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Aged Care Situation Report released by sector

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Aged Care Situation Report released by sector

A Situation Report on the aged care sector’s fight to keep older Australians safe during the pandemic prepared by the Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) paints a grim picture of the stresses faced by aged care providers and their staff during the Omicron surge.

Aged care providers in residential and home and community care are doing all they can to maintain care and support for their residents and clients while keeping them safe from infection in the face of severe staff shortages and a lack of crucial resources like PPE and RATs.

There is only so much aged care providers can do as they balance daily the need to maintain infection control measures while continuing to provide essential services, and manage the effects that isolation has on the wellbeing of people in care.

Support from governments, both federal and state, is critical to ensuring aged care providers are able to protect and provide care to vulnerable older Australians.

But the lack of key resources, particularly since early December has placed enormous additional strain on the sector with an average of a quarter of shifts in aged care left unfilled. Tragically, in January this year – a single month – there have been 499 aged care residents die due to COVID-19 (figure from Dept of Health as at 31 January 2022). This is more than the total number of aged care residents that sadly passed away in 2021.

As detail emerges of the recently announced retention payments for aged care staff it is extremely disappointing to learn that many staff will be excluded from receiving the payments. It remains to be seen how this measure will address the exodus of staff now being experienced by the sector

For example, staff working in the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) will miss out altogether, as will Home Care and Residential Aged Care workers in maintenance, reception and lifestyle program roles. This makes it all the more difficult because in Home Care and Residential Care some staff will receive the payment while their colleagues will not – despite them all facing similar risks and work challenges.

The AACC’s Aged Care Situation Report sets out the challenges facing the sector as it stands now and what it needs from government in order to meet those challenges and maintain services and protect vulnerable older Australians.

The bottom line is that people working on the frontline of caring for older Australians need to be properly resourced and enabled to provide the best and safest care.

Some of the key supports the sector urgently needs include:

  • Appropriate payments for aged care workers that reflect their additional effort and risks as they do all they can to keep residents and clients safe from COVID19
  • Better surge workforce arrangements to ensure quality and services are maintained in the current and future COVID19 waves
  • Funding to cover the increased costs providers are incurring in implementing measures to protect residents, clients and staff
  • Reliable supplies and more efficient distribution of RATs and PPE
  • Better data on infections and vaccinations so risks can be better managed.

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Four decades of cooperation on display through Casino Beef Week sponsorship

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Four decades of cooperation on display through Casino Beef Week sponsorship

 

Bindaree Food Group is proud to announce its sponsorship of the Casino Beef Week 2024 Industry Dinner, continuing more than four decades of involvement with the Casino community and nearby producers.

The Bindaree Food Group Industry Dinner will be held on Thursday, 23rd May at The Clydesdale Motel and Steakhouse.

As part of its sponsorship arrangement, the company is planning an industry panel discussion to explore the major issues confronting beef producers now and into the foreseeable future. Details of the panellists will be made available in coming weeks.

Comments attributable to Bindaree Food Group CEO Andrew McDonald:

Bindaree Food Group started its operations at the Casino Food Co-Op in 1981, and we’ve maintained strong ties with the region ever since.

Although we have facilities across Australia, the Casino region continues to play an important role for us in both supply and production.

For this reason, sponsoring the Casino Food Co-Op Casino Beef Week Industry Dinner is a very natural extension of that 43-year relationship with the town and region.

I expect that the dinner will produce a lively discussion about the opportunities and challenges we currently confront as an industry.

I also look forward to sharing some of the exciting developments for the Bindaree Food Group, such as our recent and upcoming investments in plant and equipment, which total around $60 million.

These upgrades benefit regional NSW beef producers, including in Casino, by allowing us to compete more strongly on global markets.

I am certain this will be a memorable event for everyone lucky enough to attend, and I am delighted that Bindaree Food Group is ‘coming home’ to Casino Beef Week.

 

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Tweed Shire, Rous funded to protect estuarine areas

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Tweed Shire, Rous funded to protect estuarine areas

 

LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin says the NSW Government is supporting Tweed Shire Council and Rous Country Council to manage important estuarine areas with grants totalling $291,663.

Ms Saffin says the funding received under the implementation stream of the 2023-24 Coastal and Estuary Grants Management Program will be welcomed by the councils and local residents who valued work to protect our environment.

Tweed Shire Council will receive $263,733 towards stabilising erosion and enhancing riparian and aquatic habitat condition on a 500-metre length of the Tweed River estuary at Tygalgah.

The site is predominantly sugar cane land with no native riparian vegetation. Erosion is occurring due to a combination of wake waves undermining banks, and block failure following high flows when soils are saturated.

This rehabilitation project will build a minimum crest height rock revetment to protect the riverbank from wake wave impact.

Rous County Council will receive $27,930 towards revegetating and rehabilitating a 675-metre riparian length and 1.5 hectares of riparian and gully habitat fronting the Wilsons River Tidal Pool at Woodlawn, upstream of Lismore.

The area is of high ecological importance and contributes to estuary health in the Richmond River catchment. The project includes subtropical rainforest plantings along the Wilsons River edge, with new stock-proof fencing, improved farm management and open woodland and wetlands plantings in the gully line.

This project will be a demonstration of best practice methods for water quality protection within the Wilsons River Tidal Pool.

Both projects are among 34 coastal management projects funded with a total of $11.3 million. The NSW Government works in partnership with the councils by also providing technical support to local government under the grants program.

Quotes attributable to Environment Minister Penny Sharpe:

“Each unique part of our coastal has individual challenges and needs.

“I am proud we are funding these 34 projects which will help councils and communities care for their coastal environments.”

 

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SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2024 HAS BEEN CANCELLED

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SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2024 HAS BEEN CANCELLED

 

By Liam Jennings

To the surprise of many punters, Splendour in the Grass 2024 has been cancelled.

The announcement came today (27.03.2024) from an article posted on Tone Deaf stating “Splendour in the Grass 2024 has been cancelled, according to music industry reports.”

Splendour in the Grass then released a statement confirming that the festival was being cancelled due to ‘unexpected events’.

“With a heavy heart, we’re announcing the cancellation of Splendour in the Grass 2024, originally scheduled from Friday 19 July to Sunday 21 July in Ngarindjin/North Byron Parklands.” stated event organisers.

“We know there were many fans excited for this year’s line-up and all the great artists planning to join us, but due to unexpected events we’ll be taking the year off. Ticket holders will be refunded automatically. We thank you for your understanding and will be working hard to be back in future years.”

Splendour in the grass 2024 cancelled

To the surprise of many punters, Splendour in the Grass 2024 has been cancelled.

It was then followed up by a quote from Jessica Ducrou & Paul Piticco, co-CEOs of Secret Sounds, “We’re heartbroken to be missing a year especially after more than two decades in operation. This festival has always been a huge community effort, and we’d like to thank everyone for their support and overall faith. We hope to be back in the future.”

Many fans have taken to social media to vent their frustration, resulting in the official social media pages for Splendour in the grass disabling their comment section.

This news comes only one week after tickets went on sale to the public.

This has left festival goers believing it may be due to low ticket sales, similar to the announcement that Groovin the Moo 2024 has also been cancelled from insignificant sales.

Other festival organisers are blaming the cost of living on low ticket sales, however, large scale concerts, such as Fred Again, Taylor Swift, and recently Hozier, have all sold out within minutes. This is leaving fans to believe if it is in fact cost of living pressures, or festival organisers booking acts that don’t resonate with their audiences.

What to do if you’ve purchased tickets for the event:

If you have purchased tickets for Splendour in the Grass 2024, you don’t need to do anything – your ticket(s) will be automatically refunded back to your credit card/PayPal account and Moshtix will let you know when this has been done. Refunds will be processed within the next 5-10 business days.

Visit www.moshtix.com.au for any issues in relation to ticket refunding.

 

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