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#908 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 15 Jun 2014. Queensland University of Technology researcher Paula Dootson has embarked on a study to discover how Australian consumers rank acceptable, questionable, and unacceptable behaviour. According to her study of more than 300 Australian consumers, as reported in The Brisbane Times, Ms Dootson said about 50 per cent … Continue reading
#907 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 15 Jun 2014. Australian university researchers have found that the more money spent per capita on pokies in a venue, the higher the rate of gambling problems in that venue. The finding, recently published in the journal Addiction, confirms that moves to increases gambling losses are likely to be at the expense of … Continue reading
#906 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 8 Jun 2014. The world was shocked to learn this week of the discovery of the bodies of some 800 children in a septic tank at a former Irish Catholic home for unwed mothers. Between 1925 and 1961, thousands of so-called “fallen women” and their children passed through the … Continue reading
#905 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 8 Jun 2014. According to new Family Planning data, NSW teenagers have the highest abortion rates in the country, with more teens ending pregnancies than choosing to become parents. Estimates suggest that there were 4053 abortions among NSW teens aged 15-19 in 2009, roughly double the number in Victoria, Tasmania … Continue reading
#904 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 8 Jun 2014. Family Voice Australia spokesperson Peter Stevens points to new research suggesting a link between exposure to pornography and smaller brain size as another reason why the Australian government should introduce Internet Service Provider filters to block access to harmful sites. Opponents of ISP filtering claim that: … Continue reading
#903 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 8 Jun 2014. A prominent figure in the Diocese of Sydney for more than 40 years, Deaconess Margaret Rodgers AM, has died. Deaconess Rodgers suffered a heart attack and died on May 31. Sydney Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies described Ms Rodgers as “a scholar of significant intellect” and “for many … Continue reading
#901 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 1 Jun 2014. The major supermarket chains have called for what they describe as “the patchwork of retail trading hours” in NSW to be replaced with uniform opening and closing times, arguing the reform will reduce living costs, improve economic growth and help them compete against online retailers. But … Continue reading
#902 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 1 Jun 2014. According to Dr Paul Dawson, past president of the Australian Society for Medical Research, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to experience a significantly higher incidence of disease and morbidity, and lower life expectancy, than the average Australian. At the foundation of these health disparities … Continue reading
#900 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 1 Jun 2014. Commenting on Responsible Gambling Awareness Week, Warren Cardwell, CEO of HopeStreet, a Baptist organisation serving inner-city Sydney, said: It is so easy for a person to start gambling, and most of the time it is not recognised until the compulsion has had major impacts on the … Continue reading
#899 for broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 1 Jun 2014. In the wake of this week’s mass shooting in Santa Barbara, U.S. cultural critic Michael Moore said We are a people easily manipulated by fear which causes us to arm ourselves with a quarter billion guns in our homes … We are a nation founded in … Continue reading
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