consider the environmental costs of logging operations. “In fact, given their
responsibilities, it is likely they will not,” Ms Young stated. She cites the
illegally cleared hectares as a prime example of timber transgressions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The recent amendments remove the requirement for
contractors to have an operating licence, give VicForests indefinite ownership
of transferred land, and allow VicForest’s Board to approve its own timber
harvesting plans. All three components of the plan have come under criticism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">A chip off
the old block: How new laws affect forestry regulation</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://tex.parliament.vic.gov.au/bin/texhtmlt?form=jVicHansard.sum&debate=sustainable+forestry&logic=and&members=%28All%29&members=%28All%29&activities=%28All%29&parliament=2013&month=%28All+Months%29&day=All"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Hansard
records</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> confirm that members of the Victorian Government claimed cutting
requirements for harvester’s licences would reduce redundancy. Members of the
opposition voiced their concern that the government’s primary motivation was
economic, at the expense of safety.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Logging advocates are quick to
counter that the environment will be safe. Forests are still governed by
Management Plans. Harvesting has to meet the Forest Practices Code. So there
are regulations, even with the new amendments.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">But the degree of freedom now awarded the industry is
unprecedented. Amendments allow VicForests to approve its own Timber Release
Plans—which contain details of where they will harvest and replant. This year’s
rainforest logging ordeal has made environmentalists wary that VicForests, if
approving its own plans, will slip again.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Even if VicForests does not harvest any more native forest,
activists question if the company’s plans for replanting would neglect to
invest in robust, bio-diverse flora.</span><a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/sustainability/measuring/publications/pubs/14-environmental-indicators.pdf"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The
National Sustainability Council</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> reported that regrowth
vegetation—which tends to be just one species—is of less ecological value than
rainforest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Activists also have a third concern about self-regulation:
short-sighted over-harvesting. Chris Orchard, a Melbourne based volunteer with
Wilderness Society Victoria, is struck by the devastation of over-logged native
forests.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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describe it to someone who has never seen it before, they are like
post-apocalyptic landscapes.” –Chris Orchard, Wilderness Society Victoria. Photo: Wilderness Society<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Forestry advocates counter that harvest levels
from public native forests are below the calculated ‘sustainable levels’. As
one member of the Victorian timber industry remarked, “It’s only 10 per cent of
the forests” (that’s sixteen times the size of Melbourne’s Yarra Bend Park).</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Despite the “sustainable” levels,
conservationists are concerned that VicForests can now determine where and when
they will log, without any longer having to put their logging plans out for
public comment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Not only is the Board now in charge, but the new</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> amendments
allow the state to allocate land to VicForests indefinitely. The time period
used to be 15 years. Kelly O'Shanassy, CEO of Environment Victoria </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">is concerned
about the state government’s motives: “We’re worried that the brown side
[corporate profit] of the debate basically is going to completely overshadow
the green side, which is the environment protection.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">But how profitable is this venture?</span><a href="http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/4865-statement-vicforests-annual-report.html"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Premier
Denis Napthine boasts</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> that VicForests has earned an $11.58 million net profit during
its eight-year life. But since 2007, VicForests has been attacked (most notably
by The Age) for failing to produce a consistent profit. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The above chart shows the amount of timber the
company has produced (increasing, see green area). VicForests pulls in around
$120,000 in annual revenue. In other words, the timber is selling (black line).
Yet the company is losing money (red line).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Court costs aside, environmental activists have
latched onto the argument that there is fiscal danger in indefinite ownership.
So for both sides, as spring planting begins, the court battle may be over, but
the war continues.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Below is the beginning of my article in the Sunday Age about the imoact of the East-West Link on the zoo animals. Read more in the Sunday Age: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/hippos-interrupted-tunnel-stress-fears-for-zoos-higher-orders-20131005-2v18u.html#ixzz2hB7rgbAa" style="border: 0px; color: #003399; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/hippos-interrupted-tunnel-stress-fears-for-zoos-higher-orders-20131005-2v18u.html#ixzz2hB7rgbAa</a></div>
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The mating process is delicate. Zookeepers are monitoring the hippos' behaviour to gauge the right moment for the two to be introduced; too early and Felix could feel the full force of Petre's teeth. The process could take a year or two. Meanwhile, the pygmy hippos wait in separate enclosures in the zoo's Royal Park home. Patience is everything.</div>
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For 150 years, the zoo has been a haven for endangered species. But the animals may now be facing a threat to their sanctuary. The first stage of the proposed 18-kilometre cross-city toll road includes a six-kilometre tunnel running within 300 metres of the zoo's southern corner....</div>
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By <a href="http://theconversation.com/profiles/gerry-redmond-7648">Gerry Redmond</a><em>, Flinders University</em>; <a href="http://theconversation.com/profiles/andrew-podger-98535">Andrew Podger</a>; <a href="http://theconversation.com/profiles/helen-hodgson-94553">Helen Hodgson</a>, and <a href="http://theconversation.com/profiles/squirrel-main-94061">Squirrel Main</a><em>, University of Melbourne</em><br />
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<i>This article was originally published at <a href="http://theconversation.com/">The Conversation</a>. Read the <a href="http://theconversation.com/factcheck-labors-if-abbott-wins-you-lose-attack-ad-17262">original article</a>. My section is below the YouTube advertisement.</i><br />
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<figure><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="260" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/w-LjDPu_CLY?wmode=transparent&start=0" width="440"></iframe><figcaption>Labor’s new attack ad makes plenty of claims, but which ones are correct?</figcaption></figure><br />
<strong><em>Election FactCheck</em> is checking key claims in political advertisements. Here we look at the “If Tony Abbott Wins, You Lose” ad from Labor.</strong><br />
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Abbott will cut billions from education, including those schools who need it most</h2>
Although the Coalition has not indicated how it intends maintaining the funding for the government’s <a href="http://www.betterschools.gov.au/">Better School Plan</a>, there is no indication that money will be cut, or that these cuts are targeting disadvantaged schools.<br />
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When contacted by <em>Election FactCheck</em>, a spokesperson for education minister Bill Shorten said the above claim alludes to Tony Abbott’s commitment to only four years of the Better Schools funding, sometimes known as the <a href="https://theconversation.com/topics/gonski-review">Gonski reforms</a>, in contrast to Labor’s six-year commitment.<br />
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The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations estimates that the current government will provide an additional $7.5 billion over the next six years to the five states that signed up to the Better Schools Plan. Four years of this funding only total $1.9 billion, so those last two years make a big difference.<br />
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Although the amount the Coalition has committed to is about $5.6 billion less than Labor’s plan (and $8.3 billion less if Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory jump on board after the election), at this stage, the Coalition has provided no official information that the party intends to cut education funding.<br />
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<figcaption><span class="caption">Does Labor’s most recent attack ad pass the truth test? <span class="source">Labor Party</span></span></figcaption></figure><br />
The exact numbers are up for debate. The department’s forward estimate over six years is $11.5 billion for Better Schools if all states participate. <a href="http://www.budget.gov.au/2013-14/content/glossy/gonski_policy/html/gonski_overview_02.htm">The current government advertises</a> $9.8 billion over six years for Better Schools. This excludes millions more for students with disabilities, as well as funding for National Plan for School Improvement initiatives, such as developing the Australian Curriculum.<br />
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The Coalition’s figures are equally elusive. Abbott could be committing $1.2 billion less in the next four years with a quick sleight-of-hand, by giving Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory the Better Schools funding, without restoring <a href="http://smarterschools.gov.au/">National Partnership funding</a> (which is federal money for disadvantaged schools, teacher quality and literacy and numeracy).<br />
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In short, the numbers are difficult to compare, as the Coalition has not released concrete policies around Better Schools, the National Plan School for School Improvement or funding for students with special needs. But the claim “cut billions” seems a bit of an over-reaction.<br />
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Future funding differences are hard to predict. After all, Labor’s original Gonski review called for an additional $5 billion a year. Now, even with all states, it’s a maximum of $3.7 billion per year, and a minimum of $0.5 billion (one-tenth of the Gonski review’s recommendation).<br />
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<strong>The statement that Abbott will “cut billions from education” cannot be substantiated – Squirrel Main.</strong><br />
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<em>Squirrel Main does not work for, consult to, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has no relevant affiliations.</em><br />
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<br />Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-32712845600062648682013-08-21T10:32:00.000+10:002013-10-09T10:33:11.769+11:00A more sustainable Australia: closing gaps in childhood inequity<h1>
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By <a href="http://theconversation.com/profiles/squirrel-main-94061">Squirrel Main</a><em>, University of Melbourne</em><br />
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<i>This article was originally published at <a href="http://theconversation.com/">The Conversation</a>. Read the <a href="http://theconversation.com/a-more-sustainable-australia-closing-gaps-in-childhood-inequity-16730">original article</a>.</i><br />
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<em><strong><a href="https://theconversation.com/topics/a-more-sustainable-australia">A more sustainable Australia</a></strong> As the 2013 election campaign continues, we’ve asked academics to look at some of the long-term issues affecting Australia – the issues that will shape our future.</em><br />
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Looking after children during their early childhood yields a huge return on investment. It’s not just good for the economy, but for the health and well-being of our children too. The cliche is worth repeating: our children are our future.<br />
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But that future is suffering from poor policy. Australia’s system of early childhood education and care has been rated as inequitable, unsustainable and one of the worst in the world.<br />
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Fortunately there have been some significant improvements in the last couple of years. But before we look at the system, let’s start with the most important part: children.<br />
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2012: a snapshot</h2>
In 2012 most Australian children were on track and doing well in five developmental areas: physical, emotional, cognitive, social and academic skills. That’s broadly acceptable, but it isn’t equal across the board.<br />
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The 2012 <a href="http://www.rch.org.au/aedi/">Australian Early Developmental Index</a> (AEDI) reported one in ten children were developmentally vulnerable in two or more areas. And in very remote areas, one-third of children were identified as developmentally vulnerable.<br />
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Why are some children better off than others? While it may be tempting to blame family or community, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16351334">international studies</a> have shown that the quality of childcare also matters to children’s development and school readiness. More importantly, early childhood education and care is an area over which the government has direct leverage.<br />
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Compared to other nations, Australia has an abysmal child care and preschool record. Our expenditures as a percentage of GDP are the <a href="http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Documents/oecd-eag-2012-en.pdf">lowest in the OECD</a>. We spend 0.1% of our GDP, compared to the OECD average of 0.5%. Brazil’s proportion, for example, is four times higher, while Denmark’s is tenfold.<br />
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And we have a low rate of early childhood participation. In 2012, <a href="http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Documents/oecd-eag-2012-en.pdf">the OECD</a> ranked us 34th in preschool attendance. Only half of all Australian four-year-olds were enrolled in preschool.<br />
To be fair, these number only include kindergarten enrolments. As a general rule in Australia, there is a strong public perception that kindergartens have higher standards of educational quality.<br />
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Until recently, <a href="http://www.acer.edu.au/documents/PolicyBriefs_Dowling09.pdf">fewer quality demands</a> have been placed on long day care centres, teachers are paid less, and often there is no requirement for a certified teacher to be present. In short, the programs that disadvantaged preschoolers can access (often under-funded long day-care programs) are not of the same quality.<br />
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And that’s assuming that they even have access. The <a href="http://www.growingupinaustralia.gov.au/">Longitudinal Study of Australian Children</a> showed that children who did not attend any formal early childhood programs were more likely to be growing up in single-parent, Indigenous, and/or non–English speaking families from economically disadvantaged areas.<br />
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Luckily, Australian governments have realised that this inequity is not sustainable. In 2008, COAG made a commitment that by 2013:<br />
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All children in the year before formal schooling will have access to high quality early childhood education programs delivered by degree-qualified early childhood teachers, for 15 hours per week, 40 weeks of the year, in public, private and community-based preschools and child care.</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority has been creating a National Quality Framework. In June 2012, the <a href="http://acecqa.gov.au/national-quality-framework/">National Quality Standards</a> were implemented. Every early childhood centre — kindergartens and long day care — is now being assessed by these standards.<br />
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Good for the economy</h2>
For every dollar invested in early childhood care, <a href="http://www.policylink.org/atf/cf/%257B97c6d565-bb43-406d-a6d5-eca3bbf35af0%257D/EARLYCHILDHOODEDUCATION.PDF%20%20">up to A$17 </a> can be returned. The <a href="http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Pre-k_education/report_prek_econpromise.pdf">average return</a> is A$2.36.<br />
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How does this work? Well, savings are made in money not spent on education interventions, <a href="http://www.highscope.org/content.asp?ContentId=219">crime rates</a> and health care.<br />
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No study has found any disadvantage. But there are disagreements over the most sustainable course. Economists <a href="http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/human-services/new-research-early-education-as-economic-investme.aspx">argue</a> that small inexpensive policies may well be worthwhile, whereas big effects from expensive interventions may not be.<br />
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Unfortunately, we know precious little about the <a href="http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Pre-k_education/report_prek_econpromise.pdf%20">economic costs</a> of providing different levels of childcare quality.<br />
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A sustainable future?</h2>
All told, it appears that Australia has realised that it is off-track. But will the national standard and universal access be enough to fix things up?<br />
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The latest data show 89% of children were enrolled, but only 56% for the COAG goal of 600 hours a year.<br />
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<figcaption><span class="caption">A Snapshot of Preschool Participation in Australia: increasing, but a long way to go… <span class="source">DEEWR, using ABS data</span></span></figcaption></figure><br />
On a national level, the National Quality Standards, while promising, are too new to evaluate (none of the children in the 2012 AEDI would have experienced child care under these standards).<br />
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Other policy options, such as a child care subsidy, do not guarantee equality. In Quebec, where such a policy is in place, the quality of the early childhood programs is worse for children in the lowest socioeconomic quartile. These <a href="http://dspace.cigilibrary.org/jspui/bitstream/123456789/21296/1/Quality%20Counts%20Assessing%20the%20Quality%20of%20Daycare%20Services%20Based%20on%20the%20Quebec%20Longitudinal%20Study%20of%20Child%20Development.pdf?1">observations</a> suggest that, ironically, the more privileged Quebec families are benefiting most from the government’s policy.<br />
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We need to be spending at least five times the amount on early childhood to compete with our closest OECD neighbours. We need all centres to be held accountable to the new National Quality Standards — poorly performing or unsafe centres need to be shut immediately. Wages for educators need to be subsidised in order to attract well-trained professionals into long day care settings. Funding needs to target those with the greatest need — and be directed towards improving quality, not increasing bureaucracy.<br />
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Some early childhood educators are heartened by the 2012 AEDI data. Louise Cooke, an early childhood educator and researcher with the Northern Territory <a href="http://www.education.nt.gov.au/parents-community/early-childhood-services/families-as-first-teachers-program">Families as First Teachers</a> program said, “there is still a long way to go to ‘close the gap’, but services on the ground that work with families are seeing some tangible gains for young children".<br />
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The key for her has been access: namely, offering these disadvantaged families many of the opportunities — such as playgroups — that are afforded families elsewhere in Australia.<br />
But she is worried that decisions made by staff in Canberra often leads to waste and duplication of services. Her solution for sustainability? Better consultation with community, and better coordination.<br />
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Regardless of the approach, early childhood education and care is one of the most sustainable pathways towards reducing the economic and social disparities between the rich and the poor.<br />
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<em>Thanks to the <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/sustainability/measuring/publications/sustainable-australia-report-2013.html">Sustainable Australia Report 2013</a> for inspiring this series.</em><br />
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<em>Squirrel Main was a research fellow from 2011-2013 on the E4Kids project at the University of Melbourne.</em><br />
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<br />Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-72231817381723202302013-08-06T10:30:00.000+10:002013-10-09T10:30:42.846+11:00Gonski watered down: how does the current policy compare?<h1>
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By <a href="http://theconversation.com/profiles/squirrel-main-94061">Squirrel Main</a><em>, University of Melbourne</em><br />
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<i>This article was originally published at <a href="http://theconversation.com/">The Conversation</a>. Read the <a href="http://theconversation.com/gonski-watered-down-how-does-the-current-policy-compare-16715">original article</a>.</i><br />
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It’s been a very long road for those wanting school funding reform. But it looks as though now the government version of the <a href="http://www.betterschools.gov.au/review-funding-schooling">Gonski review</a> is here to stay.<br />
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Five states and territories are now on board, with Victoria <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/victoria-signs-on-but-deal-has-a-cost-20130804-2r7q4.html">signing up</a> just this weekend. Opposition leader Tony Abbott too has reversed his previous position and will now <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-02/coalition-to-support-gonski-school-funding/4861102">guarantee the funding model</a> for at least four years (while making some changes to the federal ministers powers).<br />
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The new system will follow the basic model outlined under the Gonski review – that is, moving to a per student resource standard with extra funding given to schools with higher numbers of disadvantaged students.<br />
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But how do the new arrangements with the states compare to the recommendations of the original Gonski’s report?<br />
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The foremost recommendation of the Gonski report – to replace the outdated, opaque and overly complex funding of schools – has been achieved. The current policy position also follows another core recommendation, that the money follows the students and is based on need. Compare this to the current multiple funding models, only one of which is based on a measure of a school’s need.<br />
The government has also broadly followed Gonski’s estimated base amount. The panel said this would be need to be around A$10,500 per secondary and $8,000 per primary student. The amount has <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-14/gillard-announces-details-of-gonski-education-reforms/4627910">now been set</a> for $12,193 per secondary and $9,271 per primary student.<br />
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But there are major differences. First, the total cost. The original Gonski report estimated if these arrangements had been implemented in full during 2009, the additional cost to governments would have been about $5 billion per year. Now, with phase-in periods extending (for instance, Victoria only needs to reach 95% of the schooling resource standard by 2022), the amount thins out. The federal government estimates an additional $9.8 billion over six years from 2014‑15 (or around one and a half billion per year).<br />
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<figure class="align-centre"><img alt="" src="https://c479107.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/28688/width668/r226pyjh-1375735724.jpg" /><figcaption><span class="caption">Funding is increasing, but isn’t $5 billion anymore. <span class="source">Australian government. http://budget.gov.au/2013-14/content/glossy/gonski_policy/html/gonski_overview_02.htm</span></span></figcaption></figure><br />
Recommendation 25 in the original report called for transitional funding that recognised the need for extensive negotiation. And the deals have been somewhat flexible. For instance, under its recent compromise deal, Victoria does not have to increase annual education spending by 3% until 2016, two years later than the Commonwealth had initially demanded.<br />
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The government has also modified Gonski’s recommendations on the loadings for students with specific needs. The report recommends loading for students from the bottom quarter of low-income families. The government has expanded this to include students in the bottom half of the socioeconomic measure. Also, every Indigenous student now attracts extra funding. The wider application of the loadings provided extra funding for a further 875,000 students from low-income families as well as a further 31,900 indigenous students.<br />
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Students with disabilities have not received as much attention. The original report promises nationally consistent data collection on students with disability has been established and an appropriate funding loading developed. In the meantime, an interim loading has been calculated via estimation. Governments have paid lip service to a solution. For example, the Commonwealth and South Australia agreed to improved the measure and funding of students with disability.<br />
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There has been more clear progress on the recommendation to negotiate with Independent and Catholic systems. These schools are <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-23/catholic-schools-sign-up-to-gonski/4837944">now on board</a>. The Australian government will, as recommended, have a greater role in funding government schools, while the states will give more to non-government schools. This agreement includes the caveat that independent schools with disadvantaged students that had received national partnerships or targeted program funding over the past three years would not lose funding when these programs were cut.<br />
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The next step is to design a new measure of wealth that assesses the capacity of the parents enrolling their children in non-government schools to contribute financially towards the school’s resources. Gonski originally recommended a National Schools Resourcing Body that would regulate such decisions. But this idea was scrapped in September 2012. The representative advisory group – which would have provided advice to the body on schooling matters — was also binned.<br />
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There has been so much fanfare around the funding that other recommendations have played second fiddle. For example, Gonski pushes for increased data collection, but we have yet to see if the promised annual State of Our Schools report will suffice. Same with philanthropy. Gonski dedicated seven pages to donations, but there has been no visible increase in charitable donations.<br />
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What of the Gonski recommendation to allow School Planning Authorities to coordinate new school buildings and expansions? And other details, like creating a national definition of the maintenance and minor works responsibilities? Both seem to have fallen by the wayside.<br />
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And there is the issue of the federal ministers powers. In many ways, the government’s reforms also expands the role of the federal government. For instance, it would develop a National Accreditation of Initial Teacher Education Programs, a literacy and numeracy assessment for student teachers, and the Australian Curriculum.<br />
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But states have raised the red flag and bargained hard to limit the expansion of federal powers. Even the Gonski report encouraged states and territories to make deals that reflected specific funding and educational requirements of that jurisdiction. Victoria has taken this one step further and demanded that the Commonwealth incorporate regulations into the legislation that constrain the Commonwealth from unilaterally intervening in schools.<br />
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This check on Federal power ensures that education remains a state and local issue. Indeed, former head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Terry Moran sees Victoria as being ahead of the game <a href="http://theconversation.com/terry-moran-in-conversation-full-transcript-10187">in terms of devolving responsibility</a>.<br />
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As with any political proposition, there has been give-and-take. It is heartening to see that the bare minimum—reform of a woefully antiquated funding formula—has been accomplished. The funding is nowhere near what was promised, but at least the stage has been set. Now the fine balance of state responsibility without compromising the education of disadvantaged students begins.<br />
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<em>Squirrel Main does not work for, consult to, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has no relevant affiliations.</em><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Despite a string of recent racist incidents involving individual police officers (click on <a href="http://tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/138824/Police-Racial-Profiling/" target="_blank">the timeline below</a> to learn more about
these), Mr Crisp remains adamant: “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: accent1;">We do not concede or accept that as an organisation we actually are
involved in racial profiling<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anthony Kelly, the legal centre's Executive Officer, agrees there is
no official policy, but he still has concerns. “The cops out there on the
street at 10 o’clock at night are very different from the ones in the Victoria
police bureaucracy,” says Mr Kelly, “We recognise this through the reports of
our clients </span><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: accent1;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">being
told to 'get back to Africa,' </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">being racially abused when they are
stopped and searched, and physically assaulted.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">When examining Victoria Police’s own data, </span>University of Melbourne </span><span style="color: windowtext;">Professor Ian Gordon found</span> <span id="goog_1961384438"></span>that young </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #4f81bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 18pt;">African
men in the Flemington and North Melbourne area were 2.5 times<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>more likely</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to be stopped by police</span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> than other groups despite having a lower crime rate. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Numerous community members have ideas for ways
to solve this issue. Ross Barnett, director of the Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria, is pessimistic and believes police are denying problems. He</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> agrees that </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">new cadets get trained in cultural
awareness, but “30 years later they’ve never had any refresher or any other exposure
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The council plans to tell<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> the inquiry that
“culturally appropriate policing” should be part of the assessment to progress
up the ranks. Insensitive cops should not be promoted.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Daniel Haile-Michael, one of the plaintiffs
in the Federal Court case has been studying for his civil engineering exams
at Victoria University. But he takes time off to promote the cause <o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt;">that has been dominating his life
for six years.</span><br />
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the community consultation is accessible. His goal is to change police training
so that it portrays the African-Australian community in a positive light.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His lawyers agree. “Police forces around the world are
recognising slowly that there is a disproportionality, there’s a bias, in the
way they stop and search people,” says Mr Kelly. In the United Kingdom, police
are now issuing “stop and search” receipts that explain why someone has been
stopped. Since introducing the receipts, racial profiling has decreased and police
are reporting that their searches are more efficient. Mr. Kelly wants Victoria
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Click on the red dots below to see what is happening in
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Back on the bus, Dang and his friends are cynical about the impact of community input. "Money makes the world go round, the cops won't listen to us."</span><br />
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But Mr. Crisp disagrees. <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"We're actually looking forward to hearing what the community has to tell us," he says, </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"It’s about all our communities living and working harmoniously together."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The community consultation period will remain open through July 31, 2013.</span><br />
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Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0Melbourne VIC, Australia-37.814107 144.96327999999994-38.6164245 143.67238649999993 -37.0117895 146.25417349999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-53105177630125579012013-05-01T09:40:00.000+10:002013-05-01T15:52:52.360+10:00NAPLAN: Falling short of the international mark<div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Poor scores on an international literacy test show that the NAPLAN assessment may not have the depth--or the benchmarks--necessary to assess Australian schoolchildren in a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">competitive </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">global economy. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; line-height: 17.77777862548828px;"><a href="http://www.acer.edu.au/timss" target="_blank">Results published by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)</a> </span><span style="line-height: 17.77777862548828px;">showed that m</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 17.77777862548828px;">ore than </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.769886016845703px;">one-quarter of the Australian Year 4 students who participated in</span><span style="line-height: 17.769886016845703px;"> the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.769886016845703px;"> failed to meet the minimum international benchmark. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17.77777862548828px;">In contrast to PIRLS, the most recent round of NAPLAN results showed only nine per cent of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17.769886016845703px;">Year 5 students</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17.769886016845703px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17.77777862548828px;">did not meet the minimum national standard. T</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he grey indicates students who are failing to meet the benchmark standard in literacy:</span><br />
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<span style="text-indent: -24px;">“I think everybody got a real shock when the [results] came out because...everyone assumed we’d probably do OK," said </span><span style="background-color: white;">Sue Thomson, Head of Educational Monitoring and Research at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Although NAPLAN results raise no alarm, </i></span><i style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Australia's PIRLS scores nowhere near top. </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Data source: ACER (<a href="http://www.acer.edu.au/documents/TIMSS-PIRLS_Monitoring-Australian-Year-4-Student-Achievement.pdf" target="_blank">see p.16 for a complete list of international results</a>)</span></i></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRrddgSPOlLvkVAbbhiyQreZx5SGO-79ExPu7I_yQkaJhsWsmADZaFMqnksEX_DFPORycIkogT-KQ1qBjLczsx4dxHFX7nXtlUWImmyJmYDTYvy-wMbz76xfF5U6aNKD5Qlir4BuIp87Rl/s1600/PIRLS+international+country.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"></a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On the international PIRLS test, Australia’s average score was similar to the score for Bulgaria, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">New Zealand, Slovenia, Austria, Lithuania and Poland. And significantly lower than the average score for 21 other countries, including the United States, England and Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.765625px; text-align: right;">The same cohort of children took the two tests. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: right;">So what is going on here?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">There are three possible explanations: </span><span style="background-color: white;">the NAPLAN standard is too low,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> PIRLS texts are more difficult, or PIRLS items are more challenging. All three appear to be true.</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">NAPLAN misses the international benchmark</b><br />
<span style="text-indent: -24px;">“Almost everybody agrees that the NAPLAN standards are too low," said Dr Thomson.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Even in sections where the two assessments are somewhat similar--for example, making inferences about fiction texts--students who are meeting the NAPLAN minimum are falling short of the international benchmark</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: -24px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A spokesperson for the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA, who oversees NAPLAN) said that </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 19.09090805053711px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 25.454544067382813px;">ACARA will "take account of international standards" when </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 19.09090805053711px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 25.454544067382813px;">aligning the national assessment program to the national curriculum. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -24px;">ACARA also hopes that the Australian Curriculum, which is mid-way through its roll-out, "...will lead to improved results."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Teachers believe the longer PIRLS text turns students off. </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">One Year 4 teacher explained, "They’re not used to read such long periods of text.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">While the PIRLS reader has only two stories that are nearly 800 words long, <a href="http://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/the-tests.html">NAPLAN has seven stories, all less than 200 words</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">There are two types of passages, informational and fiction.<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgCSBNAzYbngdFI3aUpySTl1UldiUHB0bU9SajRib2c#gid=0"> Readability stats</a> show PIRLS informational texts are harder.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Interestingly, PIRLS fiction texts are slightly easier than the NAPLAN literacy texts. This, too, brings a sobering point: even with easier texts, fewer Australian students are meeting the international benchmark once the word count goes beyond five paragraphs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Although the NAPLAN tests are about ten items longer, the additional questions are easier recall questions. </span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">PIRLS asks more higher-order questions about its fiction texts and has more open-ended items. </span></span></div>
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<b>Next step: Getting the results to principals</b></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dr Thomson is concerned that information on PIRLS results is not getting into the public arena.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">At a DEEWR National Principal’s Conference in early March only</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> ten out of 120 principals in the audience knew about the PIRLS results. This i</span><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: -18pt;">nformation needs to get to principals, teachers, parents and students in order for meaningful progress to occur.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Currently, international reading assessments have longer texts, harder non-fiction, deeper questions and higher benchmarks. If Australian students are to be held to a high international standard, NAPLAN needs to improve to world-class standards.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-small;">**</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The difficulties of test items on each NAPLAN scale are statistically calibrated so that performances across year levels can be reported and compared on the same numerical scale. Source: </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.coagreformcouncil.gov.au/excellence/docs/good_practice/NEA_2009_good_practice.pdf">ACR</a></span></span></i></span></div>
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Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-74866111353166151852013-04-26T19:55:00.004+10:002013-04-27T10:04:05.246+10:00Water prices set too highVictoria’s independent economic regulator has rejected price increases sought by Melbourne’s four water
businesses.<br />
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On Tuesday, the Essential Services
Commission released its draft review of water prices in Victoria. The Commission’s Chairperson, Dr Ron
Ben-David, said that businesses proposed that household water and
sewerage bills would rise by about one-third over the next five years.<br />
<br />
<a data-mce-href="http://www.esc.vic.gov.au/getattachment/659d2698-8d8c-4a5e-a1e4-b12c9fe18eb9/Water-bills-increase-15-per-cent-as-consumption-re.aspx" href="http://www.esc.vic.gov.au/getattachment/659d2698-8d8c-4a5e-a1e4-b12c9fe18eb9/Water-bills-increase-15-per-cent-as-consumption-re.aspx">Last year in Melbourne, water customers had among the highest annual increases (15%) in their water and sewerage bills</a>, with bills for Yarra Valley Water, South East Water and City Water increasing by $147, $107 and $104 respectively.<br />
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<i>Data source: Essential Services
Commission </i></div>
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The
Essential Services Commision will set the final price. The Commission
analysed plans and found the water companies were over-estimating their
energy, parts and maintenance costs.<br />
<br />
Ron Ben-David, CEO of the
Essential Services Commission, said, “We’ve gone through the water plans
very, very carefully and we’ve found savings worth a few hundred
million dollars, and that gets reflected back in the lower prices, which
is why we announced that we haven’t accepted the proposed $300 dollar
increases.”<br />
<br />
<b>The culprit: Desal</b><br />
The water companies
and the Commission agree that the major reason for the increase is the
cost of the Wonthagee Desalination Plant.<br />
<br />
Dr Ben-David stated “The
Commission is not satisfied that Melbourne Water has adequately
supported its claim that it must fully pass through its desalination
costs to customers in order to avoid adverse impacts on service delivery
and its financial position.”<br />
<br />
<i>Hear more of Ron Ben-David's interview below:</i><br />
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Peter Walsh, Victoria's Minister for Water, agreed that the Labor-initiated is costly:<br />
<br />
"If not for the desalination plant costs, an average bill may only have increased about $50 next year."<br />
<br />
Jon
Lenders, shadow Minister for Water, said that other costs were
involved:<br />
<br />
"Victorians over the last year have paid more in State
Government water taxes, water dividends and other water charges than
they will pay for the Desalination Plant."<br />
<br />
Data from the
Auditor-General shows that the desal plant costs Victoria $1.81 million
dollars per day. Water dividends amount to around $925,500 per day.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2g0-rHxfEOaIYCWeMDEgn6cNySOnNS6b1kMTp5NTRBU69DAzn-FcZ_SPMYe69u87OKxLn3jsuzw5cTb7PQbqKT1nTjkj-hAd1C_zvCAE3Y6VfkzLeVNA95joSyh9dGS2p42OH-hbVpS-/s1600/Water+price+timeline.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2g0-rHxfEOaIYCWeMDEgn6cNySOnNS6b1kMTp5NTRBU69DAzn-FcZ_SPMYe69u87OKxLn3jsuzw5cTb7PQbqKT1nTjkj-hAd1C_zvCAE3Y6VfkzLeVNA95joSyh9dGS2p42OH-hbVpS-/s1600/Water+price+timeline.png" height="320" width="193" /></a><b>Helping Victorians pay: Guaranteed Service</b><br />
Regardless of the reason, the result is that all Melburnians will be paying higher water prices. “We certainly do appreciate that even though $200 is better than $300, $200 is really a lot," said Mr Ben-David.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2g0-rHxfEOaIYCWeMDEgn6cNySOnNS6b1kMTp5NTRBU69DAzn-FcZ_SPMYe69u87OKxLn3jsuzw5cTb7PQbqKT1nTjkj-hAd1C_zvCAE3Y6VfkzLeVNA95joSyh9dGS2p42OH-hbVpS-/s1600/Water+price+timeline.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a>The Commission has set aside $5 million in a virtual ‘safety net’ to protect customers in hardship.<br />
<br />
All urban water businesses were obliged to assist customers in financial hardship.<br />
<br />
<b>Wanted: Community input</b><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2g0-rHxfEOaIYCWeMDEgn6cNySOnNS6b1kMTp5NTRBU69DAzn-FcZ_SPMYe69u87OKxLn3jsuzw5cTb7PQbqKT1nTjkj-hAd1C_zvCAE3Y6VfkzLeVNA95joSyh9dGS2p42OH-hbVpS-/s1600/Water+price+timeline.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>The
commission wants public input before the final prices are set. Public
meetings will be held in Melbourne (April 30), Sunbury (April 30) and
Frankston (May 1).<br />
<br />
Details on public meetings are available on www.esc.vic.gov.au, along with instructions for written submissions.<br />
<br />
New prices will take effect July 1, 2013.Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-24491708225642021902013-04-26T06:14:00.000+10:002013-04-27T03:16:35.745+10:00Water prices set to riseVictoria’s independent economic regulator has rejected price increases sought by Melbourne’s four water
businesses.<br />
<br />
On Tuesday, the Essential Services
Commission released its draft review of water prices in Victoria. The Commission’s Chairperson, Dr Ron
Ben-David, said that businesses proposed that household water and
sewerage bills would rise by about one-third over the next five years.<br />
<br />
<a data-mce-href="http://www.esc.vic.gov.au/getattachment/659d2698-8d8c-4a5e-a1e4-b12c9fe18eb9/Water-bills-increase-15-per-cent-as-consumption-re.aspx" href="http://www.esc.vic.gov.au/getattachment/659d2698-8d8c-4a5e-a1e4-b12c9fe18eb9/Water-bills-increase-15-per-cent-as-consumption-re.aspx">Last year in Melbourne, water customers had among the highest annual increases (15%) in their water and sewerage bills</a>, with bills for Yarra Valley Water, South East Water and City Water increasing by $147, $107 and $104 respectively.<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="803" scrolling="no" src="//infogr.am/What-will-YOUR-water-bill-be" style="border: none;" width="550"></iframe><br />
<div style="border-top: 1px solid #acacac; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: center; width: 550px;">
<a href="https://infogr.am/What-will-YOUR-water-bill-be" style="color: #acacac; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">What will YOUR water bill be?</a> | <a href="https://infogr.am/" style="color: #acacac; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Infographics</a></div>
<i>Source: Essential Services
Commission </i><br />
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The
Essential Services Commision will set the final price. The Commission
analysed plans and found the water companies were over-estimating their
energy, parts and maintenance costs.<br />
<br />
Ron Ben-David, CEO of the
Essential Services Commission, said, “We’ve gone through the water plans
very, very carefully and we’ve found savings worth a few hundred
million dollars, and that gets reflected back in the lower prices, which
is why we announced that we haven’t accepted the proposed $300 dollar
increases.”<br />
<br />
<b>The culprit: Desal</b><br />
The water companies
and the Commission agree that the major reason for the increase is the
cost of the Wonthagee Desalination Plant.<br />
<br />
Dr Ben-David stated “The
Commission is not satisfied that Melbourne Water has adequately
supported its claim that it must fully pass through its desalination
costs to customers in order to avoid adverse impacts on service delivery
and its financial position.”<br />
<br />
<i>Hear more of Ron Ben-David's interview below:</i><br />
<iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F89375951" width="100%"></iframe>
<br />
Peter Walsh, Victoria's Minister for Water, agreed that the Labor-initiated is costly:<br />
"If not for the desalination plant costs, an average bill may only have increased about $50 next year."<br />
<br />
Jon
Lenders, shadow Minister for Water, said that other costs were
involved:<br />
<br />
"Victorians over the last year have paid more in State
Government water taxes, water dividends and other water charges than
they will pay for the Desalination Plant."<br />
<br />
Data from the
Auditor-General shows that the desal plant costs Victoria $1.81 million
dollars per day. Water dividends amount to around $925,500 per day.<br />
<br />
<b>Helping Victorians pay: Guaranteed Service</b><br />
Regardless of the reason, the result is that all Melburnians will be paying higher water prices. “We certainly do appreciate that even though $200 is better than $300, $200 is really a lot," said Mr Ben-David.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2g0-rHxfEOaIYCWeMDEgn6cNySOnNS6b1kMTp5NTRBU69DAzn-FcZ_SPMYe69u87OKxLn3jsuzw5cTb7PQbqKT1nTjkj-hAd1C_zvCAE3Y6VfkzLeVNA95joSyh9dGS2p42OH-hbVpS-/s1600/Water+price+timeline.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2g0-rHxfEOaIYCWeMDEgn6cNySOnNS6b1kMTp5NTRBU69DAzn-FcZ_SPMYe69u87OKxLn3jsuzw5cTb7PQbqKT1nTjkj-hAd1C_zvCAE3Y6VfkzLeVNA95joSyh9dGS2p42OH-hbVpS-/s1600/Water+price+timeline.png" width="193" /></a>The Commission has set aside $5 million in a virtual ‘safety net’ to protect customers in hardship.<br />
<br />
All urban water businesses were obliged to assist customers in financial hardship.<br />
<br />
<b>Wanted: Community input</b><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2g0-rHxfEOaIYCWeMDEgn6cNySOnNS6b1kMTp5NTRBU69DAzn-FcZ_SPMYe69u87OKxLn3jsuzw5cTb7PQbqKT1nTjkj-hAd1C_zvCAE3Y6VfkzLeVNA95joSyh9dGS2p42OH-hbVpS-/s1600/Water+price+timeline.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>The
commission wants public input before the final prices are set. Public
meetings will be held in Melbourne (April 30), Sunbury (April 30) and
Frankston (May 1).<br />
<br />
Details on public meetings are available on www.esc.vic.gov.au, along with instructions for written submissions.<br />
<br />
New prices will take effect July 1, 2013.Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-91813860578114391462013-04-18T08:51:00.000+10:002013-04-18T08:51:18.399+10:00Victorian government and AEU reach agreement<div style="text-align: left;">
The main points of the agreement between the government and the Victorian branch of the Australian Teachers Union. Published on the ABC website. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Data source: </span><a href="http://www.aeuvic.asn.au/244423.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Australian Education Union</a></div>
<br />Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-33926870961619162902013-04-15T16:04:00.000+10:002013-04-15T16:14:31.040+10:00Hepatitis C explainerInfographic I made during my ABC work experience about Hepatitis C.<br />
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Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-44666872836503124812013-03-26T15:11:00.000+11:002013-10-09T11:49:25.399+11:00Radio ReelMy radio work consists of news and current affairs. I co-produce, panel and present the Wednesday breakfast program on 3CR Community Radio. Below is an hour-long 3CR show reel from September 2013 featuring my panelling. I also produced and presented all four of the interviews:<br />
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In the above demo, the songs were edited. For an unedited podcast of this week’s 90 min 3CR program, please listen to:
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Additionally, I have been a weekly newsreader for another community radio station, JOY 94.9, since September 2011.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thecitizen.org.au/features/police-ready-listen-african-australians-have-plenty-say">http://www.thecitizen.org.au/features/police-ready-listen-african-australians-have-plenty-say</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(An abridged version of this post was <a href="http://newmatilda.com/2013/03/08/violence-women-streets" target="_blank">published in New Matilda</a>) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The <a href="http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129542549">Australian Institute of Health and Welfare</a> (AIHW) has reported that almost a quarter of a million people sought assistance for homelessness during the 2012 financial year. That's 1 in every 98 Australians, enough to fill the ANZ stadium three times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">More than half of these people were women. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"Women quite often find themselves in the margins...in the popular perception of what homelessness looks like, but they're every bit as represented in the statistics" said Chris Povey, principle lawyer and manager of the <a href="http://www.homelesslaw.org.au/">Homeless Persons Legal Clinic</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Getting exact statistics is difficult--those sleeping rough go uncounted and the ABS admits that women’s refuges are often misclassified as private dwellings during the census. </span><br />
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The AIHW has found a better way of estimating--by asking service providers to submit counts of their clients. Using this method, AIHW found about 19,000 people slept in a government-supported accommodation each night during the 2011-12 financial year.</span><br />
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Mi Fon Lew, from the Women's Information and Referral Exchange (WIRE) told New Matilda that last year, 84,000 women were counted in the AIHW survey. "And that's the women receiving support. You're not including the other women who are couch surfing, living with friends, sleeping in cars and not accessing these services."</span><br />
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Homeless people, and particularly women, can easily fall though the cracks:</span><br />
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"Women are more likely to 'shack up' (end up in unsuitable housing situations). They're more likely to sleep in their car," explained Mr. Povey. "The fact that it's harder to identify the women that are experiencing homeless means that it's harder to get services to assist them."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Mr Povey doesn't mince words: "The main cause of homelessness is domestic violence."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0cm;"><br /></span><span style="text-indent: 0cm;">Neither does Ms Lew: "The leading cause of women's homelessness is domestic violence." As the pie charts below show, sadly, they are both correct. </span></span><br />
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The AIWH 2012 report states that women and children become <i>temporarily</i> homeless for domestic
violence reasons, but wonders if the decline in the housing market explains the increase in long-term homelessness. That's the AIWH theory on why homelessness increased on census night. </span><br />
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Interestingly, the <a href="http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/05_2012/background_paper_to_time_for_action.pdf" target="_blank">Government's background paper to "Time for Action"</a> states that reports of sexual assault have increased by an average of four per cent each year since 1995. Although there is no proof of correlation, that is strikingly close to the five-per-cent-per-annum increase in homelessness between 2006 and 2011. Regardless of the increase, as the following chart shows, with the exception of very young children, homeless females are the ones bearing the brunt of domestic violence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Not only are more homeless women victims of violence, but more victims of violence are homeless. According to the <a href="http://wpi.org.au/" target="_blank">Women's Property Initiative</a>, more than one out of every five incidence of domestic violence leads to homelessness. </span><br />
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Mr Povey believes that improving women's security and having a rigourous approach to following up violence orders will help. "If there's been an alleged breeach, that needs to be prosecuted very vigorously."</span><br />
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"At-Risk" homeless are disproportionately female </span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Aside from domestic violence, there is another issue surrounding women and homelessness. Namely, that a wide variety of marginalised groups are disproportionately women. For example:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Government white paper on homelessness, <a href="http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/05_2012/the_road_home.pdf">The Road Home</a>, explains that young people aged 12 to 18 are the largest group of people experiencing homelessness. Of young people who turn up alone at services, 63% are female.</span></li>
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<li>Females are a greater proportion of rural clients. While females represent 57% of clients in cities, they represent 81% of clients in very remote areas.</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Ms Lew stated that WIRE is seeing a growing number of older women who find themselves homeless. These women have brought up families, taken a break in their careers, and then suddenly find themselves, for whatever reason, alone, without a home and unable to support themselves. "We're finding that all the other structural inequalities that affect women on a day to day basis that contribute to housing crises that women face when they grow older," said Ms Lew.<iframe frameborder="0" height="424" scrolling="no" src="//infogr.am/Women-in-at-risk-homeless-groups" style="border-style: none;" width="750"></iframe></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Want to play more with these numbers (from summer 2012)? Feel free to <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgCSBNAzYbngdEdKLWtvTVR3aVN5Wk82TEdHaW5aSlE&usp=sharing" target="_blank">access the dataset</a> that I created based on the <a href="http://www.aihw.gov.au/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=10737422983" target="_blank">AIWH</a> data. If you find anything interesting, please add your comments below.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">By this time last year, the AIHW figures were showing a disturbing trend for Victoria. When describing the situation in Victoria, Ms Lew remarked, "Even if the woman fulfills all the criteria that makes her eligible for crises or emergency housing, one in two are turned away because there just aren't enough beds."</span><br />
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"Housing crises and homelessness is a growing issue with the women who contact us," said Ms Lew "We even get calls from housing workers who are at a loss as to where to direct clients." In response to this demand WIRE has recently produced a <a href="http://www.wire.org.au/information-resources/housing/" target="_blank">comprehensive information booklet</a> to provide support for women facing housing crises in Victoria. But the booklet's popularity brings little joy to the staff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"The reality is there's just not very much housing out there." said Ms Lew. Nationwide, nearly one-fifth of clients (19%) had a need for emergency accommodation that was unmet. In Victoria, where the situation is particularly bad, there are over 37,000 people on the waiting list for public housing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Internationally, there are examples of successful programs. Mr. Povey, who received <a href="http://www.churchilltrust.com.au/site_media/fellows/2010_Povey_Christopher.pdf" target="_blank">Churchill Trust support to study </a>homeless interventions abroad, found programs like the U.K.'s Family Intervention Projects to be highly successful. These programs emphasise low case numbers, comprehensive support, strong relationships, and they do not have an 'expiry date.' They target longer-lasting, preventative interventions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In addition to increasing awareness of the problem, the draft Bill will <span style="line-height: 20px;">set out a range of </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Commonwealth</span><span style="line-height: 20px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">service delivery principles and </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">strategies the Commonwealth regards as necessary to reduce homelessness. Submissions can be emailed to </span><a href="mailto:homelessnesslegislation@fahcsia.gov.au">homelessnesslegislation@fahcsia.gov.au</a>.</span></div>
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In the past five years, instances of family violence have increased by fifty per cent across Victorian communities, from an average of 5.5 to 8.3 per thousand people. Recently-released data from the Victorian Commission of Gambling and Liquor Regulation indicates family violence rates may be linked to pokies.</div>
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Across the state, economic losses at electronic gaming machines have declined slightly in the past year, likely the result of Victoria’s ATM ban in pokies clubs. But community-level data from 2012 highlights a more sobering story: there is a higher rate of violence in communities with higher gambling losses per person. On average, communities with low pokies losses reported about seven instances of family violence per thousand people. On the
other hand, communities with high losses reported an average of ten instances per thousand people. The difference may seem small, but it is enough people to fill two Rod Laver arenas.<br />
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Although the Commission data does not state that pokies directly cause violence, a report from the <a href="http://download.audit.vic.gov.au/files/20102807_Gambling_full_report.pdf">Victorian
Auditor-General’s Office</a> found that “gambling can lead to family
dysfunction and domestic violence including spouse and child abuse.”<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> A</span></span> separate Department of Justice<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><a href="http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/resources/28163119-8ca2-4111-89d3-60d47ae4f68b/crime_and_gaming_machine_expenditure.pdf">report</a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>stated</span>
gambling was second only to drug use in its connection to crime. <span style="font-size: small;">In the report, researchers found t</span>he link
between pokies and crime remained positive and significant even after taking
other factors—such as the size of the Local Gover<span style="font-size: small;">nment Area</span> and wealth—into account.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reverend Tim Costello, AO and member of Enough Pokies in
Castlemaine (EPIC) <a href="http://vimeo.com/17356884" target="_blank">agree<span style="font-size: small;">s</span> there is a link between pokies and family violence</a>. He said<span style="font-size: small;"></span> that
the gambling machines are “like locusts in a tree. It just strips the whole
orchard bare…I’ve sat with families who have been utterly ruined.” </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last T<span style="font-size: small;">hursday</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">,</span></span> the Victorian
Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) upheld an appeal from the Mount
Alexander Shire Council and EPIC, agreeing that installing 65 new
pokies would have "a negative impact on the community<span style="font-size: small;">".</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mr. Costello was pleased with EPIC's victory. "It stops the
tide of the pokies lobby getting whatever it wants against community
opinion and concerns,’’ Mr Costello said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Political donations drive policy </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">T</span>he gaming lobby</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: small;">has been</span> working hard to prevent pokies profits from dipping any further. The lobby has argue<span style="font-size: small;">d</span> it </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">makes a<span style="font-size: small;"> vital </span>contribut<span style="font-size: small;">ion</span> to the state's economy<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Vegas Poker Machines CEO, Mr. Ian Goldfingers said, “Our company alone has provided over 1,300 jobs in
Victoria.”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the 2012 Australian Electora<span style="font-size: small;">l</span> Commission (AEC) data, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the company Vegas Poker
Machines was the largest Liberal Party donor during the 2011-2012 fi<span style="font-size: small;">scal year</span>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The</span> AEC numbers showed </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">t</span>he hospitality and gaming industry</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> donat<span style="font-size: small;">ed</span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">nearly three-quarters of a million dollars to politicians,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> account<span style="font-size: small;">ing</span> for one-fifth of all
political donations in 2012. </span></span></span></span>Andrew
Norton of the Grattan Institute <a href="http://andrewnorton.net.au/?s=pokies" target="_blank">wrote</a> that "...the main industry players for 2011-12 were industry groups involved in pokies regulation<span style="font-size: small;"> and the <span style="font-size: small;">carbon tax</span></span>."
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Despite spending by the gaming lobby, legislation was passed in 2012 to ban ATMs and install pre-committment technology across Victoria. The Department of Justice plans to publish a follow-up report in 2018, after laws have taken full effect.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">These facts are concerning, but what is more concerning is that the Government failed to mention these facts in its recent review of Melbourne's metro trains. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In its semiannual report, </span><a href="http://ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV/PTV%20docs/Loads/Train-Loads-Survey-May-2013-Sept.pdf" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Metropolitan Train Peak Passenger Loads</a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, Public Transit Victoria (PTV)</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> has excluded almost 350 trains carrying
a quarter of a million passengers. The omissions mask the number of overcrowded,
delayed trains in the Eastern suburbs as well as the overcrowding experienced
by travellers in Melbourne’s poorer suburbs.</span></div>
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trains. The report stated </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">only 11 per cent of all peak services were overcrowded. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">It also stated </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the percentage of people travelling on overcrowded
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traffic, stated that “cancellations and disruptions are excluded from the
analysis to ensure the survey results provide an accurate picture of how the
metropolitan rail network performs.”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Complete
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mid-October, Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber accused the Napthine government
of fudging train numbers to hide overcrowding. Mr Barber obtained the raw data
via a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. His staff analysed trains from
8am-9am by entering <a href="http://vicmps.greens.org.au/sites/greens.org.au/files/131014%20Train%20overcrowding%20FoI%20excerpts.pdf">hard
copy data</a> into a <a href="http://vicmps.greens.org.au/sites/greens.org.au/files/131014%20PTV%20train%20overcrowding%20FoI.xls">spreadsheet.</a>
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between 8am and 9am. Media outlets such as <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/train-overcrowding-getting-worse-greens-20131014-2vhs4.html">The
Age</a>, followed by The Australian (which caught the attention of <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/10/17/cut-and-paste-the-oz-admits-to-age-plagiarism/">Crikey</a>)
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media reports, however, relied on the Greens’ analysis of one hour of data. <i>The Guardian </i>obtained the 53-page hard
copy and converted the complete dataset into a spreadsheet. In actual fact, of the 2208 peak-hour trains, 34 were
cancelled and 346 were excluded.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">included a 3:31pm Upfield train carrying 313 passengers that was seven minutes
late</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">excluded a 6:12pm Werribee train carrying 1024 passengers that was
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The stated reason was that the 6:12pm train was cancelled.
It was not, and neither was the previous train. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">PTV has explained the
exclusions are justified and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">results provide an accurate picture of how the
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and cancellations were the main reasons for discounting more than 225,000
passengers. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">“As it turns
out, there’s actually a hell of a lot of cancellations,” said Mr Barber,
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services immediately after late trains. Often, these services had fewer
passengers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The transit authority was correct; the averages loads were similar (PTV averaged 564, the complete
dataset averaged 570). Similarly, PTV reported 64 services carrying more than
798 passengers; the actual count was 72. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The averages
were comparable, but excluding the late trains concealed several facts. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">For example, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">PTV </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">omitted 26 of the 32 overcrowded trains along the Ringwood corridor.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> And more than 65,000 people from the Eastern suburbs. When all trains are included, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lilydale had the highest number of late trains (85), and Belgrave the
second highest (50). </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Train
usage along the Eastern corridor is a contentious area for the Napthine
government. On October 10, the Victorian parliament narrowly defeated a measure
to fund the development of the Doncaster Rail. Meanwhile, protests are increasing around
the test drilling of the East-West Link toll road.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In
addition to underplaying problems in the Eastern suburbs, PTV reported that system-wide,
only 17 per cent of passengers were on overcrowded services. But counting every
train over the four days showed 26 per cent of passengers were riding
overcrowded trains. On some lines, like Werribee, it was nearly one out of two
(48%). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to use results to determine when and where extra services are needed. The
report made no mention of where the highest proportion of passengers were
riding on overcrowded trains: Werribee, Pakenham, Craigieburn and Sunbury. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lines service many of Melbourne’s poorer suburbs. To measure a rail line’s
wealth, one can averaged the <a href="https://www.google.com/fusiontables/DataSource?docid=1_hG0eRi413IZRO72ZdD5UXF9ON0iuVP67zEjTuY">ABS
postcode-level estimate of wealth</a> (known as SEIFA) of every station along each
line. The Sandringham (1088) and Alamein (1086) lines scored well above the
Australian mean of 1000, while Craigieburn (983) and Sunbury (948) were below.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Based
on the SEIFA averages, it can be confirmed that there were more than twice as many overcrowded trains running
through Melbourne’s less-wealthy postcodes. The areas along these services were also less likely to be represented by Coalition MPs. This type of economic
discrimination in transport has been the subject of a successful California
court case where <a href="http://www.publicadvocates.org/press-releases/court-finds-racial-bias-in-bay-area-transit-funding-but-grants-reprieve-to-mtc">poor
urban riders took Oakland’s Metropolitan Transport Commission<span style="color: black;"> t</span></a>o court.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to the Public Transit Users
Association, public transport provides social equity by making opportunities to
jobs, education and recreation reachable to everyone. But how responsible is Government for ensuring equal access to reliable transport?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“This Victorian Coalition Government is intent
on putting roads ahead of rail,” said Public Transit Users Association
president Tony Morton, “People are still packed into trains like sardines.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Mr Morton suggested solutions such as improving signaling
along congested lines. The Napthine government has set aside </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">$4.5
million in next year’s budget to develop the pilot High Capacity Signalling
project. However, the project will be implemented on the Sandringham line,
Melbourne’s wealthiest. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The
next survey will be in October 2013. Again, the complete
dataset will be available through FOI
requests. In the meanwhile, links to the May 2013 data are below, as well as
the syntax used to calculate the numbers used in this article. Find anything else? Send in your thoughts.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -18pt;">Want
to find out if your train commute was excluded by PTV? <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwCSBNAzYbnga1VLSW5mTExwTzA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Raw data available here (duplicates cleaned).</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -18pt;">SPSS
20 was used for calculations. </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1do6k0N9fNd6i64QuLgU1iGXGO2XIuefE6wzQqtDXTKw/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-indent: -18pt;">Syntax
available here.</a></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;">In
case you are not an SPSS junkie, the compiled figures (by service) are available
on this <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwCSBNAzYbngR0laTTk0d05uZ2s/edit?usp=sharing">Google
Doc</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"> “Late
train” was defined as being after three minutes—this appeared to be the
exclusion rule for many trains, although it was not consistent and “late” was not defined in the report. Three
minutes differ from Metro standards, which define a late train as more than
five minutes late. In both scenarios, Lilydale and Belgrave had the highest
numbers of late trains.</span></li>
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Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-68318251229868813772012-12-06T13:20:00.002+11:002013-01-14T13:29:17.567+11:00Climate Change affecting Tasmanian fisheries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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MELBOURNE: Climate change will happen at an accelerated rate in Southeast Australia, with Tasmanian waters predicted to rise 2.5°C by 2050 and have large impacts for the fishing industry.<br />
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Tasmaia currently produces more than half of Australia’s seafood, and such an increase in water temperatures are predicted to affect rock lobsters (crayfish). The Tasmanian rock lobster fishery is the state’s second most important wild harvest fishery has an estimated value of $72 million.<br />
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“Fisheries and aquaculture really see themselves on the front line of change,” said marine researcher Alistair Hobday, from Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO. <br />
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<b>Waters warming at three times global average</b><br />
Hobday and his team have spent the last two years building a computer simulation model known as SE Atlantis, and presented the results at the Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries (CCRSPI) conference in Melbourne, Australia.<br />
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Read more of this article at <a href="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/6223/tasmanian-seafood-most-affected-climate-change" target="_blank">COSMOS online</a>.<br />
<br />Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-91304573842056208262012-12-05T13:33:00.000+11:002013-01-14T14:17:54.145+11:00Beef cattle could be bred to produce less methane<br />
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Cattle can be bred to emit less methane and reduce the
contribution of beef production to climate change, said an Australian researcher
who spent two years measuring cattle burps.<br />
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Worldwide, cattle are a major source of greenhouse gases, belching two
gigatonnes each year. Grazing beef cattle are responsible for 6.4% of
Australia’s overall greenhouse gas emissions – and methane, the main component
of their gas, is 20 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than
carbon dioxide.<br />
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Kath Donoghue and her team at the New South Wales Department of Primary
Industry measured the emissions of 339 Angus cattle to find that the
“lowest-emitting” bulls sired progeny that emitted an average of 24% less
methane than the calves born to “highest-emitting” bulls.<br />
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Read the entire article online at <a href="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/6218/genetic-technology-reduces-methane-emissions-aussie-beef-cattle" target="_blank">COSMOS magazine</a>.</div>
Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-51697325719811674012012-10-30T19:50:00.002+11:002013-01-14T13:40:08.074+11:001920's gangster Squizzy Taylor wore pink pyjamas<br />
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Learn about Squizzy's pyjamas and more in the article that I wrote for Melbourne's Herald-Sun.<br />
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<a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/true-crime-scene/leslie-squizzy-taylor-dies-in-gunfight-after-dominating-melbournes-underworld-in-the-1920s/story-fnat7jnn-1226504054049">http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/true-crime-scene/leslie-squizzy-taylor-dies-in-gunfight-after-dominating-melbournes-underworld-in-the-1920s/story-fnat7jnn-1226504054049</a>Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-64909294734231904172012-10-20T18:44:00.000+11:002013-01-14T13:30:20.409+11:00US promotes LGBT rights in embassies despite domestic woes<br />
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<span style="color: #212020;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">US
embassies worldwide have adopted President Obama’s LGBT rights
directive, summed up by Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton: </span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://hillary.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/22/clinton_gay_rights_are_human_rights"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">“Human
rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights.</span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: #212020;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”
But is the US being a tad hypocritical?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212020;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Given
the spate of domestic LGBT hate crimes, including </span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/12/mark-little-dustin-martin-gay-hate-crime-north-carolina-_n_1961984.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003"><span style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">two
gay men being beaten in North Carolina</span></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: #145ca5;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(warning:
contains graphic images), one must wonder.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
US Consul-General in Melbourne, Frank Urbancic, explained the
vanguard Obama directive: “</span></span></span><span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Our
role and our goal and our instructions are to make sure that at least
as far as the United States is concerned, people’s sexual
orientation simply is not part of the equation.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;">“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">First
and foremost, violence against LGBT people isn’t allowed,”
Urbancic said.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
comprehensive efforts of United States Embassies and Missions is
admirable.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
They are soldiering to</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
defend the rights of LGBT people in </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">countries
as far flung as </span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pakistanis-denounce-us-embassys-gay-rights-party-as-cultural-terrorism/"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Pakistan</span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
the </span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/anti-gay-extremists-unite-denounce-us-embassy-backing-czech-lgbt-pride-festival"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Czech
Republic</span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and </span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://news.co.cr/us-embassy-in-costa-rica-supports-lgbt-rights-amongst-others-in-latin-america/10197/"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">El
Salavador.</span></span></a></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
Nairobi, Kenya, Raymond Stephens, the Cultural Affairs officer in the
US Embassy,</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;">
describes their efforts as a simple affair. The embassy held a small
private seminar for LGBT activists in an meeting room.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Media
attention only started when </span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.kenyan-post.com/2012/06/exclusive-it-was-because-of-gays-and.html"><span style="font-size: small;">Kenyan
newspapers speculated</span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: #212020;"><span style="font-size: small;">
that Scott Gration, the deeply religious US ambassador to Kenya,
resigned because he disagreed with promoting gay rights.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Homosexuality
is considered illegal here in Kenya [but] there is a very peaceful
co-existence. There was concern if we focused attention on the gay
community, Kenya could turn into another Uganda,” explained Mr.
Stephens. Nevertheless--and perhaps rightfully--the US pushed its
agenda.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;">Despite the concern, the Kenyan
event was, well, uneventful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-size: small;">Less eventful than the beating
experienced by Mark Little and his partner Dustin Martin. Last
Friday, the Huffington Post reported that while the couple were
vacationing in September in Asheville, North Carolina, they were
attacked by two women and a man while walking back to their hotel.
The two women began taunting Little and Martin with homophobic slurs,
including “faggot." Then the man physically attacked them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">We’ve
had a problem with bullying and harassment for a long, long time here
in North Carolina,” said </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ian
Palmquist, former Executive Director of Equality NC, a lobbying
organisation intent on eradicating homophobia in North Carolina.
“</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">North
Carolina has always been a really interesting state. It’s certainly
not a Massachusetts or California.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Also
LGBT policy varies widely between the states (only 21 </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #212020;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">states
outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation). But</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
discrimination is not limited to the Red states. Sir Ari Gold, an
openly gay musician, described a bus ride experience in left-leaning
</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">New
York:</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">We
were sitting in the front row, listening to one iPod with two
headphones…we were just enjoying ourselves, we weren’t kissing or
anything. The bus driver pulled over and told us if we wanted to
continue to sit like that we had to go to the back of the bus.</span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>He pulled over a second time
after calling the State Troopers.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>It was a pretty traumatic
thing.”</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;">Back of the bus? A bit reminiscent
of Rosa Parks?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;">Back in North Carolina, Mr
Palmquist agreed that the patchwork LGBT-rights implementation was
ineffective, “At the federal level, there has been some good work
by the Department of Education to encourage local schools across the
country to adopt anti-bullying programs. But there really needs to be
legislation by Congress.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The
future of gay marriage and LGBT rights in America is precariously
balanced, and will largely be determined by next month's US federal
elections. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan vehemently oppose same-sex
marriage, even civil unions. Many believe that Obama “coming out”
days after Biden in support of gay marriage will </span></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/north-carolinas-vote-to-ban-gay-marriage-is-a-warning-to-obama/256930/"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">cost
him North Carolina</span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: #06457e;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
a critical swing state.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
the face of this uncertainty, Obama's </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-size: small;">commitment
to fight discrimination against members of the LGBT community
throughout the world is admirable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">But perhaps it is easier to push
an agenda in far-away Kenya rather than make the politically costly
move of drawing attention to the bloody mess in their own backyard.
Indeed, until it is politically expedient, Mark and Dustin's North
Carolina holiday will have to wait.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Squirrel
Main is co-producer and presenter on World Wide Wave, an
international LGBT news show on JOY 94.9. Read more and listen to
these interviews on the </span></span></i></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.w3joy.org/"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">W3JOY
website</span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
(W3JOY.org).</span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">This article was published in</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/10/16/us-gay-rights-fight-more-to-do-at-home-than-abroad/" target="_blank">Crikey</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> on Monday, October 16, 2012 with the headline <i>US gay rights fight: more to do at home than abroad</i></span></span></span></div>
Squirrel Mainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15275958998496741269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991739158336037454.post-16659682633963756732012-10-01T15:52:00.001+10:002013-01-14T13:31:07.791+11:00Hicks Lawyer Fears "Targeted Killings"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Lucida, 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Lucida, 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Major Michael "Dan" Mori, the military lawyer who successfully represented Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks, fears the United States’ use of targeted killings of suspected terrorists might set an example for other countries.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Lucida, 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Mori spoke on Thursday night in Melbourne at the Ashurst law firm for an event supporting the Public Interest Law Clearing House (<span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">PILCH</span>).</span></div>
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The hot topic in international armed conflict law is targeted killing, Mori explained. He sees Western governments as setting the standard on use of force which smaller, destabilised countries like Syria could use to their own advantage in putting down rebellions.</div>
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The concept of "kill or capture lists" (which identify people eligible to be killed by a government’s military forces) is a tactic easily copied by other countries.</div>
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"The kill or capure list can be used by executives in governments to bypass the judicial system," Mori said.</div>
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In the Hicks case for which he is best known, Mori said his greatest difficulty was learning new areas of international law. He credits the Australian legal and academic communities in helping him prepare the Hicks legal challenges in the United States and Australia.</div>
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"There were just a lot of people in Australia behind the scenes who were helping David and I. They made it possible to take on the Australian government, the Bush administration and<span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">US</span> Department of Defense."</div>
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Mori helped Hicks get a "lifeline" deal where Hicks effectively admitted to a charge in exchange for return to Australia.</div>
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"We were offered the Godfather deal, one you can’t refuse," he said.</div>
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Mori also touched on other areas of <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">US</span> power during his address. He expressed concerns that in the case of Julian Assange, it was possible for the <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">US</span> government to use administrative measures to restrict or monitor his communication with third parties. This would potentially include the Wikileaks founder’s legal team.</div>
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When asked about the Afghanistan War, Mori was guarded, as he remains on active military duty until 1 October 2012. He pondered whether parallels could be drawn between the current conflict, Russia’s war in Afghanistan and the war in Vietnam.</div>
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Mori will retire from the <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">US</span> Marine Corps next week. He moved to Melbourne two months ago to practice with the law firm Shine Lawyers in the newly formed social justice team led by Sydney solicitor George Newhouse.</div>
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In addition to helping build Shine’s social justice practice, he is looking forward to having the opportunity to partner with <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">PILCH</span>, community legal centres and other legal firms to help those in need of access to the legal system.</div>
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Although Mori was presented with an honorary membership of the Australian Bar Association for his defence of David Hicks, he still has to complete two legal classes at a Victorian law school to be admitted as a solicitor.</div>
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In his concluding remarks, Mori thanked organisations like <span class="caps" style="font-size: 0.9em;">PILCH</span> for all their help, and said he looks forward to his work in Australia.</div>
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"But I still have to pass administrative law," he said.</div>
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This article was published in <a href="http://newmatilda.com/2012/09/28/hicks-lawyer-faults-capture-or-kill-lists" target="_blank">New Matilda</a>.</div>
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