Annette Ellis MP, Member for Canberra, and ACT Senator Kate Lundy today expressed their sadness and anger over the imminent closure of Burrangiri’s Saturday Dementia Day Care program. Thanks to the Howard Government’s approach to respite care funding in the ACT, the Saturday Dementia Day Care program at Burrangiri will close its doors this Saturday [...]
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Balancing Work and Family in Our Community
Finding the balance between work and family is a challenge for many families in our Canberra community. Under the Howard Government families have been forced to struggle along on their own. They have been left to bear the cost of care and education of their children, the care of their ageing parents, and their own [...]
Television Code of Practice – Junk Food Advertising Regulations
While Labor welcomes the new measures regarding children’s food advertising in today’s new television code of practice, Labor will still go one step further and implement a children’s junk food advertising ban. A ban on junk food advertising during children’s programs can only assist the nation’s health care and the fight against childhood obesity. [...]
PM out of line on junk food advertising bans
The Prime Minister’s grandiose statement that a ban on junk food advertising has been widely condemned throughout the Australian community is not only ludicrous, it is a blatant lie. Let the evidence speak for itself. Those for Those against Australian Labor Party Prime Minister Howard The Royal Australian College of Physicians Tony Abbott Australian Divisions [...]
Childhood Obesity
Junk Food Advertising Ban – Fact Sheet Obesity is one of the major health crises affecting Australia with around 30% of Australian children currently estimated to be overweight or obese. The two major contributors to this problem are poor dietary habits and inadequate levels of physical activity. Australian studies show that 75 – 80 % [...]
McDonald’s food labelling a first step – but more needs to be done
McDonald’s Australia announcement that it will provide nutritional labelling on most of its food products is a welcome step in enhancing consumer information and addressing the rise of obesity in Australia – but more needs to be done. Australia’s obesity epidemic needs to be addressed through a combination of increased physical activity and better diet. [...]
Howard Government cuts Child Support Agency Services
The Howard Government has announced that it will shut down the Canberra Child Support Agency (CSA). Instead of a dedicated agency, Canberra will be serviced only by a ‘regional service centre’ with a vastly reduced staff of 20 which is to be achieved by 2006, supposedly through attrition. Given current staffing is around 80 this [...]
Wellbeing Policy
2003 Sports Industry Leaders Summit 14 October 2003 “Giving Our Kids a Sporting Chance” A National Approach to Overcoming Childhood Obesity Labor Policy Announcement: Tackling Obesity and Promoting Community Wellbeing: Labor’s plan for a healthy and more active Australia. Thank you for the opportunity to speak here today. The obesity issue is not a new [...]
Women and Families dudded by Howard Government
As a range of Budget taxation measures come into effect today, women and families are set to be the worst affected in terms of jobs, health, education, assistance programs, maternity provisions and women’s rights representation. The 1st July 2003 marks yet another step in the Howard Government’s plan to penalise women and favour the rich [...]
Red Flower Day: 1 July 1997
1 July 1997 – the day that the cuts to the operational subsidy for community based long day care came in was marked by ‘Red Flower Day’ in the ACT. Here we are out the front of Parliament House, taking a stand against childcare cuts. The flowers (hundreds of them) are on display in my [...]
