Best of the week
PhD candidate Isabella Reeves‘ The Conversation article, For generations, killer whales and First Nations hunted whales together. Now we suspect the orca group has gone extinct, was the most read article for the week of 9 October. The article has been read 322,283 times (as of Thursday 19 October) with 92% of readers from countries outside Australia, and has been republished by media outlets all over the world including NewsBreak, Maritime Executive, SmartNews and Down to Earth (India).
On Board to improve aged care
Professor Julie Ratcliffe, Health Economics and Matthew Flinders Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences has been appointed by The Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care, to the Board of the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority Aged Care Advisory Committee (IHACPA). The Aged Care Advisory Committee (ACAC) provides expert advice to Government on key matters relating to the aged care sector. This includes providing advice on implementation of the aged care reforms and navigating aged care services.
She has also been nominated by the First Assistant Secretary in the Aged Care Quality and Assurance Division of the Australian Government to the Star Ratings Expert Group, providing technical and strategic expert advice on aspects of Star Ratings for residential aged care to make it easier for older people and their representatives to access and compare the quality and safety of residential aged care homes.
Bringing Joy to drive radio
Associate Lecturer Dr Edith Hill has a new weekly radio segment, sitting down with Warren from Joy Drive each Wednesday from 4.15pm (AEDT). Each week, Dr Hill will chat about the social media trends of the week. Listen to her first segment, where she discusses what’s trending on TikTok, here.
The toolkit for success
Dr Ashokkumar Manoharan, Dr Claire Hutchinson and Associate Professor Janice Jones met with The Hon. Nat Cook MP, Minister for Human Services, to present a toolkit which assists hospitality small and medium-sized businesses in hiring individuals with intellectual disabilities. To access the toolkit, click here. The project was funded by Endeavour Foundation, Queensland.
Creating safer workplaces
The Governor of South Australia, Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC presented Dr Annabelle Neall, Professor Melanie Takarangi and Associate Professor Lydia Woodyatt with an Augusta Zadow Award for their work on Enhancing Women’s Psychological Safety and Wellbeing via Best Practice Framework for Workplace Sexual Harassment Reporting Processes which will evaluate current practice and provide a best practice framework for workplace reporting of sexual harassment based on psychological needs.
The Augusta Zadow Awards have been run by SafeWork SA since 2005 and provide grants of up to $25,000 to help meet the costs of a work health and safety initiative.