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  • People for A Living Moorabool Coordinator Cameron Steele
    People for A Living Moorabool Coordinator Cameron Steele spoke to the program about the issues affecting the river. “For many years People for A Living Moorabool (PALM) has been lobbying government for more water flows in Victoria’s most over-allocated river – the Moorabool,” the group said in a statement. “By the time the Moorabool River reaches to Batesford – if indeed it does – its flows have been reduced by 90% because of water authority dams and water extraction. Government figures show that over the last 15 years inflows into the river have fallen by over 20% due to the impact of climate change. ” “The Moorabool is in serious trouble.”
    12 min
  • ‘Terrible twos’ tantrums being seen in much older kids
    The coronavirus seems to have spared most kids from illness, but its effect on their emotional and mental health is deepening according to children’s emotional wellbeing expert Kari Sutton. “Experts at the University of Bristol found that during the Covid crisis, children as old as eight had shown the sort of difficult behaviour expected of two-year-olds,” Sutton said. “This delay in emotional development, if not addressed, may far outlive the pandemic, and have long-term consequences for this generation of children.”
    9 min
  • Using politicians to spruik the vaccine doesn’t work
    Public health experts are calling for an urgent rethink of the public awareness campaign connected to Australia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout and asking for prominent Australians to front the campaign rather than politicians according to Dan Gregory. “Given that a Growth from Knowledge (GfK) study reveals that politicians were the least trusted profession – with marketing and advertising professionals occupying the second place slot – they make a very good point,” Mr Gregory said.
    8 min

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