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Good luck to our Aussie rowers!
In every corner of this great country, Australians are chasing their dreams. To be the best at what they do, in Australia and on the world stage.
Fake meat less healthy than traditional vegetarian food – study
A study by University of Auckland public health dietitian Leanne Young looked at the nutritional value and cost of plant-based products that mimic meat, such as vegetarian mince and sausages. Only 12% of the meat alternatives surveyed had a 3.5-star health rating or higher, compared to 91% of the legumes, tofu and falafel products, Young said. “These meat alternatives, or meat analogues, were quite high in salt generally, and products like the meat-free sausages were quite high in salt and saturated fat,” she said. The fake meat products were highly processed. “The level of processing is also a concern because it goes against what we’re recommending with plant-based eating.
Calls for more garbage trucks to include mandatory safety warning systems
Calls are growing to make safety warning systems mandatory on garbage trucks after a renowned doctor was killed in New South Wales. The technology is already in place in Perth, thanks to Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, who stepped in after learning of the tragedy.
Intergenerational Report: Experts say solution to age-old problem is to make us work longer
Business leaders, economists and seniors groups are urging Anthony Albanese to develop an ambitious blueprint aimed at encouraging older Australians to stay in the workforce for longer as a way to ease the growing tax burden on the young while the country’s population ages. The policy prescriptions include raising the pension age again, delaying when superannuation can be accessed, allowing people to work more hours without losing the aged pension, increasing training programs for older workers, and pushing for an end to age discrimination in the workforce.
Older workers to be encouraged back into the workforce
One of the key messages from Treasury’s Intergenerational Report, released yesterday, is that Australia will have a dwindling pool of workers over the next 40 years as the population’s average age increases. The Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he wants to get older people working if they want to. But older workers say they face significant challenges to stay in the workforce. And advocates say it’s time to get rid of the bureaucratic redtape.
Ageing population sparks calls to cut senior workforce tax barriers
With the Australian population set to age, the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) says the government needs to “remove unfair tax and red tape barriers stopping Australian pensioners, veterans, and students who want to work.” Research Fellow at the IPA Saxon Davidson told Oliver Peterson on Perth Live that Australia needs to emulate New Zealand where pensioners are not punished for working, “Leading surveys show that twenty per cent of pensioners would rejoin the workforce if these unfair barriers were removed.”
Opening the gates | Ideas for an even greater country | Gina Rinehart AO
My father throughout his whole life was a huge lover of the bush and of our country, and made himself unpopular at times, standing up for what he could see was in the nation’s best interests. On our long drives together in the bush to check windmills and cattle – I was the gate opener and tool carrier – Dad would sometimes tell me jokes. One he especially liked was told by Dr Edward Teller – scientists who knew both Teller and Einstein said that Teller had the greater mind.
Let Pensioners Work
“Age-old problem needs future-proofing” is missing an important component in the worker shortage debate, the harsh treatment by the Federal Government of aged Australians and other pensioners who would otherwise like to continue working.Let’s look after our own better and remove the incomes test. Allow those pensioners who would like to, including veterans, contribute to the prosperity of us all. This initiative will assist with the current housing crisis and cost-of-living issues as well. | Dean Nalder
LISTEN TO THE BUSH LEADERS
I listened intently to them as well as to Gina Rinehart who gave her views on what governments need to do to ensure we continue to enjoy the lifestyle we have grown accustomed to. My personal view is our governments need to listen to the Rinehart has to say. We need successful business leaders and philanthropists with common sense and a love of our country more than ever to give advice to our leaders.
Hear from the Perth council about its high tech rubbish trucks
Rubbish trucks are full of blind spots that can often lead to fatal crashes. For the first time in Perth they’ve been fitted out with technology that could save lives.
‘This is a very big issue’: Mining magnate Gina Rinehart takes aim at net zero policy, calls for more practical policies
Gina Rinehart has offered a scathing assessment of the costs involved with achieving net zero at a regional summit, warning of the dire consequences for the agriculture industry. Ms Rinehart took aim at the handouts for “climate research and government advisers”, highlighting the angst she sees in the agriculture industry. “The type who have never successfully run a farm, a station, or other agriculture businesses,” she told the regional Queensland crowd. “I think we are also not looking at the costs involved with the agriculture industry.”
