It was a case of Bendigo and Ballarat losing electricity or maintaining supplies to the most populous state, NSW. Photo: Glenn Campbell As NSW suffered through its record-breaking heatwave this month, with power supplies stretched to breaking point, the head of Australia’s main electricity grid faced a choice: keep the airconditioning running in Sydney, or keep the lights on in Victoria.
Category: Ballarat, Australia
Poorer health in smokers of chop chop
People who smoke chop chop – or unbranded loose tobacco – report significantly worse health than legal smokers, according to the Cancer Council Victoria. People who smoke chop chop – or unbranded loose tobacco – report significantly worse health than legal smokers, according to the Cancer Council Victoria.
Concern over key health rebate
… when GP clinics are open. “If home visits weren’t available, more families would go to emergency departments for health problems that are not emergencies but cannot wait for treatment until business hours. “For regional communities like many in the …
Federal gov leads push to kick habit
Alarming rate: The Grampians region has one of the highest smoking rates in the country, with 28 per cent of adults smoking daily in 2013. Ballarat Community Health has welcomed the federal government’s renewed push to cut the national smoking rate, saying a greater focus needs to be put on assisting lower socioeconomic groups to kick the habit.
We’re all in this together
… for planning permission. Another organisation to benefit was the Male Bag Foundation, known for promoting men’s health via road trips on old postman motorbikes. The donated funds went towards a prostate cancer biopsy machine probe, which would …