A local’s guide to Grenoble, France: spectacular night skiing and great nightlife - The Guardian

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WA announces 25 new local COVID-19 cases as border eases, but many families remain separated - ABC Local

Western Australia has announced 25 new local cases of COVID-19 on the day the state planned to remove its hard border.

All but four of those cases have been linked to current outbreaks, while the sources of the other infections are still under investigation.

New COVID-19 rules come into effect today, allowing more people to enter the state on compassionate grounds.

But many families do not qualify and remain separated from loved ones interstate and overseas.

Dozens of people attended a rally on a Perth beach in support of a group called Parents are Immediate Family.

Local MP David Honey spoke in support of the protesters.

"These people are among the 30 per cent of West Australians who come from overseas and effectively they haven't been able to see their families for over two years," he said.

Local Liberal MP David Honey has slammed the government's decision to keep the border closed.(ABC News: Nicolas Perpitch)

"Here we are on this momentous day, the 5th of February … the day that [Premier] Mark McGowan promised the people of WA he was going to open the borders, that the state was ready, the hospitals were ready."

Doctor Honey said protesters told him stories about parents overseas who sold their houses and had visas to travel to Australia approved before having the rug pulled out from under them.

"What the Premier is doing, I think, is utterly heartless and cruel," he said.

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JPMorgan Asset Management's local head of funds exits - The Australian Financial Review

“In line with our ambitious growth agenda, we have taken the opportunity to realign the structure of the business to best support our clients, combining the Head of Funds and Head of Strategic Relationships roles,” a spokesperson said.

“...Mark is an experienced leader with extensive wholesale industry experience and is well placed to drive the further success of the business.“

The change comes after JPMorgan Asset Management hired long-time JPMAM Andrew Creber as the unit’s Australia and New Zealand chief executive last August.

Creber been with JPMAM since 1998 and did a stint as the Australian business’s chief operating officer earlier before returning as the chief executive.

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Broome police hospitalised by ram raid three days after local crime conference - National Indigenous Times

Two police officers in Broome were taken to hospital with injuries after being rammed by a stolen 4WD early on Friday morning, just days after a two-day conference in the town on tackling rising crime.

A WA Police spokesperson told the National Indigenous Times that at about 1.45am Friday morning a police vehicle was on patrol in Broome when it was rammed by another vehicle near Forrest Street.

“As a result of being rammed the police vehicle left the road and struck a tree. The two officers were taken to hospital by St John Ambulance – their injuries are not life threatening. Local police and detectives are continuing to search for the vehicle involved,” they said.

It is believed that the vehicle that was slammed into police was the 4WD stolen from the Lions Eye Clinic in Broome overnight.

It was announced on social media that the Clinic would not open Friday after a break-in at the clinic.

“Our Lions Outlook Vision 4WD was stolen and rammed the gate to escape. Thankfully Broome police are in attendance even though 2 officers were injured. Very sad day for Broome,” it read.

Martin Sibisado, Co-Founder and Director of Aboriginal United Services, and a veteran of Indigenous business and training services in the region, was one of the attendees at the meetings on Monday and Tuesday in Broome held to discuss crime in the region.

“We had a fairly high-powered meeting in terms of Kimberley Aboriginal leadership.

“The superintendent from Kimberley police presented information. There are around 200 known youth offenders in the Kimberley. My understanding of the demographics and data in the region is that is there are around 17,000 Aboriginal people in Kimberley and 40% are under 24. That equates to around 6,800 young people.

“Yes, it is unacceptable what is going on with the level of crime, but we have to be careful it doesn’t escalate. There is even talk on social media about vigilante action.”

Mr Sibisado said that unless Aboriginal families and communities are engaged in the solution “it could quickly escalate to become a racial issue, and we don’t want that – everyone cool your jets, let’s deal with the evidence.”

“200 out of less than 7,000 is a small minority. The majority of Kimberley Aboriginal families and young people are doing the right thing.”

He said the meetings looked at where funding was being invested for youth engagement, and where it was needed most, for “initiatives to address that escalation in juvenile crime.”

“We are also looking at how we can collaborate across the Kimberley, in the various towns.

“We had Kimberley police, we had state government agencies as well as the education department present. We had Indigenous leaders and the CEOs of the youth organisations.”

Mr Sibisado said it was important to establish mechanisms for collaboration to engage with Indigenous youth.

“What came out of it is we identified a level of dysfunction at the delivery end of services.

“We are trying to focus on state and Commonwealth collaboration on youth affairs, trying to get an understanding of how those services engage with youth.”

Neil Thomson, Opposition MLC for the Mining and Pastoral Region in WA Parliament, told the National Indigenous Times that it was crucial for decision makers to listen to the communities.

“The idea of holding a crime and community forum has arisen because of concerns about the escalating situation in the Kimberley.

“The latest data is showing crime in almost every category has reached record levels, particularly family violence. Increasing burglaries, a range of classifications of crime.

“My concern has been the recent rise in juvenile crime, which has obviously led to anxiety in the community but also places these children at risk of future interaction with the justice system, which really limits the future of young people,” he said.

Mr Thomson said he would be travelling throughout the Kimberley with some of his colleagues to “listen to constructive views about what could be done.”

“As an Opposition we have a role in putting some pressure on the government to act. I want to contribute to the solution.

“Hopefully by listening to what people have to say we can contribute to building a better future for these kids.

“I commend the people of Fitzroy Crossing for having initiative and beginning a conversation to support that process.”

Mr Thomson said public meetings were an important part of empowering local people to be part of the solution.

A spokesperson for the State Government told the National Indigenous Times that the McGowan Government “is aware of ongoing concerns around juvenile justice issues in the Kimberley and other northern regions.”

“The State Government is undertaking an audit of the vast array of services and programs already in place – led by local, State and Federal Government, and NGOs – to get a better understanding of what is working, and where resources could be better directed.

“The State Government recently announced the deployment of an additional 12 police officers to support current police efforts in the Kimberley.

“There is no overnight fix for this problem. But the McGowan Government is committed to exploring short, medium and long term options to reduce these longstanding and systemic juvenile offending issues,” they said.

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Media statements - Wheatbelt RED Grants driving local diversification - Media Statements

• Five Wheatbelt projects to receive $795,000 in Regional Economic Development (RED) Grant funding
• McGowan Government strengthening local economies and creating local jobs in the Wheatbelt

Five Wheatbelt businesses will share in $795,000 to strengthen and diversify local economies under round four of the McGowan Government's Regional Economic Development (RED) Grants.

 

The RED Grants program is a McGowan Government initiative investing $40.8 million over seven years in locally-driven projects to stimulate economic growth in the regions.

A $105,000 grant will support the Shire of Bruce Rock's rebuild of the town's supermarket, providing a crucial boost to the local economy after the original was destroyed by fire in March 2020.

Research, development and consulting company Living Farm will receive $200,000 towards establishing its new head office and operations centre in York, allowing the business to expand and provide significant ongoing economic benefits to the region.

Prefabricated modular home builder Evoke Living Homes will receive $200,000 for construction of a new purpose-built undercover manufacturing facility in Northam.

The project will allow the innovative local business to manufacture homes in all weather conditions, boosting regional housing stock.

Noongar Land Enterprise's Boola Boornap tree nursery will receive $100,000 to contribute to facility upgrades, enabling increased production of native tree seedlings and accreditation for direct sales to the public.

Comments attributed to Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan:

"The latest round of RED Grant funding builds on the Wheatbelt's local capacity, ensuring businesses remain in the region, boosting jobs and supporting the long-term growth of communities.

"The construction of the Bruce Rock supermarket will not only increase the number of local jobs but provides additional investment opportunities and long-term social and economic benefits for the community.

"These grants have played a fundamental role in driving the growth of Wheatbelt jobs, businesses and emerging local industries."

 

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Successful Wheatbelt Round Four RED Grants

Grant Applicant	Project Description	Grant Amount
Augment Agriculture	Living Farm Expansion and New Integrated Facility - to develop a new head office and operations centre in York.	$200,000
Evoke Living Homes	ELH Manufacturing Facility - to establish a purpose-built undercover structure to allow the manufacture of homes in all weather conditions.	$200,000
Whinbin Rock Farms	Armstrong Malt - Artisan Malthouse Establishment - to construct a bespoke malting facility to house equipment and infrastructure.	$190,000
Noongar Land Enterprise Group - Boola Boornap	Native Tree Nursery Upgrade and Expansion - to upgrade the native tree nursery through the purchase of nursery benches and irrigation.	$100,000
Shire of Bruce Rock	Bruce Rock Supermarket - towards the construction and fit-out works of the new supermarket.	$105,000

 

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Strengthening local preparedness for influenza and COVID-19 in Cambodia - World Health Organization

The COVID-19 pandemic response in Cambodia has accelerated the development of local preparedness capacities that will help enable effective decision-making during any influenza pandemic.

Cambodia’s Master Plan for COVID-19 emphasizes, among other things, the need to strengthen local preparedness so that all provinces are ready for a quick response to any new outbreak of COVID-19, influenza or other respiratory pathogen. With technical and operational support from WHO, including through the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework Partnership Contribution, the Ministry of Health is delivering a package of activities at provincial levels designed to strengthen local capacities for surveillance, risk assessment and rapid response. This includes:

• training and coaching in multisource surveillance;
• webinars on using risk assessment within an incident management system (IMS);
• simulation exercises in contact tracing; and
• conducting intra action reviews.

These activities do appear to be improving local preparedness. For example, the surveillance training has improved understanding of surveillance concepts and increased the use of surveillance data to understand and respond to epidemiological situations in each province. In provinces with sentinel ILI & SARI sites, national and provincial focal points have improved their analysis of multiple sources of information, including health facility consultation rates and test positivity rates as a means for monitoring disease trends.

The IMS webinars have similarly boosted local capacities, supporting provincial health leaders to recognize the value of using risk assessments to inform decision-making. Building on this, the country aims to transition to provincial-led risk assessments.

The simulation exercises have also been beneficial. In these, participants were tasked with going into the field and investigating cases, tracing contacts, and obtaining health-centre data as part of a multi-source approach to rapid response. These exercises significantly enhanced cross-sectoral collaboration for contact tracing between health and non-health sectors and strengthened the country’s whole-of-society approach to pandemic response.

Experience in delivering the local preparedness activities in Cambodia suggests that provincial capacities are best developed one step at a time, using methods such as follow-up meetings and regular on-site coaching to build confidence and capability.

Looking ahead, the goal is to achieve strong provincial capabilities in using multisource surveillance data for risk assessments that will ensure effective operational and strategic decision-making during the ongoing and any future pandemic. So far the local preparedness activities have been delivered in 18 out of 25 provinces, with the remaining seven due to be covered by early 2022.

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