One essential element of home safety is having functional smoke alarms. Here's why! With the transition to daylight saving time, it's the perfect opportunity to make sure your home is well-prepared for any emergencies. Here's what you need to know: The Lifesavers: Smoke alarms are...
Louise Grimmer has found some ideas from the Netherlands that might help. Even before COVID-19, social isolation and loneliness were all too common across the community. Living among millions of other people is no comfort for people in cities, where the pace of life is often...
Feeling controlled by the chaos in your home? Maintaining a tidy home is a never-ending challenge, write Jamal Abarashi and Taghreed Hikmet And tidiness goes beyond aesthetics – it contributes to a person’s mental wellbeing. So what are the best strategies for creating and maintaining order? A growing...
Simon Byrne has some advice and looks at the treatment options available Anxiety disorders are common among Australian children, affecting nearly 7% of those aged 4–11 years. Children’s fears can focus on areas such as being alone, talking to strangers or going to sleep. In small amounts,...
A recent report titled "Future-proofing Safety: Surfacing Inequality and Building Service Capacity for Crisis-Ready Responses" sheds light on the crucial issues surrounding front-line social services responses to reduce the impacts of large-scale disasters on vulnerable groups. Released by Family Safety Victoria, this report stresses the need...
‘It’s not fair!’ Marg Rogers, Cassy Dittman and Govind Krishnamoorthy report. Parents have no doubt heard all the classic grumbles from children and teenagers. From “It’s not fair!” to “Not spinach again!” and our personal favourite, “Why do I have to do all the work?” All children are prone to...
Andrew Bartlett and Nial Wheate look at these significant prescriptions changes There are now significant changes to how some common medicines are prescribed and dispensed in Australia. This means you could walk away from the pharmacy with 60-days’ worth of your usual medicine from a single prescription. Until...
Kate Toon looks at how she banished her parenting guilt and enjoyed establishing a new business. The sun is setting in my back garden and I’m talking to Barry in my Facebook group. Barry doesn’t understand some aspects of marketing and I’m trying to explain it...
Every parent should be concerned about the well-being of all children, especially those in state care. New Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) data shows that criminal charges are laid against at least two out of every five of their clients placed in residential care within 12 months...
Trivess Moore, Alan Pears and Nicola Willand look at alternatives for a cleaner, cheaper, healthier all-electric future Burning gas in our homes to cook food or heat air and water has become a contentious issue. Gas is an expensive, polluting fossil fuel, and there’s mounting evidence to...
