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Lesley Russell Wolpe

@LRussellWolpe

Adj A/Prof, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics. Policy wonk, politics tragic, ski nut, avid hiker.

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Those children will grow up to be less healthy, less productive adults - but I guess Abbott and DeSantis are incapable of thinking about the economic costs that far ahead.

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Today’s good news story

5 years ago only 20 of these parrots remained, but unexpected numbers of orange-bellied parrots have flocked home to Melaleuca to breed.

Melissa Sweet Mitchell Ward Bek McWhirter Larissa Bartlett

abc.net.au/news/2023-12-2…

Today’s good news story 5 years ago only 20 of these parrots remained, but unexpected numbers of orange-bellied parrots have flocked home to Melaleuca to breed. @MelissaSweetDr @rocklilydesign @bekmcw @LarissaBartlett abc.net.au/news/2023-12-2…
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Lesley Russell Wolpe Stephen Duckett Jennifer Doggett I’m involved in the codesign group for this. Selection of the right cohort and implementation will be critical. Interesting this study implies need for social prescribing to be part of the puzzle.

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Australian Government Digital Health Blueprint 2023-2033 and accompanying Action Plan released today.
Croakey News health.gov.au/resources/publ…

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“They [the recommendations] go to the heart of decent and humane treatment of people in places of detention'

“This shows a clear picture that a lot of what we do in Australia does not meet international best practice and we need to lift the bar.'

google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…

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Check out this Vanity Fair piece about Donald Trump from 1990:

'Donald Trump appears to take aspects of his German background seriously. John Walter works for the Trump Organization, and when he visits Donald in his office, Ivana told a friend, he clicks his heels and says,…

Check out this Vanity Fair piece about Donald Trump from 1990: 'Donald Trump appears to take aspects of his German background seriously. John Walter works for the Trump Organization, and when he visits Donald in his office, Ivana told a friend, he clicks his heels and says,…
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A note to Croakey News subscribers. Our final bulletin for 2023 is about to hit your emails.
There should be plenty of reading there to keep you occupied for a while!
Warm thanks to all contributors, inc Alison Barrett Lesley Russell Wolpe Charles Maskell-Knight Mitchell Ward

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118th Congress to be most unproductive in modern history. Too busy running stunts, fighting over Speakership, trying to impeach Biden, doing Trump’s bidding.
axios.com/2023/12/19/118…

118th Congress to be most unproductive in modern history. Too busy running stunts, fighting over Speakership, trying to impeach Biden, doing Trump’s bidding. axios.com/2023/12/19/118…
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Here’s the Civil War history they didn’t want you to know.
From Howell Raines

The Alabama men who fought for the Union in the Civil War were expunged from history.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

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I have often wondered by the basics of Auslan are not taught (more) in Australian schools.
There is a curriculum, with benefits outlined:

australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculu….

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thinking of over represented in prison…. defeat has done nothing to address disadvantage. Ways forward to strengthen remains high on my agenda as President of Australian College of Mental Health Nurses & as Professor#MHNursing RMIT University abc.net.au/news/2022-12-2…

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Such a great collection of information delivered out through #LookBack
Thanks for collating this, reminding us Alison Barrett
And if you're reading this - think about how you/your organisation might benefit from using this public health communication initiative in 2024.

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The US Supreme Court has a conservative majority appointed by Republican presidents, unlike the Colorado high court where the justices were appointed by Democratic governors. That, John Nichols writes, bodes ill for judicial accountability. bit.ly/3RNV4PZ

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