Young people access and receive information from a number of different places such as friends, television, the internet and social media. This information may not always match your experience of mental illness, so it’s important to listen to your child and then explain how your experience is different.
The CO.AS.IT Visitation program provides social support to Italian older adults who find themselves socially isolated and lonely at home or in an aged care facility. Volunteers are sought. A Community Information Session will be held at the Shepparton RSL, 88 Wyndham St, Shepparton, on Tuesday, 17 January from 10-11am. Interested persons may Volunteer for the CO.AS.IT Visitation program in Shepparton.
Murray Valley Encephalitis virus has been detected in Victoria for the first time in more than a decade. The Victorian Department of Health confirmed the positive test result in Mildura in the past 24 hours. Mildura council has started “appropriate mosquito treatments” of the detection site as a precaution.
Cricket Australia has pulled its men’s national team from the upcoming one-day international series against Afghanistan amid concerns over deteriorating women’s rights in the Taliban-ruled country.
The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) are undertaking a Skills Assessment Pilot which involves a free skills assessment for migrants who are in Australia and have a family, partner, refugee or humanitarian visa.
The Chief Health Officer gives an update on Coronavirus in Victoria. Advice is given on being safe during the Holiday period.
In the past three months, 5,597 COVID patients were hospitalised in Victoria. Of those hospitalised, 41.2 per cent had not received their third vaccine dose and 30.7 per cent were unvaccinated.
Greater Shepparton as of 6 January has 96 cases for the week, for a total of 107 cases in the region. The 7 day daily reported cases are 15.
The Andrews Labor Government is expanding access to rapid antigen tests and making them available for free to all Victorians for the remainder of the year, to help with early Covid detection.
Warm and wet weather can mean more mosquito biting and breeding, including the ones that can carry diseases that make you sick. Your only protection against mosquitoes and the diseases they can carry is to avoid mozzie bites.
More than 19,000 refugees in Australia will finally be able to qualify for permanent residency after a decade on temporary protection visas, in a major policy change the federal government will unveil in the new year.