Deaf people are highly vulnerable to disaster risk but tend to be excluded from programs aimed at boosting preparedness and resilience, our research has found.
Our study, published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, examined the challenges the New South Wales Deaf community faces in accessing the support they need to effectively respond to disaster risk.
Our research showed Deaf people are vulnerable to disasters for various reasons, including:
low disaster awareness and preparedness
poor knowledge of emergency services roles and responsibilities
dependency on family and friends for help.
Why are Deaf people vulnerable and excluded?
Via a mix of focus group discussions and interviews with 317 Deaf people, approximately 11.8% of the identified Deaf population in NSW, Deaf people shared their experiences of bushfires, floods, hailstorms and severe storms, tropical cyclones, and earthquakes.
Jewish-Australian community ramps up support for Australian recognition of Armenian Genocide
An Editorial by the Australian Jewish News, together with calls from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the Zionist Federation of Australia and leading Jewish-Australian Members of Parliament Mr. Julian Leeser MP and Mr. Josh Burns MP, have reaffirmed their community s support for Federal Government recognition of the Armenian Genocide following the historic recognition by United States President Joe Biden on 24th April 2021, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU).
Firstly, the Editorial from the Australian Jewish News addresses the lack of recognition of the 1915 genocides by Israel: One of the reasons we commemorate the Holocaust is to ensure such horrors never happen again – not just to Jews, but to anybody. We cannot insist the world remembers what happened to our people without insisting it also recognises what happened to others.
Dale Dominey-Howes Leyla Craig PhD student, University of Sydney
Our study, published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, examined the challenges the New South Wales Deaf community faces in accessing the support they need to effectively respond to disaster risk.
Our research showed Deaf people are vulnerable to disasters for various reasons, including:
low disaster awareness and preparedness
poor knowledge of emergency services roles and responsibilities
dependency on family and friends for help.
Why are Deaf people vulnerable and excluded?
Via a mix of focus group discussions and interviews with 317 Deaf people, approximately 11.8% of the identified Deaf population in NSW, Deaf people shared their experiences of bushfires, floods, hailstorms and severe storms, tropical cyclones, and earthquakes.
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How green areas can influence the worth of your property
By Bianca Dabu
22 April 2021
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Property & Greenspace report by CoreLogic defines “greenspace” as land that is partly or completely covered with grass, trees, shrubs or other vegetation; or, in the context of cities, areas with parks, community gardens, cemeteries, school yards, playgrounds and vacant lots.
According to CoreLogic’s research director, Tim Lawless, apart from all-encompassing environmental and health benefits, living close to greenspace can boost the value of a property.
In fact, a Valuing Victoria’s Parks study conducted in 2013 found that properties immediately adjacent to parks in Melbourne saw home values increase by 5 to 7 per cent. Similar data was found for PerthPerth, TASPerth, WA in a McIntosh study a year later.