Welcome to the final issue of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué for the year 2019. By now most of you will have read parts or all of the interim report...
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There’s a growing awareness in Australia among researchers and those working in women’s support services that natural disasters amplify conditions leading to incidents of domestic violence, writes Rowena Maguire, Danielle Bozin...
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The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s Interim Report has now been tabled in the Australian Parliament. Links to find out more are below: OWN Qld has put...
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The 25th National Older Women’s Conference was held on 17th-18th October in Sydney, hosted by OWN NSW. The conference was an incredible expression of the passion and resilience of older...
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The first stage of implementation of the historic Human Rights Act 2019 (the Act) commenced from 1 July 2019, when the Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland became the Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC)....
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On World Homelessness Day, Jan Berriman from YWCA Housing explained the reasons behind the rise in the number of homeless women and suggests some practical solutions. If a nation’s greatness...
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The Australian chapter of White Ribbon – which is a global campaign of men working to prevent domestic violence – announced recently it had gone into liquidation amid financial turmoil....
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Australian women are likely to wait 45 years, more than a generation, before achieving financial equality. The latest Financy Women’s Index shows that progress on economic equality for women has slowed over...
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The number of women aged 55 and over who experience homelessness in Australia has grown by 31% between 2011 and 2016. This trend is expected to continue unless social housing...
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Twenty-five years ago this year, the Older Women’s Network Qld became an incorporated association. Members are invited to help us celebrate by attending a morning tea on Tuesday 6th August...
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