Past Programs
Drug Use - Alcohol - 2008
Drive safely on country roads
29/07/2008
A new five-year study of serious road accidents in remote Queensland has confirmed what researchers have know for some time. Speed and alcohol are frequently involved, the majority are single vehicle accidents and the casualties are mostly men. But it's not just young men who are affected. Males aged between 30 and 50 years also figured in the statistics. So how can we reduce the risks for drivers in rural and remote areas and what road safety campaigns are most effective?
Child protection
30/06/2008
The Australian Childhood Foundation wants authorities to rethink the way they deal with child neglect. The death of 18-month-old twins in Queensland followed by the discovery of two other alleged neglect cases have prompted the usual criticism of child protection agencies. But according to the Childhood Foundation it's not about more welfare and family support, it's about recognising early that neglect is a crime. At the same time there are new calls for a national approach to child protection. This follows the deaths of three young children and their father in regional New South Wales. Their bodies were found in a parked car in a comunity west of Eden. The Federal Government is promising a national strategy for child protection that it says will co-ordinate state services and resources. So how is the welfare community responding?
