Government excludes leading Aboriginal family violence body from advisory group nit.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nit.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(Image: Private Media)
Anger is an emotion we’re rarely told to express. Passionate women and people of colour are often framed as outspoken, enraged, shrill or resentful. Their fights are discredited the second they raise their voice.
But regardless of how it’s framed, anger gets results. When directed in the right way, rage can inspire change. It pulls people out of their homes, it causes them to rally outside Parliament, call out bullshit and fight for what they believe in.
This week
Crikey spoke with Samantha Connor, the president of People with Disabilities Australia, about what’s got her riled up this week and when anger has worked in her favour.
Director of St John Ambulance health services Len Fiori… “It’s either life or death and we know the defibrillator will make that difference.”
VICTIMS of cardiac arrest are eight times more likely to survive after Len Fiori of St John Ambulance handed out 10 defibrillators to Australian charities at Government House this morning (March 10).
The event marked the launch of a new St John Ambulance-branded defibrillator, and the St John director of health services, Mr Fiori, said having more AEDs (Automatic Electronic Defibrillators) in the community will greatly benefit the 30,000 people who die from cardiac arrest annually.
“It’s either life or death and we know the defibrillators will make that difference,” he said.
Premium Content The moment the car landed, Dinesh Palipana knew he would never walk again. To this day, he says he is unable to find words for the horror he felt at the time. It s like when you get some unexpected terrible news … I felt like I was choking, he says. Dr Palipana suffered a spinal injury and developed quadriplegia when his car aqua planed and flipped near the Brisbane Gateway on January 31, 2010. Despite enduring years of trauma after a life changing car crash, Dinesh Palipana never gave up on his dream and now works in one of the country s busiest emergency departments as the state s first quadriplegic doctor.